四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分，共45分)阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项
A
Brian and I were a few months into our relationship and I still hadn’t cooked for him. He was a skillful cook and the thought of preparing a meal for him made me feel worried. Finally, one day I decided that I would make dinner for him Saturday night. I bought an Italian cookbook.
Saturday afternoon I made the filling first. There was no problem. Next, I started with an egg in the well of some flour, and the mixture changed into a mound of dough (面团). I began to feel good about myself.
I glanced around the kitchen, looking for a rolling pin. My eyes lit on a bottle of wine I had bought to go with dinner. Not as good as a pin, but it would do. I rolled as best as I could, and then cut the dough with a knife.
Just as I was finishing, the doorbell rang. I put the tortellini I made into the fridge and greeted Brian. He had brought along a bottle of wine and a rose to celebrate the evening.
The pot of water began to boil. Brian watched as I pulled the tortellini out of the fridge, and his eyes opened widely. “You made tortellini?” he asked.“By hand? I don’t even make that, and I have machines to do the job.”
I dropped the tortellini into the boiling water, and soon they were ready. Everything looked perfect. We sat down, and I watched as Brian put one in his mouth and chewed(嚼). And chewed. And chewed.
Then I tried one. It was very thick. I knew it was all over. Brian would just taste the food, and then leave early with a headache and disappear into the night.
But he ate them, admitting that they were a little thick, but really not bad.
36.What made the writer feel worried at the beginning of the story?
A. Making Brian a cook.
B. Cooking a meal for Brian.
C. Buying Brian a cookbook.
D. Ordering food for Brian.
【正确答案】B
37.Why did Brian bring wine and a rose to the writer?
A. To show that he was pleased to have the tortellini.
B. To express his happiness to have the dinner.
C. To tell her that he’d remember the dinner.
D. To show that he was her good friend.
【正确答案】B
38.How did Brian feel when he saw what the writer had prepared?
A. Proud.
B. Curious.
C. Surprised.
D. Disappointed.
【正确答案】C
39.What did Brian do after he had the tortellini?
A. He praised her work.
B. He said it was terrible.
C. He kept silent about it.
D. He left with a headache.
【正确答案】A
B
Everyone knows about exchange (交流) and visitor programs that give students a chance to study in another country. But today there is a program that gives teachers a chance to teach in the United States.
It is the Visiting International Faculty Program. VIFP is based in North Carolina and says it is the United States’largest cultural (文化方面的) exchange program for teachers and schools. The program has brought about 7,000 teachers to the United States since 1987.
The program is open to teachers from Latin America, Europe, South Africa, Canada, Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand. It places them in schools in seven states for one to three years. After that, they must return home. The seven states are North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Florida and California. The teachers work for the school systems in these states and are paid the same as an American teacher.
Teachers in the program must have a very high level in English. They must have a university degree. And they must have three years of teaching experience with students between the ages of five and eighteen.Two years of driving experience is also required. Visiting teachers may also be able to earn a master’s degree while in the United States.
40.The passage is about a program for __________.
A. students who are going to study in the US
B. schools to improve their school systems
C. teachers and schools in North Carolina
D. foreign teachers to teach in the US
【正确答案】D
41.What does VIFP refer to?
A. A shool that serves international teachers.
B. An organization founded by North Carolina.
C. An exchange program that started in 1987.
D. A training center based in the United States.
【正确答案】C
42.Which of the following is required of a visiting teacher?
A. Having taught at college.
B. Working in the US before.
C. Having a car of his or her own.
D. .Holding a degree from a university.
【正确答案】D
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