第一节 阅读理解（共15题；每题2分，满分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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Soul of the Desert

By Mara E. Schneider

Price:$$ 4.99 USD. Words: 81,750. Language: English. Published: December 28, 2014.

This story, is an adventure of a boy on the run from the mafia（黑手党）．Which is worse, the

guns of New York or the dangerous desert of New Mexico? All Bob has to do is to find a way to stay alive.

Snow White and the Seven Hills

By Alex R Casey

Price: $$3.68 USD. Words: 6,630. Language: English. Published: January 5,2015.

What happens when you take three men in their thirties and turn them loose together? The wives have gone on a seven-day get-away vacation and left their husbands to fend（谋生）for themselves. Can these grown "boys" behave and not get themselves into trouble?

Hidden Trails

By Cheryl Pierson

Price: $$2.36 USD. Words: 18,060. Language: English. Published: February 5,2015.

Valentine Reneau lives in fear that her father will find her someday in the heart of Indian Territory and force her to return to Mississippi to take her mother's place—in every way. She knows her time has run out when a stranger shows up on her land with two hired guns—and the devil in his plans. With some unlikely help, Valentine must try to escape the slave's fate that he mother left behind.

Astro is Down in the Dumps

By Susan Day

Price: $$3.99 USD. Words: 22.250. Language: English. Published: February 4, 2015.

This fun and entertaining book, Astro is Down in the Dumps, was created to give children the skills they need to build resilience（弹性）and cope with depression and anxiety. Astro is feeling so sad and blue that her can't get out of bed. Then there's a knock at the door....Who could that be?

1. What does Snow White and the Seven Hills focus on?

A. Career success. B. Environment protection.

C. Family life. D. Culture and education.

2. How much does the latest book cost?

A. $$ 2.36 USD. B. $$ 3.68 USD. C. $$ 4.99 USD. D. $$ 3.99 USD.

3. To know how to deal with anxieties, you'd better read the book by .

A. Mara E. Schneider B. Alex R Casey

C. Susan Day D. Cheryl Pierson

B

In the early morning, Patrick realized there was something in the wind.

His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, with his head warm on Patrick's feet, when his father cleared his throat and began, “You'll soon be eight, son. A boy needs a proper education. We've found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England.”

His heart filled with a terrible fear, in fact, all Patrick could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?” his father said, “I'm afraid there's something else I have to tell you”. Looking across at his wife, the dad took a deep breath. Then he told Patrick he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He'd come to their farm in a couple of days.

“No! You can't send him to a circus,” said Patrick. “People will come to see him. He'll be shut up behind bars. I ever promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He'd rather die. Any animal would!” But as he looked across the table at his dad and mom, he knew their minds were quite made up.

Patrick felt completely betrayed. He waited till he heard his dad's sound breathing next door.

With his lion at his heels, he crept downstairs in his pajamas, took down his father's rifle from the rack (搁物架) and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the

sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion's neck. The time had come.

“Be wild now,” he whispered. “You've got to be wild. Don't ever come home. All my life I'll think of you, I promise I will.” He buried his head in the lion's neck. Then, Patrick clambered (艰难地爬) down off the hill and walked away.

When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Patrick shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.

There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion's head.

4. Why did Patrick's mother feel sad?

A. Because she had quarreled with his husband.

B. Because she had suffered a strange disease recently.

C. Because she knew selling the lion would upset her son.

D. Because she missed her son who would study in England soon.

5. The underlined word “betrayed” in Paragraph 5 probably means “ ”.

A. annoyed or regretted B. unfaithful or cheated

C. sad and frustrated D. beloved and pleased

6. The boy fired at the lion to .

A. shoot the lion out of great fear

B. express his hatred towards his father

C. practice shooting the lion precisely

D. threaten the lion back to the wild

7. The passage intends to show that____.

A. animal-hunting is made legal for kids in some parts of Africa

B. parents are sometimes cruel to their kids and forced them to study

C. animals can also be faithful and they may live miserably in circuses

D. the adults will never understand the young's inner world well

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