耐心的。
45. A. after B. until C. unless D. since
【答案】B
【解析】直到什么时间。after以后;unless除非;since 既然。
46. A. shock B. trouble C. peace D. time
【答案】C
【解析】由下文可知道，选C。shock震惊;trouble 麻烦;time时间。
47. A. happily B. eagerly C. cautiously D. quickly
【答案】D
【解析】句意：我领着托尼迅速地离开了，说这鼓太贵了。happily“高兴地”;eagerly“焦急地”;cautiously
“小心地”;quickly“迅速地”。大人不想给孩子买，肯定得找个理由迅速离开。
48. A. on his own B. in his way C. now and then D. more or less
【答案】A
【解析】根据下一句“我”看不见托尼了，可知托尼请求自己离开。所以选on his own“独自地”。now and
then“有时”;more or less“或多或少”。
49. A. drag B. rest. C. lay D. step
【答案】B
【解析】作者陪侄子逛店，侄子这么难以驭悦。作者当然很累，需要休息了，因此此处“放下疼痛的脚”来休息。
50. A. ashamed B. angry C. worried D. doubtful
【答案】C
【解析】句意：我开始着急起来，站起来找他。不见了孩子当然着急(worried)，as shamed“羞愧的”;angry
“生气的”;doubtful“怀疑的”。
51.A. about B. to C. at D. across
【答案】A
【解析】句意：她无助地四处看了看，指指有那么多穿灰色衣服的小男孩。look about“往四处看”。
52. A. young ladies B. new customers C. loving parents D. small boys
【答案】D
【解析】根据51题的解析。
53. A. figure B. actor C. man D. doll
【答案】A
【解析】句意：我刚要向警察求助，这时看到了一个陌生的人穿着很怪的橙色衣服。figure“人物”;actor
“男演员”;man“男人”;doll“玩偶，洋娃娃”。根据句意选A。
54.A. on time B. at once C. just now D. once again
【答案】B
【解析】立刻让我知道……。on time“按时”;at once“立刻”;lust now“刚才”;once again“再次”。
55.A. policeman B. spaceman C. caveman D. postman
【答案】C
【解析】根据前文and had a caveman's axe(斧子)in one hand可知55空应选caveman“穴居人”。policeman
“警察”;spaceman“宇航员”;postman“邮递员”。
第三部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
A
I got my first driver’s license(执照)in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in Charlotte,North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman. Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland. Two weeks before my 20th birthday, Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Catrolina driver’s license, ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21. “Mr. Henry Smith, your husband, will have to sign for you,” he said.
I argued, pointing to a very large belly(肚子)of mine,” I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?” He answered coldly, “It’s the law, madam?” Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it “No.” I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail-using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland, and I had to take the Maryland driver’s exam. Since then I just go in and renew every four years-sign the name Susan Brown, have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive.
[语篇解读]“我”四年前在学校获得了驾驶执照，但是四年后“我”续办驾照时，却被告知不够年龄不能自己签名。这是怎么回事呢?让我们一起看看。
56. Susan got her first driver's license .
A. before she got married to Henry B. when she was twenty years old
C. after she finished high school D. when she just moved to Maryland
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。由第1段可知拿证4年后作者20岁，排除B，由第1句知道是作者在中学第1年取得的驾驶证，排除C，领了证件4年后作者和丈夫在Maryland排除D。选A。
57. Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because .
A. she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law B. she lacked driving experience in Maryland
C. she was to give birth to a baby soon D. she insisted on signing for herself
【答案】D
【解析】细节理解。由第3段I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
可知选D。
58. We can infer from the text that in the U.S. .
A. American males should serve in the army
B. different states my have different laws
C. people have to renew their licenses in their home states
D. women should adopt their husbands' family names after marriage
【答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。从全文可知苏珊在Charlotte，North Carolina可以获得驾照，而四年后在Marvland
却因不够年龄不能重续驾照，可知在美国不同的州有不同的法律。所以选B。
B
About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementary(初等)and high school education by working at home on computers. The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools.” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgement of cyberschools,they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer,a printer,books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation.
[语篇解读]打破传统的学习方法，现在越来越多的美国年轻人在家里上网络学校。那么，什么是网络学校?它是如何运转的?又有什么优点和缺点?网络学校的前景如何呢?
59. What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool?
A. They have to take long bus rides to school. B. They study at home rather than in classrooms.
C. They receive money from traditional public schools. D. They do well in traditional school programs.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句话They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.可知A项错误;根据第二段的第一句话The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live.可知C项错误;根据第三段的第二句话These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccesslul in traditional schools.可知D项错误;根据第一段的第二句话最后by working at home on computers可知B项正确。
60. What is a problem with cyberschools?
A. Their equipment costs a lot of money. B. They get little support from the state government.
C. It is hard to know students' progress in learning. D. The students find it hard to make friends.
【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。从第二段的最后一句话They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.可知C项正确。
61. Cyberschools are getting popular became
A. they are less expensive for students B. their students can work at their own speed
C. their graduates are more successful in society D. they serve students in a wider age range
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句话Other educators praise this new form of education for letting
students work at their own speed. 可知B项正确。
62. We can infer that the author of the text is .
A. unprejudiced in his description of cyberschools B. excited about the future of cyberschools
C. doubtful about the quality of cyberschoois D. disappointed at the development of cyberschools
【答案】A
【解析】主旨大意题。文章只是对网络学校作了客观的描述，在写作过程中作者并无表明自己对网络学校的态度。因此选A。
C
Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile (汽车). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. That is not true, either. Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other people's ideas and make them better. And he made the whole factory a moving production line.
In the early days of the automobile, almost every car maker raced his cars. It was the best way of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Ford's most famous race was his first one. It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself.
The race was in 1901, at a field near Detroit. All of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were left: the Winton and Ford's. The Winton was famous for its speed. Most people thought the race was over before it began.
