阅读理解〔共15小题,每题2分,计30分〕阅读以下容,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最正确答案。A31. If a visitor wants a main course but he only has￡5.He doesn’t like cheese. What do you suggest"A. Tomato salad B. Grilled fish and potatoes C. Vegetable pasta D. Chocolate cake32. David and his friend each had tomato soup and Thai chicken and rice. How much did they pay"A.￡7.95 B.￡9.95 C.￡12.5 D.￡15.933. Which of the following sentences is TRUE"A. Lunch is served for two hours and a half. B. Bread and butter es free with the starters.C. The snacks are served with lunch and dinner.D. If you order a snack, you can get an ice cream.BI was 11 years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up burning to the ground.A few minutes earlier I was in bed when my grandma’s scream woke me up. A fire had broken out her room and woke her. Hearing her, my older brother jumped into action, running from room to room quickly waking everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything, the fire burned it out. Luckily, we all ran outside before the firetook hold of every room.I stood there shivering (发抖). I watched helplessly while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹气). I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we lost all of our things.The things that matter aren’t things. I saw my older brother running across the bridge near our house to get help. I saw my oldest brother who was on his walking stick standing unsteadily on one leg. I saw my grandma and dad wrapped in each other’s arms and my mom holding our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all alive. Everything that was meaningful survived the fire. Our lives would continue. We would all be around to love each other for many years to e. And that was all that mattered.I still think of that fire in the night. It helped me to bee who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly meaningful in this life. It helped me to learn that the love we share is far more important than the things we own.Live your life for the things that matter, not for the things you own. Love others. Let the fire inside of you make this world a warmer place.34. FromParagraph1 and Paragraph 2,we can know _________.A. it didn’t take long to burn the house out B. we were all woken by the fireC. the fire happened in an early morning D. all of us tried to put out the fire35. You can put the sentence “As I looked around, though, I realized something for the first time:〞 at the beginning of ________.A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 536. The sentence “The things that matter〞 refers to (指的是) _______ .A. what was going to happen B. the fire burned our house outC. my mom cried and my dad sighed D. we would all stay together37. Which sentence best shows the central theme in the te*t"A. We were helpless because we had lost all of our things.B. Everything that was meaningful had survived the fire.C. The fire helped me to bee the person who I am today.D. The love we share is far more important than what we own.C“Tonight"〞 I was not ready for this.“Tonight,〞 he repeated. “We are a few miles off theSpanish coast. It will be dark, and the wind is blowing in the right direction. You agreed,Dr. Aronna*, to escape〔逃跑〕withme. Remember your promise!〞 I said nothing. “At nineo’clock,〞 continued Ned Land, “I will go to the stairwith Conseil. You will wait in the library for our signal〔信号〕. Ihave already put some food in the dinghy〔小艇〕. Everything is done!〞“The sea is quite rough,〞 I said.“Yes, but if we don’t go tonight, we will soon be too far from land!〞 I knew that he was right. I was also frightened. What would Captain Nemo do if he discovered our plan, or if we failed" I had notseen him for several days. Now, I did not want to see him. He might notice that I was nervous. I stayed in my room as the hours slowly passed.At seven o’clock, I had dinner in my room. Only twohours to go! I was so nervous that I felt sick. I had a headache. I walked up and down in my room. As I looked around, I saw that Captain Nemo’s bedroom door was open. The room was empty.It was eight o’clock, and I went to the dark library. As I waited, I felt a bump as the submarine〔潜水艇〕 came to rest on the ocean floor.The library door opened, and Captain Nemo entered. He told me that we were in Vigo Bay. A Spanish admiral〔海军上将〕had burned his own ships there in 1702 to prevent the British Navy from taking the huge amount of gold they were carrying. He took me to the window. The crew〔船员〕were gathering the gold from the sand andbringing it to the submarine. Now, I knew how CaptainNemo had bee so rich.38.What was NOT a reason Ned Land gave for wanting to escape that night"A. They were close to the Spanish coast.B. The sea was quite rough.C. They would not be found easily. D. The wind was good for them.39. Why did Dr. Aronna* remain in his room"A. He wanted to prepare well for the escape.B. He must have dinner in his room.C. He didn’t want to see Captain Nemo.D. He didn’t want to leave the submarine.40. Which of the following shows the correct order?a. Captain Nemo gathered gold from Vigo Bay.b. Ned asked Dr. Aronna* to escape.c. Ned put some food in the dinghy.d. British Navy was prevented from taking the gold.e. I stayed in the library and waited.A. d-c-b-e-a B. d-b-c-a-e C. e-c-b-a-d D. e-c-d-b-a41. From the passage, we know Dr. Aronna* was _________ that night.A. rela*ed B. hopeful C. patient D. nervousDParrots have been known to repeat words, but have you ever thought how they municate" New research has found that wild parrots are actually given names by their parents.According to a study led by Karl Berg of Cornell University in the US, nestlings (雏鸟) are given a special sound of their own, which stays with them through their lives. In the study, the team placed hidden cameras in the nests of 17 different wild parrots. After studying their sounds, the team found the differences in the calls parents used to municate with each baby parrot. And the baby birds seemed to know the calls.Sounds very similar to humans, doesn’t it"The study also proved that these different calls are made socially not genetically (基因上地).To do this, scientistsswitched the eggs in nine of the 17 nests, so that half of the parrots were raising nestlings that weren’t theirs. Using the recordings, the scientists are sure that the nestlings all used names similar to those the parents (whether biological or non-biological) called them for the first weeks of their lives.Lucie Meil, from National Geographic, said, “this would be the first proven e*ample of a non-human species teaching acoustical (声学的) munication.〞Karl Berg told National Public Radio of the US, “Most people say all those calls are just noise, but I think they’re having conversations.〞Fo* News also asked Berg what else the parrots might be saying. He replied, “They may decide where the food is or if they should go 3 km North-Northwest. These are sorts of arguing or discussing.〞You never know, if the science of animal translation keeps developing, we might one day be watching a reality show about parrots.42.What did Karl Berg and his team find in their study"A. Parents use different sounds to call each baby parrot.B. Parrots can repeat what people say easily.C. Parrots are similar to humans in many ways.D. Each parrot has a special sound for birth.43. What does the underlined word “switched〞 in Paragraph 4 mean"A.旋转 B.交换 C.翻开 D. 选取44. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE"A. Parrots always raise nestlings that weren’t theirs.B. Nestlings used names similar to biological parents only.C. Parrots can teach their babies acoustical munication.D. All those parrots’ calls are not arguments but noise.45. The writer’s attitude towards the study is ________ .A. supportive B. unknown C. neutral(中立的) D. disagreeable第二局部非选择题 (60分)