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)

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(合肥2010年第二次教学检测)

Homebuyersnationwidearewatchinghousingpricesgoingup，up，andup.“Howhighcantheygo?”isthequestiononeveryone’slips.“Aslongasinterestratesstayaround5percent，nothingmightbeabletopreventhousingpricesgoingup，”saidonehousesellerinSantaMonica，California.

“It’scrazy，”saidTim，whoislookingforahousenearthebeach.“In1993，Iboughtmyfirstplace，atwo­bedroomflatinVenice，for$70,000.MyfriendsthoughtthenthatIwasoverpaying.Fiveyearslater，Ihadtomove.Isolditfor$230,000，whichwasaniceprofit.Lastyear，whilevisitingfriendshere，Isawinthelocalpaperthattheexactsameflatwasforsalefor$510,000!”

Itisaseller’smarket.Homebuyersfeelliketheyhavetoofferatleast10percentmorethantheaskingprice.Donna，anewownerofaone­bedroomflatonVeniceBeach，said，“That’swhatIdid.Itoldtheownerthatwhateveranyoneoffersyou，I’llgiveyou$20,000moreunderthetable，soyoudon’thavetopayyourhouseselleranyofit.Iwastiredofnegotiatingwiththehousesellers.”

Timsayshehopeshedoesn’tgetthatdesperate.“Whetheryoudecidetobuyornot，youstillfeellikeyoumadethewrongdecision.Ifyoubuy，youfeellikeyouoverpaid.Ifyoudon’tbuy，youwanttokickyourselfforpassingupagreatopportunity.”

Everyonesaysthebubble(气泡)hastoburstsometime，buteveryonehopesitwillburstthedayaftertheyselltheirhouse.Evengovernmentofficialshavenoideawhatthefuturewillbring.“Allwecansayisthat，clearly，thesethingsgoinregularcycles，”saidthestatedirectorofhousing.“Whatgoesupmustcomedown.But，asweallknow，housingpricesalwaysstayupalittlehigherthantheygodown(被接受).Soyoucan’tloseoverthelongrun.Twentyyearsdowntheroad，yourhouseisalwaysworthmorethanyoupaidforit.”

56.IfTimhadsoldhisflatlastyear，hecouldhaveearned________.

A.$510,000 B.$440,000

C.$280,000 D.$160,000

57.Donnapaidanother$20,000totheownersecretlybecause________.

A.shefeltlikeoffering10%more

B.secretmoneymadelowprice

C.theowneraskedforthemoney

D.shewasboredwithbargaining

58.WecaninferfromTim’swordsinParagraph4that________.

A.homebuyersfeelhesitatefacingrisinghouseprices

B.buyingahouseisalwaysagreatopportunity

C.homebuyersnevermaketherightdecision

D.bothsellersandbuyersbecomedesperate

59.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthehousingbubble?

A.Itissomethingeveryonehatestosee.

B.Onlyexpertsknowwhenitwillburst.

C.Itisunavoidableintheregularcircles.

D.Itusuallystaysforabouttwentyyears.

B

(厦门2011年质量检查)

BELIEVEitornot，thecolorofthetieBarackObamaworetotheinauguration(就职典礼)isnowahotlydebatedtopic.ThelevelofpublicinterestinObama’stiemightseemstrangebutmanypeoplebelievehischoicewillsymbolizethetypeofgovernmentheplanstorun，asthecolorofapolitician’stieisthoughttoconveyideasofpower，trustworthinessandmore.

Politiesofties

Itmaybetheleastpracticalitemofmaledress，butitisarguablythemostexpressive.IntheUKandmanyothercountriesaroundtheworld，conservative(保守的)politiciansmaywearabluetieandtheirliberalopponentsaredone.InAmerica，thecolorsgotheotherwayround.TheRepublicanshaveinrecentyearsbecomeassociatedwiththecolorred，andtheDemocratswithblue.Butinspiteofthis，Bushwearsbluetiesmoreoftenthananyothercolor.

Whattheymean

AccordingtoSharonHaver，editoroffocusonstyle.com，inAmericathefeelingsassociatedwithcolorsoverruletheirpoliticalsignificance.“Aguywhowantstoberegardedasstrongandinchargewouldwearred，”Haversays.Unsurprisingly，thebusinesstycoonDonaldTrumpisknownforwearingredties.Butwhataboutblue?AccordingtoHaver，“Blueisasoftercolor...Lookatthesky.It’speacefulandcalmandtrustworthy.”

Selectingtherighttiefortherightoccasion

•Perfectjobinterviewtie

Perhapsnoothertie­wearingoccasionisasimportantasthejobinterview.Gilchrist，thefashionexpert，advisesplayingitsafeandchoosingaconservativeone.Bestchoicesaresolids，stripesorsmallpatterns.Anexcellentcolorisburgundy(深红色)oranotherseriouscolor.Avoidpinkoryellow，whichsuggeststhatthewearerlacksgravity.

Patternties，Gilchristsuggests，shouldbelimitedtoamaximumofthreecolors.Astripedtieisasafechoiceasthisisacceptabletoeveryone.Last，Gilchristrecommendssavingtheexpensive“hip”tieforthoseapplyingforglamorouscreativejobs.

•Date­nighttie

Whenpickingouttherighttiefortakingagirloutonadate，spendmoretimeconsideringcolorthanpattern.Accordingtostudies，womenareattractedtomenwearingthecolorblue，becausebluegivestheimageofa“stable，faithful，constant，alwaysthere”person.Sowhatistheworstcolortowearonadate?“Flattenedcaterpillar(毛虫)yellow­green，”accordingtoGilchrist，“itwillrepelbothsexesequally.”

60.WhyarepeopleinterestedinthetiethatObamaworetotheinauguration?

A.Becausetheythinkthetieheworewillenablethemtoknowabouthispersonalitiesandpolicies.

B.Becausetheywanttoadvisehimhowtoselectanappropriatetieforsuchabigoccasion.

C.Becausetheythinkthetiewilltellifheistrustworthyastheyexpectedwhenheassumesoffice.

D.BecausetheybelievethetieisanessentialpartofdressingtoamaturepoliticianlikeObama.

61.WhatcanweinferaboutBush，theformerpresident，fromthepassage?

A.Hewasprobablyliberalinhispolicieswhenhewasinpower.

B.HewasaRepublicanwhenheservedaspresident.

C.Heworeonlybluetiesandhadnotiesofalternativecolors.

D.Hewantedtomakehimselfuniquebythetiethathewore.

62.Theexampleof“thebusinesstycoonDonaldTrump”isgivento________.

A.provethatcolorreflectspeople’sfeelingstoacertaindegree

B.showthatDonaldissowealthythathecanaffordexpensiveties

C.tellthatDonaldisphysicallystrongandcanhandleeverything

D.explainthatredisapopularcolor，especiallywithbusinessmen

63.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A.Tiescanbeignoredbypoliticianssincetheyaretheleastpracticalitemofmaledress.

B.Dochoosetiescarefullybeforedating，becauseitisthemostimportantoccasion.

C.Whytoavoidpinkoryellowtiesinjobinterviewsisthattheydon’tmatchtheatmosphere.

D.Themorecolorfulthetieis，themorelikelyyou’llgetthejobyouwant.

C

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Comparedtoadults，childrenseemtobemovingconstantly.Soit’snosurprisethatmostparentswhoarequizzedabouttheirchild’sphysicalactivityleveldescribetheirchildrenasfairlyactive.Butanewstudyofnearly2,000Britishschoolchildrensuggeststhatmanyparentsoverestimatetheamountofphysicalactivitytheirchildrenarereallygetting.

Theresearchersequipped1,892Britishschoolchildren，ages9and10，withaccelerometersthatmeasureallphysicalactivityduringagiventimeperiod.Theresearch，knownastheSpeedystudycollectedtheexercisedatafromchildrenat92schoolsinNorfolk，England，betweenAprilandJuly2007.

Achildwasregardedinactiveifheorsherecordedlessthananhouradayofphysicalactivity.Althoughthemajorityofchildrenstudiedweregettingenoughphysicalactivity，a_sizable_minority_of_children_were_not.Overall,39percentofgirlsand18percentofboysstudiedweregettinglessthananhourofphysicalactivityeachday.

Butifyouaskedtheparentsoftheinactivechildrentodescribetheirchild’sactivitylevel，thevastmajority—80percent—describedtheirchildrenasfairlyorveryphysicallyactive，accordingtothefindingspublishedintheAmericanJournalofPreventiveMedicine.Interestingly，thechildrenthemselveshadmoreawarenessabouttheirlackofphysicalactivity.Overall,40percentofchildrenoverestimatedtheirphysicalactivity.

Butitwasn’ttheparentsofoverweightchildrenwhoweremostlikelytoguesswrongaboutphysicalactivitylevels.Theparentswhoweremostoutoftouchabouttheirchild’sphysicalfitnessweremorelikelytohavechildrenwhowereslim.Parentsofgirlswerealsomorelikelytooverestimatephysicalactivity.Theresearchersnotedthatparentsshouldbeeducatedabouttheimportanceofphysicalactivityforchildrenevenifthechildisnotoverweight.

“Parentsofslimchildrenappeartoassumethattheirchildrenareadequatelyactive，”thestudyauthorsreported.“Increasingawarenessregardinghealthbenefitsofphysicalactivitybeyondweightcontrolmighthelphaveacorrectideaofphysicalactivitylevelsandencouragebehaviorchange.”

64.AccordingtotheSpeedystudy，whatkindofchildrencanbejudgedphysicallyinactive?

A.Slimchildren.

B.Childrenwithlessthananhouradayofphysicalactivity.

C.Overweightchildren.

D.Childrenoutoftouchwiththeirparentsforalongtime.

65.Whatdoesthewriterprobablymeanbysaying“asizableminorityofchildrenwerenot”inParagraph3?

A.Theamountofchildren’sphysicalactivityisfarfromthewriter’ssatisfaction.

B.Onlyasmallnumberofchildrenwerenotgettingenoughphysicalactivity.

C.Asmallnumberofchildrendidn’toverestimatetheirphysicalactivity.

D.Theminorityofchildrenwerenotstudiedatall.

66.Thepassageisintendedto________.

A.encourageparentstofairlyjudgetheirchildren’sphysicalactivitylevels

B.persuadeparentstokeepaneyeontheirchildren’sweight

C.urgechildrentowearaccelerometersduringexercise

D.adviseparentstokeepintouchwiththeirchildren

D

(2010•郑州第二次质量预测)

Haveyoueverthoughtaboutwhatdeterminesthewaywearewhenwegrowup?RemembertheTVprogramSevenUp?Itstartedfollowingthelivesofagroupofchildrenin1973.Wefirstmeetthemaswide­eyedseven­year­oldsandcatchupwiththematseven­yearintervals：nervous14­year­olds，serious21­year­oldsandthengrown­ups.

Someofthestoriesareinspiring，otherssad，butwhatisinterestinginalmostallthecasesisthewayinwhichthechildren’searlyhopesanddreamsareshownintheirfuturelives.Forexample，atseven，Tonyisalivelychildwhosayshewantstobecomeasportsmanorataxidriver.Whenhegrowsup，hegoesontodoboth.HowaboutNiki?Shesays，“Iwouldliketofindoutaboutthemoon.”Andshegoesontobecomeaspacescientist.Asachild，soft­spokenBrucesayshewantstohelp“poorchildren”andendsupteachinginIndia.

Butifthelivesofallthechildrenhadfollowedthispattern，theprogramwouldbefarlessinterestingthanitactuallywas.Itwasthechildrenwhosechildhooddidnotpreparethemforwhatwastocomethatmadetheprogramsointeresting.Wheredidtheirideascomefromaboutwhattheywantedtodowhentheygrewup?Arechildreninfluencedbywhattheirparentsdo，bywhattheyseeontelevisionorbywhattheirteacherssay?Howgreatistheeffectofasingleimportantevent?Manyfilmdirectors，includingStevenSpielberg，saythatanearlyvisittothecinemawastheturningpointintheirlives.DrMargaretMcAllister，whohasdonealotofresearchinthisarea，thinksthatthemajorfactorsareparents，friendsandtheirwidersociety.

67.Whatdoesthetextmainlydiscuss?

A.NewwaystomakeaTVprograminteresting.

B.TheimportanceofTVprogramstochildren.

C.Differentwaystomakechildhooddreamscometrue.

D.Theinfluenceofchildhoodexperienceonfuturelives.

68.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“influenced”meaninthelastparagraph?

A.Impressed. B.Improved.

C.Affected. D.Attracted.

69.WhataretheexamplesinParagraph2meanttoshow?

A.Manypeople’schildhoodhopesarerelatedtotheirfuturejobs.

B.TherearemanypoorchildreninIndiawhoneedhelp.

C.Childrenhavedifferentdreamsabouttheirfuture.

D.Alotofpeopleareverysadintheirchildhood.

70.Spielberg’sstoryismeanttoshowthat________.

A.goingtoamovieatanearlyagehelpsachildlearnaboutsociety

B.asinglechildhoodeventmaydecidewhatonedoesasagrown­up

C.parentsandfriendscanhelpachildgrowupproperly

D.filmshavemoreinfluenceonachildthanteachersdo