三、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能回答所提问题所给句子的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A.)

Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child. He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford(牛津大学) for two or three years. At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home. He wanted a change. And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford.

It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper. They had in front of them only two chickens. Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, "My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford. Now I want to know what you have learned. "The son smiled and said, "Father, I have studied a science which can prove (证明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens. ""Well," said the father, "This is something I would like very much to know. ""There are two chickens on the plate, "said the student. He took one of the chickens in his hand and said, "Here is one more; and one and two makes three. So here are three chickens. "Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, "I will have one of the chickens my-self, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else. "The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

36. The rich man loved his son very much, so he__________.

A. sent him to work at Oxford for two or three years .

B. wanted him to live at Oxford for two or three years

C. sent him to Oxford to study .

D. gave him a lot of money

37. The father asked his son_______.

A. how much money he had spent at the university

B. how he liked Oxford

C. what he had learned by the end of the first year at the university

D. how his son got along with his classmates .

38. The student said that_________.

A. he could make three chickens   .

B. he could change the two chickens on the plate into three .

C. he could prove the two chickens on the plate were really three.

D. he was good at maths .

39. Who was cleverer, the father or the son?

A. Neither.     B. Both.    C. The son.  D. The father.

30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?_________.

A.In the end the student had nothing to eat for his supper

B.In the end each of them had a chicken for their supper

C.In the end the father gave his son the third chicken to eat .

D. In the end both of the parents had no chickens to eat