A. Write a short story. B. Prepare for the lesson. C. Learn more about the writer.

18. Why does the speaker ask the questions?

A. To check the students’ understanding of the story.

B. To draw the students’ attention to reading skills.

C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships.

19. What is the last question?

A. Why does the writer write the story?

B. When does the story take place?

C. How is the boy ’ s father?

20. What will the students do in 10 minutes?

A. Ask more questions. B. Discuss in groups. C. Give their answers.

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)

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We have two daughters ： Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening，we invi¬ted some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party，and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests，and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly，the younger one，admiring her dress，her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she ’ s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.

But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom，crying.

I said，“What are yodoing，my dear?”

She turned to me with a sad expression and said，“ Mommy，why don ’ t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I ’ m not pretty? Is that why they don ’ t say nice things about me as much?” I tried to explain to her，kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

Now，whenever I visit a friend ’ s home，I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

21. What did the sisters do to welcome the guests?

A. They introduced themselves to the guests.

B. They took off the guests’ coats and put them on the bed upstairs.

C. They put away the guests’ coats in an upstairs room.

D. They were dressed nicely to entertain the guests with candies.

22. The underlined expression ‘‘ make a particular fuss over” ( paragraph 3 ) means .

A. do good things for B. have a special effect on

C. list jobs to be done for D. show much concern about

23. Why did Kristen feel sad and cry?

A. Because the guests didn ’ t like her as much as her sister.

B. Because she didn ’ t look as pretty as her sister.

C. Because the guests praised her sister more than her.

D. Because her parents didn ’ t love her as much as her sister.

24. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A. adults should treat children equally

B. the younger children are usually more easily hurt

C. people usually like the younger children more

D. parents should pay more attention to the elder children