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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，共30分）
    阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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A Guide
To use or protect all kinds of facilities in the library, follow the procedures given at the circulation desk.
    Group Study Rooms（2F）
    Students and teaching staff can use these rooms for group study. Students are advised to use unlocked rooms（4 rooms for 2 people, 3 rooms for 4 people） available for free. When you use locked rooms（2 rooms for 4 people, 2 rooms for 10 people）, you need to go through reservation procedures at the circulation desk. These rooms are available for group discussion.
    Individual Reading Rooms（1-3F）
    There are 4 single rooms available for use by teaching staff and visiting scholars. Each room is equipped with a computer together 1 printer and 6 scanners. Reservation of these rooms is available for a period up to seven days on end.
    Meeting Rooms and Seminar Rooms（1-3F）
    Only teaching staff and graduate students can apply to use these rooms and reserve them one day in advance. The total number of seats is 40. They are available for workshops and small seminars.
    Computer Rooms（4F）
    These rooms are available for classes or seminars and so on. The total number of seats is 88. Only teaching staff can apply to use the computer rooms and reserve them one day in advance.
21. How many locked rooms can students and teaching staff use?
    A. Two          B. Three            C. Four             D. Seven
22. If teachers want to print, they can go to ________.
    A. an individual reading room           B. a computer room
    C. a group study room                 D. a seminar room
23. Who can apply to use the computer rooms?
    A. Visiting scholars                   B. Teachers
    C. Graduate students                  D. Teachers and students
B
    It is named a kind of wooden Eiffel Tower, because of the fact that there was a large wooden platform far out in the lake on which stood an improbably high diving board. It was, I’m sure, the county’s tallest wooden structure and no one had ever been known to jump from it.
    So it was quite a shock when our teacher, Mr. David, announced that he would dive off the high board that very afternoon.
    Word of his questionable plan was already spreading through town as Mr. David swam out to the platform. He was just a tiny, stick figure when he got there but even from such a distance the high board seemed almost to touch the clouds. Once at the top, he paced the enormously long board, then took some deep breaths and finally stood at edge. He was going to do it.
    Several hundred people had gathered at the shore to watch. Mr. David stood for quite a long time, then he raised his arms, took one massive bounce and launched himself into a perfect dive. It was beautiful. He fell with perfect style for what seemed minutes. The crowd fell silent. The only sound to be heard was the faint whistle of his body tearing through the air toward the water far, far below.
    But about three quarters of the way down he seemed to have second thoughts and began suddenly to panic, waving his arms and legs like someone having a bad dream. When he was perhaps thirty feet above the water, he gave up on waving and spread his arms and legs wide, apparently hoping that it would somehow slow his fall.
    It didn’t.
    He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour. The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of their trees three miles away. I don’t think he entered the water at all. He just bounced off it, about fifteen feet back into the air. After that, he lay still on the surface, spinning like an autumn leaf.
    He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat and placed on an old blanket where he spent the rest of the afternoon. Occasionally he accepted small sips of water, but otherwise was too shocked to speak. From head to toe, he was covered with deep red bruises.
…
    It was the best day of my life.
24. How did the writer find Mr. David’s plan to jump from the diving board?
    A. Heroic.        B. Disappointing.     C. Crazy.           D. Confused.
25. In Paragraph 3, Mr David is described as “a tiny, stick figure” because he was ________.
    A. very far away                      B. very small and thin
    C. tired after swimming                D. sure to be broken
26. Why did Mr. David suddenly start swinging his arms and legs during the dive?
    A. He thought it was the best way to slow his fall.
    B. He wanted to show his courage.       C. He was signalling the crowd for help.
    D. He lost his confidence and started to panic,
27. Which of the following sentences from the passage is an example of a fact?
    A. He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour.
    B. He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat.
    C. He just bounced off it, about fifteen feet back into the air.
    D. The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of trees up to three miles away.
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