32．A.fit in C．stay up 33．A.swim C．ask

34．A.in return for C．in terms of 35．A.slimmest C．best

B．look out D．get around B．try D．escape B．in case of D．instead of B．smallest D．gentlest

Ⅲ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

A

Special Olympics is an international nonprofit organization devoted to allowing individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit，productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition.Special Olympics offer children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round training and competition in 30 Olympic-type summer and winter sports.[Special Olympics is recognized as a tax-exempt (免除) organization under U．S.Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)．]

The Special Olympics story began in 1963 when Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a summer camp for people with learning disabilities in Maryland.The camp was set up to explore the capabilities of these people in a variety of sports and physical activities.Five years later Shriver Kennedy's Foundation planned and underwrote(负担费用) the First International Special Olympics Summer Games in Chicago.100,000 athletes with learning disabilities from 26 American states and Canada competed in athletics，floor hockey and aquatics.The Games grew in size but continued to have their North American home.In 1995 the founders were approached(请求)about the possibility of staging the event outside the United States.Later that year the board of Special Olympics International decided on an open bidding process for the Games.

Special Olympics presently serve 2.5 million people with intellectual disabilities in more than 200 Programs in over 180 countries.

Today，Special Olympics stand as a leader in the field of intellectual disability.It is a truly global movement，with more than 500,000 athletes in China，more than

210,000 in India，almost 550,000 in the United States，more than 600 in Afghanistan and 4,400 athletes in Rwanda.Special Olympics World Games were held in Ireland in 2003，in Japan in 2005 and in China in 2007.Most importantly，Special Olympics sharpened the focus on its mission as not just“nice”，but critical，not just as a sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities，but also as an effective means for social change.

Children and adults with intellectual disabilities who participate in Special Olympics develop improved physical fitness and motor skills，greater self-confidence and a more positive self-image.They grow mentally，socially and spiritually and，through their activities，exhibit boundless courage and enthusiasm，enjoy the rewards of friendship and ultimately discover not only new abilities and talents but“their voices”as well.

To get involved，contact your local Special Olympics Program.To locate a Program near you，use our Program Locator.

36．Of the following，who is likely to be allowed to take part in the Special Olympics?

A．Tom，who has to move in a wheelchair. B．Jack，who is deaf in the ear. C．Peter，who has a poor sight.

D．John，who cannot think clearly or learn quickly. 37．Which of the following is true according to the passage? A．Special Olympics only offer competition.

B．The first Special Olympics was held in 1963 in the USA.

C．Before 1995，only athletes with learning disabilities from North America can take part in the Special Olympics.

D．The Special Olympics is held every four years.

38．The Special Olympics nowadays differs from the first in the following aspects EXCEPT ________.

A．its size B．its purpose C．its programs

D．the continent where the athletes come from 39．Which is likely to be best title of the passage? A．The Beginning of Special Olympics. B．Welcome to the Special Olympics.

C．From a Summer Camp to Global Movement. D．Chicago-Home to Special Olympics.

B

My family and I lived across the street from Southway Park since I was four years old.Then just last year they put a chain-link fence around the park and started bulldozing(用推土机推平)the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complex.When I saw the fence and bulldozers，I asked myself，“Why don't they just leave it alone？”

Looking back，I think what sentenced the part to oblivion(被遗忘) was the drought (旱灾) we had about four years ago.Up until then，Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool.My friends and I roller-skated on the sidewalks，climbed the trees，and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up.The park was almost like my own yard.Then the summer I was fifteen the drought came and things changed.

There had been almost no rain at all that year.The city stopped watering the park grass.Within a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert.Leaves fell off the park trees，and pretty soon the trees started dying，too.Next，the park swimming pool was closed.The city cut down on the work force that kept the park，and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymore.

As the drought lasted into the fall，the park got worse every month.The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass.Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down on their luck.People said drugs were being sold or traded there now.The park had gotten scary，and my mother told us kids not to go there anymore.

The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal，that is，everything but the park.It had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that way.Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going

to“redevelop”certain worn-out areas of the city.It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park，sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.

The chain-link fencing and the bulldozers did their work.Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildings.Each of them is three units high and stretches a block in each direction.The neighborhood has changed without the park.The streets I used to play in are jammed with cars now.Things will never be the same again.Sometimes I wonder，though，what changes another drought would make in the way things are today.

40．How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers? A．Scared. C．Upset.

B．Confused. D．Curious.

41．Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother? A．It was being rebuilt. B．It was dangerous. C．It was crowded.

D．It had turned into a desert.

42．According to the writer, what eventually brought about the disappearance of the park?

A．The drought. B．The crime.

C．The beggars and the rubbish. D．The decisions of the city.

43．The last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came，________.

A．the situation would be much worse B．people would have to desert their homes C．the city would be fully prepared in advance D．the city would have to redevelop the neighborhood

C

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