34.【解析】选A。由于撒谎付出了昂贵的 代价，因此Glen体会了诚信的价值，从而导致他取得成功。

35. A. s ecret . lesson C. choice D. belief

35.【解析】选A。他将永远记住这个成功的秘密。secret秘诀，秘密;lesson教训;choice选择;belief信仰;信念。

三、阅读理解(20小题)

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Japan’s nuclear crisis is also causing concerns in China. Worried shoppers rushed to stores and supermarkets in the country for salt, with the belief that it might protect them from potential nuclear radiation spreading from Japan.

Many rushed to buy to stores as much iodized salt as possible because of the rumor that iodized salt could help prevent radiation poisoning spreading from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Consumers also worried that the nuclear plumes might spread to China by air and sea, polluting food sources, including salt taken from the sea.

The wave of panic buying spread quickly across the country, driving up salt prices by five to ten fold in some cities.

Even regions rich in salt production, like Jiangxi Province，faced sudden shortages.

The government took measures to guarantee enough supply and to stabilize(稳定)the market. It also dismissed the nuclear rumors, saying the nuclear fallout was unlikely to reach the country, and that salt did not help to prevent radiation poisoning.

Local authorities have stepped in to stabilize the market, too. As well, state-owned salt companies have been urged to increase their supply.

Facing expanding market demand, distribution centers have taken extra measures to ensure they are well-prepared.

Wang Yun, the General Manager of Beijing Salt Industry Corporation, said, "Our storage reserves can guarantee a two-month supply for the Beijing market."

36.People made panic purchases of salt for the reasons EXCEPT______________.

A. salt might protect them from po tential nuclear radiation

. nuclear radiation might pollute food sources

C. nuclear radiation might pollute salt taken from the sea

D. there would be a shortage of salt on the market

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章的第一、二段可知人们抢购食盐，因为害怕食物受到核辐射的污染，加碘盐可以预防核辐射，而不是害怕市场上缺盐。

37.The underlined word “fold” in the third paragraph means _______.

A. times . prices C. quantities D. means

【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据上句可知食盐抢购潮迅速波及全国，使得某些城市的食盐价格上涨了5-10倍。因此选A。

38.What measures did the government take for the panic buying?

A. Enough salt would be offered to each house.

. It admitted that salt could stop nuclear radiation.

C. Authorities urged state-owned salt companies to increase the supply.

D. Those who spread the rumor were all arrested and punished.

【解析】选C。细节理解题。 根据第六段可知，当地政府要求国有盐业公司增加市场供应，故选C。

39.What is the purpose of the writer to give the example of Beijing Salt Industry Corporation?

A. To tell readers that there is a salt company in beijing.

. To make people believe that the supply of salt is enough.

C. To call on panic people to buy enough salt.

D. To prove what the government did was right.

【解析】选 。作者意图题。根据文中的“全国出现了抢盐热，政府和当局都采取了措施来稳定市场和人心”，知，列举beijing Salt Industry Corporation是为了使人们相信盐的供给是足够的。

Once many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.

That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?

Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.

That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very important. And I remembered what happened to me years ago.

After my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get up enough courage to end the pain and misery. Wh en I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.

The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages (孤儿院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we will also become "heroes".

40. The main idea of the passage is _______________.

A. why the writer should be a hero . what a hero exactly is

C. whether the writer is a hero D. that everyone is a hero

【解析】选 。主旨大意题。从第二段的开头That got me thinking about what a hero is到结束，作者都围绕着“什么是英雄”这个话题，因此主旨大意应该是 。

41. Why did the woman call the writer a hero at the end of the call?

A. ecause his story saved her so n’s life.

. ecause he saved a family from a burning car.

C. ecause he asked her son not to kill himself.

D. ecause he was cute and kind to everybody.

【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段的Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called m e a hero.可知女士感激作者是因为他的故事阻止了她儿子自杀，故可知答案。

42. What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence of Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. The wonderful card the writer received 。

. The action of sending the card。

C. The fact that the sender helped the writer。

D. The fact that the sender was a friend of the writer。

【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据上文那个美好的卡片救了作者的命，尽管送卡片的人没有意识到这一点可知，it应该指代作者获救这件事。所以选C。

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