第三部分:阅读理解 第一节:选择题(共15小题.每小题2分.共30分) 阅读下列短文.从每题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中.选出最佳答案.并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：选择题（共15小题，每小题２分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 A month after Hurricane Katrina, Ireturned home in New Orleans．There lay my house, reduced to waist-high ruins, smelly and dirty．

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed．When the office employee of thegarage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate．“You from New Orleans?” sheasked．I said I was,“No charge,” she said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet．The next day I went for ahaircut, and the same thing happened．

As my wife was studying in Florida, wedecided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could affordwhile also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house．We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory．We’d begun to accept that we’dhave to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a verycurious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California．He’d read some pieces I’d written about oursufferings for Slate, the online magazine, and wanted to give us (“noconditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans．

It sounded too good to be true, but Ireplied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we had no plans togo back．Then a poetat the University of Florida offered to let his house to me while he went toEngland on his one-year paid leave．The rent was rather reasonable．I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kennedy, and the next day hesent a check covering our entire rent for eight months．

Throughout this painful experience, thekindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity．It’s almost worth losing yourworldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given halfa chance．

56．What do we know about James Kennedy?

         A．He was a writer of an onlinemagazine．        

         B．He was a poet at the Universityof Florida．

         C．He offered the author a newhouse free of charge．      

         D．He learned about the author’ssufferings via e-mail．

57．It can be inferred from the text that ______．

     A．the author’s family was infinancial difficulty

         B．rents were comparativelyreasonable despite the disaster

         C．houses were difficult to findin the hurricane-stricken area

         D．the mortgage on the ruinedhouse was paid off by the bank

58．The author learned from his experience that ______．

         A．worldly possessions can begiven up when necessary

         B．generosity should be encouragedin some cases

         C．people benefit from their sadstories                                           

    D．human beings are kind after all

试题答案

【答案】

 C

 A

 D

【解析】