第一节：阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Perhapsthemostwonderfulbuildingputupinthe19thcenturywastheCrystalPalace(水晶宫)whichwasbuiltinHydeParkfortheGreatExhibitionof1851.TheCrystalPalacewasdifferentfromalltheotherbuildingsintheworld,foritwasmadeofironandglass.Itwasoneofthebiggestbuildingsofallthetimeandalotofpeoplefrommanycountriescametoseeit.Plentyofgoodsweresenttotheexhibitionfromallpartsoftheworld.Therewasalsoagreatdealofmachineryonshow.Thoughinthosedays,travelingwasnotaseasyasitistoday,steamboatscarriedthousandsofvisitorsacrosstheChannelfromEurope.OnarrivinginEngland,theyweretakentotheCrystalPalacebytrain.Thereweresixmillionvisitorsinall,andthemoneyfromtheexhibitionwasusedtobuildmuseumsandcolleges.Later,theCrystalPalacewasmovedtotheSouthLondon.Itremainedoneofthemostfamousbuildingsintheworlduntilitwasburntdownin1936.

41.TheCrystalPalacewasbuiltup_________.

A.inthe1950sB.inthe1990s

C.shortlybefore1851D.after1851

42.PeoplefrommanycountriescametotheCrystalPalacemainlyto______.

A.buygoodsB.visitanexhibition

C.travelD.enjoytheCrystalPalaceitself

43.WhathappenedtotheCrystalPalacein1936?

A.Itcaughtaterriblefire.

B.Itdisappearedsuddenly.

C.ItwasmovedawaytothesouthofLondon.

D.Itwasrebuilt.

44.Thewriter__________.

A.thoughttheCrystalPalaceveryuseful

B.thoughthighlyoftheCrystalPalace

C.wantedtheCrystalPalacetoberebuilt

D.wasoneofthevisitorswhohadvisitedtheCrystalPalace

45.TheCrystalPalacewasfamoustoallbecause__________.

A.itwasthebiggestbuildingintheworldthen.

B.itwasmadeofironandglass.

C.somanyvisitorshadbeenthere.

D.itwasburntdownatlast.

B

Manyteenagersfeelthatthemostimportantpeopleintheirlivesaretheirfriends.Theybelievethattheirfamilymembers,especiallytheirparents,don'tknowthemaswellastheirfriendsdo.Inlargefamilies,itisoftenforbrothersandsisterstofightwitheachotherandthentheycanonlygototheirfriendsforadvice.

Itisveryimportantforteenagerstohaveonegoodfriendormanyfriends.Evenwhentheyarenotwiththeirfriends,theyusuallyspendalotoftimetalkingamongthemselvesonthephone.Thiscommunicationisveryimportantinchildren'sgrowingup,becausefriendscandiscusssomethingdifficulttosaytotheirfamilymembers.

However,parentsoftentrytochoosetheirchildren'sfriendsforthem.Someparentsmayevenstoptheirchildrenfrommeetingtheirgoodfriends.Thequestionof"choice"isaninterestingone.Haveyoueverthoughtofthefollowingquestions?

Whochooseyourfriends?

Doyouchooseyourfriendsoryourfriendschooseyou?

Haveyougotagoodfriendyourparentsdon'tlike?

46.Manyteenagersthinktheir_____knowthembetterthantheirparentsdo.

A.friendsB.teachersC.brothersandsistersD.classmates

47.Whenteenagersstayalone,theusualwayofcommunicationisto_____.

A.gototheirfriendsB.talkwiththeirparents

C.haveadiscussionwiththeirfamilyD.talkwiththeirfriendsonthephone

48.Whichofthefollowingisdifferentinmeaningfromthesentence"Someparentsmayevenstoptheirchildrenfrommeetingtheirgoodfriends."?

A.Someparentsmayevennotallowtheirchildrentomeettheirgoodfriends.

B.Someparentsmayevenasktheirchildrentostayawayfromtheirgoodfriends.

C.Someparentsmayevennotlettheirchildrenmeettheirgoodfriends.

D.Someparentsmaywanttheirchildrentostoptomeettheirgoodfriends.

49.Thepassagesuggests(暗示)that_______.

A.Parentscannotchoosefriendsfortheirchildrensuccessfully.

B.Perhapssomechildren'sfriendsarechosenbytheirparents.

C.Childrenwon'tlettheirparentschoosefriendsforthem.

D.Parentsoftentrytochoosetheirchildren'sfriendsforthem.

50.Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkisrightaccordingtothepassage?

A.Parentsshouldlikeeverythingtheirchildrenenjoy.

B.Inallfamilies,childrencanchooseeverythingtheylike.

C.Parentsshouldtrytheirbesttounderstandtheirchildrenbetter.

D.Teenagerscanonlygototheirfriendsforhelp.