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阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分。满分40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。

（A）

ANXIOUSparentsintheareasaroundWashington,US,accompanied（陪伴）

theirchildrentoschool,orkeptthemathome,afteramiddle-school

studentbecamevictim（受害者）No.8,inaseriesofshootingsinThe

shootingsstartedon0ctober2.

The13-year-oldyouth,aneighth-grader,wasstruckinthechestbya

high-poweredbulletonOctober?.Hewashitashewasbeingdroppedoff

infrontofhisschoolbyhisauntonOctober7.

aIcan，tstopgoingtowork,thechildrencan，tstopgoingtoschool,“

saidHenryOllie,48.Heledhisl2-year-oldson,Charles,tothefrontdoor

oftheschool,wherethelatestshootinghappened.Ordinarily,Charles

takesthebus.Somebusesarrivedatschoolscarryingfewerstudentsthan

usual.Andschoolswhereparentsusuallylineuptheircarstodropoff

youngstershadnotrafficproblemsbecausesomanyparentshadkepttheir

childrenathome.Themiddleschoolboyisstillinbadconditionafter

havingaborttwoandahalfhoursofoperationonthenightoftheshooting.

Heistheyoungestoftheninevictims,includingonewasshotdeadon

0ctober9.

Allthevictims,sevendeadandtwowounded,wereinpublicplacedoing

ordinarythings.Theywereworkingatgrass,fillingagastankorwalking

intoasupermarket.

“Allofourvictimshavebeendefenseless,buttokillchildrenisone

steptoofar.Ourchildrendon'tdeservethis,“saidpoliceCharles

Moose.（FromNewYorkTimes）

56Howmanyvictimshadbeenkilledintheseriesofshootingsaround

Washingtonbefore0ctober7th?

ASeven.BSix.CNine.DEight.

57Whydidmanyparentskeeptheirchildrenathome?

ABecausetheshootingmadethemfrightened.

BBecausetheschoolaskedthemtodoso.

CBecausethechildrenwereafraidoftheshooting.

DBecausetheparentswereworriedabortthesafetyoftheirchildren.

58Thephrase“dropoff”inthepassagemeans.

AfalloffsomethingBgetawayfromthedriver

Csendsb.offacarorabusDsendthechildrentoschool

(B)

Oneofthequalitiesthatmostpeopleadmireinothersisthewillingness

toambitone，smistakes.Itisextremelyhardsometimestosayasimple

thinglike“Iwaswrongaboutthat,“anditisevenhardertosay,"I

waswrong,andyouwererightaboutthat.”Ihadanexperiencerecently

withsomeoneadmittingtomethathehadmadeamistakefifteenyearsago.

Hetoldmehehadbeenthemanagerofacartons(纸箱).Thenhetalkedof

anincadentandIbegantoremembertheincidenthewasdescribing.

Iwasabouteightyearsoldatthetime,andIhadgoneintothestore

withmymothertodotheweeklygroceryshopping.Onthatparticularday,I

musthavefoundmywaytothefooddepartmentwheretheincidenttookplace.

Theremusthavebeenaspecialsaleoneggsthatdaybecausetherewas

abigshowofeggsindozenandhalf-doxencartons.Thecartonswereput

threeorfourfeethigh.Imusthavestoppedinfrontorthemtoadmire

theshow.Justthenawomancamebypushinghergrocertycartandknocked

offthepileofcartons.Forsomereason,Idecideditwasuptotome

toputthecartonsbacktogether,soIwenttowork.

Themanagerheardthenoiseandsamepushingovertoseewhathad

happened.Whenheappeared,Iwasonmykneescheckingsomeofthecartons

toseeifanyoftheeggswerebroken,buttohimitlookedasthoughI

wasthepersonwhowastoblame.Hescoldedmeloudandwantedmetopay

foranybrokenforgottheincident,butthemanagerdidnot.

59Howoldwastheauthorwhenhewrotethisarticle?

AAbout8yearsold.BAbout18yearsold.

CAbout23yearsold.DAbout15yearsold.

60Whowastoblameforknockingoffthepileofcartons?

ATheauthor.BThemanager.CAwoman.DTheauthor'smother.

61WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

AThewomanwhoknockedoffthepileofcartonswasseriouslyscolded

bythemanager.

BTheauthorwasloudlyscoldedbythemanager.

CAwomanwasloudlyscoldedbythemanager.

DItwastheauthorwhoputthecartonsbacktogether.

62Thetoneofthearticleexpressestheauthor，s.

Aadmirationforthemanager，swillingnesstoadmitmistakes

Bangertothemanagerforhiswrongdoing

Cdissatisfactionwiththewomanwhoknockedoffthepilecartons

Dregretforthemistakehemadeinthestore

（0

Itseemsstrangethatwhilethree-quartersoftheworld，ssurfaceis

coveredwithwater,gettinganadequate（充足的）supplyofitthat，sfresh,

clean,andsafetousefordrinking,cookingandwashing,isoneofthe

mostimportantproblemsthatfaceshumanity.Mostoftheearth,swater

issaltwaterintheoceans,onlythreepercentisfreshandonlyasmall

partofthatispossible.Itmaybetrappeddeepunderground,andanyway

unequallyexistaroundtheglobe,sothehappeningofdroughtsandfloods.

Oftheremainingfreshwater,muchispollutedanddangeroustouse.

AlargepartofUNICEFsworkisbringingsafewatertopeopleandeducating

theminbasichealthcare.Somediseasesspreadbypollutedwaterarethe

mostcommoncausesofdeathandillnessinchildrenunderfiveinthe

developingworld.

Althoughwatergiveslife,itcanalsocarrysomekindsofdisease-a

leadingcauseofblindnessamongchildren.Mosquitoes,andfliesthatlive

nearinwaterbringyellowfever,malaria（疟疾）andsleepingsickness,

sogoodpipedwatersuppliesareneededtoreducetheneedforpeopleto

gatherinsuchanarea.Inthecountry,womenandchildrenamajorpart

oftheirtimegoingouttocollectwater,oftenwalkmanymileseachday

toprovidejustthelimitedfamilyneedsforcooking,washinganddrinking.

Andtheycan，tcarrymuchwhilewalkingoverroughfieldsbearingaheavy

bucket.

Becausechildrenhavetoplaytheirpartinfamilylife,andthatincludes

gettingwater,theymaybeunabletogotoschool,orbesotiredwhen

gettherethathavedifficultylearning.Theymayevenhavetospendthe

wholedaywithoutadrinkasmaymotbeanycleanwaterthere,either.

Lastyear,UNICEF（联合国儿童基金会）aimedtogetalmost90,000water

systemssetup,tobenefit20millionpeople,workingwhereitismostbadly

needed,oftenjusttoensurekeepingalive.Awellmaywomanthedifference

betweenlifeanddeath.

63Whatisthemainreasonfortheinadequatesupplyoffreshwater?

AMostofitispolluted.

BMostofitisalmostimpossibletoget.

CMostofitisinthesea.

DFloodsanddroughtshavetakenplacetimeandagain.

64WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

AWatercanspreaddiseases.

BTherewouldbenolifewithoutwater.

CWaterhassomethingtodowithsomechildren，sdeathandillness.

DSomechildrenbecomeblindbecauseofwater.

65Thepurposeofthispassageisto.

AinformthereaderBcomfortthereader

CpersuadethereaderDfrightenthereader

66Childrenhelptocollectwaterbecause.

Atheyarenotabletogotoschool

Btheyhavetospendthewholedaywithoutadrink

Ctheyhavedifficultylearning

Dtheymusthelptheirparentswithhousework

（D）

Whydoescreamgobadfasterthanbutter?Someresearchersthinktheyhave

theanswer,anditcomesdowntothestructure（结构）ofthefood,notits

chemicalcomposition（成份）一afindingthatcouldhelpbreakawayfrom

somechemicals.Creamandbuttercontainprettymuchthesamethings,so

whycreamshouldgobadmuchfasterhasbeenaproblem.Botharesmall

globules（小球）ofoneliquidspreadthroughoutanother.Thedifference

liesinwhat'sintheglobulesandwhat'sinthesurroundingliquid,says

Brocklehurst,wholedtheresearch.Incareen,fattyglobulesdriftabout

inaseaofwater.Inbutter,globulesofawateryroadarelockedaway

inaseaoffat.Thebacteria（细菌）whichmakethefoodgobadpreferto

liveinthewateryareasofthemixture."Thismeansthatincream,the

bacteriaarefreetogrowthroughoutthemixture,“hesays.Wheninbutter,

thebacteriaarelockedawayinlockedplacesburieddeepintheseaof

fat.Trappedinthisway,thosecoloniescannotspreadandrapidlyrun

out.Theyalsoslowlypoisonthemselveswiththeirwasteproducts."In

butter,yougetaself-limitingsystemwhichstopsthebacteriagrowing,”

saysBrocklehurst.Theresearchersarealreadyworkingwithfood

companieseagertoseeiftheirproductscanbemadetostandbacterial

attackthroughchangesofthefood，sstructure.

Brocklehurstbelievesitwillbepossibletomakesomethingchangesof

theforinstance,morelikethatinbutter,Thekeywillbepossibleto

makesomethingusedinsaladcreamliquidandmottaminglikeitintoa

solidstate.

67ThesignificanceofBrocklehurst，sresearchisthat.

Aitsuggestedawaytokeepsomefoodsfreshwithoutusingsomechemicals

Bitdiscoveredsmallglobulesinbothcreamandbutter

Citshowedthesecretofhowbacteriaincreaseincreamandbutter

Ditfoundthatcreamandbuttersharethesamechemicalcomposition

68Accordingtotheresearchers,creamgoesbadfasterthanbutter

becausebacteria.

Aarestrongerincream

Bincreasetheirnumbermoreeasilyincreamthaninbutter

Cliveonlessfatincreamthaninbutter

Dproducelesswasteincreamthaninbutter

69AccordingtoBrocklehurst,wecankeepcreamfreshbut.

AremovingitsfatBkillingthebacteria

CreducingitswaterDchangingitsstricture

70Theunderlinedword“colonies”refersto.

AtinyglobulesBwateryregions

CbacteriasocietyDlittledepartments

71Commercialuseoftheresearchfindingwillbepossibleifsaladcream

canbemadetostandbacterialattack.

Abychangingitschemicalcomposition

Bbyturningitintoasolidlump

Cwhilekeepingitsstructureunchanged

Dwhileitsliquidformremains

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