第二部分:阅读选择(第 11〜15 题,每题 2 分,共 10 分)阅读下面短文,请从短文后所给各题的 4 个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出 1 个最佳选项,并在答题卡相应位置上将该项涂黑。Christmas GiftMary didn’t know what to send to her grandparents for Christmas. It was always hard to choose a good Christmas present for them. They didn't need much, and it was hard for her to be creative every year. One year, she sent them a big wooden elephant. It sat on the counter for a year, but then it disappeared, probably into a closet somewhere. Another year, she made handmade soaps with nice smells, but they probably weren’t any better than store-bought soaps. Last year, she sent lots of nice pictures of herself in frames, but grandparents’ house was small, and they couldn’t hang up very many.This year, she decided on fruit. She lived where it was warm and there was lots of nice fruit. Her grandparents lived up north, where it was colder and they couldn’t get fresh fruit all year, or at least not oranges and grapefruit. Fresh fruit was healthy for her grandparents, too.Mary went to a fruit store and sampled the red oranges. She really liked them and bought a kilogram. Then she tried three kinds of grapefruit. The white ones were sour. The star grapefruit were interesting, but the dark red grapefruit were great. So she got a kilogram.Mary carefully packed the fruit in a box to keep them safe and dry in case one got smashed and its juice got everywhere. Then she wrote the address on the box and mailed it from the store. She felt happy with what she bought. A few days later, Mary got a phone call from her grandparents, thanking her for the lovely fruit. They said it was a healthy,tasty, and very thoughtful gift. Mary had never felt so good before.Mary
was troubled because she_____.
A: had
no idea for a holiday gift
B: was
not creative in her work
C: could
not afford Christmas gifts
D: found
her grandma hard to please
was troubled because she_____.
A: had
no idea for a holiday gift
B: was
not creative in her work
C: could
not afford Christmas gifts
D: found
her grandma hard to please
举一反三
- Which<br/>of the following did Mary buy for her grandparents this year? A: Yellow<br/>oranges. B: Dark<br/>red grapefruit. C: White<br/>grapefruit. D: Star<br/>grapefruit.
- What is the company going to do A: Because she was not good at her job. B: Because she got married and she wanted to be a full-time housewife. C: Because she didn’t like her job.
- She couldn't keep back her tears ______ she felt very sad. A: but B: so C: because D: or
- Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why Debbie hated her job? A: She didn’t want to get up early in the morning. B: She felt pressured to please many people in her company. C: Her customers asked her to treat them to beef from time to time D: She was tired of complaints from her customers.
- What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor? A: She was a woman. B: She wrote too many<br/>letters. C: She couldn’t graduate from medical school. D: She<br/>couldn’t set up her hospital.