第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下列短文，从每题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Welcome to Windsor Castle,the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world .Windsor is one the official residences (住所)of  the     Queen,who sometimes stays here.
Audio tours
Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit .There is a descriptive audio tour fou blind and poor-sighted visitors.
Guided tours
Visitors can explore the history of the Castle through a tour of the Precincts with an expert guide. Tours depart at reqular intervals throughout the day from the Courtyard and finish at the entrance to the State Apartments.
Visitors with children
For those visiting with children ,a special family tour and various activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends .Please note permitted in the State Apartments. However, baby carriers are available to borrow.
St George’s Chapel
Visitors arriving at the Castle after 15:00 from march to October are advised to visit St George’s Chapel first before it closes.
Shopping
Shops offer a wide range of souvenirs designed for the Royal Collection,including books,postcards,china,jewellery,and children’s ask at the Middle Ward shop about our home delivery service.
Refreshments
Bottled water can be purchased from the Courtyard and Middle Ward shops.From April to September ice cream is also available,Visitors wishing to leave the Castle for refreshments in the town may obtain re-entry permits from the castle shops,Eating ang drinking are not permits in the State Apartments or St George’s Chapel.
Photography and mobile phones
Non-commercial photography and filming are welcomed in the Castle.Photography,video recording and filming are not permitted inside the State Apartments or St George’s Chapel. Mobile phone must be switched off inside the State Apartments and St George’s Chapel in consideration of other visitors.
Security
As Winter Castle is a working royal palace,visitors and their belongings should get through airport style secutity checks. For safety and security reasons a one-way systerm operaters alone the visites alone the visitor route.
36.A visitor can apply for a free audio tour
A in the Courtyard
B in the State Apartments
C at the Admission Center
D at St George’s Chapel
is specially offered to visitors with kids?
A  A secunity guard
B  A pushchair
C  A free toy
D  A baby carrier
38. Who can get re-entry permits?
A Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle
B Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops
C  Visitors buying water from the Courtyard
D Visitors eating outside St George’s Chapel
39. Why are visitors required to turn off their mobile phone?
A To ensure the safety of others
B To ensure the security of the Castle
C To prevent them from disturbing others
D To prevent the use of the built-in cameras
40.In the last part, a ”working royal palace” refers to one_____.
A still being constructed
B still used by the royal family
C where the Queen usually works
D where works of art are on show    
B
Why play games  ?   Because  they  are   fun , and  a lot  more  besides  .Following  the rules……planning  your  next  move  ……acting  as  a  team  menber   ……these  are  all”game  Idear  that  you  will  come  across  throughout   your  lift  .
Think  about   some  of   the  games  you  played  as  ayoung  child  ,such  as  rope  -Jumping  and  hide-and  -seek .  such    game  s  are  entertaining  and  fun  .but  per haps  More  inportantly  , they  translate life  into  exciting dreams that  teach  children   some  of  The  basic  ruler  they  will be  expected   to  follow  the  rest  of  their  lives  ,such  an  talking turn  s  and  cooperating(合作)Many  children ‘s game s  have  a  practical  side  .  children around  the  world  play  games  that  Prepare  them  for  work  they  will  do  as  grown  -ups .for  instance  ,some  saudi aeavbian  children Play a game called bones, which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.
Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who carned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.
Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continets play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Califomian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.
Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.
    41.Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to       .
     a team leader
     the basic rules
     as a grown-up
    t possible danger
    42.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can        .
    be life in an exciting way
     real-life experiences into a play
     learning life skills more interesting
     people’s views of sporting events
    43.According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging?
    A.It inspires people’s deep love for the country.
    B.It proves the exceptional skills of the winners.
    C.It helps the country out of natural disasters.
    D.It earns the winners fame and fortune.
    44.Iribarne’s goal of forming the foundation is to        .
     fun to poor kids
    e spccer balls for children
     poor kids a chance for a better life
     to soccer players to help poor kids
    45. What can be inferred from the passage?
    A. Games benefit people all their lives.
    B. Sports can get all athletes together.
    C. People are advised to play games for fun.
    D. Sports increase a country’s competitiveness.
C
In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand (木架) with a small notepad (记事本)　and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil?　The pad is more modern,  but the wooden stand is definitely  the original  one.
“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly  well. I’ve  always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in those days.”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have travelled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible (看不到的) exhibits at every meal.
    46. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?
     A. To leave messages.
     B. To list her everyday tasks.
     C. To note down maths problems.
     D. To write down a flash of inspiration.
    47.What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?
    A.It has great value for the family.
    B.It needs to be replaced by a better one.
    C.It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
    D.It should be passed on to the next generation.
    48.The author feels embarrassed for             .
    g her mother wrongly
     her mother a lot of trouble
     making good use of time as her mother did
     making any breakthrough in her field
    49.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
    A.The mother is successful in her career.
    B.The family members like travelling.
    C.The author had little time to play when young.
    D.The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
    50.In the author’s mind, her mother is             .
    e in behaviour
     on her research
     of collecting old things
    ss about her appearance
D
To err is huaman. To blame the other guy is even more human.
Common sense is not all that common.
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?
These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for having made a mistake. They naturally look for someone else who could be responsible for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this:“To err is human, to forgive, divine（神圣的）.” This saying mirrors an ideal: people should be forgiving of others’mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite－find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a mark of great maturity.
Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home
When you hear a weather forecast for sunshine.Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything.People say that in a large company,“the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art?One of common problems with making excuses is that people,especially young people,get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time.There is a corollary(直接推论)to that:if a good excuse is“good”even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?
    51.According to the passage, which of the following seems the most human?
    A.To search for truth.
    B.To achieve one’s ideal
    C.To make fun of others’mistakes.
    D.To criticize others for one’s own error.
    52.According to the author, what is a sign of a man’s maturity?
    A.Doing things his own way.
    B.Bearing responsibility for his mistakes.
    C.Making as few mistakes as possible.
    D.Thinking seriously about his wrongdoings.
    53.Which of the following is NOT based on common sense?
    A.A man tries to take charge of everything in a large company.
    B.A student goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.
    C.A company’s next move follows good plan.
    D.A lawyer acts on fine judgments.
    54.What is the author’s opinion about a good excuse?
    A.Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy.
    B.Inventhing a good excuse needs creative ideas.
    C.A good excuse is as rewarding as honesty.
    D.Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.
    55.What would be the best title for this passage?
    A.A Mirror of Human Nature
    B.To Blame of to Forgive
    C.A Mark of Maturity
    D.Truth of Excuse

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