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三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）
(A)
Bicycle tour and race
A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At 5:30 am., the riders will leave Tian'anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometer leg, from Yanjiao to Jixiao, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixiao to Changli.
The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe nd supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
Cost: 200 yuan Telephone: 4675027
Brazilian footballers
The Brazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guo'an Team at the Workers Stadium on August 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is 1994 US World Cup star Romario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.
Ticket prices: 60, 100, 150 yuan
Time/Date: 4:30pm., August 26 (Sat.)
Telephone: 5012372
Rock climbing
The hird National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators.
Take a long-distance but from Dongzhimen to Huairou.
Time/Dates: 9-12am., August 26 and 27
Telephone: 7143117, 7144850, Wang Zenghua
36. The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about ______.
A. visiting teams B. famous players
C. things to do for the weekend D. prices to pay for the sports events
37. If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for ________.
A. 35 kilometers B. 55 kilometers
C. 75 kilometers D. 110 kilometers
38. The underlined word “leg” in “Bicycle tour and race” probably means ______.
A. race B. practice C. part of the training D. part of the tour
39. What is special about the rock climbing competition?
A. A foreign team takes part in it.
B. You can watch it without paying.
C. You don't have to be a sportsman to take part.
D. The bus trip to the place of the competition is free.
40. If you want to find something to do for Saturday afternoon, which telephone number
will you call?
A. 4675027 B. 7143177 C. 5012372 D. 7144850
(B)
A mobile phone (手机) is in fact a small radio. A radio sends a person’s voice over a long way to another radio. A voice that is sent by radio is called a signal (信号). A radio signal travels quickly.
Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very large. They needed large batteries (电池). They had to be powerful (功率高的) to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower (中继站) for mobile phones.
Today’s mobile phones are small and easy to use. Now most cities have a lot of antenna towers, not just one. This means that each mobile phone doesn’t have to send its signal far away, so they don’t need to be so powerful. Mobile phones today use small batteries. A large city, where lots of mobile phones are used, can have hundreds of towers.
Do you know what use a mobile phone has? Yes, you can use it to do a lot of things.
Call your friends and family form almost anywhere.
Call the police immediately if there is an accident in the street.
Send or receive e-mail.
Get information from the Internet.
Send and receive messages.
Sending short written messages is a popular way to use your mobile phone. Many people use short forms of words, so the messages are quick to write and read. Can you guess that these messages mean? Try reading them out. What do you hear?
R U O K? / C U L8R! / That’s EZ! / Will I C U B4 2moro? / That’s Gr8!
41. The writer talks about ________ uses of a mobile phone.
A. three B. five C. seven D. nine
42. What doe the writer think of today’s mobile phones?
A. They are small but very powerful. B. They are very popular and cheap.
C. They are very easy for us to use. D. They are big enough to send a signal.
43. What does the writer write the article (文章) for?
A. To give us some common knowledge of the mobile phone.
B. To introduce how the mobile phone works and what use it has.
C. To tell us what short forms of words mean in written messages.
D. To show us in what way the mobile phone is expected to develop.
(C)
Claude and Louise are “giraffes”(长颈鹿). So are police officers Hankins and Pearson. These men and women don’t look like giraffes; they look like you and me. Then, why do people call them “giraffes”?
A giraffe, they say, is an animal that sticks (伸出) its neck out, can see places far away and has a large heart. It lives a quiet life and moves about in an easy and beautiful way. In the same way, a “giraffe” can be a person who likes to “stick his or her neck out” for other people, always watches for future happenings, has a warm heart for people around, and at the same time lives a quiet and beautiful life himself or herself.
“The Giraffe Project (工程)” is a 10-year-old group which finds and honors (表彰) “giraffes” in the US and in the world. The group wants to teach people to do something to build a better world. The group members believe that a person shouldn’t draw his or her head back; instead, they tell people to “stick their neck out” and help others. Claude and Louise, Hankins and Pearson are only a few of the nearly 1,000 “giraffes” that the group found and honored.
Claude and Louise were getting old and they left their work with some money that they saved for future use. One day, however, they saw a homeless man looking for a place to keep warm and they decided that they should “stick their neck out” and give him some help. Today, they live in Friends’ House, where they invite twelve homeless people to stay every night.
Police officers Hankins and Pearson work in a large city. They see crimes (犯罪) every day and their work is sometimes dangerous. They work hard for their money. However, these two men put their savings together and even borrowed money to start an educational (教育) center to teach young people in a poor part of the city. Hankins and Pearson are certainly “giraffes”.
44. Which of the following is true?
A. Some of the people around us look like giraffes.
B. Giraffes are the most beautiful animal in the world.
C. “Giraffe” is a beautiful name for those who are ready to help other people.
D. A “giraffe” is someone who can stick his neck out and see the future.
45. “The Giraffe Project” is a group ________.
A. of police officers B. which appeared ten years ago
C. of ten-year-old children D. which takes care of children
46. People call Claude and Hankins “giraffes” because they ________.
A. do what is needed for a good world.
B. are not afraid of dangerous work
C. found a home for some homeless people
D. made money only for other people
47. What does “The Giraffe Project” do?
A. It tells people how to live a quiet life
B. It helps the homeless and teaches young people
C. It tries to find 1,000 warm-hearted people in the US.
D. It shows people what their duty is for a better world.
(D)
Susan Cleveland is the young president of a candy company in the city of Chicago. Her father began the company in the 1960s. He died three years ago. Now, the company belongs to Susan.
Susan, however, did not have any jobs before becoming head of the company. She just finished college.
One employee said, “Old Mr. Cleveland always told us what to do. He kept people on a short leash. But the company did well.
What does a “short leash” mean?
A leash is a kind of rope. We use a leash to walk our pet dogs. The leash keeps the dog from running away or getting into trouble.
Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her under close control. The person cannot make many decisions for himself or herself.
Ms. Cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash. Instead, she encourages them to create better ways to do business.
For example, her secretary suggested an idea. She said the company should give a prize to the best student in the high school near its factory. The winner could use the prize money to study at a university.
Ms. Cleveland agreed with the idea. After the prize was announced, people who lived in the area of the factory began to buy more of the company’s candy. Local newspapers wrote about the competition. Business improved.
Ms. Cleveland made her secretary the company’s first Director of Public Relations. The former secretary was very pleased.
48. During Susan’s first months on the job the employees paid more attention because they
_________.
A. respected her very much
B. tried to help her run the company well
C. wondered whether she was able to run the company well
D. were afraid that they would be out of work
49. Ms. Cleveland succeeded in running the company very well because she __________.
A. would like to accept any good suggestions
B. was cleverer than Mr. Cleveland
C. was a woman of much experience
D. liked to order her employees what to do
50. Which of the following sentences expresses the main meaning of the text?
A. Two heads are better than one.
B. The times produce heroes.
C. A man cannot be known by his looks
D. Use the few to defeat the many.
答案：
36---40: C D D B C
41---45: B C A C B
46---50: A D C A A
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