三、阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，计30分)

阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案

A

(    )31. Sydney Tower is ____________ in Sydney, Australia.

A. the busiest street     B. the biggest station

C. the most beautiful park   D. the highest point

(    ) 32. Sydney Tower opens at ____________.

A. 8:00 am B. 9:00 am C. 10:30 pm  D. 11:30 pm

(    ) 33. If an adult with two children goes to visit Sydney Tower, he has to pay ___________.

A. $60 B. $90 C. $120 D. $150

B

It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.

One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.

How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way, they must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望)to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people can not cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

(    )34.When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.

A.food     B.beds      C.rainwater         D.hope

(    )35.One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.

A.their boat met bad weather  B.their boat hit a big rock and it was broken

C.nobody knew how to sail   D.a fish bit holes in their boat

(    )36.People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.

A. fish and birds                    B rainwater

C. both sea water and rainwater        D. both A and B

(    )37. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. The word "cookers" here means

A.厨师           B.食物          C.炊具          D.大盒子