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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；毒小题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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Mystic, Connecticut
     Travel time:2 hours 50 minutes by car or train
     Start with breakfast at Kitchen Little(36 Quarry Rd;860-536-2122,kitchen/itt/e. org). The Mystic Melt ------
fresh crab meat and cream cheese with two eggs for $ 9. 95 - is a favorite,and great fuel for exploring this harbor
town. In the open air,kids can watch boats traveling up and down the river.
      At the Mystic Aquarium(55 Coogan Blvd; 860-572-5955, mysticaquarium. org.  $ 34. 99, children ages 3-12
$ 24. 99,children 2 and under free) , you'II find African penguins, sea lions and whales. Pirate-Ioving boys get a
real taste of 19th-century sea life at the Mystic Seaport Museum (75 Greenmanville Ave; 888-973-2767,mysticsea-
port.org. $25, children ages 6-17 $16, children 5 and under free). Don't forget to check out the Charles
W. Morgan,the last wooden whaling ship in the world.
     When stomachs start calling for lunch, head to Sea Swirl(30 Williams Ave; 860-536-3452 , seaswirlofmystic.
com) ,a roadside burger and fries restaurant that also serves excellent fried seafood,or Mystic Pizza(56 W Main
St;860-536-3700,mysticpizza. com)---the restaurant was famous thanks to the 1988 Julia Roberts movie.
  Save room for dessert : The best ice cream in town is just down the street at Mystic Drawbridge(2 W Main St;
860-572-7978,mysticdrawbridgeicecream. com). The local favorite serves up house-made flavors like chocolate
and Mystic Mud. Spend the night at the Inn at Mystic(3 Williams Ave; 860-536-9604,innatmystic. com. Rooms
from  $ 150 per night). Before heading home , make a pit stop at Mystical Toys(4 E Main St,860-536-7131)------ the
perfect place to pick up a souvenir of your weekend adventure.
21. Where can you learn the life of sailor____
A. In Sea Swirl.                             B. At Mystic Drawbridge.
C. At the Mystic Aquarium.                   D. At the Mystic Seaport Museum.
22. The Charles W. Morgan is a ship that____
A. was made to fight against pirates            B. was used in the hunting of whales
C. was the last ship made of wood             D. transported whales around the world 
23. We can infer that Mystic Pizza____
A. serves the best house-made chocolates        B. is a restaurant beside the road
C. is made known by a film                    D. provides tasty fried seafood for $ 9. 95
 
B
     In December 2014,1 was standing in a school hallway chatting with other mothers. The conversation turned
to the coming two-week break. I was a newly single mother with a new full-time job, too. I mentioned that I would
have to work through most of my daughter's vacation.
One of the mothers shouted. "Work ! "  she said, as everyone else stared at me. "What on earth will you  do with your daughter?"
      My cheeks burned as I struggled for a word. stWell, " I said,"l figure if I put her food and water bowl inside
her cage, she'Jl be just fine until I get home. " I ended up grateful for that exchange because of what it taught me:
We can't let others define us.
      My mother always claimed that I was born mouthy(话多的) . She had nothing to do with that. The oldest of four,l was raised to be 66bossy" S0 it never occurred to me that this particular word could be an insult(侮辱). In
our family , it was  a  positive job  review.
   The late poet Lucille Clifton once wrote , "What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something
else. " I have this quote taped to my desktop computer. We've all known someone eager to tell us who we are. The
key is to be just as eager to set the record straight.
      Then I was 36, and had recently been hired, after years of an unemployed writer, to work at a daily  newspaper. My boss had a reputation for shaming his reporters in a loud voice. We were disagreeing about a story
I had yet to report when he yelled, 66You do what I tell you to do. That is your job. "
    Ignoring his words,l cleared my throat and said,in an equally loud voice, "This is not my job. This is my
career. I'm in charge of that. " My voice might have been shaky and my knees trembling,but a different woman
returned to my desk. And she was here to stay.
24. We can infer that other mothers all____
   A. had no guilt of blaming others               B. did a full-time job during the vacation
C. stayed at home to look after their children     D. had a poor knowledge of caring their kids
25. In the family,the writer was educated____
   A. to do a positive job                        B. to do her own business in life
   C. to speak her mind in public                  D. to be in charge of all things
26. The writer mentioned Clifton's words to prove
   A. her determination to define herself           B. her desire to tell others who she was
   C. her ability to become a famous poet          D. her way of answering a question
27. By saying the words to her boss,the writer
A. decided to be a master of herself             B. intended to take the place of her boss
C. fought against the prejudice against women    D. had a plan to give up her job of an unemployed writer
 
 
C
      Who doesn't love a class clown? They spoil lessons. steal the spotlight and, to make matters worse，
sometimes they're actually funny. It's not easy to enforce class rules when you're laughing. But what if,instead of
seelng them as a nuisance,we saw them as a gift?
     Lawrence Davis is the typical class clown, overconfident and naughty. "Every teacher enjoys me," he says.
"I'm not going to say I'm the life of the class, but I bring the class to life. "
     It hasn't always been that way. '6He was hopeless as a freshman," remembers Leann Ferguson,who taught
Lawrence in her world history class. "He acted out improperly all the time," she says. But to her, Lawrence
wasn't just another class clown. He was gifted. And his gift was his dynamic personality.
"Typically the class clown is not troubling the class for the sake of disrupting class, " says Laurence Stein------
 berg, a psychologist. Class clowns usually act out when they're bored or confused,he says. They would rather stick
 to something they're good at , like making people laugh.
      And most of the time,Ferguson would laugh right along with Lawrence. He was still expected to do the class
 work and his 'jokes weren't tolerated if they were at the expense of another student.
       Ross Greene, who studies disruptive students, calls that kind of gift a "raw skill". And raw skills "have to be
 molded so that they are being used in the best interest of the group," he says,which takes patience and a change
 in perspective(视角).
      Ferguson just had to put Lawrence's gift to good use. So she enlisted his help to get the class back on track
 when they were having a hard time focusing. Lawrence began to understand that he was an example to his
 classmates. They followed his lead. The better he behaved in class, the better they behaved, too. With time he went  from an enemy to a friend.
      And now this class clown is on track to graduate. He is applying for colleges. He's using his gift for good.
 28. We can infer from Para. I that teachers usually consider a class clown_______.
    A. an annoying student                                B. a talented student
    C. a crazy student                        D. a hard-working student
29. According to Steinberg , the class clowns make trouble_______.
    A. to show off their sense of humor             B. just out of boredom in class
    C. to play tricks on other students            D. for the purpose of disturbing the class
30. How did Ferguson deal with Lawrence s raw skills?
    A. By asking him some questions in class.
    B. By satisfying the needs of Lawrence.
    C. By making him a model to other students.
    D. By involving him in a group of interest.
31. What can we learn from the story of Lawrence?
    A. Facing a class clown with a determination.
    B. Taking up the challenge of a class clown.
    C. Controlling the behaviours of class clowns.
    D. Working with the strengths of class clowns.
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