三、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

　　A

　　Mr. White’s house is less than two miles from his office, so he can drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drives home at noon, he finds many cars outside his house and there is no room(空间)for his own car. He has to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walks back home. This makes him very angry.

　　He puts up a board in the garden facing the road. The board says, “No Parking”. But nobody notices(注意)it. People seem to listen to only a police notice(公告)with white letters on a blue board:

　　POLICE NOTICE

　　NO PARKING

　　Mrs. White asks his husband to steal(偷)a police notice but he doesn’t want to do so. Then she asks him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. White says he is not the police and can’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. White makes a blue board with white letters.

　　POLITE NOTICE

　　NO PARKING

　　“Oh!” Mrs. White says, “You tell me you aren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked. “Look again,” she starts to laugh. “You are really clever”.

　　56. Mr. White’s office was __________ his house.

　　A. next to B. opposite C. not far from D. 5 miles from

　　57. Mr. White is angry because __________.

　　A. he finds no room to park his car outside his house

　　B. he has nothing to eat for lunch at home

　　C. he can’t find his way when he drives back home one day

　　D. he can’t make a police notice outside his house

　　58. From the passage, we can know Mr. White makes __________ notice board(s).

　　A. two B. one C. three D. no

　　59. In the end, Mr. White makes a notice board and it __________.

　　A. is the same as a police notice

　　B. is different in color from a police notice

　　C. just looks like a police notice

　　D. says “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”

　　60. We can infer(推断)that __________ after he puts up the blue board.

　　A. people park their cars outside his house

　　B. policemen park their cars outside his house

　　C. no people park their cars outside his house

　　D. people will visit him at noon

　　B

　　I ask my classmates about what they think of fashion. Here are some of their answers:

　　Sarah Brady

　　I am interested in fashion. I enjoy reading fashion books and going to clothes shops. But I seldom buy fashionable(流行的) clothes. They are too expensive. I have two or three silk dresses and I often wear them to go for a party. But most of the time I wear jeans and a T-shirt. My sister Jenny and I often borrow each other’s clothes. That way we can both wear something new but without spending too much.

　　Mary Wilson

　　Fashion isn’t for me. I don’t care about fashion and models. I usually wear comfortable clothes, like jeans, T-shirts and sports shoes. Most of my friends wear the same kind of clothes. We seldom talk about famous models. We talk about music a lot.

　　Kate Freeman

　　Fashion is important because it says something about your personality(个性). I am a lovely girl and I wear my clothes to reflect this. Usually I buy some cheap clothes and then change them at home. I like designing my own clothes.

　　61. Sarah Brady seldom buys fashionable clothes because ____________.

　　A. she doesn’t care about fashion

　　B. she doesn’t have enough money

　　C. she can’t borrow her sister’s

　　D. she hates spending money on clothes

　　62. Mary and her friends often talk about ____________.

　　A. fashion B. model C. music D. sports

　　63. The underlined word “reflect” means ___________ in Chinese.

　　A. 适合 B. 反映 C. 与…般配 D. 装扮

　　64. Kate Freeman thinks that ________________.

　　A. fashionable clothes don’t cost too much

　　B. it’s not smart to wear fashionable clothes at home

　　C. designing your own clothes is out of fashion

　　D. what you wear can say a lot about you

　　65. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Sarah seldom wears jeans and a T-shirt when she goes out.

　　B. Mary never wears the same clothes as her friends.

　　C. Kate enjoys making her own clothes.

　　D. Both Mary and Kate are interested in fashion.