第三部分阅读技能 (共三节，满分35分)
阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective (形容词) “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable color.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
41  From this passage we know that “fashion” means _________.
A  clothes   B  many things    C  most of the popular things    D  everything
42  Which of the following things is fashionable today?
　  A  Surfing on the Internet
B  Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day
C  Learning to sing songs on the radio
D  Doing morning exercises at school.
43  Today fashions change very quickly because _______.
　  A  People read newspapers every day 　
B  radios send information from one country to another
　  C  new things that people like are often shown on TV
　  D  people quickly learn what is happening in the world
44  “There is money in fashion.” means ________.
　  A  clothes are expensive    B  money comes from fashion
　  C  people like new things   D  there are no fashions without money

第三部分阅读技能 (共三节，满分35分)

阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）

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

A

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective (形容词) “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable color.”

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.

Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from his grandson in 1860.

Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

41  From this passage we know that “fashion” means _________.

A  clothes   B  many things    C  most of the popular things    D  everything

42  Which of the following things is fashionable today?

　  A  Surfing on the Internet

B  Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day

C  Learning to sing songs on the radio

D  Doing morning exercises at school.

43  Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

　  A  People read newspapers every day 　

B  radios send information from one country to another

　  C  new things that people like are often shown on TV

　  D  people quickly learn what is happening in the world

44  “There is money in fashion.” means ________.

　  A  clothes are expensive    B  money comes from fashion

　  C  people like new things   D  there are no fashions without money

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long way to where God lived ,so he packed his suitcase          （1）（介词）some bread and six bottles of root beer and he started his       （2）（名词）.

    When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old man who was sitting in the park just   （3）（stare）at some pigeons . The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase . He was about to drink his root beer       （4）（引导词）he noticed that the old man looked       （5）（形容词）, so he offered him a loaf of bread.

    The old man gratefully accepted it and smiled at him .His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer .Again, the old man smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling ,but they never said a word.

    As it grew dark ,the boy realized how tired he was and got up to leave ,but before he had gone more than a few steps ,he       （6）（短语动词）, ran back to the old man, and gave him     （7）（冠词）hug . The old man gave him his biggest smile ever.

    When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later ,his mother        （8）（surprise）by the look of joy on his face .She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?” He replied, “I had lunch with God” But before his mother could respond, he added, “You know what? God’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”

    The old man went home also with a look of peace on his face .His son asked , “Dad , what did you do today that made you so happy? He replied, “I ate a piece of bread in the park with God” However ,before his son responded , he added, “He is very young I never expected that.”（9）（改成一个句子）

    Too often we underestimate（低估）the power of a touch ,a smile or a kind word ,all of them have the potential to turn a life around（10）（改正错误）

--What do you think of his words?

　 --What he said sounds ______.【江苏省泰州市2010―2011学年度高三调研考试】【形容词】