三、阅读理解(每题2分，共40分)

A

More and more people around the world are joining in dangerous sports. Some people climbed the highest mountains; some traveled into unknown parts of the world; some sailed small boats across the largest sea. Now some people begin to look for new excitement.

Bungee jumping (蹦极) and motorcycle racing (摩托车赛) are quite dangerous sports. Bungee jumping only lasts for a few minutes or even seconds. You jump from a high place, about 200 meters above the ground, and there is a rubber band (橡胶带子) tied to your legs. When you jump down, the rubber band pulls you up. About 2,000,000 people around the world have tried bungee jumping.

Why do people join in these dangerous sports Some scientists say that it is because modern life has become safe and it is not interesting. In the past, people lived in danger. They had to go out and look for food, and life was like a fight but was interesting.

Many people think that there is little excitement in life. They live and work in safe places, buy food in shops, and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.

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41. People like to join in dangerous sports because _______.

A.they have a lot of free time

B.they can go to the hospital if they are hurt

C.they need excitement

D.they don’t need to look for food

42. _______ is not a dangerous sport.

A.Climbing the highest mountains

B.Playing table tennis

C.Traveling into unknown parts of the world

D.Sailing small boats across the largest sea

43. In bungee jumping, you _______.

A.jump up as high as you can

B.jump down with a rubber band tied to your legs

C.jump down without a rubber band

D.jump to the ground

44. In the past, people lived in danger because _______.

A.the living condition (生存条件) was poor

B.there was no doctor or hospital

C.there were many dangerous animals

D.all of above

45. Which is NOT true

A.Everyone’s life is interesting.

B.Many people live and work in safe places.

C.Many people buy food in shops.

D.People can go to see the doctors when they become ill.

B

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building only was a few feet away from mine. There was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Later in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window ” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

46. The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because __________.

A.t he woman’s window was dirty

B.the writer’s window was dirty

C.the woman lived nearby

D.the writer was near-sighted

47. The writer was surprised that _________.

A.the woman was sitting by her window

B.the woman’s window was still terrible

C.the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

D.the woman’s window was clean

48. “It dawned on me” probably means “_______”.

A.I began to understand it

B.it cheered me up

C.I knew it grew light

D.it began to get dark

49. It’s clear that ________.

A.the writer had never met the woman before

B.the writer often washed the window

C.they both worked as cleaners

D.they lived in a small town

50. From the passage, we can learn _______.

A.one shouldn’t criticize others very often

B.one should often make hi s windows clean

C.one must judge himself before he judges others

D.one must look at others through his dirty windows.