第三部分：閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

第一節(jié)：選擇題(共15小題，每小題2分，共30分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳答案，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A

I was born an albino．No one in my family had ever known what an albino was，what it meant to be an albino，and what had to be done differently because I was an albino.

My parents treated me just like they treated everybody else. That was just about the best thing they could have done. It helped me trust myself，so when the annoyances came along，I could deal with them.

Actually，my photo always looked like a snowball with two pieces of coal for eyes. Kids would tease me，asking if I was joining the circus and calling me “Whitey”. Like most albinos，I had terrible eyesight，and my grades suffered until eventually I overcame my feeling ashamed of myself and realized it was okay to ask to sit in the front of the classroom so I could see the blackboard better. People stared at me when I held reading material right at the tip of my nose so I could see it well enough to read. Even when I was eight or nine. movie-theater clerks started asking me to pay adult prices because I “l(fā)ooked older”.

The worst part for me was that because my eyesight was so bad，I couldn't play sports very well. I didn't give up trying，though. And I studied harder. Eventually，I got better at school and loved it. By the time I got to college I was double majoring，going to summer school and devoting myself to every kind of extracurricular activity I could find. I had learned to be proud of being an albino. I did my best to make “albino” a positive word. And I decided to make my living with my eyes.

I couldn't see well enough to play spots，but with a solid education and the drive to do it，I could make a living involved in the field I loved. I've done it now for more than thirty years in print and in video，and now in cyberspace. People make jokes about how I'm the only “blind editor” they know，but most of the time the jokes are signs of respect. And I make jokes about being an albino.

I was just a proud albino kid from the coal country of Pennsylvania. I now realize that being born an albino helped me to overcome difficulties，gain confidence，and be proud of my personal achievement and humble about my professional accomplishments.

56．According to the passage，an albino refers to a person__________．

A．who has bad eyesight        B．who is born with white skin and hair

C．who looks older than his age  D．who joins the circus

57．What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The fact that the author was born an albino．

B．The way that the author's parents treated him．

C．What had to be done differently to the author．

D．The fact that the author had no idea what an albino was．

58．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Despite his bad eyesight，the author played sports well．

B．The author paid adult prices for movies when he was still young．

C．The author's study was affected by his eyesight at first． 

D．“Albino” has already become a positive word now．

59．In the passage，the author intends to tell us___________．

A．actually being an albino helped him achieve success

B．how an albino studied well

C．what it is like to be an albino

D．how people should treat an albino

D

For many of us, printed books are satisfying in ways beyond the words they contain. Billions of printed books have been published, read and saved in the 600 years since movable type was invented, so why mess with a good things?

       Sony Electronics is doing just that, betting that readers will be won over by the convenience of readability of its new electronic book devices. Sony's reader, the PRS-505, can hold 160 books in its fixed memory, enough to line the shelves on a good-sized wall in the average American home. The $299 device is about the size of a paperback book, but a half-inch thick and weighs less than a pound.

The Sony book reader is revolutionary not only in its storage capacity. The font（字體） is highly readable and adjustable by size. Unlike laptop computers, you can put the Sony in your purse, read it in direct sunlight and even bookmark the pages. And you can connect it to your PC to download books.

Surprisingly, though the reader has liberated the book from paper, electronic books aren't always a bargain. For example, David Baldacci's "Stone Cold" download retails（零售） for $15.19 at the Sony site, while Amazon（卓越網） will deliver a hard copy to your mailbox for $16.19.

The Sony reader also lets you store and play or display music. So what's not to like about the Sony? Well, for many bibliophiles, they like to have, hold and keep their volumes, which don't need charging. You can write notes in the margins, and enjoy the ambience they provide on your book shelves.

The need for electronic reading devices is likely to grow as more people worried about the billions of tons of paper used for printed material. Many believe the time will come when devices like the Sony reader are as common as printed newspapers and magazines today.

68．What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The age of the electronic book reader is coming

B. Printed books are out of date

C. The Sony reader meets many readers’ needs

D. The revolution in book readers

69．According to the passage, the Sony book reader _________.

A. is as light as a laptop computer               B. can hold more than 200 books

C. is convenient to carry around                  D. cannot be connected to a PC

70．What is the author’s point when he mentions “Stone Cold”?

A. Amazon’s printed books are very cheap

B. “Stone Cold” can be got from the Sony site and Amazon

C. The Sony book reader is not very cheap to use

D. The Sony book reader can benefit its buyers a lot

71．According to the author, what’s the future for the electronic reading devices?

A. They’ll replace printed newspapers and magazines

B. They’ll still be more expensive than printed newspapers

C. They’ll become a must in people’s daily life

D. They’ll become more popular as time goes on

六、書面表達（共25分）

某校高三年級對如何填報高考志愿作了一次問卷調查， 結果如下表所示， 請根據(jù)表中信息簡要介紹這次調查結果，并發(fā)表你的個人看法。

    Senior middle school graduates of our school have different opinions on how to choose their courses and universities.                                            

23. If Catherine keeps practicing the violin in this way, she______to make a famous violinist.

   A. wants         B. hopes         C. promises         D. Wishes

_______ on the top of the hill is a monument, dating back to hundreds of years ago.

A. Having stood                 B. Standing                         C. Being stood                   D. Having been stood

He was very ____ to find his suggestion ____.

       A．disappointed; to be turned down     B．disappointing; turned down

       C．disappointed; turned down      D．disappointing; turning down

書面表達（滿分15分）

假設你是李華，開學初，老師和家長都要求你住校，而你卻喜歡走讀。請根據(jù)下邊內容，用英語給某英文報紙編輯寫一封信，請求給予指導。

一.老師和家長的理由：     二.李華的理由

方便問問題              1.晚上有更多自習時間

晚自習時間更能保證      2.學習內容可以自由支配

培養(yǎng)獨立生活的能力      3 可以看電視調節(jié)一下生活

 注意：1.信的開頭已寫好，不計如總詞數(shù)

2.字數(shù)：100       3.參考詞匯： 住校 board at school

Dear Editor,

     I’m a student of Senior 2._________________________________

----She looks happy. She _______ have passed the exam.

    -----I guess so. It is not difficult after all.

    A．should        B．could        C．must           D．might

No decision       about any future plan until we have done a thorough research of the teachers’ preference.

   A. has been made         B. is made                   C. is being made            D. will be made

Professor Li has ______ interest in history, especially in _____ history of Ming Dynasty. 

　A. an; / 　　　   B. an; the 　　　   C. /; the 　　　      D. /; an