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.