第二部分：阅读理解
（共25小题。第一节每题2分，第二节每题1分；满分45分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出选项。
A
The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems，but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions,18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor．
As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005，he registered to vote on Sept.22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（选票）.
To help get his name known, Sessions earned＄700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.
Sessions’ month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They'd look at me, and say ‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?’ And I say ‘I’m still in high school.’” he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time,” he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.
Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50a.m. to 2:30p.m., I’11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I’ll be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.
“He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do." said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit.” He does care about this town. He’s been here all his life.”
Sessions will receive＄3,600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.
41. What is TRUE of Sessions’ election campaign according to the text?
A. Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22.
B. Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital.
C. Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome.
D. Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience.
42. In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT________.
A. put up posters____________B. renew the economy
C. sell apples________________D. talk to neighbors in kitchens
43. What can we infer from the passage?
A. American mayors usually work from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
B. In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics.
C. All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections.
D. American mayors receive a salary of 3.600 a year during their 4-year term.
44. Which of the following would best summarize the text?
A. Schoolboy becomes American's youngest mayor.
B. How to become a teenage mayor.
C. Hard work is the ticket to success.
D. Never too young to shake the world.
B
Two weeks after the opening ceremony, the Games are over. The last of the three hundred gold medals has been awarded and the flag of the winners have been raised for the last time.
The final event is the closing ceremony. It is a sad occasion because the extreme excitement is over, and it will not happen again for four years. Those who have made friends will have to say good-bye, perhaps for ever. It is also a happy occasion because the competition is over and the athletes can really show their friendship for one another.
The closing ceremony is rather like the opening. But now the Olympic flame goes out and the Olympic flag, with its five rings, is lowered. The person who closes the Games calls upon the youth of the world to meet again in four years time. The scoreboard lights up with the name of the city for the next Games and the band starts to play. The celebration starts.
All the athletes try to be at the closing ceremony. They have forgotten all their fears and worries. It does not matter whether they have done well or not. All the teams walk round the Stadium together. Everybody in the Village clears up and gets ready to leave. Everyone is hunting for local products. People exchange track suits, hats, running vests and so on. There is a last chance to take photographs and get addresses of new friends. Then each team starts its journey home.
45. At the closing ceremony, it is found that____________ .
A. all are called on to meet again in four years time
B. no music is needed
C. the name of the city for the next Games is shown
D. the Olympic flame is taken out of the stadium
46. What can we infer about the athletes from the passage?
A. To be at the closing ceremony is the wish of all the athletes.
B. They are only competitors rather than friends.
C. They can never help worrying about losing the games.
D. They exchange clothes for fun.
47. The underlined phrase “clears up” in the 1ast paragraph means____________.
A. packs upB. goes awayC. makes clearD. does the cleaning
48.From the passage it can be learnt that the closing ceremony is probably________.
A. a sad occasion because all the exciting competitions are over
B. a happy occasion because the athletes can make new friends
C. a sad and a happy occasions at the same time
D. neither sad nor happy because it will happen again in four years time
C
You might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips. You can make people happier, healthier and more hard-working just by touching their arms or holding their hands.
Doctors say that body touch is a kind of medicine that can work wonders. When people are touched, the quantity of hemoglobin—a type of matter that produces the red color in blood—increases greatly. This results in more oxygen reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits. In experiments, bottle-fed baby monkeys were separated from their mothers for the first ten days of life. They became sad and inactive. Studies showed the monkeys were more probable to become ill than other babies that were allowed to stay with their mothers.
Human babies react in much the same way. Some years ago, a scientist noticed that some well-fed babies in a clean nursery become week. Yet babies in another nursery were growing healthily, even though they ate 1ess well and were not kept as clean. The reason, he concluded, was that they often had touches from nurses.
Experiments show that most people like being touched. And nearly all doctors believe touch helps to reduce patients’ fear of treatment. Of course there is time when a touch is not welcome. But even if we don’t 1ike being touched, a smile can make us feel better. Smiling increases blood flow and starts the production of “happy brain’’ chemicals.
So let’s have a big smile and don't forget to keep “in touch”.
49. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Everyone knows that body contact can make people happier.
B. People may work harder because of body contact.
C. Your fingertips can do something wonderful.
D. People may not understand the importance of touching.
50. According to the passage,________ .
A. human brains need oxygen and blood supply now and then
B. touches from doctors and nurses have nothing to do with treatment
C. new-born baby monkeys should stay away from their mothers
D. not all people like being touched
51.The underlined word “benefits” in the second paragraph probably means“________”.
A. becomes useful or helpful____B. gets something useful or helpful
C. falls ill________________________D. gets hurt
52. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Comfortable TouchB. Smile
C. Wonders of TouchD. Keep in Touch