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第三部份 阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) A American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?”. “Hi!” is creeping (不知不觉地进入) into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you.” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you.” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day.” or “Have a good trip.” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britans are already beginning to use “Have a good day.” The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc.? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc.? Yes, I have. There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e.g. check (US)/cheque (UK). Many American words ending in “or”, e.g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e.g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e.g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e.g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice.” In American English, one writes “traveler,” while in British English, one writes “traveller”. It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links (联系) between the two countries are so strong that linguistically (语言上地), and probably culturally (文化上地) too, they are closer together than ever. 56. The Americans hardly say “_____” A. Good-bye. Have a good day! B. Glad to know you! C. Hi! D. Have you got a car? 57. What does the fifth paragraph talk about? A. There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. B. Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings? C. There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. D. The different usages of words in AmE and BrE. 58. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The two languages will become separate languages. B. American English will be used more and more. C. The two languages will be closer and closer. D. British English will be used more and more. B The May Day holiday gives Chinese families a good chance to travel and leave behind the daily routine(日常琐事). When the seven-day vacation was first put in place in 2000, groups of Chinese tourists went to the mountains “to see temples and get off buses to take photos”. However, as Chinese travellers diversified(使多样化)their interests, more and more people decided to travel on their own. Millions of families with their own cars prefer to travel by car. Cui Xiaotang, a career(职业) woman, and her two friends left from Beijing Saturday in a car. They did not have a firm destination but drove southwards. “Maybe when there is no road for cars, we will stop and stay one night in a local farmer’s house,” Cui said excitedly about her plan. Exchanges between north and south and between cities and rural areas are two trends emerging(出现)during the holiday. Northerners can enjoy the beauty of southern rivers, while southerners can travel to cooler parts of the country. While millions of travellers made their way to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, people there decided to go somewhere else. A large number of tourists join groups with plans to travel abroad. Every year, those groups go farther and farther away. There are also those, however, who choose to stay where they are. Sun Bin, a graduate student representing a large number of “stayers”, chose the simplest way to avoid tourist crowds during the holiday. “I’d rather stay in the Beijing Library for the seven days to read National Geographic magazine. I have the whole world in my mind but avoid queuing up in the airport,” he said. 59. More and more people would like to travel on their own, because ______. A. they have more money B. they have their own cars C. they don’t like traveling with strangers D. they have their own interests 60. The underlined word “stayers” refers to those who ______. A. choose to stay where they are B. choose to stay in the library C. go home during the holiday D. stay in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou 61. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Some people would like to travel abroad during the May Day holiday. B. Some people would like to take adventure travel. C. People with their own cars would like to travel on their own. D. Some people would like to go to rural areas to have a taste of country lifestyle. 62. What does the last paragraph imply? A. It costs too much money to go traveling during the May Day holiday. B. It’s meaningless going traveling during the May Day holiday C. The traffic is very heavy during the May Day holiday. D. It is not safe to go traveling during the May Day holiday. C A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift. “I can’t leave her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door. “Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what she said, the hitchhiker (搭便车的人) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug. Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker’s hands which were large and hairy. Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said. “Would you mind clearing it for me?” The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off. When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp — inside the bag was a gun. 63. The young woman stopped the car because ______. A. “the old woman” asked her to B. she recognized “the old woman” C. she knocked “the old woman” down D. she wanted to help “the old woman” out in the bad weather 64. The young woman asked the hitchhiker to clear the rear screen because _______. (责任编辑：admin) |