第三部分： 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,D）中，选出最佳选项。
Mike McClure walked into Sarasota Bay for a little fishing on a beautiful day last April. This afternoon, the water was shallow enough at low tide that McClure could easily walk 100 yards offshore and cast(投）his line in any direction.
Near sunset, still without a fish, he decided to turn back. Rather than turn to his earlier course, he chose a more direct path toward shore, thinking the bay wouldn't get deeper along the way. Instead, he was trapped. He tried to walk in different directions, but shallower water eluded(避开）him. Finally, he decided his safest choice was to head straight for land.
"Within about five steps, the water was coming in through the top of the waders(高筒防水胶靴）," says McClure.
He felt the deadweight of the flooding waders pulling him down and knew that if he didn't get out of them, he would drown. But he failed to kick his way out of the waders. Instead, they pulled him completely below the surface.
Back onshore, Eliza Cameron, 19, Loren Niurka Mora, 20, and Caitlin Petro, 20, had been watching McClure fish as they rested on the grass after a long week of classes. They saw McClure go under and then heard him cry, "Help！”
The three friends kicked off their shoes and ran into the bay. They were all good swimmers, but all hid a fear that he might pull them down too because they'd have to dive to save him.
When they reached him, he'd managed to kick himself out the waders, but his eyes had partly rolled back. Cameron and Mora each hooked an arm under his shoulders, while Petro supported his back and held his hand. Then the three friends tried their best to tug him towards shore. Finally, they all returned to shore safely.
56.Mike McClure didn't turn back by his earlier course because _____.
A. He wanted to choose a short course
B. His earlier course was dangerous
C. He just wanted to take a risk
D. He knew where the water was deep
57.What directly trapped Mike McClure in the bay?
A. His wrong decision B. The coming high tide
C. His waders' being flooded D. The depth of water
58.During the rescue, ____.
A. The three women were afraid of being trapped in the water
B.Cameron and Petro helped catch Mike McClure's arms
C. The three women removed Mike McClure's waders
D. Mike McClure still wore his flooding waders
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55 各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项。
Once there was a group of men---- a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber(木料) job in a jungle.
This young man was very -36-. He always continued to work through his break time and -37- that those old folks were wasting time, having to -38- several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that -39- he worked through break time and hardly took a -40-,those old folks were chopping the same -41- of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he -42- to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the -43- were even worse.
One day, one of the old folks -44- him for a drink during their break time. That young man -45- and said that he had no -46- time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to -47- chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe(斧子). Sooner or later you will -48- or be so tired as you have spent too much -49-.”
Suddenly the young man -50- that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were -51- re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that’s how they could -52-faster than him, yet spending less time!
What we -53- is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability -54-. Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying…..I have no -55-!
36. A. weak B. clever C. hard-working D. good-looking
37. A. admired B. complained C. reminded D. predicted
38. A. plan B. appear C. work D. break
39. A. even though B. only if C. because D. unless
40. A. photo B. rest C. step D. bath
41. A. weight B. height C. amount D. price
42. A.failed B. pretended C. agreed D. decided
43. A. marks B. results C. effects D. conditions
44. A. invited B. blamed C. thanked D. forgave
45. A. begged B. argued C. nodded D. refused
46. A. wrong B. valuable C. extra D. exact
47. A. mind B. avoid C. practice D. keep
48. A. speed up B. give up C. watch out D. turn out
49. A. energy B. money C. life D. skill
50. A. warned B. expected C. realized D. announced
51. A. also B. hardly C. seldom D. never
52. A. talk B. chop C. walk D. climb
53. A. abandon B. introduce C. need D. teach
54. A. quickly B. curiously C. seriously D. intelligently
55. A. time B. tool C. job D. patience
I think I can fix the car on Wednesday. ______, you’ll have to wait till Friday.
A. If ever B. If possible C. If so D. If not
Catherine used to _____ much at lunchtime, but recently, in order to have a good figure, she has got used to ____ less at noon..
A . eating; eat B. eat; eating C. eat; eat D. eating; eating
-----What about going to the movies after the conference tomorrow?
------____ I’m concerned, some other arrangement would be satisfactory.
A. As long as B. As far as C. As well as D. As soon as
Unless ____ regularly, the plants will not ____ in early spring.
A. water; flower B. watering; be flowering C. watered; flower D. watered; be flowered
