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Ⅲ.阅读理解(共18小题；每小题2分，满分36分) 
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 
A
Parents know a nightly bedtime is not always easy to enforce. But researchers say bedtime rules may improve a child’s development.
    A new study found better results in four-year-olds who go to bed around the same time every night and sleep at least eleven hours. Getting less than that was linked to lower abilities in language, reading and early math skills.
    Researchers at SRI International in California did the study. It involved about eight thousand preschool children whose parents took part in government research on early childhood.
    The parents answered questions by telephone at nine months and again at four years. The amount of sleep was based on their reporting of a child’s usual bedtime and wake time. These were not independently confirmed.
    SRI policy researcher Erika Gaylor says doctors can easily try to get parents to set regular bedtimes. And at bedtime she urges(力劝)parents to follow routines(惯例) like reading books or telling stories to their children.
    For most measures of development, the study found that an earlier bedtime was also a predictor of higher scores.
    Last August, a study in the journal Sleep Medicine said children who go to bed after nine o’clock took longer to fall asleep and slept less. The study found that children also got less sleep if they did not have bedtime routines.
    The new findings were presented this week in San Antonio, Texas, at a meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
31.According to the text, all the following can improve a child’s development EXCEPT ______
A. going to bed about the same time every evening.
B. parents’ reading books at bed time.
C. going to bed after nine o’clock.
D. sleeping at least eleven hours.
32. Which of the following is true?
     A. Children with regular bedtime can develop better in their primary study.
B. Children going to bed after nine o’clock can fall asleep more easily.
C. A child who goes to bed earlier can study better. 
D. The children in this research go to bed according to the researcher’s advice.
33. What’s the main idea of the text?
     A. Eight thousand children took part in a government research.
B. When a child should go to bed and wake up.
C. How to make a child sleep better.
   D. Bedtime rules can help a child develop better.Growing up on a tobacco farm, Emma 
B
Avery was used to hard times. When she was seven, her family’s farmhouse burned to the ground. Her father made a temporary shelter, where eight people had to sleep in two beds. As soon as Emma and her four brothers and two sisters were big enough, they were out in the fields. 
Emma would find her comfort in school, even as a C student, thanks to one teacher. When she moved on to middle school, Emma was far behind her classmates. She kept her head down, trying not to be noticed, struggling to catch up, and feeling like an outsider.
Then one day, when Emma was 16, a teacher named Mr. Potts changed everything. Looking his students in the eye, Mr. Potts said, “Being a C student does not mean you do not have a valuable contribution to make. Some of you have to work in the fields in the evening and do not have time to study. But if you do your best, you have a gift to give.”
The teacher’s words made Emma believe she could do well, and she worked harder. In the end she won a scholarship to St. Paul’s College, graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1967, and got a job in the public-school system. Then, at George Washington University, she received a master’s in education in 1970, and afterwards in the same year she married Ron Smothers.
Over the next six years, Emma taught in public schools in Miami. In 1976, after saving $10,000, she opened her first restaurant in Los Angeles. Eventually Emma stopped teaching, and her business expanded to six restaurants. 
In gratitude (感激) for what she has been able to achieve, Emma donates a lot. She has no idea how much money she’s given away. She says, “Those I want to help are the C students who just need help, direction and confidence.”
34. From the text we learn that Emma ______. 
   A. won a scholarship to George Washington University
B. was unsuccessful as a businesswoman
   C. was thankful to Mr. Potts
   D. disliked teaching, and gave up the job
35. From the second paragraph we can infer that Emma was ______. 
A. unintelligent   B. unconfident    C. hard-working  D. lazy
36. Which is the correct order of the following events? 
   a. Emma studied at George Washington University. 
b. She opened her first restaurant.
c. She married Ron Smothers.
d. She graduated from St. Paul’s College.
   A. abcd    B. adcb    C. dcab    D. dacb
37. The text mainly wants to tell us ______. 
   A. confidence is the first step to success
B. memory of the past is the teacher of the future
C. something attempted, something done
D. where there is a will, there is a way.
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