Ⅱ：阅读理解 第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Electric Wine Opener Cost: $19.89 Once you’ve tried this tool, you’ll never go back to the old fashioned kind. This electric wine opener will remove the cork (瓶塞) easily within seconds, and can open up to 30 bottles with a single charge. Fantastic Ice Cream Spoon Cost: $14.99 It's always disappointing when you're really in the mood for ice cream, but have to wait forever for the ice cream to get to just the right softness. Well, this heated ice cream spoon exactly conducts heat from your hands, and will help soften the ice cream to make it ready to eat right away Express Baker Cost:$58.99 Making your own bread seems like a quite difficult job, But this baker makes it easier an ever-within an hour. It has 12 different bread settings, and three different crust settings, so you can make bread, pizza and more. A quick look through the reviews shows that customers are pretty happy with it, too Corn Stripper Cost: $7.99 There's no denying that corn on the cob(棒)is delicious. But eating corn on the cob and dealing with all the little bits that get stuck in your teeth afterwards is a painful experience. This little device takes all the corns from the cob, by letting you strip(剥)your corn easily without making a total mess. 21.What can people do with Express Baker? A.Make some food. B.Soften food. C.Classify food. D.Keep food fresh. 22.Which of the following applies the theory of heat conduction? A.Electric Wine Opener. B.Fantastic Ice cream Spoon C.Express Baker. D.Corn Stripper. 23.What do the four products have in common? A.They are of the same price. B.They are difficult to operate. C.They make food more delicious to eat. D.They make peoples life easier. B In 1996, John Jones made an unusual discovery. He had just enlarged a piece of paper money for a friend—a Confederate bank note, money issued (发行) by banks in Southern States of America during the Civil War. When he was face to face with the picture, he couldn't believe his eyes: slaves happily picking cotton in their master's fields. Jones grew up in South Carolina. He had heard painful stories of slavery from his great-grandmother. The picture on the money did not match the history of African American slaves that he'd heard all his life. "I had never seen that type of picture on money before," he said. Jones wondered why slaves looked so happy. He started doing research. Searching for and finding the answers to his questions changed his life. During two years' search, Jones found more than 120 different bills. He discovered that the bills had several things in common. They showed slaves working in jobs related to farming. Many of them showed healthy and smiling slaves at work. None of the bills showed the hardships of slavery. Jones wanted to share what he had learned. "I wanted other people to see what I had seen," he said. He decided to make lar ... ...
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