第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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
 Our town is in the eastern part of our country. Once a year ,we elect a girl to show how beautiful and great our town is .All the girls are eager to get this position in an effort to become popular.
 It was not an easy choice this year ,since there were eight girls to choose from .The elder judge finally decided that either Sara or May would get the position .Both girls were beautiful with extraordinary appearance .Besides ,they had a good education and cared about how pollution had a bad effect on the earth .Most important ,both girls got up early to eat eggs at their breakfast .Eggs were important to people of the east because our economy depended mainly on the production of eggs.
 “Either girl will win,” my father said. “But someone will cry in the end.”
 “Either will be fine,” I said. “They are both great girls.”
 The final round was held at the east edge of our town .Sara lived nearby so she did not need to get up early to arrive .However ,she was the first person there. “You know what they say about the early bird,” she said with a smile.
 However ,May arrived fifteen minutes late to the competition. “It’s the taxi driver’s fault,” she said . “I told him to head east ,but he was in one ear and thought I said Bread Cheese .” You know ,Bread Cheese was the name of our neighboring town.
 I thought May would certainly lose because she was late ,but to my surprise ,she turned out to be this year’s winner .The judges liked her answer to their last question, “If you could have anything in the world, what would it be ?” Sara had replied, “World peace.” May ,on the other hand ,said, “Better market to have our eggs sell well.”
56．Why was it difficult to make a choice this year?
 A．The girls just looked alike.
 B．People had to choose from eight girls.
 C．All the girls wanted to get the position.
 D．The judges couldn’t agree with each other.
57．In the passage the underlined sentence “You know what they say about the early bird.” means          . 
 A．she liked the early bird very much
 B．she was sure that she would succeed
 C．she lived nearby ,so she should get there early
 D．she wanted to show off her good language knowledge
58．Why was May chosen in the end?
 A．Because her answer was cleverer and exact.
 B．Because she gave a different answer from Sara’s
 C．Because she looked more beautiful than the other girl.
 D．Because her answer was more practical than the other girl.
59．According to the passage ,which of the following maps is correct?

 our country       our town       the site for final round   Bread Cheese

B
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64．The underlined word “violates ” in the first paragraph means _______ .
  A. breaks          B. avoid          C. keep           D. carry out

C
Growing up across the street from each other in Twin Falls, Idaho, Lisa Fry and Paula Turner never doubted their friendship would last forever. But after Fry married, moved to New York City and had a baby, her letters to Turner suddenly went unanswered. “ Do you think I’ve somehow offended her?” Fry asked her husband.
    Turner, meanwhile, had convinced herself she was no longer important to Fry. “She’s got a family now,” she told herself. “ We’re just too different to be close like before.”
    Finally, Fry picked up the courage to call her old friend. At first, the conversation was awkward, yet soon they both admitted that they missed each other. A month later, they got together and quickly fell into their old habit of laughing and sharing confidences.
   “ Thank goodness I finally took action,” Fry says. “ We both realized we were as important to each other as ever.”
    There are good reasons to cherish(珍惜) our friendships. Some years ago a public-opinion research firm, Roper Starch Worldwide, asked 2007 people to identify one or two things that said the most about themselves. Friends far outranked homes, jobs, clothes and cars.
   “A well-established friendship carries a long history of experience and interaction that defines who we are and keep us connected,” says Donald Pannen, executive officer of the Western Psychological Association. “ It is a heritage(传统) we should protect.”
   Ironically, says Brant R. Burleson, professor of communication at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. “ the better friends you are, the more likely you’ll face conflicts.” And the outcome can be precisely what you don’t want--- an end to the friendship.
  The good news is that most troubled friendships can be mended.
65. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage ?
 A. A Broken Friendship B. Cherish Friendship
 C. What Is Good Friendship? D. How to Make Friendship Last Long
66. The underlined word “ awkward” in Paragraph 3 probably means______.
   A. embarrassing  B. casual C. convenient   D. relaxed
67. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE?
   A. Lisa Fry and Paula Turner believed their friendship wouldn’t last forever.
   B. Turner didn’t reply to Fry’s letters because she was too busy.
   C. People all think friends are far more important than homes, jobs, clothes and cars.
   D. Lisa Fry and Paula Turner misunderstood each other at first.
68. What do you think the author will talk about next ?
    A. Suggestions on how to mend the troubled friendships.
    B. Some more examples of good friends.
    C. Functions of Friendship.
    D. How to cherish friendship.

D
I came across an old country guide the other day . It listed all the tradesmen in each village in my part of the country , and it was impressive to see the great variety of services which were available on one’s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside .
Nowadays a superficial traveler in rural England might conclude that the village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the residents or selling old things to visitors . Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression . There has been smaller village commerce (商业), but its vigor is still remarkable .
Our local grocer’s shop , for example , is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town . Women prefer to go there and exchange the local news while purchasing , instead of queuing up at a supermarket . And the shop owner knows well that personal service has substantial cash value .
His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town , but he will deliver anything at any time . His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an aged woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing . The wealthier customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within and an hour . I also find it satisfactory because a village shop offers one of the few ways in which a modest individualist can still get along in the world without attaching himself to the big groups of industry or commerce .
Most of the village shopkeepers I know , are individualists in their ways . For example , our shoemaker stares with a cold look at the pairs of cheap , mass—produced shoes taken to him for repair . Has it come to this , he seems to be saying , that he , a craftsman (手艺人), should have to waste his skills upon such trash ? But we all know he will in fact do excellent work upon them . and he makes beautiful shoes for those who can afford such luxury .
69．The writer considered the guidebook interesting because he found in it         .
 A．the names of so many of the shops in the village around

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