第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A
Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think therewould be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair. The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach（方法） must be wrong. I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said,“ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,” I said.
“What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,’Would you mend this chair for meI wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing.
56．We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
57．The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper
________.
A. changed his mind B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purposeD. decided to help the writer
58．How much did the writer pay?
A. ￡ 5.B. ￡ 7. C. ￡ 20.D. ￡ 27.
59．From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________
A. honestB. carefulC. smart D. funny
B來源：www.examda.com
I have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn't know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking.
My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare our meals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience.
I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking. I always helped her. Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes. Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience because I don't need help to cook a meal. I can cook for me alone or for a group of people; it doesn't matter.
I will do the same with my children because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.
60. The writer’s mother learned cooking _______.
A. from the writer’s grandmotherB. all by herself
C. by taking cooking classD. from cooking books
61. The underlined word recipes in this passage most probably means _______.
A. instructions on how to prepare foodB. experiences of cooking food
C. some well-known cooksD. tools for cooking and heating food
62. We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will _______.
A. hate cookingB. learn cooking
C. teach cookingD. forget cooking
63. The writer must think cooking is _______ to learn in life.
A. interestingB. difficultC. enjoyableD. important
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A
Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think therewould be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair. The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach（方法） must be wrong. I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said,“ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,” I said.
“What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,’Would you mend this chair for meI wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing.
56．We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
57．The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper
________.
A. changed his mind B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purposeD. decided to help the writer
58．How much did the writer pay?
A. ￡ 5.B. ￡ 7. C. ￡ 20.D. ￡ 27.
59．From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________
A. honestB. carefulC. smart D. funny
B來源：www.examda.com
I have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn't know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking.
My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare our meals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience.
I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking. I always helped her. Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes. Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience because I don't need help to cook a meal. I can cook for me alone or for a group of people; it doesn't matter.
I will do the same with my children because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.
60. The writer’s mother learned cooking _______.
A. from the writer’s grandmotherB. all by herself
C. by taking cooking classD. from cooking books
61. The underlined word recipes in this passage most probably means _______.
A. instructions on how to prepare foodB. experiences of cooking food
C. some well-known cooksD. tools for cooking and heating food
62. We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will _______.
A. hate cookingB. learn cooking
C. teach cookingD. forget cooking
63. The writer must think cooking is _______ to learn in life.
A. interestingB. difficultC. enjoyableD. important