第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
Jane was walking round the department store．She remembered how difficult _31_ was to
choose a suitable Christmas present for her father．She wished that he was as easy _32_
(please)as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume．
Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not _33_ pleasant experience：people
stepped on your feet or _34_ (push)you with their elbows(肘部)，hurrying ahead to get to a
bargain．
Jane paused in front of a counter _35_ some attractive ties were on display．“They are real
silk，”the assistant tried to attract her．“W0n}l double the price．”But Jane knew from past
experience that her _36_ (choose)of ties hardly ever pleased her father．
Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered．She found some good quality pipes
_37_ sale．She did not hesitate for long：although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while，
she knew that this was a present which was bound to please _38_．
When Jane got home，with her small but well-chosen present in her bag，her parents were
already _39_ table having supper．Her mother was excited．“Your father has at last decided to
stop smoking，”Jane _40_ (inform)．
Ⅲ 阅读(共两节。满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解(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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Lisa was running late．Lisa，25，had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way：her parents
were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the subway stairs，
she started to feel uncomfortably warln．By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and
tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought．She rested
herself against a post close to the tracks．
Several yards away，Frank，43，and his girlfriend，Jennifer，found a spot close to where the
front of the train would stop．They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of
buying．
But when he heard the scream，followed by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!”
Frank didn’t hesitate．He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on
the rails．“No!Not you!”his girlfriend screamed after him．
She was right to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking
and see the light coming．The train was about 20 seconds from the station．
It was hard to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her the four feet to the
platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge．That was
where Lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw
someone else holding her purse．
Lisa thought she’d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop
the blood pouring from her head．And she tried to talk but she couldn’t，and that was when she
realized how much pain she was in．
Police and fire officials soon arrived，and Frank told the story to an officer．Jennifer said her
boyfriend was calm on their 40一minute train ride downtown---just as he had been seconds after the
rescue，which made her think about her reaction at the time．“I saw the train coming and 1 was
thinking he was going to die，”she explained．
41．What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?
A．She had run a long way．
B．She felt hot in the subway．
C．She had done a 10t ofwork．
D．She had donated blood the night before．
42．Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?
A．Because they would miss their train．
B．Because he didn’t see the train coming．
C．Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lifl．
D．Because she was afraid the train would kill him．
43．How did Frank save Lisa?
A．By lifting her to the platform．
B．By helping her rise to her feet．
C．By pulling her along the ground．
D．By dragging her away from the edge．
44．When did Lisa become conscious again?
A．When the train was leaving．
B．After she was back on the platform．
C．After the police and fire officials came．
D．When a man was cleaning the blood from her head．
45．The passage is intended to _____________
A．warn us of the danger in the subway
B．show US how to save people in the subway
C．tell US about a subway rescue
D．report a traffic accident