Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
Early in November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure (停电). The Mayor promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists (悲观主义者) were certain that it would happen again within five years. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced a serious disorder throughout the city. At that time the city was in one of its worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little crime during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted (劫掠). Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policeman available was far from enough and some looters even carry guns.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most business remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:30 P.M., when lightning hit and knocked out supply cables. Many stores were thus caught by surprise. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.
31. According to the first paragraph, who were right: the authorities or the pessimists?
A. The authorities.
B. The pessimists.
C. Both.
D. Neither.
31．答案为D 从第一段可知1965年大停电后政府和悲观主义者的预测都不正确。
第1题：
IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Wild and farm birds often get a flu virus. Yet they usually are able to carry the virus without getting sick.
In 1997 six people in Hong Kong died of a different kind of bird flu virus. It is called the h-five-n-one virus. The Hong Kong government quickly ordered the killing of all farm birds there. That stopped the spread of h-five-n-one to people in Hong Kong.
Yet the virus bad already spread to other parts of Asia. It was found in 16 countries between 2003 and 2006.
The h-five-n-one virus first appeared in Africa. This raised many concerns about the spread of the disease. Scientists do not know exactly how bird flu came to Africa. At first, they thought wild birds were to blame. Now, officials with the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization believe the main cause is trade in farm birds.
The bird flu virus is found in the waste and liquids of infected birds. The virus spreads when healthy birds or people touch sick birds or nay infected (被感染了的) part of sick birds. Right now, the virus is not spreading among person to person. But the virus could change and start spreading among people. Health officials believe that it is even more possible now that bird flu has spread in Africa, and that is why international organizations are working so hard to stop its spread.
The best way to stop the spread of bird flu is to kill all the chickens in an area where bird flu has been discovered. More than 145 000 chickens have been killed in Nigeria since bird fin was first found one year ago.
36. The passage focuses on ______.
A. wild and farm birds
B. a fin virus
C. bird flu
D. infected birds
36．答案为C 此题考查主题思想判断。注意文章中的第1段和最后一段，发现有wild and farm birds often get a flu virus，the best way to stop the spread of bird flu，注意下划线部分。主题思想一般位
于文章的第1段或最后一段，故选C为答案。
第2题：
A.reading ...to watch
B.to read ...watching
C.to read ...watch
D.reading ...watching
第3题：
A、worth
B、worthy
第4题：
在主线程中启动一个子线程执行reading函数。 import threading import time import random def reading（): for i in range（10): print（"reading",i) time.sleep（random.randint（1,2)) _______________________________ r.setDaemon（False) r.start（) print（"The End")
A．r=threading.Thread(reading)
B．r=threading.Thread(target=reading())
C．r=threading.Thread(target=reading)
D．r=Thread(target=reading)
第5题：
I have finished()your project plan.
A. read
B. to read
C. reading
答案：C
解析：本句意思：我已经完成了你的项目计划。to do表示目的，说明要做但还没做；doing表示一种状态，正在做或已经完成；而finish本身就是一个动词，后不能直接再加一个单纯的动词原形，所以选C。
第6题：
A、to read
B、read
C、reading
第7题：
A.worthy
B.worth for
C.worth
D.worthwhile
第8题：
1． He used to _______in the sun，but now he is used to _______at night．
A． read ; read
B． reading ; read
C． read; reading
D． reading; reading
第9题：
A、listening
B、writing
C、speaking
D、reading
第10题：
在阅读教学PWP模式中，每个步骤的教学任务和目标是________________。
A．Pre-reading：在封面或标题导读、预测中感知文本内容
B．While-reading：在文本理解、情感体验、策略指导中解读文本
C．Post-reading：在运用中重构文本
D．Past- reading：在学习中表演文本