53.

A. well B. partly C. neatly D. originally

A. well好；B. partly部分地；C. neatly整洁地；D. originally解析：考查副词以及对语境的理解。

起初。在写已好书中的部分，最后有一页空白页。故选B。 答案：B 54.

A. choice B. reward C. promise D. break

解析：考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. choice选择；B. reward报酬；C. promise许诺； D. break休息。根据后句either to leave that page 55 or to keep writing the story with hope.中either … or …可知这里是一种选择。它也给我一种选择。故选A。 答案：A 55.

A. loose B. full C. blank D. missing

A. loose宽松的；B. full满的；C. blank空白的；D. missing解析：考查形容词以及对语境的理解。

失踪的。根据前文中an empty page at the end of a(n) 53 written book.可知要么留下那页空白，要么继续写着希望的故事。故选C。

第三部分：阅读理解(共15 小题； 每小题2 分, 满分30 分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 211-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Entrances

Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street Hours

Open 7 days a week.

Sunday-Thursday 10:00-17:30 Friday and Saturday 10:00-21:00

Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May. Admission

$25.00 recommended for adults, $12.00 recommended for students, includes the Main Building and The Cloisters(回廊）on the same day; free for children under 12 with an adult.

Free with Admission

All special exhibitions, as well as films, lectures, guided tours, concerts, gallery talks, and family/children's programs are free with admission.

Ask about today's activities at the Great Hall Information Desk. The Cloisters Museum and Gardens

The Cloisters museum and gardens is a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of Europe in the Middle Ages. The extensive collection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century.

Hours: Open 7 days a week. March-October 10:00-17:15 November-February 10:00-16:45

Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1. 56. How much may they pay if an 11-year-old girl and her working parents visit the museum? A. $12. B. $37.

C. $ 50. D. $ 62

解析：细节理解题。根据admission 部分$25 recommended for adults，$12recommended for students，free for children under 12 with an adult 可知11岁的女孩和她父母去参观博物馆只需

2=50，故答案为C。 付两个成人的票价即25×

答案：C

57. The attraction of the Cloisters museum and gardens lies in the fact that ________. A. it opens all the year round

B. its collections date from the Middle Ages C. it has a modern European-style garden D. it sells excellent European glass collections

解析：细节理解题。根据文章The Cloisters Museum and Gardens 部分the extensive collection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century.可以得知，The Cloisters Museum and Gardens的吸引人的地方在于它的中古时期的收藏品，故选B。 答案：B

B

In the 1760s, Mathurin Roze opened a series of shops that boasted(享有) a special meat soup called consommé. Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze's chain shops also set a new standard for dining out, which helped to establish Roze as the inventor of the modern restaurant.

Today, scholars have generated large amounts of instructive research about restaurants. Take visual hints that influence what we eat: diners served themselves about 20 percent more pasta(意大

利面食) when their plates matched their food. When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.

Lighting matters, too. When Berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness, they couldn't tell how much they'd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else, none the wiser—they didn’t feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.

Time is money, but that principle means different things for different types of restaurants. Unlike fast-food places, fine dining shops prefer customers to stay longer and spend. One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round: put on some Mozart(莫扎特).When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners spent more. Fast music hurried diners out.

Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender(薰衣草) stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.

Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spending—\high prices — don't necessarily. Diners at bad tables — next to the kitchen door, say — spent nearly as much as others but soon fled. It can be concluded that restaurant keepers need not \concerned about ‘bad’ tables,\found that they increased a restaurant's reputation, suggesting great food at fair prices. And doubling a buffet's price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier.

58. The underlined phrase \were . A. not aware of eating more than usual B. not willing to share food with others C. not conscious of the food quality D. not fond of the food provided

解析：词义猜测题。根据文章第三段划线部分的前句they couldn't tell how much they'd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else,可知在黑暗中，他们说不清自己吃了多少，再根据划线后 的句子they didn’t feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.可知他们虽然吃得很多，但并没有感觉更饱，仍然在等着吃甜点，所以他们没有意识到自己吃多了，所以A正确。 答案：A

59. How could a fine dining shop make more profit? A. Playing classical music. B. Introducing lemon scent. C. Making the light brighter, D. Using plates of larger size. 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round: put on some Mozart(莫扎特）可知，要想让客人呆的时间更长应该播放莫扎特等古典音乐而不是流行音乐。Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender(薰衣草）stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.引入薰衣草香而不是柠檬香，而D项文章没有提及，所以用排除方法可以选A。 答案：A

60. What does the last paragraph talk about? A. Tips to attract more customers.