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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
    It was the men's skating finals of the Winter Olympics when l was 16.  Someday I'd be in
the Olympics. In fact, it was my dream.
    That night I lay on our living room floor excitedly watching the battle between the
Brians: American Brian Boitano facing Brian Orser in Canada. Both of them had been world
champions. Both of them deserved to win. Naturally l was for Brian Boitano,a northern
Californian like me. We had skated on the same ice.  I held my breath in amazement. Boitano
performed successfully. The gold medal! I jumped in the air when his score went up.
    But what happened next is what I'll never forget. Brian Boitano sat in front of the camera
with his coach, surrounded by a group of journalists.  He was talking about his career and his
medal, talking to the whole world. A terrible sinking feeling went through me.  I could never
be in the Olympics, I thought.  I could not talk in public like that. Just the idea of a press
conference terrified me.
    I loved skating partly because I didn't have to talk. I could express myself with my jumps
and dances better.  I didn't have to stand up and give a speech like some teachers expected.  I
could feel the blood rush to my face if I thought a teacher was going to call me. I stared at my
shoes.  1 was sure I'd make a fool of myself.
    The next day l was at the rink（溜冰场）as usual.1 was practising a combination of jumps
that had once seemed impossible.  1 worked very hard the next few years - on the ice and
especially off.  After journalists talked to me and although my heart pounded every time I
spoke to them, I got to know them. They became familiar faces. And they got to know me.
So when my big moment came four years after Brian's, I was ready.
    Sometimes I think my biggest accomplishment was not winning the gold but talking to the
press afterwards. When you do the thing you fear most, you put an end to fear.
    Fear can stop you dead in your tracks. Fear can kill a dream. What are you afraid of?
What scares you more than anything else? This year, walk right up to it and conquer it, step
by step.
21. What information can we get from the second paragraph?
    A. The author lived a hard life.
    B. The author comes from Canada.
    C. The author once skated with Orser.
    D. The author wished Boitano to win the match.
22. What is one of the reasons why the author liked skating according to the passage?
    A. She could build up her body to be healthier.
    B. It could help her to get closer to her idol.
    C. She could better express herself with body language.
    D. The possibility of her being a world champion was great.
23. What the author felt the most satisfied with is that     ．
    A. she lived up to her coach's expectations
    B. she became a world champion as planned
    C. she managed to overcome her inner fear eventually
    D. she handled the balance between her career and life
24. What does the author mainly want to tell us?
    A. Face a fear bravely.    B.Practice makes perfect.
    C. Bad times make a good man.    D.Failure is the mother of success.
                                   B
     Top five best dressed at the Oscars
      No. 5, Keisha Whitaker.  I'm still loving yellow.
      No. 4, Witherspoon seems to be making Best Dressed lists for every event she attends this
season.
      No. 3, Nicole Kidman looked amazing. And honestly, she would have been higher on my
list if her dress hadn't had that bow(蝴蝶结 )  thing off to the side that depending on the angle
she was standing at, looked like a pirate parrot sitting on her shoulder.
      No. 2, Cate Blanchett, Armani, simple, yet not boring.  And I love the gun metal grey
color.
    And this year's No. 1 Best dressed goes to Penelope Cruz. She gets the No. 1 spot for
actually taking a chance, and pulling it off. On a different person, her dusty rose colored
Versace could have easily been on the Worst Dressed List. But she looks perfect.
     Top five worst dressed at the Oscars
     The No. 5 Worst Dressed person was Kirsten Dunst. The dress itself was nice, or at
least I'm sure it was fashionable. Maybe it would be on anyone but Kirsten, but she ended up
looking like a deflated corpse(尸体).
       No.  4 goes to Gwyneth Paltrow.  Her face looked great, but every time the camera cut to a full
body shot, it was like "Huh.  The dress looks bad. "
   No. 3, Anne Hthaway. Giant bows are very rarely a good idea, yet everyone keeps
wearing them. Anne's bow looked OK at times, but from other angles looked like a large,
dead, fuzzy black moth(蛾) on her chest.
      No.  2, Kelly Preston wearing Dolce &. Gabbana leopard print.  I'm sorry, it's the leopard
print. I can't handle it. And nice hair.
       And the No. 1 Worst Dressed star at this year's Academy Awards was Jessica Biel.  At the
Oscars, hot pink and a belt can make anyone look tacky. And then you just end up looking
like an 80's pop star in a room otherwise full of princesses and one tiny layer cake.
25. How many best dresses are relevant to color according to the comment?
      A. 2             B.  3              C.4                       D. 5
26. Nicole Kidman would have looked better if            .
      A. her dress had had that bow thing off to the side
      B. her dress hadn't had that bow thing off to the side
     C. she had moved that bow thing off to the side
     D. she hadn't moved that bow thing off to the side.
27. Kirsten Dunst became one of the worst dressed because            .
      A. she wore a wrong dress                       B. the dress was ugly
      C. the color didn't fit her                         D. the decoration was bad
28. What does the underlined word "tacky"in the last paragraph mean?
       A. Immature.       B. Original.         C. Fashionable.       D. Tasteless.
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