四、阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)

　　阅读下列三篇材料,从每题所给的A、 B、 C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　56. We may read the advertisement above______.

　　A. in a geography book B. in a history magazine

　　C. on a travel website D. in a city newspaper

　　57. The advertisement offers information mainly to people from_______.

　　A. China B. America C. England D. Canada

　　58. If you want to get an event pack, you need to______

　　A. text CHINA to 82727 B. learn about the Great Wall

　　C.visit nspcc.org.uk/chinalrek D. e-mail chailenges@nspcc.org.uk

　　59. we 1earn from the material that_____________.

　　A. you can sign up on Octobr30th B. you can call for more information

　　C. the Great Wall Trek lasts for half a month D. the joiners can trek on the whole Greal wall

　　60. NSPCC has something to do with________.

　　A. nature B. children C. the Great Wall D. standard network

　　B

　　During the summer holiday,some students might have been busy with traveling,summer camps and a1l kinds of courses, But a specia1 group of Chinese middle schoo1 students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.

　　Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a loca1 market togethet .With in12 days,they made more than1,500 yuan.

　　Among them, the oldest is 21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are all cousins in a big family and eight of them are from rura1 areas.

　　“Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are,” said Dalin, 18,to the City Moming Post.Dalin,a senior high graduate,and her 12-year-old brother Xiaolin came up with the idea.

　　They leamed to work hard to sell their veggies. Every moming they had to wake up at 3 o'c1ock. Some of them went to the farmer' s market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the 1oca1 market lo take up a temporary stall(临时摊位).

　　To lower the cost, they learned to bargain(讲价) with the sellers.

　　At about 6:30 am, they began to sell vegetables. They peddled(吆喝) 1oudly to attract(吸引) customers. After several days, they got some experience, too.

　　For example,it was better lo put vegetabies in order and bigger ones on top. When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.

　　When they finally packed up and went home,they had a small meeting. Everyone took notes and shared their feelings.

　　“We are tired,” said Dalin. “but we gained a1ot.

　　61. In the writer' s opinion, the 12 students action was________.

　　A. popular B .encouraging C. strange D.embarrassing

　　62. The cousins decided to sell vegetables at a market to________.

　　A. show how able they were B. have less hardship of life

　　C. learn how hard their parents work D. prepare for their future traveling

　　63.They bargained wilh the sellers to__________

　　A.cut down the cost B. share their feelngs

　　C-get bigger vegetables D. attract more customers

　　64. It ‘s clear that___________.

　　A. they took up the temporary stall in turn B.they gave each customer an extra plastic bag

　　C. Dalin and Xiaolin got the idea of selling vegetables D.the elder sold vegetables when lhe younger took notes

　　65. The best title of the slory should be_______.

　　A. Summer Courses B. Family Business

　　C. Students Leam from Bargains D. Cousins Work with Vegetables

　　C

　　From a young age,I've had a really deep connection with being outside. I've been skiing

　　Since I was eight or nine years old. I' ve been on expeditions(探险)in many places like China, Pakistan and so on. Bul il was in my home country, the USA, that I came closest to death.

　　It was Apri1 1,2011. I was skiing in the Tetons with my friends Jeremy and Xavier,both experienced snowboarders. That day, I was the last person to ski. They were watching me from a safe area. Suddenly, I heard someone cry 1oudly I tumed around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. It was a massive avalanche(大雪崩). The kind of avalanche that destroys trees, cars, buses, even houses! Tens of thousands of tons of snow were coming straight down the mountain behind me. I felt the snow push me forward, hundreds of meters, and then cover me. It was so heavy that I couldn't breathe. And then it pushed me forward again and up,out of the snowpack. I looked around,and for a few seconds I actually stopped being terrified. I had a moment to pause and to look at the power of the avalanche.

　　I 1ooked down into the bottom of the valley(峡谷). I could see trees that were 30m tall,,because I was so far away, they 1ooked tiny to me.“OK, I' m going all the way to the bottom!” I thought. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountain another 450m .I thought the force of the snow would destroy me, it was powerful. But in the end, I felt the avalanche slow down and I just popped (迸出)right out of the snow at the bottom of the valley.

　　It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to reach me. There was a pile of debris(碎片)across the bottom of the mountain 300m wide. They couldn' t believe it when they saw me. I was so lucky

　　Has the experience changed me? Do I think about 1ife differently? I don't know, maybe.But I do know that it’s important to live your life with meaning. Life is a gift, so use it wisely.

　　66. What impressed the writer most in his skiing experience is ___________.

　　A. the power of snow B.the sight of the valley

　　C. the danger of popping D.the luck of his expedition

　　67. The underlined word ‘they’ refers to______.

　　A. the mountains B.the trees C. Jeremy and Xavier D.Piles of debris

　　68. From the passage, it' s true that________.

　　A. the writer came closest to death when he skied in PakiStan B. the avalanche pushed the writer down about 300m away

　　C. the writer' s friends watched him at the bottom of the valley

　　D. the writer couldn' t breathe because of the weight of the snow

　　69. The writer was thrown out of the snow when_______.

　　A. his friends reached for him B. he was pushed to the bottom

　　C. the avalanche started to slow down D. lhe snow drove him forward again

　　70. According tothewriter, _______.

　　A. his experience and his friends have changed him B. it' s impossible to know the force of snow

　　C. one should not live a meaningles slife D. he doesn' t mind the matter of life or death