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1、Jill and Jaime.Well, what about Karen and Cindy?I dont know who their best friends are.No, she said. I mean, why arent they your best friends? She seemed upset and hurt.But theyre my sisters.Yes, but they can still be your best friends. Friends may come and go, but your sisters will always be there

2、for you.At the time, the idea of my sisters being my closest friends seemed strange to me. We used to fight over toys, food, attention and what to watch on television. But my mother never let the three of us forget it: sisters are lifelong friends. Her wish was to give us something that she had neve

3、r had. When she gave birth to three daughters, the fulfillment（实现）of her dream had only just begun. She had given us each a giftour sistersand she wanted to make sure we did not take that gift for granted. She would frequently tell us how lucky we were, constantly take us to places together so we gr

4、ew closer, and would even punish us equally, giving us yet another bonding（亲密关系）experience.It was somewhere in between Moms lectures, the family vacations and the shared memories that we realized that Mom was right. Today I share things with my sisters that I share with no one else. My sister Cindy

5、and I ran the New York City Marathon together, side by side, holding hands when crossing the finishing line. When Karen got married, I was her maid of honor. The three of us trust each other with our greatest secrets.It was twenty-three years ago that my mother first asked me who my two best friends

6、 were. Today she doesnt have t. She already knows.1.【题干】One day, one of Heles sisters asked her to be her best friend.【选项】ATrueBFalseCNot Given【答案】B【解析】由文章开头妈妈和Helen的对话可知，妈妈告诉Helen，她的两个姐姐应成为她最好的朋友，而并不是Helen的一个姐姐让Helen成为她最好的朋友。题干的表述与文章不一致，故选B。【考点】2.【题干】Mom believed that sisters should be the best fri

7、ends to each other.【答案】A【解析】由第七段可知，妈妈认为Helen应和她的姐姐们彼此成为好朋友。题干的表述与文章一致，故选A。3.【题干】Helen fund it easy to accept the idea of having her sisters as her best friends.【解析】由第八段第一句可知，在当时，把姐姐们作为她最亲密的朋友这个想法让Helen感觉很奇怪，所以对Helen来说是不容易接受的。4.【题干】Helen and her sisters never argued and fought.【解析】由第八段第二句可知，Helen常常和姐

8、姐们因为玩具、食物、关怀和看电视节目而争吵。5.【题干】To help her daughters become best friends, Mom sent them to the same school.【答案】C【解析】文章并没有提及妈妈把Helen和她的姐姐们送往同一个学校，故选C。6.【题干】Helens sisters were the greatest gift that Mom gave Helen.【解析】由第八段可知，妈妈生了三个女儿，并且经常会告诉她们有多幸运，让她们一起玩耍，也一起受罚，目的就是想告诉她们彼此是最好的朋友，是给彼此最好的礼物。故选A。7.【题干】Mom

9、punished the sisters equally to make them understand they were connected by blood tie.【解析】由第八段最后一句中的and would even punish us equally, giving us yet another bonding（亲密关系）experience可知，妈妈让女儿们同等受罚，就是想让她们知道她们是最亲密的人，是有血缘亲情的。8.【题干】Helen and Cindys friendship was shown by their running the New York Marathon

10、 together.【解析】由倒数第二段第三句可知，Helen和姐姐Cindy一起跑了纽约马拉松，当冲过终点线时，她们肩并肩，手拉手。从这里可以看出她们之间的姐妹情深，故选A。9.【题干】Helens sister Cindy was not married.【解析】文章倒数第二段只提到Karen结婚了，但并未提及Cindy是否结婚，故选C。10.【题干】The three sisters seldom share their secrets.【解析】由倒数第二段最后一句可知，她们三姐妹彼此很信任，都能分享自己最大的秘密。第二部分：阅读选择（第1115题，每题2分，共10分）阅读下面短文，请从

11、短文后所给各题的4个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出1个最佳选项。Hares and RabbitsOne of the gentlest of all animals is the hare. When you consider how mild this animal is, you might wonder how it can survive in a world full of enemies. But then youve also probably noticed its strong hind（后面的）legs. Those legs give it plenty of speed

12、. And you know how rapidly hares and rabbits breed（繁殖）. Thats another reason why they manage to survive.Hares and rabbits have long, sharp front teeth. Their hind legs are longer than their front legs so that they run faster uphill than downhill. When they are hunted, they use tricks such as taking

13、huge leaps to break the smell or signal danger to each other by hitting the ground with their hind feet. Hares and rabbits are purely vegetarians（素食者）. They can live very well on the inner bark f trees.There are many differences between hares and rabbits. Hares are larger, and their feet and ears ar

14、e longer. Hares do not dig holes or live in groups, as do rabbits. Hares are born pen-eyed and with thick fur, while rabbits are born blind and hairless.North America is the home of many different types of hares. One of the best known is the jack hare, a large hare with very long ears. Jacks are so

15、fast that they can sometimes make a leap of six meters.The March hare, whom we know from Alice in Wonderland, is a common European hare. In March, they are always busy in mating, thus acquiring its name.Unlike hares, rabbits are social animals, living together in holes. A rabbit may mate when it is

16、six months old and its young are born within a month. So if the rabbit has no natural enemies, it can become quite a pest.11.【题干】People are curious about the survival of the hare because_.Atheir legs are not strong enoughBtheir growth is not fast enoughCthey are too gentleDthey run too slow【解析】事实细节题

17、。由第一段第一、二句可知，野兔是最温顺的动物之一，当你在想这个动物有多温顺时，你可能想知道在一个满是敌人的世界上它是怎样存活的。因为野兔很温顺，故人们对它们能够幸存很好奇。故选C。12.【题干】Hares and rabbits use tricks when they_.Arun uphillBare huntedCsignal dangerDtake huge leaps由第二段第三句可知，当野兔和家兔遭到捕猎时，它们都会使用伎俩。故选B。13.【题干】Compared with hares, rabbits_.Ahave longer feetBhave thicker furCare

18、born pen-eyedDlike to live in groups【答案】D由第三段可知，野兔和家兔有很多不同之处，野兔较大，它们的脚和耳朵都较长；野兔不会挖洞，也不群居生活，而家兔会挖洞，过着群居生活；野兔出生时眼睛是睁开的，身上毛很厚，而家兔出生时眼睛是闭着的，浑身无毛。故选D。14.【题干】Many people get to know the March hare from the fact that it_.Ahas long ears and legsBdigs a lot of holes in MarchCcan make a leap of six metersDapp

19、ears in Alice in Wonderland由倒数第二段第一句可知，人们都知道三月兔出现在爱丽丝梦游仙境中。15.【题干】Rabbits natural enemies prevent them from_.Abecoming a big troubleBbreeding when youngCliving in holesDbecoming social animals【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段最后一句可知，如果家兔没有天敌的话，它就会泛滥成灾了。所以正是家兔的天敌阻止它们成为大麻烦。第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子（第1625题，每题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，请完成短文后

20、的2项测试任务：（1）从第1620题后所给的6个选项中为第段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）从第2125题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。Pawn Shops（当铺）Pawn shops are businesses where people bring their possessions to sell or to get a short-term loan. Pawn shops may be large or small, clean or dirty, but they are all full of stories. The United States has

21、about ten thousand of them.In the past few years, pawn shops have been doing business with more people than ever before. That is because many lenders（贷方）now do business only with individuals having good credit records or a high-paying job Often, the individuals most in need of a loan have poor credi

22、t records. But they do not need a good job or credit record to get a loan from a pawnbroker（典当商）. They only need to have something of value.When a traditional lender agrees to provide a loan, it may take days or weeks before an individual receives the money. But pawnbrokers will give a loan in just

23、a few minutes based on the resale value of an object and without asking about the persons job or credit history.Many pawn shops specialize in jewelry. But most shops accept almost anything of value, including computers, musical instruments, guns, old coins and so on. The item itself acts as the secu

24、rity, or collateral（抵押物）, for the loan. If the loan is not repaid, the object can be soldCustomers can get the object back at any time by repaying the loan plus the interest and fees they agreed to pay. Or they can pay the interest and leave the item at the pawn shop for a while longer.The National

25、Pawnbrokers Association is a national trade group representing pawnbrokers. The association calls pawn-brokering “one of humankinds oldest financial institutions.” It says pawnbrokers operated three thousand years ago in ancient China and in early Greek and Roman times.Task116.【题干】Paragraph_.AQuick

26、loan from a pawnbrokerBProperties of a pawnbrokerCHow does a pawn shop run?DWhat is a pawn shop?EPawn-brokering: a trade with a long historyFRecent development of pawn shops【解析】本段第一句首先介绍了当铺的定义，后两句也是围绕着当铺来讲述的。故本段讲述的是当铺的定义。17.【题干】Paragraph_.【答案】F【解析】本段主要讲述了在过去的几年里当铺和更多的人在做生意，那是因为现在许多贷方只和有良好信用记录或者有高收入工作的人做生意，而那些最需要贷款的个人的信用记录经常很差；但是那些最需要贷款的个人不需要有一份好工作或者有良好信用记录就可以从典当商那里贷款，他们只需要有值钱的东西就可以了。故本段讲述的是当铺最近的发展。18.【题干】Paragraph_.【解析】本段主要讲述了借方可能会在传统的贷方那里花上几天或者几周的时间才会收到贷款，但是在典当商那里几分钟内就可以收到贷款，并且他们不会询问个人的工作和信用记录。故本段讲述的是典当商的快速借贷。19.【题干】Paragraph_.【解析】本段