三、阅读理解(20小题，每小题2分，共40分)

阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。

A

In China, more and more villagers have left home to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become leftover children and they need more care. The survey below is from some villages in Central China. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

What they want Love Money Freedom Control Something else

40% 18% 28% 10% 4%

Who to talk with Oneself Family members No one

27% 55% 18%

Communicate (交流) with their parents freely or not

Yes A little difficult No

46% 44% 10%

The way they like to live Living with parents

Living without parents

No idea

58% 14% 28%

What they think of their parents’ working in cities

Bad Good No idea

20% 39% 41%

Happiest place School Home Friend’s home

48% 34% 18%

(   )26. Of all the four things, the leftover children need 　　　　 most.

A. love  B. money  C. control  D. freedom

(   )27. 　　　　 of the children think it good to live with their parents.

A. 14%  B. 28% C. 44% D. 58%

(   )28. How many children think their happiest place is their school?

A. 48.   B. 102.   C. 144.    D. 156.

(   )29. During the survey, the children were asked about many things EXCEPT 　　　　.

A. pocket money

B. places they like

C. their needs

D. their parents’ working in cities

(   )30. We can learn that 　　　　 from the survey.

A. most leftover children want more freedom without parents

B. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely

C. all the leftover children dream of making money in big cities

D. most villagers prefer living a life in the countryside

B

We start to grow from the moment we were born. We keep growing and growing until we become adults. We become bigger, taller and heavier.

As we grow, important parts of our bodies change. Our bones (骨头) grow bigger and longer to make us taller and stronger. Our muscles (肌肉) are bigger in order to support our bigger bodies. Our skin (皮肤) also grows as our bodies get bigger.

While the parts of our bodies grow, they do it at different speed. For example, one’s nose might have finished growing, but the other parts of the face are still changing.

Similarly, each child grows at his or her own speed, so we see children in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Not one of them is the same as another except for some twins. Some grow faster than others, so they look bigger and taller. Some grow at a slower speed, and may be smaller and shorter.

Our genes also determine how much we grow. It is unlikely (不太可能的) to have short parents for tall children. Parents who are tall are just unlikely to have very short children.

No matter how quickly and how much we grow, each person is different. That is the beauty of human growth.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(   )31. Our bodies never stop growing 　　　　.

A. until we begin primary school

B. from the day we were born until we become adults

C. until we finish high school

D. until we are the same size as our parents

(   )32. Why does our skin grow?

A. Because it can make us taller.

B. Because it can make us stronger.

C. Because our genes are different.

D. Because our bodies grow.

(   )33. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us 　　　　.

A. how some children grow faster

B. not every child grows at the same speed

C. some twins grow at their own speed

D. why some children grow shorter than others

(   )34. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “determine” in Chinese?

A. 决定 B. 猜测 C. 了解 D. 测量

(   )35. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Every child grows differently, but some may be the same.

B. Our muscles grow together with other body parts.

C. The body size of parents does not influence the body size of their children.

D. The parts of our bodies grow at different speed.