第三部分 阅读与写作（65分）

VII.阅读理解：读A、B两篇短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案；读C篇短文，将方框里的五个句子还原到短文当中；读D篇短文，根据短文内容完成句子，每空填一词。共20小题，计40分。

A

The expression “down to earth” means being open and honest. It is easy to get on with some one who is down to earth. A down-to-earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud.

Down-to-earth people could be important members of society. But they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. A person who is filed with his own importance and pride is said to have his nose in the air.

Americans use another expression that is similar in some ways to down to earth. The expression is both feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality（现实）. He may have dreams, but he does not allow them to have influence on his understanding of what is real.

The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mi nd is not on what is happening in real life. Such a person may be called a day－dreamer.

When we have both our feet on the ground, and when we are down to earth, we do not have our noses in the air. We act honestly and openly to others. Our lives are like the ground below us— solid(牢固的) and strong.

56.A down-to-earth person could be_____________.

A. social and proud B. good and opposite C. real and important D. strong and changeable

57.The expression “has one’s nose in the air” means_____________.

A. 眉飞色舞 B. 目中无人    C. 瞻前顾后 D. 春风得意

58.This passage mainly talks about_____________.

A. the use of some expressions    B. dreams and achievements

C. the lifestyle of honest people    D. honesty and understanding

59.If you want to understand what is real in life, you have to_____________.

A. get along with other people easily      B. learn from those who are down to earth

C. be a good dreamer with quick mind    D. have both your feet on the ground

60.If you only consider your own importance, __________.

A. you’ll think you are better than others

B. your life will be like the solid and strong ground

C. you’ll be hated by down-to-earth people

D. your life will be filed with love

B

I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little  one dressed.

My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.

At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When t heir mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.

I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework,  Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.

One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!

61.The first paragraph talks about_____________.

A. what the children have for breakfast    B. how busy the man is in the morning

C. why the man cooks lunch                   D. when the children go to school

62.We know from the second paragraph that_____________.

A. they take the subway to school when the weather is bad

B. the man drives a car a nd his wife walks to work

C. the man goes to meet the boys before school is over

D. it doesn’t take them long to arrive home

63.Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.

A. the children’s mother is very strict with them

B. the man’s wife works in an office very near the school

C. the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them.

D. the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing

64.We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.

A. what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot

B. before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories

C. what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday

D. the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot

65.This passage tells us_____________.

A. never to call a man Mr. Mom

B. the man doesn’t enjoy working at home

C. something about the children’s school life

D. what kind of people the man and his wife are