第三部分：阅读理解(第一节15小题，第二节5小题;每小题2分，共40分)

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项

A

“What part of the States do you come from?”

“I’m not American. I’m Canadian.”

This is a mistake that Europeans often make. Many Americans, too, admit that it takes them a while to tell if it’s an American talking or Canadian. This upsets some Canadians, because they want people to recognize them as Canadians. They want everyone to know that Canada is an independent nation with its own special character.

American English was probably brought to Canada by the Loyalists(忠于北方者)who fled there during the Revolutionary War (1776～1783), for even as late as 1813. Eighty percent of all British Canadians had come from the USA.

From the very first, Canada was a country with two languages, neither of which influenced(影响)the other very much, because the French and British spoke to each other so little. Canadian English has always remained very like American English, and the influence of the Indian and Inuit languages was no greater than the influence of French. But here are some important words that have found their way via(通过)Canadian dictionaries into British Dictionaries.

61.The underlined sentence “I'm not American, I'm Canadian.” suggests________.?

A. Canada is a beautiful country?

B. Canadian English is not quite different from American English?

C. Canadians think Canada is a more developed country??

D. Canadians think that theirs is independent?

62. It isn't easy for Europeans even for Americans to tell________ from________

A. American English; British English

B. Canadian English; American English?

C. Canadian English; British English

D. British English; Scottish English?

63.The two languages spoken in Canada refer to________.?

A. British English and American English

B. English and Latin?

C. French and English

D. Canadian English and American English?

64.Generally speaking, Canadian English is the same as American English because________.?

A. Canada is connected with the USA?

B. most of the British Canadians had come from the USA?

C. the population of Canada is smaller than that of the USA?

D. Canadians want to follow Americans?

65.With the help of________, some American English new words come into British English.?

A. the Revolutionary War　　B. Indian language

C. the Loyalists　　　　　　D. Canadian dictionaries

B

A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.

“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.

Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’ s Liberation(解放)”.

“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there ... or engineers or scientists?”

66. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. 60% Western European women wish that they were born men.

B. Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys.

C. 60% women in West Germany wish that they were born men.

D. 60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West Germany.

67. “It is still men’s world.”(in paragraph2) means “______.”

A. There’re more men than women in the world

B. There’re more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world

C. Women cannot live without men

D. Women have not been given the same chance as men

68. Anne Harper considers that women should ______.

A. be really liberated B. live a better life than men

C. be well paid D. get better jobs than men

69. Anne Harper doesn’t wish that she were a man because she ______.

A. has got a very good job B. believes in “Women’s Liberation”

C. does the work that a man can’t do D. isn’t looked down upon by anyone

70. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Usually the best jobs ar e not open to women.

B. Women are less paid than men for the same job.

C. There’re more men pilots, engineers and scientists than women ones.

D. Women are looked down upon because the y’re the second-class citizens.