42. A. met
B. pointed B. bored B. and
C. stopped C. annoyed C. so
D. joined D. shocked D. for D. changed D. ask D. nature D. harmful D. nobody D. just
43. A. interested 44. A. but
45. A. came 46. A. show 47. A. style
B. grew B. give B. manner B. special B. anybody B. even
C. happened C. offer C. way C. magic
48. A. common
49. A. everybody 50. A. also
C. somebody C. yet
第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，共40分) 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The Thing from the Sea
In 1938, a fishing boat off the coast of Africa pulled up its nets. One net held a very strange fish, five feet long and bright blue. Strangest of all, it had fins (鳍) that looked like legs!
In the nets, only this fish remained alive for several hours. Before the creature began to rot, a young woman made a drawing of it. She sent her drawing to an expert on sea life, Professor J. B. Smith.
Upon seeing her drawing of the fish, Professor Smith stared in disbelief. Could it be true? It just didn’t seem possible, but there it was. It could be only one thing, a coelacanth, a fish believed to have died out fifty million years ago. How could the fish have been swimming about only a few days before?
If one had been found, there must be others. The professor put up posters offering a reward for catching such a fish.
Other scientists laughed at Smith. They insisted the search was a waste of time. Years passed. It began to look as if the other scientists were right. But Smith never gave up hope. One day, fourteen
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years later, the professor received a telegram. A fish had been caught that looked like the one in the poster. Would the scientist fly to the region and inspect the fish? Smith did.
With shaking fingers the professor raised the cloth around the fish. It was exactly like the one in the young woman’s drawing. It was a coelacanth, a missing link with the past!
After the discovery of the coelacanth, scientists began to wonder. Is it possible that an even stranger creature will someday be discovered?
51. Which is TRUE about the first coelacanth in the passage?
A. It had four legs.
B. It was bright blue. D. It died when caught.
C. It was six feet long.
52. The coelacanth was believed to have died out for _______.
A. fourteen years C. five million years
B. fifty million years D. a few years
53. Which of the following gives the meaning of the last paragraph?
A. Scientists didn’t believe the discovery of the coelacanth. B. Scientists are working hard to find more coelacanths. C. Scientists may find even stranger creatures someday. D. Scientists are doing research on the coelacanth.
B
Dear Jane, Barbara and Roger,
As you know, we’ve been looking for a new house for some time. Now that all our children have left home, we find that the house is too big for us. Also, since your father retired, there has been no reason for us to stay in this district. Although we like our neighbors, we’ve decided to move south for two reasons. First, the weather will suit us better, and second, we’ll be a little nearer to you, Uncle George and Auntie Hilda. It will make visiting each other much simpler.
We stayed with your uncle and aunt last weekend and saw several houses. One of them sounded as if it were just what we wanted. The right number of rooms, a small garden, etc. When we saw it, we nearly died! It was in a terrible condition and would have cost a fortune to make it habitable (宜居
的). The roof and all the walls needed repairing and the whole inside redecorating. After that, we
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were very cautious about believing details from the estate (房地产) agent. The next two we saw were not much better, but the fourth house was exactly what we wanted. It was empty, so we’re going to move in immediately. We’ll put all your things in boxes and take them with us. You’ll have to sort them out, throwing away what you don’t want.
Can you all come next weekend? You can have a nice rest in the country. Telephone on Wednesday at the new number to let us know.
Lots of Love, Mum and Dad
54. The parents decided to move south because ______.
A. they didn’t like traveling
B. they wanted to go back to their hometown
C. they both retired and they wanted to live with their children
D. they wanted to be nearer to their relatives and they liked the weather in the south 55. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Para 2 “When we saw it, we nearly died!”?
A. We were at a loss for words when we saw the house. B. We were so tired since we had been to several houses.
C. We were so excited because the house was exactly what we wanted. D. We were greatly disappointed because the house was in a poor condition. 56. From the passage, we can understand that the estate agent ______.
A. overstated the exact condition of the house
B. did not have enough houses for people to choose from C. tried to persuade people to buy houses in a poor condition D. usually could not understand the need of their customers 57. The purpose of the parents writing this letter is to ______.
A. ask their children to help them move house B. express their regret for not being with their children C. inform the children that they will move to a new house D. ask their children for suggestions about moving to a new house
C
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ANTARCTIC FISH
Have you ever wondered how some fish can live in icy cold waters without freezing? Scientists have made recent discoveries that help explain how the Antarctic cod (南极鳕鱼) is able to live in the freezing waters off the coast of Antarctica.
The key word is ice.
That describes the ocean around the edges of Antarctica. Far from land, a giant shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf, mud and pieces of ice provide a home to a world of algae (藻) and tiny animals. In that icy world there also lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.
For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work, and research has been slow in solving the problem. Now it seems we have an answer.
Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish with hook and line. Scientists studied the fish’s blood and measured its freezing point, the temperature at which ice crystals (晶体) just begin to form.
The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of 28.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F) and many ice crystals floating in it. The blood did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to 28.3 degrees F [Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32°F)]. That small difference is enough that the fish can live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.
The scientists’ next research job was clear: Find out what kind of stuff in the fish’s blood kept it from freezing. Their research led to some really mysterious stuff made up of a protein (蛋白质) never before seen in the blood of a fish. When this stuff was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it was put back, the blood again had its antifreeze character and a lowered freezing point.
58. Why have scientists waited so long to study the Antarctic cod? A. Not enough scientists have been curious about the fish. B. Algae and tiny animals hide in the ocean floor. C. The reason for the delay remains a secret.
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D. It is not easy to work in the Antarctic. 59. What is the main purpose of paragraph 3?
A. To describe the setting and the main topic of the article. B. To catch the interest of the reader with simple, direct language. C. To define important terms that will be used throughout the article.
D. To introduce the main characters and describe a problem that will be explored. 60. What keeps the Antarctic cod’s blood from freezing? A. A protein in its blood. B. The layer of fat in its body. C. A salt mixture in its blood. D. Ice crystals around its body.
61. What is the main purpose of this article?
A. To persuade readers to support scientific study of the Antarctic fish. B. To entertain readers with a funny story about an unusual fish. C. To explain how the Antarctic cod can live in freezing waters. D. To describe what it is like to live in a freezing cold ocean.
D
Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.
Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss
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