C. The most inspiring writer.

19. What can we know about the little girl?

A. She keeps a diary in a blog.

B. Her disease has been totally cured.

C. She is still in danger of losing her life.

20. What's the little girl's attitude to life?

A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Anxious.

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

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　　The Little Girl Who Lost Her Name series is a perfect gift for children - a series like no other. Wonderfully written and illustrated, the series uses every name to create a different story.

　　The series follows girls who lose their names and head off on wonderful, magical adventures, to track down the missing letters. Along the way they meet lots of strange, wonderful and wise characters, who all help in the search. For example, if the child's name is Emily, then she'd meet a forgetful elephant, a creative mermaid (美人鱼), a brave Inuit, a misunderstood lion and a friendly yeti (雪人). Each character gives the first letter of their names, and finally, her name is found!

　　The series is for names between 3 and 12 letters long. If the child has a very short name, don't worry, as we will throw in an extra story, so every book has at least 24 pages. It is perfect for children between two and six years old, though happy customers have also bought it for newborns. The books are printed especially for you, in a large double-A4 landscape format (版本) on thick, uncoated, environmentally friendly (and quite attractive) paper.

　　Each book's length depends on the number of letters in the child's name and each book has at least 24 pages.

21. What can we learn about the series?

A. It is about the life story of a girl.

B. It mainly uses pictures to tell stories.

C. Each book in it contains 24 stories.

D. It includes different stories about names.

22. Which of the following words can best describe the characters in the series?

A. Clever and helpful.

B. Terrifying and strange.

C. Funny but cold-hearted.

D. Stupid but warm-hearted.

23. Why does the author mention Emily?

A. To describe the main character.

B. To explain how a lost name is found.

C. To prove how colorful the stories are.

D. To introduce children's influence on animals.

　　B

　　Jim was a young man in his early twenties who was studying to be a carpenter. He was a good worker, honest and worthy of trust, so his boss was pleased with him. As he was such a likable man and easy to deal with, he was popular with his workmates, too. They also made fun of him a great deal but he never got angry with them and would only laugh.

　　But Jim's one great shortcoming was that he could never tell a lie, no matter how hard he tried, not even a little one. In fact, he was so honest and shy that he would blush even when he was telling the truth. He used to stand in front of the mirror and practise lying while looking himself in the eyes at the same time. But as soon as he saw his face starting to go red he had to look away.

　　One morning, however, he didn't feel like going to work because he had been to a party the night before and it hadn't ended till the early hours of the morning. And so far the first time in his life he decided to take the day off. He rang his boss, pretending to be a woman. "I'm afraid Jim can't come to work today. He isn't feeling very well."

　　Poor Jim was thankful that his boss couldn't see him just at that moment because his hands were trembling(发抖) and his face was bright red.

　　"Thank you for letting me know," said Mr. Woods, his boss, and then just as he was about to hang up, he said, "just a moment, madam, who's speaking."

　　"Oh!" he stammered (口吃的说), and going all out for making a voice like a woman, he cried in a voice: "This is my landlady speaking!"

24. According to the passage we know that Jim was a ___.

A. skillful worker

B. skillful carpenter

C. researcher studying how to be a carpenter