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. After her car was sold, Lynn Carr 　　　　.

A. lost her job

B. lived with her son

C. lost her home

D. moved to her friends’ houses

(   )32. At first, 　　　　 at the restaurant.

A. Lynn’s cakes sold well

B. few people bought Lynn’s cakes

C. people didn’t know Lynn’s cakes

D. Lynn’s cakes were the cheapest

(   )33. Lynn met her husband at a 　　　　 for the first time.

A. school  B. restaurant   C. church   D. company

(   )34. According to the last two paragraphs, Lynn is trying to 　　　　.

A. turn her home into a learning center

B. hire more moms and high school dropouts

C. develop more new ways to make better cakes

D. help people who have the similar background as she did

(   )35. What can we infer from the text?

A. People like Lynn Carr’s cakes very much.

B. Lynn’s cakes are sold to high school students.

C. Lynn learned to make cakes by taking courses.

D. Without finishing high school, one cannot even make good cakes.

C

In 2010, writer Ding Yan made a decision to leave her hometown in west China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Dongguan, a manufacturing

(制造业) capital in south China’s Guangdong Province. She wanted to experience and write about the lives of the city’s factory girls who keep the production lines (生产线) moving.

For almost a year, Ding worked at two electronics factories and a CD packaging factory. It was a difficult experience for a woman in her forties. Every day, she would put a small notebook and pen into her pocket secretly before starting her work. Much of the book was written during her short toilet breaks at work. From her experiences and the stories of the women she met came a book, Factory Girls, which came out at the end of this April.

Factory Girls describes what life is like on the production line. It describes how the women stand all day, doing the same work. They sometimes chat quietly. One time, Ding was working next to a girl who told her, “I really wish the production line could just stop a moment for me to take a breath (呼吸).”

Ding said, “When I really thought about it, I came to realize that there was no difference between the factory girls and me. Although I don’t work physically as hard as they do to make a living, we are all experiencing the same helpless feeling towards life. The women I met were all very good at their jobs but they didn’t have great passion (热情) for life.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 (10分)

(   )36. Writer Ding Yan was born in 　　　　.

A. Beijing  B. Guangdong

C. Hainan      D. Xinjiang

(   )37. How many factories did Ding work in almost a year?

A. Two.   B. Three.

C. Four.        D. Five.

(   )38. What does her book Factory Girls describe?

A. Her hometown.

B. The lives of factory girls.

C. Her special life experience.

D. The production lines of the city’s factories.

(   )39. What do we know about the factory girls on the production lines?

A. They are poor.

B. They were born in Dongguan.

C. They can do well in their jobs.

D. They can’t chat with each other at work.

(   )40. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Ding Yan is a writer of 30.

B. Ding Yan lived as a factory girl and wrote the book.

C. Much of Ding’s book was written during short toilet breaks at work.

D. Ding Yan thinks there is no difference between the factory girls and her.

D

Baseball—it’s just a word, but for millions of Americans, ①it brings to mind so many images: hot dogs, cold beers, sunny after-noons…

For many people, baseball is the game of fathers and sons. Fathers and sons have been playing catch with each other on lawns (草坪) in the US. A father’s favorite team becomes his son’s. Grandfathers talk to their grandsons about games played long ago.

Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of their favorite players on them. In school, friends exchange baseball cards. ②about, baseball, famous, are, students, by, players, talked, often.

③Baseball players are known as “the boys of summer” because the sport is most often played in summer. You don’t need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don’t have to be tall like a basketball player or strong like an American football player. You just need to want to have fun.

Baseball is not as fast-paced (快节奏的) as basketball. When you go to see a game, there’s time to relax, talk and get to know other people.

Baseball may not be the most popular sport in the US, but it is the most traditional. It’s not just a game anymore, but a key part of American culture, like apple pie.

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

41. 将①处句子改成被动语态。

42. 将②处词语重新组合成通顺、正确的句子。

43. 将③处句子翻译成汉语。

44. To play baseball, you need to be very strong or tall, don’t you?

45. Which game is faster, baseball or basketball?