Reading Exercise
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Reading Exercise出卷人：张祥云一．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 42 a big bald （秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 43 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window. “Get out!” Neilson 44 .Pulling open her door, the man seized her 45 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 46 her purse and the keys.Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 47 , heard the screams and began running.When they 48 Neilson‟s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver‟s seat and was 49 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 50 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 51 for the two athletic men.Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 52 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes ——used to tie up newspapers.With his arms 53 tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves –you just caught one of the most wanted men.”They 55 him and waited for the police.Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 56 carjacker （劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose 57 –but with a full head of hair –had been recently printed in their own newspaper.Neilson considers herself lucky 58 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 59 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,”she says, “many people would 60 have done what they did, and that is the real truth.”41. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send42 .A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met43 .A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude44 .A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed45 .A. by B. around C. with D. on46 .A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing47. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday48. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached49. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently50. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted51. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion52. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg53. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied54. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly55. A. caught B. thanked C. comforted D. ignored56. A. ordinary B. professional C. honest D. outstanding57. A. picture B. background C. character D. story58. A. and B. but C. though D. when59. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D. different60. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. forever二：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AMargaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次）are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and insurance. “It's better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work …unsocial hours‟ should get a bit extra.”The hours she‟s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn‟t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.Her work isn‟t physically very hard, but it‟s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they‟d be a bit more careful.”The fact that she‟s working all night doesn‟t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I‟ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself –and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you‟re a cleaner because you don‟t know how to read and write,”said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say i f they knew what I‟d been doing, but I don‟t think that way any more. I don‟t dislike the work though I can‟t say I‟m mad about it.”61. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because____.A. she wanted to earn more money to support her familyB. she had suffered a lot of mental pressureC. she needed the right time to look after her childrenD. she felt tired of taking care of patients62.Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because_________.A. they never clean their officesB. they look down upon cleanersC. they never do their work carefullyD. they always make a mess in their offices63.When at work, Margaret feels_________.A. light-hearted because of her fellow workersB. happy because the building is fully litC. tired because of the heavy workloadD. bored because time passes slowly64.The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _________.A. help care for her childrenB. regret what they had saidC. show sympathy for herD. feel disappointed in herBKathy started at my nursery school at the age of three. She settled into the group easily, and would be first on the slide and highest up the climbing frame. She could put on her coat without help and not only fasten her own buttons but other children's too.She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or stood in her way, her right hand would flash out fast and scratch down the face of her playmates. Children twice her age would fly in fear from her.This must have been very rewarding for Kathy but obviously it had to be stopped. All the usual ways failed and then I remembered an account by G. Atkinson of Highfield School, of how fights in the playground had been stopped. No punishment had been given, but the attacker had been ignored and the victims rewarded. So I decided to try this out on Kathy.With a pocketful of Smarties I followed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible to prevent her scratching, but I was determined to stay within arm's length all afternoon.All was peaceful but then I was Kathy's hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms and said "Nice, nice sweetie" and I put a Smartie into her mouth. Kathy opened her mouth, expecting a Smartie and then looked puzzled when she got nothing.Soon came another scream, this time from John. While holding him in my arms, I said, "Look, Kathy, a nice Smartie for John" and put it into John's mouth.A smile of understanding flashed across Kathy's face. Minutes later, she came to me and said loudly, "Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger!""No," I replied, "you'll get it if someone hurts you."On purpose, she turned and scratched a nearby boy, Tom, and waited quietly while I mothered and rewarded him, then she walked away.She has never scratched a child since.Parents who find older children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and giving more attention to the injured ones. It's certainly much easier and more effective.65. From the passage, we know that Kathy is_______.A. sensitive but slowB. smart but a bit rudeC. independent but selfishD. quick but sort of passive66. Kathy scratched Tom because_______.A. she was angry at Tom, who was in her wayB. she wanted to get a Smartie from the teacherC. she was in the habit of scratching other childrenD. she wanted to know if the teacher meant what she had said67. According to the passage, the underlined word "bullying" is closest in meaning to "_____".A. helpingB. punishingC. hurtingD. protecting68. The writer of this passage aims to recommend an approach to______.A. rewarding children's good behaviorB. correcting children's bad behaviorC. punishing badly-behaved childrenD. praising well-behaved childrenCOne August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp (黄蜂) nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting (sting, stung, stung蜇) in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door."Oh, they don't bother me," she said lightly. "I go in and out all the time."Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again-to see the wasps flying straight at him. "Hurry!" he shouted to Mrs. Carey. "Get in!"She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the "fire" was spreading forward toward his face. An immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn't know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike(话筒),trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department's north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock(休克).Just then he reached for the radio mike again."Call fire station," he shouted, concentrating to form the words. "Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.""Five-ten," the center replied.Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.69.It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when_____.A. there are huge noisesB. strangers are approachingC. the air is filled with food smellD. the hottest season comes around70.Allen didn't know that if stung by wasps again, he would______.A. have no after-effectsB. suffer from sharper painC. surely lose his lifeD. become more sensitive71.Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the mini-bus center because _______.A. he was unable to speak clearlyB. his radio equipment was poorC. he was in a state of shock。
