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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，从每题所给出的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A It was a village in India . The people were poor. However , they were not unhappy .After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. The told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs . However , they did not have enough frogs of their own ,and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place. This seemed like money for nothing .There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them .Agreement was reached ,and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time , the people were able to dream of a batter future ,But the dream didn’t last long. The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more ofen, and, there seeemed to be more insects aroud lately. The vilagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines.Soon there was no money left. Then the peaple realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless.They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were Increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases. Now, the peaple are still poor.But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs.These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning . 56. from paragraoh I we learn that the villagers __________. A.worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life C.were poor but somewhat content D.lived a different life from their forefathers 57. why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ? A the frogs were easy money B They needs money to buy medicine C they wanted to plwase the visitors D.the forgs made too much noise 58. what might be the cause if the children’s sickness? A the crops didin’t dowell B.there were too many insects C .the visits brought in diseases D.the pesticides were overused 59. what can we infor from the last sentence of the text ? A. hapiness comes from peaceful life in the country B.Health is more important than money C.the harmoney betwwenn man and nature is important D. good old day will never be forgotten 答案 56.C 57.A 58.B 59.C B I hated dinner partics. ButI decidedto give them anothar shot because I'm in LondonAnd my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very differenfrom those back in New york. There, 'Tin having a dinner party' means: "I'm booklng a table for t2 at8 restaurant you can't afford and we'll be sharing the cheque evenly, no matter what you eat." Worse, in Manhanan there is always someone who leaves before the bijanives. They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don'drink, end up paying even more. But ifI try to tree the same trick, the hostess will shou:"Where are you going?" And it's not likeI can say I have somewhere to go: everyone know shave nowhere to go Butin London, dinner parties are in people's homes. Not only that, the guests are aninteresting mix. The last timeI went to one, the guests were from France, India. Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations.hI New York. the mix is less striking It's like a gathering at Blooming dale's,a well-known department store. For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queensi New York. But at Mallery's, whenI said thatI had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was.In New York people would thinkit wasa usual new club (责任编辑：admin) |