第三部分：阅读理解 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

此部分共有2篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例〔A〕〔B〕〔C〕〔D〕

Passage 1 

Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard.  His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husband’s secretary. She said to her, “My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please don’t bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we’re away. Just wait till we get back.”

After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, “Something terrible happened to your business, but I’m not going to bother you with it while you’re enjoying your vacation.”

1. What did Mr. Young do?

A. He was an office worker.

B. He was a company manager.

C. He was owner of a private business.

D. He was a school private business.

2. What was Mrs. Young worried about?

A. Her husband’s business.

B. Her husband’s health

C. Her husband’s relation with his secretary

D. Her husband’s authority in the company.

3. What was Mrs. Young afraid of?

A. That her husband’s vacation might be spoilt.

B. That her husband wouldn’t like to take a vacation.

C. That something terrible might happen to the business

D. That her husband would have a plan of his own.

4. Why didn’t the secretary explain in her letter what had happened to Mr. Yong’s business?

A. Because she wanted Mr. Young to guess what it was.

B. Because she forgot to mention it.

C. Because she was afraid that the letter would be read by Mrs. Young.

D. Because she didn’t want to spoil Mr. Young’s vacation.

5. What can you learn from the story?

A. Mr. Young was an intelligent businessman.

B. Mr. Young had a stupid secretary.

C. Mrs. Young was a considerate wife

D. Mrs. Young was a sensitive woman.

Passage 2

　　To most of us sharks are the most dangerous fish in the sea and they attack humans. However, according to Doctor Clark, who has studied the behavior of sharks for twelve years, humans are not normally on the shark's menu. What do sharks feed on, mainly fish and other sea animals? Doctor Clark also found that sharks don't eat as much food as people think. For instance, a nine-year-old shark only needs two pound of food a day to keep healthy. But she says, sharks sometimes starve and at other times they fill themselves with what they have killed. Around the world, there are only about one hundred shark attacks on humans each year, ten of which proved fatal. But consider this, in the US alone, about three million people are bitten by dogs each year. Of these, thirty people die. If sharks bite you, says Doctor Clark, the reason is usually because of they mistake you as natural food. For example, say you went underwater-fishing and saw a shark, you could be in trouble. The shark might go for the injured fish you had attacked and take a bite of you at the same time. If you go into a shark's territory and threaten it, it might try to bite you. That's because sharks are territorial and tend to guard their territory. Like dogs, they protect the area they think is their own.

6. What does the passage say about the eating behavior of sharks?   

A. They eat huge amounts of food. 　　　　

B. They usually eat twice a day.　

C. They usually eat to their hearts' content.
D. They eat much less than people assume.

7. When might a shark attach humans?

A. When it is breeding.
B. When it feels threatened by humans in its territory.
C. When its territory is threatened.
D. When it is suffering from illness.

8. Why could you be in trouble when you went underwater-fishing?

A.   The shark might try to guard its area.

B.   It is illegal to fish sharks.

C.   You might be attacked by sharks by mistake.

D.   You might threaten the shark.

9. What do we learn from the passage about sharks?

A. They are not as dangerous as people think.
B. They can be as friendly to humans as dogs.
C. They attack human beings by nature.
D. They are really tame sea animals.

10. What is not true according to the passage?

A.   The shark likes to eat fish and sea animals.

B.   Dogs are more dangerous than sharks in some way.

C.   It is dangerous to go underwater-fishing.

D.   Dogs have no territory for they live with people.