第二部分阅读理解第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
ASam, an unemployed man, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was a blanket at a church raffle(抽奖) when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube(骰子), a state lottery(彩票) game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X. If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables(变量) is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money. Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.Finally, Sam flipped(翻转) a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car's owner sued(起诉) Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn't play the state lottery any more. He says it's better to be unlucky.21.Sam won the blanket ________ years ago.A. 25B. 60C. 35D. 7622.Sam won the lottery because ______.A. he was luckyB. he was good at mathC. he was smartD. he was tough23.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The lottery game was a complete lie.B. Sam was quite familiar with the boy.C. The owner of the car is now in hospital.D. Sam will have none of the prize money left.24.Sam’s experience shows that ______A. everything has its time and that time must be watched.B. he who risks nothing, gains nothing.C. everything comes to him who waits.D. he who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.BWe were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this place in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.“Look down, Elsa,” father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of the twisting, turning st reets leading to the square. “See, my dear,” father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the bad lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said. When I turned to Father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me t o this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered（喷溅出）“ The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.25.The writer’s fa ther took her to the top of a church tower to ________.A. enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole townB. find out how many ways lead to the squareC. inspire her to find out another way to solve her problemD. help her forgot some unpleasant things earlier that day26.What did the writer want her mother to do earlier that day?A. Do something delicious for lunch.B. Taste her bad lunch.C. Dismiss the mad cook.D. Speak to the school about lunch.27.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 means?A. The cook agreed to serve the soup to Mother.B. The matter of lunches was effective.C. Her father persuaded her mother successfully.D. The way the author thought of was successful.28.By sharing her own experience, the writer tried to tell us________.A. when one road was stopped, we should try anotherB. how bad the lunches of her school wereC. how wise her father wasD. about the church tower near her homeCIn early summer, one of the most popular fruit is strawberry(草莓). It is said strawberry is the "Queen of fruit" as it has many nutritious elements. But many people feel that the strawberry in the current market tastes different as many strawberries are artificially(人工地) grown and some even have a scent of pesticides(杀虫剂). So finding naturally-grown strawberries is a hot issue. There are some places where you can not only find tasteful strawberries, but also enjoy picking them.Tianxing Strawberry- Picking GardenAs one of the biggest strawberry-growing areas, Tianxing is known for its healthy fruits. The strawberries here are pesticide-free with no artificial coloring. And now the farm has a special offer that you can get a kilogram of strawberries for only 12 yuan. Here, visitors can have fun picking strawberries as well as taste their freshness. And if you are a newcomer, you can get a discount card and enjoy an extra 20 percent discount on your purchase. Address: Xinzhuang Village, Xingshou Town, Changping District, Beijing.Tel: 139********Taolin Strawberry GardenThis garden is not as famous as the first one, but it is a quiet place and relaxing. The strawberries here are much cheaper than those sold in markets. It only costs 6 yuan per kilogram.You can also buy freshly-picked lettuce and Tonghao, a green ve getable. You can have fun picking strawberries in person, but you can’t taste them for free. Address: Linzhuang Village, Xingshou Town, Changping District, Beijing.Tel: 010--88413840Baihe Green Strawberry GardenBaihe Town is the biggest strawberry-picking area. Known for the freshest and healthiest strawberries, this place is named as the "Hometown of Strawberries". The price for this fruit is about 12 yuan per kilogram. And you can bargain(讲价) with the local sellers for further discounts.Address: Zhaotun Village, Baihe Town, QingpuDistrict, Shanghai.Tel: 138********29.People prefer naturally-grown strawberries mainly because ________.A. they contain many nutritious elementsB. they have a different scentC. they are pesticide-free and tastefulD. they are cheaper and bigger30.You should pay Tianxing Strawberry- Picking Garden ________yuan if you buy 10 kilograms with a discount card.A. 120B. 108C. 96D. 6031.Which of the following is WRONG about Taolin Strawberry Garden?A. It is not better known than Tianxing Strawberry- Picking Garden.B. Besides strawberries, you can buy green vegetables from it.C. You can have fun picking strawberries as well as taste them as you like.D. If you buy 20 kilogram strawberries, you should at most pay 120 yuan.32.What is the purpose of writing the passage?A. To advertise Strawberry Gardens.B. To show the magic of strawberries.C. To tell the difference between artificially-grown strawberries and naturally-grown strawberries.D. To tell us the joys of picking and buying strawberries.DLet's face it. No one drinks diet sodas for the taste. People drink diet sodas in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it. Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect, according to a new study.Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn't drink diet sodas. “What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank, the more weight they were likely to gain,” said Sharon Fowler.The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large, ongoing research project, where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years.While the findings are surprising, they also offer some explanations.Nutrition expert, Melanie Rogers, who works with overweight patients in New York, has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet sodas, they don't lose weight at all. “We weren't seeing weight loss necessarily, and that was confusing to us,” said Rogers.So why would diet soda cause weight gain? No one knows for sure yet，but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet sodas, and so over-compensate(弥补) for the missing calories.A related study found some sweeteners (甜味剂) raised blood sugar levels in some mice. “Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky,” said Helen P. Hazuda, professor at School of Medicine of the University of Texas. “They may be free of calories, but not of consequences.”33.People drink diet sodas to________.A. enjoy its tasteB. stay in fashionC. achieve weight lossD. gain more energy34.We can learn from the passage that________.A. regular sodas make people lose more weightB. diet soda drinkers tend to eat more foodC. diet sodas do help reduce caloriesD. most blood diseases come from diet sodas35.T he underlined word “They” in the last paragraph probably refers to“________”.A. sweetenersB. diet sodas and artificial sweetenersC. sodasD. diet soda drinkers and sweetener takers第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
