A. Jack had an umbrella shop.
B. The womans umbrella was Jacks.
C. The woman thought Jack was a thief.
D. Jack bought eight umbrellas from the shop again.
C
“I would almost rather see you dead.” Bobert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twentyyearold eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady’s family racked among the best of Philadelphia’s social families, such an idea could not even be considered.
That was how Mary Cassatt, born 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her father’s anger, she opposed him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thoughts of a thousand and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance, she became America’s most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.
36. How did Mr Cassatt react when his daughter made her announcement?
A. He feared for her life. B. He was very angry.
C. He nearly killed her. D. He warned her.
37. What in fact was Mr Cassatt’s main reason in opposing his daughter’s wish?
A. Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.
B. He did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.
C. He believed an artist’s life would be too hard for his daughter.
D. Ladies of good families simply did not become artists in those times.
38. What made Mary Cassatt’s “struggle” to become a recognized artist especially hard?
A. She was a woman.
B. Her father opposed her.
C. She had no social position.
D. She didn’t come from an artist’s family.
39. What do we know about Mary Cassatt’s marriage?
A. Her marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family.
B. She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.
C. After marriage she decided to give up her husband rather than her career.
D. She did not marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below her was unthinkable.
40. What do we know about Robert Cassatt’s character from the text?
A. He was a cruel man. B. He was a stubborn (固執(zhí)的) man.
C. He knew nothing about art. D. He knew little about his daughter.
D
Are you going to high school to go on with your study? What will you do if you cant? Dont worry. Vocational schools are open for you because our country is in need of people with special skills.
Compared with common high schools, vocational schools have more advantages. Firstly, in order to promote the development of vocational education, our country spends a lot of money on it. So you need to pay only a smaller half of the school fee. Secondly, in here you have already started learning practical skills that you can use all your life. But some other students may still worry about how to spend the long three years at high schools. Why? Because they didnt choose the school that suits them. And finally, when they are still wondering where to go, you are already able to live on your own hands proudly. And perhaps it wont be long before you are on the road to success.
People take different roads because they have different potentials. So different students should choose different schools. Go to high school if you think that you can go farther on that road. Choose a key high school if you are lucky enough to have the chance. Enter a vocational school if you are interested in the lessons there and you are better at making things with your hands.
In a word, think carefully and see what kind of person you are. Remember, always choose things that suit you.
41. What does the second paragraph talk about?
A. The future of vocational schools.
B. How to learn a skill.
C. The advantages of vocational schools.
D. How to succeed.
42. The underlined word “practical” here means “”.
A. fairB. useful
C. poorD. safe
43. Vocational school students can than students who choose a high school carelessly.
A. spend more moneyB. be more worried
C. get more knowledgeD. have fewer chances to succeed
44. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People should take the same road.
B. Key high school students must be good at making things.
C. Clever students are better at using their hands.
D. We should choose things that suit us.
45. This passage is written to .
A. advise some students to choose vocational schools
B. talk about the advantages of common high schools
C. discuss how to divide students into different groups
D. compare different schools
E
The first walk into outer space was taken by a Soviet astronaut. Astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese to walk in space on September 27, 2008. It showed that it was quite safe for a man to be outside the spaceship for a certain period of time. But to walk in space, astronauts have to meet with many kinds of difficulties and dangers.
The spaceship goes round the earth at an altitude of about 200 kilometers above its surface. At such altitudes there is no atmosphere which protects the life on the earth. The conditions of outer space are very harmful to man.
The boiling point of liquids goes down with pressure. But pressure outside the spaceship is nearly zero. In such conditions the decompression of the spacesuit may cause the boiling of the blood and quick death. There is radiation from space and it is harmful.
Breathing problems in space can be solved with the help of the spacesuit. Another problem is heat. Man gives off heat in the course of his activity, and the harder the labor is, the greater the amount of heat is. In space unless special measures are taken, the heat inside the spacesuit would make the conditions difficult.
46. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的句子。(每空一詞)(3分)
Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese astronaut in space on September 27, 2008.
47. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的句子。(每空一詞)(3分)
The altitude is so that there is no atmosphere which protects the life on the earth. At the same time, the astronauts usually meet with some problems, such as problem, radiation problem, breathing problem, heat problem and so on.
48. 將畫線的句子翻譯成漢語。(4分)
【答案解析】
Ⅲ.閱讀理解
26. A[解析] 每個廣告中的Apply to中都有工作的地址，三個城市只有深圳是南方，所以選A。
27. B[解析] 第三個廣告是招老師的，電話是0411-4313861，所以答案選B。
28. B[解析] Mary會兩門外語，年齡也符合空姐的要求，所以B最合適。
29. B[解析] A雖然對于司機來說并不是好習慣，但是只要不在開車前喝酒就沒有問題，而且關鍵是第一個廣告沒有提到這一點，容易主觀臆斷選上。B符合廣告的第一條，所以是正確答案。CD文中都沒有提到。
30. D[解析] 三個廣告分別是招聘司機、空姐和老師，沒有提到醫(yī)生。所以答案選D。
31. A[解析] 首先根據(jù)文意知道Jack的妻子從櫥柜里找到了八把舊傘，C、D項都不對，按照正確的語序，應該選A。
32. B[解析] 是Jack把傘拿到店里去修的，所以答案選B。
33. C[解析] Jack下車的時候錯拿了老太太的傘，所以答案選C。
34. D[解析] 第二天Jack取回雨傘回家的時候，又在公交車上偶遇了昨天的那個老太太。所以答案選D。
35. C[解析] A句意為Jack有家雨傘店，顯然不對。B句意為那個老太太的雨傘是Jack的，也不對，那把傘是老太太的，是Jack拿錯了。C句意為老太太以為Jack是個小偷，根據(jù)老太太說“You certainly have a successful day!”可知，老太太以為他拿的雨傘都是今天順手牽羊牽來的，所以這個選項是對的。D句意為Jack又從雨傘店買了八把傘，那些傘是他從家里拿去修的而不是買的。所以答案選C。
36. B[解析] 從開頭第一句他說的那句話“我寧愿看到你死了!”可以看出他很生氣。所以答案選B。
37. D[解析] 根據(jù)下文可以看出，對于一個生長在上層社會家庭的女性來說，這樣的想法是不能有的，因此答案選D。
38. A[解析] 同上。
39. B[解析] 根據(jù)排除法，ACD文中都沒有提到這個意思，所以答案選B。
40. D[解析] 雖然Robert Cassatt不同意他女兒的決定，但是最后還是改變了當初的想法，所以并不固執(zhí)。文章沒有提到他有什么殘酷的行徑，也沒有提到他懂不懂藝術。而當初不同意是因為他并不夠了解自己的女兒。所以答案選D。
41. C[解析] 主旨大意題。第二段主要介紹了職業(yè)學校的優(yōu)勢。
42. B[解析] 猜測詞義題。學生可以根據(jù)上下文猜測該單詞的意思。根據(jù)第二段第四句，“Secondly, in here you have already started learning practical skills that you can use all your life.”該句譯為：其次，你在這里學到的實用技能可以讓你受益終生。所以這樣的技能應是“有用的”，故答案為B。
43. C[解析] 推理判斷題。相對于一個隨便選擇了一所高中的學生來說，職業(yè)學校的學生可以學到更多的知識。