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第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The cost of raising a child from birth to age 18 is about $ 160,140! That doesn't even touch college tuition. For those with kids, this figure might lead them thinking how much they could have banked. For others, that number might confirm the decision to remain childless.
But $ 160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into $ 8 >896. 66 a year, $ 741. 38 a month, or $171. 08 a week. That's a mere $24. 44 a day! Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice says don't have children if you ever want to be \
What do you get for your $ 160,140?
? Naming rights.
? Giggles under the covers every night. ? More love than your heart can hold. ? Kisses and hugs.
? Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies. ? A hand to hold usually covered with jam.
? A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, and building sandeastles.
For $ 160,140, you never have to grow up! You get to finger-paint, carve pumpkins, play hide-and-seek, and never stop believing in Santa Claus. You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh, watching cartoons , going to Disney movies, and wishing on stars.
For $ 160,140, you get to be a hero just for taking the training wheels off the bike, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history; to witness the first step, first word, first date, and first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal(不朽的)
You get another branch added to your family tree.
You get an education in nursing, criminal justice and communications that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God.
You have all the power to correct a mistake, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a party, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.
……
56. Which of the following is NOT true after you have a child?
A. You enjoy the right to name your children. B. You never seem to get old. C. You still need to learn. D. You get admiration as a parent.
57. By In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God, the author intends to say .
A. you are powerful next to God
B. you are the one your children love and trust most C. you need to behave like a God
D. you keep yourself too far for your children to reach you 58. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A. A dollar, an hour and a child B. Children and bank C. Money and parents
D. Fun and children
59. Which of the following could be used as the last sentence to end the passage?
A. Remain childless. B. Enjoy raising your children. B
C. Make a bank for your children. D. Find a way to be happy.
Israel has passed a law banning the use of underweight models in advertising. Known as the \”, it also requires that agencies tell their audience if they've digitally changed pictures to make models look thinner.
The new law prohibits the use of models with a body mass index of 18. 5 or less, a designation based on internationally accepted measures. The figure matches the set of fixed limits by the U. S. Department of Health.
The law doesn't set a money amount that can be gained in court from such a suit. Lawmakers realize that it may be a long and difficult process to prove in court that a company broke the new law, but they feel that simply having the law in place will accomplish what they want; stopping advertising companies from continuing to influence Israelis with images of unhealthy-looking models as the gold standard of beauty.
Some modeling agencies in Israel aren't happy.
They say that the indexes on which the law is based are arbitrary and are not appropriate for every model. Many models who are totally healthy girls might be disqualified because of the law. Some models are naturally thin and unable to gain weight and the new law would unfairly prevent them from finding jobs.
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However, plus-size American supermodel Emme told CNN that she thinks the law will cause other countries to make similar measures against showing underweight models. \think this is fantastic because so many young women and men are suffering to look in a way that is unrealistic and unhealthy,\
60. What is \
A. Banning the use of underweight models. B. Banning underweight models in advertising. C. Banning changing pictures digitally. D. Banning models in advertising.
61. The underlined word \ .
A. a set of clothing B. a group of rooms C. an action in court D. a fitness to the case
62. What can we know from the passage?
A. All models are happy about the law.
B. All advertising agencies are happy about the law. C. The law makes no sense.
D. There are arguments over the beauty standard of models.
c
A unique thermo-solar power station Germasolar in southern Spain can work even on cloudy days: energy stored when the sun shines lets it produce electricity even during the night.
It is the first solar power station in the world that works 24 hours a day! This is how it works: the panels reflect the sun's rays onto the tower, transmitting energy 1,000 times stronger than that of the sun's rays reaching the earth. Energy is stored in tanks, and then steam is produced before finally turned into electricity.
It is the station's capacity to store plenty of energy that makes Gemasolar so different because it allows the plant to transmit power during the night, relying on energy it has gained during the day.
Helped by the generous state aid, renewable energies have enjoyed a boom in Spain, the world number two in solar energy and the biggest wind power producer in Europe, ahead of Germany.
For the Gemasolar solar product, foreign investors helped too: Torresol Energy is a joint enterprise between the Spanish engineering group Sener, which holds 60 percent, and Abu Dhabi-financed renewable energy firm Masdar.
This type of station is expensive, not because of the raw material we use, which is free solar energy, but because of the enormous investment these plants require. The investment cost is over 200 million euros ($ 260 million). But the day when the business has repaid that money to the banks (maybe, in 18 years, someone estimates), this station will become a 1,000-euro note printing machine!
For now, the economic crisis has nevertheless cast a shadow over this kind of project: Spain is battling to cut its deficit (赤字) as it slides into a difficult time and has cancelled aid to new renewable energy projects.
63. Which of the following pictures most probably shows how the thermo-solar power station
works?
64. What is NOT the reason for this power station being unique?
A. It is the first solar power station which costs over 200 million euros. B. It is the first solar power station in the world working around the clock. C. It even works well when it is cloudy. D. Its capacity to store energy is large. 65. What makes Germasolar expensive?
A. The cost to build such a station. B. The raw material used. C. The debt owed to the bank. D. Being a euro note printing machine. 66. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Spain is building more energy projects.
B. The Spanish government will aid renewable energy projects. C. The Spanish government ignores the development of this project. D. Germasolar will make fortunes in the future.
D
The art of reading fiction is largely a matter of inferring meanings. To INFER means to understand facts which are not directly stated —only suggested. Inference is one of the commonest ways of knowing things: a child holds his knee and cries; this action IMPLIES his feeling; aji observer INFERS that the child hurt. To infer accurately in everyday life requires caution in observing; to infer skillfully in fiction requires caution in reading; both require disciplined imagination.
The short-story reader can expect to find certain basic elements in any story. For example, all stories involve a person or persons, in a particular setting, faced with a demand for a response. The