三. 阅读理解 (共15小题，计20分)

第一节：阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。 (共5小题，计5分)

A

Many of us have heard of a special school called Kentucky Avenue School. It’s their duty to give the children the best of both traditional and progressive (进步的) education. While the teachers in other schools teach the students in the usual ways, most teachers here are allowed to choose to enrich (丰富) the children’s challenging subjects with creative, hands-on projects.

A visitor to the school might see, for example, that in language arts, the older children are talking about Hamlet while the younger children are writing a puppet play (木偶戏). In Spanish, students might be drawing family trees. In science, they are allowed to act out cell membranes (细胞膜) or test with magnets (磁铁). In music, they are allowed to learn a kind of jazz, play the guitar, or learn lyrics in sign language. In gym, they are allowed to take a class with dance music or play balls in the park. In current events (时事), they might be filming an original news report.

There are always so many interesting things going on at Kentucky Avenue School that adult visitors often shout, “I wish I could go to school here!”

( )21. Kentucky Avenue School’s duty is to give the students traditional and progressive education.

( )22. At Kentucky Avenue School, students might film an original news report in Spanish.

( )23. Students might be taking a class with dance music in language arts.

( )24. The lessons of Kentucky Avenue School are all creative.

( )25. The passage mainly tells us that what students are learning in Kentucky Avenue School.

第二节： 阅读下面三篇短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。(共10小题，计15分)

B

Name: Manners at the Table

Author: Carrie Finn, Chris Lensch

Age: 4-8 years

Price: $7.16

Introduction to the book: This is a nice book about manners. The illustrations (插图) are colorful, interesting and help show the ideas behind each manner. The simple text is perfect for young children.

Name: Soup Should Be Seen, Not Heard!

Author: Beth Brainard

Age: 4 and up

Price: $11.46

Introduction to the book: It offers advice that children can actually use in their everyday lives, both today and as they grow into adults. It offers the answers to questions such as how to set the table, introduce people, use the phone correctly (and when to turn a cell phone off), and what to wear to a party.

Name: Dude, That’s Rude!

Author:

Pamela Espeland, Elizabeth Verdick

Age: 8-13 years

Price: $7.68

Introduction to the book: Kids today need manners more than ever, and the book makes it fun and easy to get some. Full-color cartoons and the text teach the polite behavior in all kinds of situations—at home, at school, in the bathroom, on the phone and at the mall.

Name: Manners Can Be Fun

Author: Munro Leaf

Age: 4-8 years

Price: $11.94

Introduction to the book: If we want something, we say PLEASE. If you help us or give us something or do things for us, we say THANK YOU. The ideas behind this book are great. It talks about how we sometimes forget that we need to be kind to the people we live with.

( )26. Manners at the Table is a book for children aged 　　　　 years.

A. 2 to 4 B. 4 to 8

C. 8 to 10 D. 8 to 13

( )27. Which book is written by Beth Brainard?

A. Dude, That’s Rude!

B. Manners at the Table.

C. Manners Can Be Fun.

D. Soup Should Be Seen, Not Heard!

( )28. What do you know about Manners Can Be Fun?

A. Its author is Elizabeth Verdick.

B. It is a good book for children aged 2 to 4 years.

C. It’s a little cheaper than the book Manners at the Table.

D. It tells us that we should say thank you and please to our family.

C

I left my hometown in London last year and now I have enjoyed working in this small city in China. Learning a foreign language opens you up to the culture and history of a country. So in order to know more about China, I started to learn Chinese.

But at times, I found myself in funny situations. When I greeted strangers in China, they began to talk a lot and very fast. They asked me questions about everything. But all I could do was to look at them with a blank face. I had no idea what they were talking about. Were they just being kind, funny or impolite? Many people want to make friends with me. But I am a bit upset when I find out the reason why they need a foreign friend. They say they want to practice their English. I don’t need friends like this. I like friends to share my feelings and ideas with.

However, the more Chinese I learn, the more similarities I find it has with English. In English, thick-skinned is to describe a person who doesn’t care for criticism (批评). I was surprised to find that houlianpi in Chinese means the same. And both languages share some common idioms (习语). For example, “look on with folded arms” means xiushoupangguan, and “burn the boats” is similar to pofuchenzhou.

I’m still on my journey to learn Chinese. I believe that sometimes you have the most fun on a journey.

( )29. The writer comes from 　　　　.

A. the UK B. the USA

C. Australia D. Canada

( )30. The underlined word “similarities” means “　　　　” in Chinese.

A. 相似点 B. 不同点

C. 规律性 D. 重要性

( )31. A thick-skinned person may 　　　　.

A. be very strong and seldom fall ill

B. like to criticize others for their mistakes

C. talk a lot and speak fast

D. feel OK when he’s criticized

D

We all know that the British people love their manners (礼仪). They are part of their national identity (特性), as well as having fish and chips and complaining about the weather. Recently I read online that they said “sorry” up to eight times a day.

After some research I have not been able to find any specific reasons why they are like this. I suppose, for centuries, manners, including how they behave at table and talk to other people have been one of the differences between the lower and upper classes and those manners show their social classes. Britain has traditionally been a quite conservative (保守的) country. There are many articles suggesting that their seemingly polite attitude of always saying “please” and “thank you” is quite false (错误的) because it is impossible for a person to always feel that he or she wants to thank someone or say “please”.

Maybe it is for this reason that people are going one of two ways: they are too polite and hold back their feelings or they are not polite at all and express their true feelings directly. Some British people are tired of pretending that they are always happy and having to please others. But sometimes because they feel they have to be polite, they are prevented from saying what they truly think.

( )32. What don’t the British people often do?

A. Eat fish and chips.

B. Have no quite good manners.

C. Be polite to others.

D. Talk about the weather.

( )33. What do the British people say up to eight times every day?

A. Hello. B. Thank you.

C. I don’t know. D. Sorry.

( )34. What does the writer think are the reasons why the British people are so polite?

① The upper classes should have good manners.

② They have learned much about politeness at school.

③ They like to hold back their true feelings.

④ They are not honest at all.

A. ①② B. ③④ C. ①③ D. ②④

( )35. What does the underlined word “pretending” mean in Chinese?

A. 打算 B. 假装 C. 想象 D. 体验