Unit 1 Women of achievement
第二部分： 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Megan
When I was younger, I spent all the money I got. After a couple of years, I began wondering why I didn't have any savings. Things had to change. It was then that I opened a bank account. Even saving just a tiny amount each month can make quite a difference, so my advice would be for children like me to open an account and start saving. Jamie
My advice is “be strict and know what you're spending”. I keep a budget (预算) so that I know exactly how much money I can spend on clothes, how much on going out with my friends and how much I need to save. I now work at the weekend, so I don't have to ask my parents for pocket money. Laura
I always get pocket money from my parents. I would buy a coffee here or a sandwich there, and even though that only means two or three pounds a time, it soon increases in amount. One day I made a list of all the things I'd bought that week and it really surprised me. I'd spent 30 pounds on, well, nothing really! If I could give anyone advice, I would tell them to always ask themselves, “Do I really need this?” Olivia
My dad lost his job recently, so my pocket money stopped. Now I'm doing a part-time job on Tuesdays and Fridays. It isn't a lot, but it is enough. Not only have I become more responsible about money and how I spend it, but I feel good that I'm working for it and not just relying on my parents. My advice to anyone is not to expect money to always be there and make sure you save enough for a rainy day. 21. According to the text, Megan _____.
A. has always spent money wisely B. finds it hard to save any money C. puts some of her money in the bank D. doesn't have to worry about money
22. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to the money _____. A. Laura saved on food
B. Laura spent on unimportant things C. Laura received from her parents D. Laura borrowed from her friends 23. Both Jamie and Olivia _____. A. have a part-time job B. get a lot of pocket money C. have opened a bank account D. spend a lot on clothes
24. The text is mainly about _____. A. making money B. borrowing money C. raising money D. managing money
B
Before January 2005, young girls couldn't play soccer in Katutura, a black township in Namibia, Africa. They had no soccer balls, no playing field, no shoes, and no leader. Each day, girls and boys gathered at the Nordkamp Center after school. Most of the boys would play soccer in a nearby dirt field while the girls remained at the center to jump rope or read books.
Center director Mary Beth Gallagher loved soccer and knew that the girls would love it, too. So she organized a girls' team with players under the age of 12. She knew it would be the youngest girls' soccer team in the whole country. Because they had no other girls' teams to compete with, Mary Beth arranged (安排) matches
against the boys' teams. The boys were bigger and stronger, but the girls didn't back down.
Soon news spread about the Nordkamp girls' team. An American soccer team from New York heard about them and immediately sent all their uniforms (制服) and shoes to their “soccer sisters”. When the bright orange uniforms arrived, the Nordkamp girls danced happily.
“You look like pumpkins,” Mary Beth said.
A girl's voice called out, “If we are pumpkins, we're beautiful pumpkins.” With their new name the Pumpkins, the experienced team was ready for a big match.
On December 1, 2006, the Pumpkins gathered and walked in a big orange line to a field near the Nordkamp Center. Their first opposing (对抗的) team laughed at the young players, but they didn't laugh for long. They quickly found out just how good the Pumpkins were. The Pumpkins beat that first team and then the next. These girls became famous, and their story was also encouraging to others in Namibia. 25. Before January 2005, in Katutura _____. A. kids preferred jumping rope to soccer B. there was no girls' soccer team C. boys had no place to play soccer D. girls often played soccer with boys
26. As for the idea of girls playing soccer, Mary Beth might _____. A. think little of it B. be doubtful of it C. feel hopeful about it D. be uncertain about it
27. Why was the Nordkamp girls' team called the Pumpkins? A. Because of the color of its uniforms. B. Because of the heights of its players. C. Pumpkins are its players' favorite food. D. Pumpkins always bring people good luck.
28. What can we learn from the girls' story? A. All time is no time when it is past. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Self-trust is the first secret of success.
C
When a golfer plays on any golf course, he or she expects the course has a lot of hazards (障碍区) like sands, woods, and ponds of water. There is one special golf course, though, where along with these hazards that stand still, the player must expect to compete against hundreds of moving hazards. The golf course is on Christmas Island. The island is an area of Australia in the Indian Ocean, the third largest ocean in the world, lying between Africa and Australia. The moving hazards are bright red, four-and-one-half-inch (11.4cm) crabs (螃蟹).
Over 150 million of these brightly colored crabs live in the island's rainforests. Every year, starting around November, the crabs migrate (迁移). They leave the rainforest and make their way to the ocean. They arrive at the coast after one to three weeks. But the males (雄性) return to the rainforest earlier than the females, who return about two weeks later after producing up to 100,000 eggs.
On Christmas Island there is a golf course built on the crabs' migration route. During the migration season, there are hundreds of red crabs moving on the course. The rules of the Christmas Island Golf Club say that all players must treat the crabs as they would treat any other hazard. They cannot move them, and they must play around them. If a walking crab happens to knock a ball while it is on the green, hitting it into a hole, the ball is considered “in”.
Just as the golfers must compete against a moving hazard, so must the crabs. People have built roads that run through the crabs' migration route. Unluckily, up to two million crabs are killed by passing vehicles every year. People are trying to reduce the number by putting up “Crab Crossing” signs and closing certain roads during the migration season.
29. What do we learn about the red crabs?
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