V.阅读理解(每题5分，共40分) A

Homesick is a compound (复合) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are used together. Homesick means SICK FOR HOME.

Now think for a minute about SEASICK. If you change the word home in the definition (释义) to the word sea, would the definition fit SEASICK? Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are Seasick, the last place you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever heard of a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart. People are heartsick when they are hurt deep inside and when they feel as if their hearts are broken.

But, on the other hand, we have such compound words as handshake, handstand and handbag. Perhaps you may write definitions (定义,解说) of them.

36. The word SEASICK means"__________

A. to be eager to go to the sea

B. what has nothing to do with the sea

C. to be sick because of the sea

D. that the sea is terrible

37. When we say a person is heartsick, we mean that_________.

A. his heart is sick

B. his heart needs testing

C. he's sorry at heart

D. he's terrible disappointed and sad

38. The definitions of handshake, handstand and handbag are__________.

A. easy to know

B. difficult to know

C. impossible to learn

D. unnecessary to learn

39. The author wants to tell us that________.

A. there are many compound words in English

B. the building of compound words is interesting

C. the definitions of some compound words are hard to guess

D. not all the compound words are what they seem to be

B

Galvin Coolidge, thirteenth president of the United States, was a person who hated gossiping (闲聊); he had no time for small talk. The following two incidents clearly show how Coolidge enjoyed silence.

When he was vice-president, Coolidge had plenty of opportunities to take part in Washington's social life, especially the many dinner parties. Because of his knowing nothing about the art of conversation, he did not exactly endear (使......受喜欢) himself to his hostesses. One lady felt she could solve this problem. She placed him next to Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of former President Theodor Roosevelt Mrs. Longworth, an excellent conversationalist, began to chat in her usual charming (媚人的) manner, but all attempts to arouse (引起) interest on the part of the vice-president were fruitless. Finally, she said, "I'm sure that going to as many dinners as you do, you must get terribly bored "

Without lifting his eyes from his plate, Coolidge answered in a low voice, "Well, a man has to eat somewhere. "

Later, when he was president and again at a dinner party, Coolidge was seated next to a most clever society woman, one of those busy-bodies, who seemed to take delight in trying to change the lives of everyone they met. "Oh, Mr. President," she said, "you are always so quiet. I made a bet (打赌) today that I could get more than two words out of you. "

The president became angry and then said, "You lose."

40. His hostesses found him___________ guest

A. an agreeable           B. an easy-going

C. a difficult                D. a boring

41. At one dinner, the hostess placed Galvin Coolidge next to the daughter of former President Roosevelt__________.

A. by mistake             B. jokingly

C. angrily                   D. all of the above

42. From the story we can see Galvin Coolidge's____________

A. dislike for small talk

B. sense of humor

C. unskillful at conversation

D. all of the above

43. The underlined word "busybodies" in the last paragraph means "__________."

A. people who take too much interest in the affairs of others

B. people who enjoy silence

C. people who just mind their own business

D. people who make others angry

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