(B)

The most difficult thing for the university student Shaun Rogers is to open the classroom door by himself. Shaun can’t do this without   26  because he is only six years old. He’s the  27  person  ever to study at Rochester University in New York. Shaun began  28  at two and by the age of the five he had read many books and was able to finish writing his first book. “I love learning,” says Shaun. “My hero is the scientist Albert Einstein. He never combed(梳)his hair or  29  socks.”

Shaun’s mother first  30  that her son was different when he kept crying at playschool because he was  31  with the children’s games. She started teaching him at home after finding that local schools were not prepared for children who  32  at Shaun’s speed. Now Shaun is studying geography at the  33  and using the Internet to finish his high school studies. However, some scientists warn that too much study can stop a child from developing normally. “I don’t care how clever the kid is. Six-year-olds have to  34  with their friends,” says Dr. Brian Wood. Mrs. Rogers disagreed that all her son’s time was taken up by school-work.” He loves playing the violin and has many outdoor interests, such as camping, fishing and swimming, just like  35  boys of his age.”

26. A. help           B. interest        C. knowledge      D. progress

27. A. happiest        B. shyest         C. laziest         D. youngest

28. A. swimming      B. reading        C. speaking       D. walking

29. A. carried         B. sold           C. wore          D. made

30. A. realized        B. received       C. published       D. represented

31. A. interested       B. bored         C. surprised       D. excited

32. A. learnt          B. drank         C. drove          D. spoke

33. A. cinema         B. hospital       C. university       D. hotel

34. A. sleep           B. play          C. laugh          D. study

35. A. all             B. another       C. other           D. both

三、阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分，满分为50分)

(A)

Ladies First

In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless(除非)the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above(如上文说说).  On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host (主人) or hostess(女主人)or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though(尽管)there are no people sitting on it.

36. In America, men usually________.

A. walk ahead of women          B. eat in a restaurant

C. walk behind women            D. drive a car to work