侄子，让他自己去选礼物，结果怎样呢?
36. A. cousin B. daughter C. grandson D. nephew
【答案】D
【解析】句意：我的侄子托尼，从来不肯原谅我去年给他买了本词典作为他的生日礼物。根据第一句中的uncle，可知此处应为nephew(侄子);cousin(堂兄弟/姐妹，表兄弟/姐妹);daughter(女儿);
grandson(孙子，外甥)。由上文as a kindly uncle可知是作者的侄子选D。cousin 表兄;daughter女儿;grandson孙子。
37. A. friends B. parents C. classmates D. brothers
【答案】B
【解析】句意：他的父母亲也不肯感激我，因为前年，我送给他们的宝贝儿子了一罐浆糊和一些滑稽的图片。托尼没有把图片粘到书里，而是理所当然地把图片贴在了房子的每面墙壁上。根据语境，应该是托尼的父母对此不满意。所以选B。
38. A. presented B. annoyed C. confused D. occupied
【答案】A
【解析】解析见37题。present sb.with sth.把某物赠给某人，还可以说present sth. to sb.。
39. A. entering B. dividing C. sticking D. drawing
【答案】C
【解析】根据文义可以判断用浆糊把图片粘到书里。enter“进入”divide“划分”;stick“粘贴”;draw“画”。
40. A. anyhow B. though C. again D. therefore
【答案】D
【解析】句意：因此，今年，我决定让他自己选择。本句和上文构成因果关系，所以选therefore“因此”;
anyhow“无论如何”;though“不过;然而”;again“再次”。
41. A. guess B. choose C. pay D. see
【答案】B
【解析】解析见40题。choose“选择”，guess“猜”;pay“付钱”;see“看见”。
42. A. sweets B. toys C. clothes D. books
【答案】
【解析】句意;我们走迸一个大商店，但是托尼对玩具非常挑剔。根据下一句中的show him toy alter toy，可知此处应该是对“玩具”挑剔。sweets“糖果”;toys“玩具”;clothes“衣服”;books“书”。所以选toys。
43. A. pleased B. disturbed C. accepted D. disappointed
【答案】A
【解析】由上文可知，侄子都不满意。disturbed烦恼;accepted 接受;disappointed失望。
44. A. surprised B. hopeful C. patient D. excited
【答案】D
【解析】根据常识可知，孩子发现自己喜欢的东西一定会兴奋。surprised 吃惊的;hopeful希望地;patient
耐心的。
45. A. after B. until C. unless D. since
【答案】B
【解析】直到什么时间。after以后;unless除非;since 既然。
46. A. shock B. trouble C. peace D. time
【答案】C
【解析】由下文可知道，选C。shock震惊;trouble 麻烦;time时间。
47. A. happily B. eagerly C. cautiously D. quickly
【答案】D
【解析】句意：我领着托尼迅速地离开了，说这鼓太贵了。happily“高兴地”;eagerly“焦急地”;cautiously
“小心地”;quickly“迅速地”。大人不想给孩子买，肯定得找个理由迅速离开。
48. A. on his own B. in his way C. now and then D. more or less
【答案】A
【解析】根据下一句“我”看不见托尼了，可知托尼请求自己离开。所以选on his own“独自地”。now and
then“有时”;more or less“或多或少”。
49. A. drag B. rest. C. lay D. step
【答案】B
【解析】作者陪侄子逛店，侄子这么难以驭悦。作者当然很累，需要休息了，因此此处“放下疼痛的脚”来休息。
50. A. ashamed B. angry C. worried D. doubtful
【答案】C
【解析】句意：我开始着急起来，站起来找他。不见了孩子当然着急(worried)，as shamed“羞愧的”;angry
“生气的”;doubtful“怀疑的”。
51.A. about B. to C. at D. across
【答案】A
【解析】句意：她无助地四处看了看，指指有那么多穿灰色衣服的小男孩。look about“往四处看”。
52. A. young ladies B. new customers C. loving parents D. small boys
【答案】D
【解析】根据51题的解析。
53. A. figure B. actor C. man D. doll
【答案】A
【解析】句意：我刚要向警察求助，这时看到了一个陌生的人穿着很怪的橙色衣服。figure“人物”;actor
“男演员”;man“男人”;doll“玩偶，洋娃娃”。根据句意选A。
54.A. on time B. at once C. just now D. once again
【答案】B
【解析】立刻让我知道……。on time“按时”;at once“立刻”;lust now“刚才”;once again“再次”。
55.A. policeman B. spaceman C. caveman D. postman
【答案】C
【解析】根据前文and had a caveman's axe(斧子)in one hand可知55空应选caveman“穴居人”。policeman
“警察”;spaceman“宇航员”;postman“邮递员”。
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
I got my first driver’s license(执照)in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in Charlotte,North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman. Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland. Two weeks before my 20th birthday, Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Catrolina driver’s license, ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21. “Mr. Henry Smith, your husband, will have to sign for you,” he said.
I argued, pointing to a very large belly(肚子)of mine,” I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?” He answered coldly, “It’s the law, madam?” Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it “No.” I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail-using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland, and I had to take the Maryland driver’s exam. Since then I just go in and renew every four years-sign the name Susan Brown, have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive.
[语篇解读]“我”四年前在学校获得了驾驶执照，但是四年后“我”续办驾照时，却被告知不够年龄不能自己签名。这是怎么回事呢?让我们一起看看。
56. Susan got her first driver's license .
A. before she got married to Henry B. when she was twenty years old
C. after she finished high school D. when she just moved to Maryland
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。由第1段可知拿证4年后作者20岁，排除B，由第1句知道是作者在中学第1年取得的驾驶证，排除C，领了证件4年后作者和丈夫在Maryland排除D。选A。
57. Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because .
A. she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law B. she lacked driving experience in Maryland
C. she was to give birth to a baby soon D. she insisted on signing for herself
【答案】D
【解析】细节理解。由第3段I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
可知选D。
58. We can infer from the text that in the U.S. .
A. American males should serve in the army
B. different states my have different laws
C. people have to renew their licenses in their home states
D. women should adopt their husbands' family names after marriage
【答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。从全文可知苏珊在Charlotte，North Carolina可以获得驾照，而四年后在Marvland
却因不够年龄不能重续驾照，可知在美国不同的州有不同的法律。所以选B。
B
About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementary(初等)and high school education by working at home on computers. The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools.” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgement of cyberschools,they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer,a printer,books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.