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ry noisy. C. Because it was very hot. 18. What could Mr. Hill do if he wanted to earn more money? A. To lower the temperature of his chickenhouse. B. To buy more and more chickens from the market. C. To put more fresh air into his chickenhouse. 19. Why was Mr. Hill not interested in the owner’s suggestion? A. Because it was quite cool in his own house. B. Because his wife couldn’t lay any eggs for him. C. Because he only thought of how to make hens lay more eggs. 20. Which of the following expresses the main idea of the passage? A. Mr. Hill was a rich farmer who raised chickens. B. Mr. Hill only wanted to earn more money for himself. C. The owner of the pany of airconditioners(空調(diào) ) only wanted to sell his products. 第二部分 閱讀理解(共兩節(jié),滿(mǎn)分 40 分) 第一節(jié) (共 15 小題;每小題 2 分,滿(mǎn)分 30 分 ) 閱讀下列短文,從每題 所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、 B、 C 和 D)中 ,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。t know what she was going to do for the two hours she was there. She prayed, that someone would meet her at the gate and stay with her until she left the airport. She then asked me Are you an Angel God has sent? No, I assured her I was no angel, but did God use me to answer her prayer? Yes. 21. Where did the writer notice the lady at first? A. On the flight to Minnesota. B. On the flight to Phoenix. C. On the flight to St. Louis. D. At the St. Louis Airport. 22. Which of the following words can replace the underlined word in the second paragraph? A. trip B. stop C. flight D. talk 23. What can we learn from the passage? A. The writer and the lady met each other by accident. B. The writer and the lady would fly to the same place. C. The lady once visited her children by flight. D. The writer was sent to the lady by God. 24. What’s the lady’s attitude to the writer? A. Pitiful B. Negative C. Doubtful D. Grateful B Some people collect postage stamps the small pieces of paper you place on letters or postcards before mailing them. Other people collect works of art or musical instruments. But a man in the American state of Maryland collects secrets. For the past 10 years, people from throughout the world have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. Mr. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, near Washington, . Ten years ago, he created an art project he calls PostSecret. I invited strangers from all around the world to write down their deepest confession(自白) on a postcard, something they39。s secrets. His wife Jan did not know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published. Some people tell Frank Warren of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret munity have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides(自殺) . 25. How many secrets can Frank Warren get per year on average in the past 10 year? A. About 100 thousand secrets. B. About a million secrets. C. About a billion secrets. D. About 10 thousand secrets. 26. What can we do on the PostSecret website? A. We can get some help when we are in trouble. B. We can learn about some secrets of other people. C. We can express our views freely. D. We can put all our secrets on the website. 27. Why did Mr. Warren create PostSecret? A. To keep his own secrets. B. To find out more secrets of other people. C. To offer a good place to share secrets. D. To help other people get out of their trouble. 28. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Mr. Warren probably once saved some people’s life. B. Mr. Warren’s wife helped him to create PostSecret. C. Mr. Warren makes many friends because of PostSecret. D. Mr. Warren is an open, easygoing and generous man. C My parents are amazing. I had the most wonderful childhood, and it’s not because I had everything I wanted or because I was a cool kid. I have learned a lot about parenting from what my parents did. Here are a few gems (珍寶 ) that I use now or plan to use in the future with my two boys. Here’s how a conversation often went when I was a kid. Usually it was around 4:30 . I said, “I’m hungry. Can I have a cookie?” My mom answered, “No. Have a banana.” “I don’t want a banana.” “Then you’re not hungry.” Sometimes I was angry about it, but I knew that was good for me. Thanks mom for not lettin