1、第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ALets Go Fly a Kite.at Piedmont Middle Schools celebration of kites!Come and learn how to build all sorts of kites, from the simplest diamond-shaped kites to the most complex box kites. Stay as long as you like and bui
2、ld as many kites as you want. Once you have finished a kite, get advice on flying techniques from kite expert Lorena Hallsberg. The celebration will be at Piedmont Middle School, 151 Piedmont School Drive.The Piedmont Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has organized a refreshment (茶点) t
3、ent. All profits will benefit future PTO activities. Take a break from kite flying and drink some lemonade! While you are doing so, why not join the PTO? Membership is free; you just donate your time. Show your support for Piedmont Middle School by joining the PTO this Saturday!When: Saturday, April
4、 11, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pmWhere: Piedmont Middle SchoolWhy: For fun!Cost: Free, thanks to a generous gift from Bizarco Kite Company!Schedule9:00 am: Kite-building booths open. All materials are supplied for kites.10:00 am: Kite-building shows by Lorena Hallsberg in the courtyard. Come by and learn
5、 how to build box kites and kites that look and fly like butterflies.11:00 am: Kite-flying shows on the school track. Learn all the most important skills.12:00 pm: Kite-flying competitions on the school track.1:00 pm: Presentation by Dr. Lehrman in the show tent: “The History of Kites”2:00 pm: Best
6、Kite competitions and judging in the show tent. Come see the most artistic kites and the most interesting theme kites.3:00 pm: Presentation by Dr. Lehrman in the show tent: "Kites and Science".3:30 pm: Awards ceremony conducted by Headmaster Seward on the football field. The results of the
7、 days judging will be announced, with awards such as Best of Show, Most Artistic, Highest Flyer, and others. Winners will receive gifts from the Bizarco Kite Company!4:00-5:00 pm: Lets all go fly a kite! Everyone flies kites at the same time, creating a wonderful sight for all to enjoy.Come to the k
8、ite celebration, enjoy yourself and learn more.51. Which times are most important for people who want to join in kite competitions?A. 10:00 am and 11:00 am. B. 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm.C. 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. D. 2:0
9、0 pm and 4:00 pm.52. From the passage, we know that the kite celebration _.A. is enjoyable and educationalB. is strict about the shapes of kitesC. gets money from PTO of Piedmont Middle SchoolD. gives people a chance to see kites from around the world53. The passage is intended for _.A. school staff
10、 B. kite expertsC. students and parents D. kite companiesBFrom the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliat
11、ion(侮辱). When children are little we make them read aloud before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This means that when they dont know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grad
12、e classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now Im going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teac
13、her say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, thats enough for me.
14、 Also Im not going to ask you what words mean.”The children sat stunned and silent. Was this teacher talking seriously? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said
15、slowly and seriously, Mr Holt, do you really mean that “I said just as seriously?” I mean every word of it.During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations(插图) I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It cant be,” and
16、 went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick. I said, “Dont you find parts of it rather heavy going” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part.”This is exactly what reading, I think, should be: find something, dive into it, take
17、the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, and then go on to something else.54. According to the passage, childrens fear and dislike of books may result from _.A. reading little and thinking littleB. reading often and adventurouslyC. being made to read too muchD. being made to r
18、ead aloud before others55. The teacher told his students to read _.A. for higher scores in exams B. for knowledgeC. for enjoyment D. for a larger vocabulary56. Upon hearing the teachers talk, the
19、 children probably felt that _.A. it sounded stupid来源:学科网B. it was not surprising at allC. it sounded too good to be trueD. it was no different from other teachers talk57. Which statement about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.B. She had a
20、hard time finishing the required reading tasks.C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.来源:学.科.网CRunning on EmptyFor almost a century, scientists have assumed, tirednessor exhaustionin athletes originates(起源于) in
21、 the muscles. Precise explanations have varied, but all have been based on the “Limitations Theory”. In other words, muscles tire because they hit a physical limit: they either run out of fuel or oxygen or they drown in harmful by-products(副产品).In the past few years, however, Timothy Noakes from the
22、 University of Cape Town, South Africa, has examined this standard theory. Tiredness, he argues, is caused not by signals springing from overtaxed muscles, but is an emotional response which begins in the brain. The fundamental nature of his new theory is that the brain paces the muscles to keep the
23、m well back from the edge of exhaustion. When the brain decides its time to quit, it creates unbearable muscle tiredness. This “Central Governor” theory remains controversial, but it does explain many puzzling aspects of athletic performance.A recent discovery that Noakes calls the “lactic acid para
24、dox” made him start researching this area seriously. Lactic acid is a by-product of exercise, and the increase of it is often mentioned as a cause of tiredness. But when research subjects exercise in certain conditions created artificially, they become tired even though lactic acid levels remain low
25、. Nor has the oxygen content of their blood fallen too low for them to keep going. Obviously, something else was making them tire before they hit either of these physiological limits.Noakes conducted an experiment with seven cyclists. It has long been known that during exercise, the body never uses 100% of the available muscle fibre