二、阅读理解：(每小题2分，共计40分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Jewel’s Online Footwear Store
Leather Dress Shoes
Price: $ 120.00
Color: Black Leather Brown Leather Red Leather Natural Leather
Average Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Shipping Info: Standard: 7—10 business days Express: 3—5 days
Customer Reviews
★★★★★
My favorite shoes! I’ve been to many conferences where my business fellows have told me how much they like my shoes. Just wearing them makes me feel more calm and content in the office. I recommend them to all of my co-workers, and I own a pair of each color.
★
These are the worst shoes I have ever worn! The leather came off after only one week, and everybody thought they were ugly. The bottom of the shoes made everything slippery. My employer fired me because he hated them! From then on, I will only wear Brand X shoes!
★★★
These shoes do exactly what shoes are supposed to do. There isn’t anything too special about them. In the morning, I put them on and go about my day. They look delightful enough, and they are quite durable. I will probably buy another pair.
★★★★
These shoes are my most cherished possession. I met my bride while buying a pair of these shoes. She was the saleswoman at the store I bought them at, and after she sold me three pairs, I asked her for her phone number and we started dating. Soon after that, we were engaged. We are getting married this afternoon, and I couldn’t be happier.
21. How many pairs of leather dress shoes does the first customer own?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
22. Which customer do you feel gives us the most balanced and objective view?
A. Customer 1. B. Customer 3. C. Customer 2. D. Customer 4.
23. Why does the fourth customer like the shoes?
A. They are made to last. B. They make him attractive.
C. He met his wife while buying them. D. They make him feel more comfortable.
B
John Logie Baird will always be remembered as the man who invented television.
Baird was born on August 14, 1888. During the early 1920s, John Logie Baird had a small laboratory in the seaside town of Hastings. It was in that laboratory that he first succeeded in projecting a moving figure across the walls.
Unfortunately, during a later experiment he got a shock. Not only did this leave him shaken, but it also blew out the fuse(保险丝) box in the entire building. The owner of the house had been suspicious of the strange goings on in the curious Scottish man’s apartment and he was politely asked to leave. After that he moved to a department in Soho, London and continued his experiments.
Success finally smiled on him and on October 25, 1925 he was able to transmit his first moving image. This was the first time that any such success had been achieved. Unfortunately, his eyes were the only ones to witness it at the time. He called his new invention “the televisor”. On June 16, 1926 he showed his first work to an audience of interested witnesses. But none of them imagined just what an impact his invention would have on the modern world.
Over the following years, Baird worked hard for further improvement. He managed to transmit images over longer distances, achieving the first transatlantic broadcast in 1928. He became the pioneer of color television, too. He showed the first experimental color television images as early as 1928. By 1930 he had managed to develop a system for broadcasting simultaneous (同时发生的) sound along with the images. Television had truly been born. Baird continued to make many important contributions to the development of television. In 1944 he presented the first color television set to the world.
He died on June 14, 1946. His invention completely transformed how we communicate, how we see each other and the world and how we spend our time.
24. What happened after Braird got a shock during an experiment?
A. He was too frightened to carry on with his experiments.
B. The owner of the house began to suspect him..
C. He politely asked for his neighbors’ forgiveness.
D. He was driven out of the apartment in which he lived.
25. What does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph imply?
A. Baird had sharp eyes for detail.
B. He couldn’t believe what he saw.
C. Baird was the only one witnessing the great success.
D. Baird was too surprised to say a word.
26. What marked the true birth of television?
A. The invention of the first color television set.
B. The simultaneous broadcast of sound and images.
C. The first transatlantic broadcast.
D. The invention of “the televisor”.
27. Which of the following shows the right order of the events related to Baird?
a. He moved to Soho, London.
b. He transmitted his first moving image
c. He showed his work to people for the first time.
d. A shock happened to him during an experiment.
e. He showed the first experimental color television images.
A. d→a→b→c→e B. d→e→b→c→a
C. a→b→c →d→e D. c→d→e→b→a
