第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节  (共15小题；每小题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。
A 
Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”
The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead. The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.”
The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless!”
“So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.
“Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”
21. What puzzled the grandson most was ________.
A. whether it was useful to read books            B. why he forgot what he read soon
C. what kind of book he could understand         D. how he could read book s like his grandpa
22. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water?
A. To train him to run faster.                    B. To clean the dirty basket in the river.
C. To punish him for not reading carefully.         D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.
23. What lesson can we learn from the story?
A. The old are always wiser than the young.        B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket.
C. Reading books can change a person gradually.    D. You can’t expect to remember whatever you read.
B
   Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
   During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.
   He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. 
   Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can that had been left out on the footpath.
   My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
24. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?
A. Go shopping          B. Find a house         C. Join his family        D. Take a vacation
25. The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_______.
A. a friend of his family   B. a Sydney policeman    C. a letter in his papers   D. a stranger in Sydney
26. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Showed             B. Sent out              C. Delivered           D. Gave back
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. From India to Australia.                       B. Living in a New Country.
C. Turning Trash to Treasure.                     D. In Search of New Friends.
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