二、阅读理解(3小题共15分)
3.
（本题4.5分）
Mr.White was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring.He turned on the light and looked at his clock.It was twelve o'clock."Who can it be at this time of night？" He thought.He decided to go and find out.So he got off bed，put on his dressing gown （晨衣） and went to the door.When he opened the door，there was nobody there.
"That's very strange"he thought.Then he went back to his bedroom，took off his dressing gown，got back into bed，turned off the tight and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again.Mr.White jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door.He opened it，but again he found no one there the closed the door and tried not to feel angry.Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor.He picked it up.It's now after midnight（午夜），so it is April Fool's Day.April fool to you!
Oh，it was the English boy next door!'Mr.White exclaimed and almost smiled .He went back to bed and fell asleep at once The bell did not ring again.
（1）Mr White when the bell rang.
A.was getting ready for bed
B.was playing computer games
C.was making a call
D.was watching TV
（2）Why did Mr.White rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time？
A.He wanted to open the door for the visitor.
B.He wanted to find out who the visitor was.
C.He was afraid of the ring.
D.He was waiting for someone.
（3）From this passage，we learn that we can on April Fool's Day.
A.write notes to each other
B.visit others at night
C.play jokes on each other
D.send presents to children
4.
（本题4.5分）
Young people and older people do not always agree.They sometimes have different ideas about living.working and playing.But in one special program in New York State，adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group.Everyone works several hours each day.They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work.Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village.Some learn to make things like table sand chairs and build houses.The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day.Weekends are free，too.During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting.Others sit around and talk or sing.
In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together.If someone breaks a rule，the problem goes before the whole group.They talk about it and ask. "Why did it happen？What should we do about it？ "
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience."You stop thinking only about yourself.You learn to think about the group."
（1）In one special program in New York State，young and older people .
A.don't work well together
B.are friendly to one another
C.teach one another new ways of building houses
D.spend eight weeks together working as farmers
（2）When the teenagers and the adults are living together， .
A.the teenagers don't have to follow the rules
B.the teenagers have to follow the rules the adults make
C.the members have no free time on weekends
D.the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
（3）The best title for the passage is .
A.The Rules of Living Together
B.Life in New York State
C.Teenagers in the Special Group
D.Free Hours in the Special Work Group
5.
（本题6分）
Do you know where J．K．Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books？She wrote the first book in a coffee shop．Was it because she felt more creative when working there？The answer might be yes．
Scientists found that moderate（适度的）noise can make people more creative，The New York Times reported．
Scientists did tests on students．They divided them into four groups．They then asked the students to do certain tasks involving creative thinking．But each group did the task with different volumes（音量）of background noise．They found that students did best when working under moderate noise-70 decibels（分贝）．This is about the same volume of background noise in a cafe．Students did worse in low noise （50 dB）．This is the volume of a quiet room．They did the poorest when in a high-noise （85 dB） environment．This is the noise level in a factory．
Moderate noise can distract（分心）people just enough so that they think more creatively． "It helps you think outside the box，" Raci Mehta，a lead researcher in the study，said to the Business Standard．On the one hand，working in a very quiet place can strengthen our focus．But it also stops us from thinking abstractly（抽象）．
"This is why if you are too focused on a problem and you can't solve it，" said Mehta， "you leave it for some time and then come back to it and you'll get the solution．"
However，the scientists said that when you need to do detailed things，like proofreading（校对）a paper，a quiet place is better than a noisy one．
（1）The first paragraph tells us that ．
A．J．K．Rowling likes drinking coffee
B．working in a coffee shop might help people become creative
C．the best novels are born in coffee shops
D．moderate noise makes people creative
（2） helps students do best in creative tasks．
A．85 dB
B．70 dB
C．50 dB
D．0 dB
（3）Working in a very quiet place can ．
A．help people think outside the box
B．make people think abstractly
C．help people find the solution easily
D．help people focus on their work
（4）The main idea of the passage is ．
A．how to work under a moderate noise level
B．why J．K．Rowling likes to write stories in a coffee shop
C．why moderate noise is good for creative thinking
D．how scientists tested students' learning abilities
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