第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，每题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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“Look at that!" Janet exclaimed, pointing out the car window.

Janet's father stopped the car and leaned over to look out her window.A giraffe was standing in a field of tall grass.Dad handed Janet the camera.

When Janet finished taking a picture, her father drove forward slowly.The animals at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center had surprised Janet.She had expected to see only animals native to Texas.She had seen goats, longhorns, and deer before, so she had not been too excited about coming.Now, however, she couldn't wait to see what animals from other countries would be wandering around.

Suddenly a small herd of zebras ran out in front of the car."Watch out!" Janet yelled to her father.

He stepped on the brakes."Now I understand why we were told to drive so slowly," Dad said."You can never tell what an animal may do!"

As Janet and her father watched the zebras, one zebra walked toward Janet's window.Janet grabbed a handful of food from the bag her father held and dropped it out the window."I hope they don't try to get into the car," she said.

⑦Janet was busy watching the zebra when she heard her father gasp.She turned toward him and almost burst out laughing.Trying to hold her breath, Janet quickly grabbed the camera and snapped a picture.A giraffe's head was just inches from her father's face.Her father didn't move while the giraffe was eating from the bag in his hand.

⑧After a few bites, the giraffe backed out of the open window and walked away.Janet's father let out a long sigh and said, "Let's go down the road and see what else comes to visit us."

Janet giggled as she thought about the surprised look on her father's face."Is that another giraffe over there, Dad?" she asked."Remember, the man at the gate said that they are very friendly!" Then they laughed together.

56.Paragraphs 7 and 8 are mostly about ____,

A.where Janet's father plans to go

B.a zebra Janet watches from the car

C.how much food is eaten from the bag

D.an experience Janet's father has with an animal

57.Janet is surprised by the animals at Fossil Rim because she ____.

A.expected to see only very small animals there

B.thought all the animals would be from Texas

C.remembered seeing more goats and deer

D.thought the animals would be friendlier

58.The author tells this story by ____.

A.explaining the good things and the bad things about feeding wild animals

B.describing how the animals are alike and how they are different

C.describing Janet and her father's visit to the center as it happens

D.explaining why people should visit the center on their next vacation

59.Visitors are instructed to drive very slowly through the wildlife center ____.

A.to keep from hitting animals that sometimes run in front of cars

B.to keep animals standing nearby from looking into the cars

C.to feed all the animals that want to get food from visitors

D.to make it easier for the center's scientists to study the animals