三、阅读理解(共两节，40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War.Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war the general returned to Washington.One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out.A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each.On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: “buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry.He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital.They were away from the office all day.In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought.They had collected 175 teeth.

56.The general came back to Washington ____________.

A.after the First World War B.after the Second World War

C.during the First World War D.both A and B

57.Many families wanted to have __________ of the general.

A.a picture B.a tooth or anything

C.a shop D.Both A and B

58.The general ordered his men to _____________.

A.arrest the dentist B.look for all his teeth and buy all of them

C.visit all the shops selling teeth D.buy all the teeth in all the shops

59.The face that the general’s name was on the label of each tooth shows that ____________.

A.the general was famous B.the shop owners wanted to make more money

C.the general’s teeth were valuable. D.both A and B