5 So it was that the couple realized that they had a surplus of misshapen or damaged vegetables grown on the farm which were unsuitable for selling in the shop. Clara, not wishing to see them get thrown away, decided to turn them into soup.

　　6 The soup met with the immediate approval of customers to the shop and Clara now produces ten different varieties. She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail, doing presentations of the soups. As a result, they are now served in first-class railway restaurant cars belonging to three companies as well as being stocked by a number of high-class London stores.

　　23. Paragraph 2 __________.

　　24. Paragraph 3 __________.

　　25. Paragraph 4 __________.

　　26. Paragraph 5 __________.

A. Professional recognition is obtained　

　B. Ensuring that nothing gets wasted

C. A necessary alternative to farming　

　D. Time well spent is rewarded

　　E. Continuing investment is necessary alternative to farming in high stand9rds

　　F. Professional skills are exploited

　　27. Bob and Clara Darlington established a shop to _

　　28. Apart from quality fruit and vegetables, the couple

　　29. Instead of throwing the damaged vegetables away , the couple

　　30. Clara spent much of the summer going to London to

　　A. sell fresh vegetables

　　B. turn them into soup

　　C. sell as much as possible

　　D. promote her soups

　　E. fill a gap in the market

　　F. offer a variety of prepared meals

第四部分：阅读理解(第31-45题，每题3分，共45分)

　　下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

　　第1篇

　　The Iceman

　　On a September day in 1991, two Germans were climbing the mountains between Austria and Italy. High up on a mountain pass, they found the body of a man lying on the ice. At that height(10,499 feet, or 3,200 meters), the ice is usually permanent, but 1991 had been an especially warm year. The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface.

　　It was lying face downward. The skeleton(骨架) was in perfect condition, except for a wound in the head. There was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothes. The hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth boots. Nearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark(树皮) and a holder for arrows.

　　Who was this man? How and when had he died? Everybody had a different answer to these questions. Some people thought that it was from this century , perhaps the body of a soldier who died in World War I , since several soldiers had already been found in the area. A Swiss woman believed it might be her father, who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body had never been found. The scientists who rushed to look at the body thought it was probably much older, maybe even a thousand years old.

　　With modern dating techniques, the scientists soon learned that the Iceman was about 5,300 years old. Bom in about 3300 B.C., he lived during the Bronze Age in Europe. At first scientists thought he was probably a hunter who had died from an accident in the high mountains. More recent evidence, however, tells a different story. A new kind of X - ray shows an arrowhead still stuck in his shoulder. It left only a tiny hole in his skin, but it caused internal damage and bleeding. He almost certainly died from this wound, and not from the wound on the back of his head. This means that he was probably in some kind of a battle. It may have been part of a larger war, or he may have been fighting bandits. He may even have been a bandit himself.

　　By studying his clothes and tools, scientists have already learned a great deal from the Iceman about the times he lived in. we may never know the full story of how he died, but he has give us important clues to the history of those distant times.

　　31. The body of the Iceman was found in the mountains mainly because __________.

　　A. he was lying on the ice　　B. he was just on a mountain pass

　　C. two Germans were climbing the mountains　　D. the melted ice made him visible

　　32. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?

　　A. The Iceman lived a poor life.　　B. The Iceman was struck dead from behind.

　　C. The Iceman was killed while working.　　D. The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head.

　　33. All the following are assumptions once made about the Ice man EXCEPT __________.

　　A. he was a soldier in World War I　　B. he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father

　　C. he came from Italy　　D. he was born about a thousand years ago

　　34. The scientists made the deduction that the Iceman

　　A. had got a wound on the back of his head　　B. had a tiny hole in his skin causing his death

　　C. was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead　　D. was probably in some kind of a battle

　　35. The word "bandits" in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by __________.

　　A. soldiers　　B. hunters　　C. robbers　D. shooters

　　第2篇

　　The Best Way to Reduce Your Weight

　　You hear this:"No wonder you are fat. All you ever do is eat. " You feel sad:"l skip my breakfast and supper. I run every morning and evening. What else can I do?" Basically you can do nothing. Your genes, not your life habits, determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it.

　　Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania found from experiments that, "80 percent of the children of two obese (肥胖的) parents become obese,as compared with no more than 14 percent of the offspring of two parents of normal weight. "

　　How can obese people become normal or even thin through dieting? Well,dieting can be effective, but the health costs are tremendous. Jules Hirsch, a research physician at Rockefeller University, did a study of eight fat people. They were given a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day.After more than 10 weeks,the subjects lost 45ka on average. But after