III.阅读理解(一)(本题共19小题，每小题2分，共38分)

A.阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Passage 1

The school day begins at 8:45.Class teachers meet the class and check who is present and absent at the beginning of the day.We meet as a whole school once a week on Fridays.The head teacher speaks to the whole school.Morning lessons begin at 9:05.There are three one-hour lessons with a fifteen-minute break.The lunch break is from 1 pm to 1:45.Afternoon lessons begin at 1:50 and the school day finishes at 4 pm.

All students study and take exams in maths,science and English. In addition, they choose one subject from history,geography,Art,Design and Technology,French and Spanish.. All students take PHSE(Personal Health and Safety Education)lessons but no exams are offered.

After school sports practice and matches are arranged on Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning.Chess,music,language and theatre clubs also arrange meetings after school.Students may join as many clubs as they like,but should join at least one.

The school has a good record in sports. Last year we were champions(冠军)in football and tennis, and individual students won prizes for swimming and gymnastics.

27.The first lesson begins at    in the morning.

A.7:30 B.8:00 C.8:45 D.9:05

28.The school students    once a week on Fridays.

A.meet class teachers

B.review their lessons

C.listen to a speech

D.take some exercise

29.All students take an exam in    .

A.science B.history C.French D.PHSE

30.What can we learn from the passage?

A.School lunch break lasts over one hour.

B.School football team wins matches every year.

C.Students can join more than one club.

D.Students do sports on Wednesday morning.

31.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Abusy school day

B.Our colorful school life

C.My favourite school

D.My happy times at school

Passage2

A subway is not just an important form of transport. It is also a window for other people to learn about local culture.

Beijing, China

The Beijing Subway was opened in 1969 and is the oldest subway system in China. It has added some modern technologies. All stations now have touch-screen maps. In some stations, people can also see traditional Chinese culture. For example,on the walls of a few stations of Line 8,there are some pictures of blue and white porcelain(青花瓷).

Stockholm, Sweden

The first subway line for Stockholm was opened in 1950.The Stockholm Subway is well-known for its decoration of the stations. It is called the longest art gallery in the world. Over 90 percent of its stations are decorated with paintings. A few stations are decorated with red bedrocks(岩床). This makes you feel as if you are in a cave.

London,UK

The London Undergound or the Tube is the oldest subway in the world. It was opened in 1863. During World War II, it was used to protect people form German plane attacks(袭击)on London. Now, it is a symbol of the city. There is no air conditioning in the trains, so it is very hot in summer.

New York,US

The New York City Subway runs 24 hours a day. It has an express train on almost everyline. You can get to your destination(目的地)quickly. The trains themselves are full of fun; you will see people doing moonwalk dances like Michael Jackson, playing the guitar and singing.

32.Whick subway is called the longest art gallery in the world?

A.The BeiJing Subway

B.The Stockholm Subway

C.The London Underground

D.The New York City Subway.

33.From the passage , we can know that the London Underground    .

A.is also called the Tube

B.is the symbol of the UK

C.was well protected during the war

D.is the oldest transport in the world

34.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Michael Jackson often danced in the New York City Subway.

B.Tourists feel cool when they take the London Underground in summer.

C.Several stations of the Stockholm Subway are built in caves.

D.Some stations of the Beijing Subway are decorated with pictures of porcelain.

35.The introduction of the subways mainly shows the    of different cities.

A.great changes

B.long history

C.local culture

D.public transport

36.The passage may come form    .

A.a story book

B.a travel magazine

C.a science book

D.a newspaper advertisement

Passage 3

Hold your head up high

I was 15 mohths old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.

Sometimes people asked me embarrassing(使人难堪的)questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the "monster". I was always imagining that everyone looked down on(瞧不起)me.

Yet mum would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that saying.

As a child, I thought mun meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.

In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mun and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance(外貌).”

My mun's love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident(自信的) but also to have deep compassion(同情)for others.

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my  children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.

37.The world “carefree”in the first line probably means“    ” in chinese.

A.无忧无虑的  B.无拘无束的  C.小心翼翼的  D.与众不同的

38.Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her?

A.She felt bad about her appearance.

B.She found it hard to act as a monster.

C.Kids refused to play games with her.

D.People always asked her embarrassing questions.

39.Why did the writer's mum say “Hold your head up high”to her?

A.To tell her to be careful.

B.To help her hide the shame.

C.To stop her from getting hurt.

D.To make her more confident.

40.From the story, we can know that    .

A.the writer understood the saying very well as a child

B.the writer felt like everyone else in high school.

C.the writer is living with a warm and brave heart now

D.the writer has deep compassion for others all her life

41.The passage is mainly about    .

A.what the writer experienced when she was 15

B.what the writer did to show thanks for mum's gift

C.how the writer changed herself with mum's love

D.how the writer became confident with her great efforts

B.阅读短文，根据短文内容，从所给的六个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思完整、连贯。(有两项为多余选项)

Passage 4

The book that can't wait

One problem a lot of people have with books is that they buy them and then never read them.    42 It printed a book in disappearing ink: the text of the book disappears two months after the special package(盒)of the book is opened. It encurages buyers to read it before it goes away. People call this “he book that can't wait”.

43 The publisher(出版社)sold out all the first edition at a bookstore in one day, and received“thousands of requests(请求)”for more copies of the book. It also got a lot of media coverage(媒体报道). As a result,the publisher is planning to publish other works in disappearing ink now.

44 But here, we have some suggestions:

First,the book should start disappearing after the reader opens the book for the first time. If the books become very popular in the future, readers will need to read them one at a time. They don't want their books to disappear before they read the frist page.

Second, the disappeared book should find a good use. _ 45 It would be a more environmentally friendly way to do this.

A.The book was a great success.

B.It's wrong to throw the books away after reading them.

C.In some ways, the idea is pretty clever.

D.To work out this problem, a publisher got a brilliant idea.

E.Maybe we can use them as notebooks.

F.Luckily, some experts invented a book and worked out the problem.

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