阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A David Brown and Anne are two patients in the Adult Day Care Program at Mercy Hospitals. David Brown is seventy-two years old. He’s friendly and likes to talk. He lives with his wife in the city. But David is becoming forgetful. His wife says, “He’ll heat up some soup, then forget to turn off the gas.” She is sixty-one and still works. She is worried about leaving her husband alone. Anne is eighty and lives with her 60-year-old daughter. Her daughter says that she needs a rest. “Mom follows me everywhere. Even when I use the toilet, she follows me. I need a rest and she does, too.” And so, several times a week, David and Anne’s families take them to the Adult Day Care Center. Many hospitals have this program. Patients come to the Center for a full or half day, from one to five days a week. All the patients live with their families and most are old people. Mrs. Carol Johnson is the director of the Center. She says, “We are offering both the patients and their families a service of great value. Patients have the chance to get out of their houses. Husbands, wives or grown children can work or have a rest. Most important of all, families are able to stay together.” 41. Why did David Brown become a patient of the Adult Day Care Center? A. Because he is seventy-two years old B. Because he is lonely at home. C. Because he is becoming forgetful. D. Because he is seriously ill. 42. What happens to Anne’s family? A. Her daughter is too old to look after her.
B. Anne cleans all the rooms every day. C. Her daughter doesn’t want Anne to live with her. D. Her daughter is very tired because Anne always follows her. 43. Adult Day Care Center is run by ____. A. hospitals B. schools C. churches D. government 44. Which statement is NOT true about the patients of the Center? A. Most patients are old people. B. All the patients live with their families. C. The patients are taken good care of in the Center. D. The patients come to the Center six days a week.
B Some people think that all wild animals are dangerous. Actually, very few of them will attack a man if he leaves them alone. If you met a lion or an elephant, suppose you would run away, but even a lion will keep away from a man unless it is very hungry. “Lions and tigers only kill and eat men when they have grown too old and too weak to catch their usual food, such as deer and other small animals. If you saw a wild elephant, perhaps you would be frightened. Elephants usually run away at once unless you attack them. Some animals get very frightened if they only smell a man, some take no notice but quietly walk in another direction. Wild animals only attack hunters when they are afraid that the hunters mean to harm their young ones, or when the hunters shoot at them and make them angry. 45. This passage is mainly about _____. A. how to protect wild animals B. how wild animals look for their food C. how to make friends with wild animals D. how wild animals act towards men 46. The underlined word “attack” is closest in meaning to “_____”. A. hurt B. catch C. hit D. follow 47. Some animals run away when they smell a man probably because _____. A. they dislike the smell B. they think men are dangerous to them C. they don’t want to eat men D. they want to eat weak men 48. Some animals will become very dangerous _____. A. when they grow old B. if they are left alone C. while they are looking for food D. when their young ones are in danger
C Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious (有意识的) effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you. Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before. Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Sometimes you remember not doing something and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barbershop( 理发店) waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my office. We always seem to find something funny and interesting in incidents(事件) caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks” of our memory can cause us great trouble. 49. If you want to have a good memory, ________. A. you should ask someone else to help you to remember things B. you should make a conscious effort to practice and exercise C. you should never stop learning D. you should try hard to remember things 50. In the passage, the writer seems to tell us ________. A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous B. always forgetting things is understandable C. forgetting things at times is natural D. the ways to protect yourself from memory “tricks” 51. The best title for this passage is“_________”. A. How to Get a Good Memory
