第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。

                                     A

A few days ago, he was just Colonel Yang, few people knew his name or recognized his face. But when he came back to the earth after a 21-hour trip to space. Yang Liwei’s smile was seen across the world above the magic words:“China’s first spaceman.”

  The 38-years-old astronaut was sent into space by China’s Shenzhou V spacecraft, which orbited the third earth 14 times. He landed safely the next day, making China the third country to successfully send a person into space, after the former Soviet Union and the US.

Yang was satisfied with his job. “I have seen many landing scenes before on video, and I think ours was one of the most successful,” he said on a special plane to Beijing after landing.

  Born in an ordinary family in Liaoning Province, he became a pilot in the Chinese Air Force in 1987, spending 1350 hours in the air. He joined the China’s national flag and the United Nations’ flag to the people watching on TV at home.

  The whole project went according to plan, but space exploration is not as easy as it seems.

Anyone who saw the destruction of the US space shuttle Columbia in February this year will know that Yang took a great risk.

  He experienced extremely high temperature while the gravitational forces on taking off and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.

 “ When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn’t help feeling excited ,” he said.“I decided that I had to fly it.”

 To Chinese people, Yang is now a hero. One visit to Xinhua news agency online forum(网上论坛)said,“Yang’s trip is a giant leap forward for China.”

 Officials say the next Shenzhou will be launched by 2005. China also plans to develop spacewalking and a space lab.

36.What does the word“Colonel” mean?

  A. Scientist  B. Researcher    C. Officer    D. Professor

37. When did Yang Liwei become a spaceman?

  A. In 1987     B. In 1998   C. In 1965   C. In 1985

38. Yang Liwei thought        .

  A. the space scenery is beautiful

  B. the space exploration is not easy

  C. the space exploration is quite easy for him

  D. he was sure that he could come back alive

39. Which is the best title for the passage?

  A. Yang Liwei Is a Hero

  B. China’s First Spaceman

  C. A Giant Leap for China

  D. China Plans to Develop a Space Lab

                                 B

A good modern newspaper is extraordinary piece of reading . It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features(特定)as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性)，its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now, But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it means also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

40. A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its           .

 A. wide coverage           B. uniform style

 C. speed in reporting news   D. popularity

41. According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the “same” newspaper is that          .

 A. people scan for the news they are interested in

 B. different people prefer different newspapers

 C. people are rarely interested in the same kind of news

 D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is

42. It can be conclude from the passage that newspaper readers       .

 A. apply reading techniques skillfully

 B. jump from one newspaper to another

 C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

 D. usually read a newspaper selectively

43. A good newspaper offers “ a variety” to readers because           .

 A. it tries to serve different readers

 B. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

 C. readers are difficult to please

 D. readers like to read different newspapers

                             C

                   Letter to Editor of TV Weekly

Dear sir/ Madam.

  I read Alison Burnham’s review of When We WERE 12 ,and I do not agree with her. I thought the programme was wonderful –I found he old news pictures really interesting---they helped to bring to life the stories the people were telling.

 The programme reminds me of many things from my own childhood. For example, one day when I was about five, I was going to school on the bus by myself( this was the late 1960s). My mother had given me exactly the right money for a return ticket . I held out my hand with the money in it----one big coin only and she gave me a ticket, but it was a pink one for a single journey. I needed a white one for a return journey, but I was too frightened to say anything. When school finished for the day, I couldn’t catch the bus home----- I had to walk. As a grown-up, whenever I’ve been in a situation where I need to say something or take some action, this early memory of my bus ride comes back to me, and I’m able to take control of the situation.

 I would like to say to the director, Bret Chrysler, carry on making this kind of programme. Too much TV these days is quiz shows and so-called “reality programmes”. I appreciate the human story that can make me laugh and cry.

                                          Yours faithfully,

                                            Chris Daniels

44. What is Chris Daniels’ purpose of writing this letter?

A.      To persuade Bret Chrysler to turn away from quiz shows.

B.      To entertain other readers with old news pictures.

C.      To express his appreciation of the programme.

D.     To have his story told on the programme

45. Chris Daniels tells the story about the bus ticket to         .

 A. describe how painful his early experience was

 B. draw a direct response from Alison Burnham

 C. show how the programme made him think

 D. teach the readers of TV Weekly a lesson

46. According to the passage, Chris Daniels had to walk home because       .

 A. he hadn’t got a return ticket

 B. he had lost his bus ticket

 C. he didn’t like big crowds

D. he missed the bus home

47. What does Chris Daniels now think about his experience on the bus?

 A. He should have told the conductor then

 B. He should have been well treated

 C. He regrets going to school alone

 D. He wishes it hadn’t happened

                             D

 In some magazines, tables of contents list articles in numerical order. The football article begins on page 5, the basketball article begins on page 7, the football story begins on page 13,and so on.

 Other magazine tables of contents are organized by subjects, by columns and by features. Subjects are the topics covered in the articles. A feature is a specific kind of article, such as an article about sports or about cooking “Feature” also has another meaning. A “regular feature” is something that appears in every issue(期)， such as letters to the editors, movie reviews, sports statistics(统计) and other things. Some magazines also call regular features “departments”.

Columns are another kind of “regular feature” published in every issue. Columns are often written by the same person each time. A person who writes columns is called a columnist!

 Most magazine tables of contents will also give you an idea of what a story is about. Look at the sample (example) below.

Kids’ Life             Articles 8 Skateboarding in the U.S.A.    Read about kids from across the country and how they make the best of their boards! 12 Summer Camp     Believe it or not, camp is fun! 20 Battle of Gettysburg     It was a decisive one in the American Civil War.  25 Snacks in a Flash     Look at these treats you can make yourself!  29 Martin Luther King The man who made people think twice.                     Comics   6 Little People   14 Skatin’s Sam 30 Double Trouble                              Columns   7 Videos   32 The Great Outdoors   39 The Fun and Famous                                Departments   34 Your Health   36 Sports   38 Letters to the Editor

48. What page the sports section begin on?

   A. 7    B. 13   C. 36   D. 38

49. List the titles of the regular feature in this magazine      .

 A. Your Health, Sports, Letters to the Editor

 B. Summer Camp, little People, Skatin’s Sam

 C. Your Health, Sports, Double Trouble

 D. Sports, Letters to the Editor, Summer Camp

50. What was the Battle of Gettysburg according to the table of contents?

 A. The name of an American

 B. The name of an American city

 C. A battle of the World War Ⅱ

 D. A battle in the American Civil War

51. Is there any information in this magazine about roller skating?

 A. There is a lot of information

 B. It’s under the health heading

 C. Not unless it’s under the sports heading

 D. Yes, there is no information about it

                               E

  Here are some advertisements taken from a newspaper.

                               (1)

 Dear Drew Carter,

     Your first year on this earth has been a pleasure ride for all of us. We love you!

                                                         Love,

                                                      Dad and Mom

                                                      and many friends

                                (2)

                           Lawlis—Clarke

  The Doctors Virgil and Marjorie Lawlis are pleased to announce the engagement(订婚)

   of their daughter Dang to Mrs. Susan to Mr. Robert Brent Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs.James Clarke of Herdford, Texas.

   A spring wedding is planed in Houston.

                                (3)

                             Isbell—Foss

  Mr. and Mrs. Davis K. Isbell announce the marriage of their daughter Dang to Mr. Stanley Foss, son of Mrs. John Sipe of Ada, Minnesota.

  The wedding will be early April at Abiding Love Lutheran Church.

                                 (4)

                              Story—Kurio

Miss Stephanie Story and Mr. Todd Warren Kurio were married February 5, at half past seven o’clock in the evening at Highland Park Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stanley Kurio of Austin.

52. What would be the best title for the first advertisement?

A. We love you      B. Happy Ist Birthday

C. One Year Old     D. Our One-Year-Old Son.

53. Lawlis and Clarke are going to get married       .

  A. in a church    B. where Clarke’s parents live

  C. against their parents’ will     D. to Lawlis’s parents’ joy

54. Who are now a married couple?

  A. Lawlis and Clarke      B. Dang Isbell and Foss

  C. Story and Kurio        D. The text doesn’t say

55. Who got or will get married in spring?

  A. Not only Lawlis and Clarke but also Isbell and Foss

  B. Neither Isbell and Clarke nor Isbell and Foss

  C. Either Isbell and Foss or Story and Kurio

  D. Neither Lawlis and Clarke nor Story and Kurio.