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 (固执的) 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. 根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。(每空一词)(3分)
Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese astronaut in space on September 27, 2008.
47. 根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。(每空一词)(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. 将画线的句子翻译成汉语。(4分)
【答案解析】
Ⅲ.阅读理解
26. A[解析] 每个广告中的Apply to中都有工作的地址，三个城市只有深圳是南方，所以选A。
27. B[解析] 第三个广告是招老师的，电话是0411-4313861，所以答案选B。
28. B[解析] Mary会两门外语，年龄也符合空姐的要求，所以B最合适。
29. B[解析] A虽然对于司机来说并不是好习惯，但是只要不在开车前喝酒就没有问题，而且关键是第一个广告没有提到这一点，容易主观臆断选上。B符合广告的第一条，所以是正确答案。CD文中都没有提到。
30. D[解析] 三个广告分别是招聘司机、空姐和老师，没有提到医生。所以答案选D。
31. A[解析] 首先根据文意知道Jack的妻子从橱柜里找到了八把旧伞，C、D项都不对，按照正确的语序，应该选A。
32. B[解析] 是Jack把伞拿到店里去修的，所以答案选B。
33. C[解析] Jack下车的时候错拿了老太太的伞，所以答案选C。
34. D[解析] 第二天Jack取回雨伞回家的时候，又在公交车上偶遇了昨天的那个老太太。所以答案选D。
35. C[解析] A句意为Jack有家雨伞店，显然不对。B句意为那个老太太的雨伞是Jack的，也不对，那把伞是老太太的，是Jack拿错了。C句意为老太太以为Jack是个小偷，根据老太太说“You certainly have a successful day!”可知，老太太以为他拿的雨伞都是今天顺手牵羊牵来的，所以这个选项是对的。D句意为Jack又从雨伞店买了八把伞，那些伞是他从家里拿去修的而不是买的。所以答案选C。
36. B[解析] 从开头第一句他说的那句话“我宁愿看到你死了!”可以看出他很生气。所以答案选B。
37. D[解析] 根据下文可以看出，对于一个生长在上层社会家庭的女性来说，这样的想法是不能有的，因此答案选D。
38. A[解析] 同上。
39. B[解析] 根据排除法，ACD文中都没有提到这个意思，所以答案选B。
40. D[解析] 虽然Robert Cassatt不同意他女儿的决定，但是最后还是改变了当初的想法，所以并不固执。文章没有提到他有什么残酷的行径，也没有提到他懂不懂艺术。而当初不同意是因为他并不够了解自己的女儿。所以答案选D。
41. C[解析] 主旨大意题。第二段主要介绍了职业学校的优势。
42. B[解析] 猜测词义题。学生可以根据上下文猜测该单词的意思。根据第二段第四句，“Secondly, in here you have already started learning practical skills that you can use all your life.”该句译为：其次，你在这里学到的实用技能可以让你受益终生。所以这样的技能应是“有用的”，故答案为B。
43. C[解析] 推理判断题。相对于一个随便选择了一所高中的学生来说，职业学校的学生可以学到更多的知识。