第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題：每小題2分，滿分40分)

　　閱讀下列短文，從每篇短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，

　　并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　A

　　It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning after the storm,though,was beautiful:blue skies,warm air and a calm,inviting sea touching the shore gently.

　　My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same.I’m so glad I did.

　　On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast,but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape.After all， it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea.As we got on board,we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.

　　On approaching them,we saw it was a mother whale with her baby.We couldn’t believe it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badlly polluted that nothing could survive.

　　The little baby whale——actually as big as our boal——was obviously stuck and could not move.The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly,making big whirlpools(漩渦) and waves.”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,”my father said.At this point,my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and ,heading the boat towards the baby whale,pushed it gently.With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappared under water.Then it swam up right beside its mum.They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales

　　and tried to lead them towards the bay channel.Showly,they let us lead them,some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes.Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea,the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.

　　In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half.That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day,Nearly four decades later ,I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.

　　51. The author says “I’m so glad I did .”(in Para.2)because __________.

　　A. be witnessed the whole process of fishing

　　B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea

　　C. he experienced the rescue of the whales

　　D. he spent the weekend with his family

　　52. The harbour survived the storm owing to____________.

　　A. the shape of the harbour

　　B. the arms of the bay

　　C. the still water in the channel

　　D. the long coast line

　　53. The mother whale failed to help her baby because__________.

　　A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long

　　B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough

　　C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help

　　D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction

　　54.what is the theme of the story?

　　A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness

　　B. Fishing provides excitement for children

　　C. It’s necessary to live in harmony with animals

　　D. It’s vital to protect the environment

　　B

　　For many parents , raising a teenager is like fighting a long war ,but years go by without any clear winner . Like a border conflict between neighboring countries ,the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

　　Both sides want peace ,but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict . In part ,this is because neither is willing to admit .any responsibility for starting it . From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course .the teens see it in exactly the same way , except oppositely . Both feel trapped

　　In this article. I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things . Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom ,the preferred style of clothing , the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school ,or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends .Second ,blaming.The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong . Third , needing to be right ,It doesn’t matter what the topic is –politics. The taws of physics ,or the proper way to break an egg –the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong .for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately , as long as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other ,they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress

　　55. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

　　A. Both can continue for generations .

　　B. Both are about where to draw the line

　　C. Neither has any clear winner

　　D. Neither can be put to an end

　　56. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

　　A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

　　B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict

　　C. The teens acouse their parents of misleading them

　　D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents

　　57.Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ________.

　　A. give orders to the other

　　B. know more than the other

　　C. gain respect from the other

　　D.get the other to behave properly

　　58. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

　　A. Causes for the parent –teen conflicts

　　B. Examples of the parent –teen war.

　　C. Solutions for the parent –teen problems

　　D. Future of the parent-teen relationship