第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Car Talk

    When I got the driving license last summer, Mom and I took our first trip around an empty parking lot. Then I found that my mother was not the best teacher for me. It wasn’t that she shouted, or told me that I was doing poorly. As you can imagine, my mother’s “helpful instructions” only managed to make me more nervous.

    Since I could no longer practice with her, the job was placed in the hands of my father. I loved him dearly, but I just did not regard Dad as someone I could be comfortable learning from. He almost never talked. We shared a typical father-daughter relationship. He’d ask how school was, and I’d say it was fine. Unfortunately, that was the most of our conversations. Spending hours alone with someone who might as well have been a stranger really scared me.

    As we got into the car that first time, I was not surprised at what happened. Dad and I drove around, saying almost nothing but a few instructions on how to turn. As my lessons went on, however, things began to change. Dad would turn the radio up so I could fully appreciate his favorite Stones music. And he actually began talking. I was soon hearing about “basic body” gym class and other stories from his past, including some of his first meeting with Mom.

    Dad’s sudden chattiness was shocking until I thought about why he was telling me so much in the car. In all the years that I had wondered why my father never spoke that much, I had never stopped to consider that it was because I had never bothered to listen. Homework, friends, and even TV had all called me away from him and I had never thought my quiet father had anything to say.

    Since I began driving with him, my driving skill has greatly increased. More important, though, is that my knowledge of who my father is has also increased. Just living with him wasn’t enough — it took driving with him for me to get to know someone who was a mystery.

21 The author couldn’t practice driving with her mother because __________.

　　　A. she couldn’t talk with her mother     

　　　B. her father wanted to teach her

　　　C. her mother made her nervous        

　　　D. she didn’t trust her mother

22 At first, the idea of learning driving from her father made her __________.

    A. happy         B. uneasy        C. satisfied       D. disappointed

23 What surprised the author when the driving lessons went on?

　　　A. Her Dad liked modern music.      

　　　B. Her Dad was the best teacher.

　　　C. Her Dad was a chatty person.      

　　　D. Her Dad told her his sad stories.

24 With her story “Car Talk”, we can infer that __________.

    A. family members need real communication 

    B. mothers are less patient than fathers

    C. fathers love their daughters dearly               

　　D. it takes time to improve the father-daughter relationship

B

　　Nelson Mandela was a figure of international fame, and many details of his life   career were public knowledge. But here are some things you may not have known about him．

　　In his youth, Mandela enjoyed boxing. Even during the 27 years he spent in prison, he would exercise every morning. “I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. Boxing is equal. I never did any real fighting after I entered politics. My main interest was in training,” he wrote in his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. In the Mandela Family Museum, visitors can find the world championship belt given to Mandela by American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. 

　　When Mandela was nine years old, a teacher at his primary school gave him an English name “Nelson”, which is a custom to give all school children Christian names. Rolihlahla is his original name but it’s not a common name in South Africa. It means “troublemaker”. In South Africa, Mr. Mandela was often called by his clan (宗族) name “Madiba”, which South Africans used out of respect.

　　A fake passport in the name of David Motsamayi was used by Mr. Mandela. He had changed his appearance and pretended to be a driver, a gardener and a chef in order to travel around the country unnoticed by the authorities.

　　Mr. Mandela studied law on and off for 50 years from 1939, failing about half the courses he took. In August 1952, he and Oliver Tambo set up South Africa’s first black law firm in Johannesburg. He persevered (坚持不懈) to finally get a law degree while in prison in 1989.    

25 Nelson Mandela became a boxing fan because __________.

　　A. he enjoyed the violence of boxing     

　　B. he wanted to take the championship

　　C. he desired to enjoy the training       

　　D. he hoped to find a better job

26 Which of the following is TRUE of Mandela’s name?

　　A. His original name was not Nelson．

　　B. His parents gave him the name “Nelson”．

　　C. Rolihlahla is a popular name in South Africa．

　　D. Madiba was his Christian name．

27 The underlined word “fake” in the fourth paragraph probably means __________.

　　A. not clearB. not real

　　C. not accessible  D. not available

28 From the last paragraph, we can infer that __________.

　　A. it took Mr. Mandela over fifty years to get a law degree

　　B. black people are not allowed to set up law firms

　　C. one can’t get a law degree if he / she has been put into prison

　　D. Mr. Mandela was a determined person
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