第二部分 阅读理解(共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Mary Moe may look like an average grandmother．But she is not．She just learned how to fly an airplane，a dream she has had since she was a little girl．But Mary Moe could not find time to make her dream come true．At age 34，she was just too busy to think about flying a plane．Lessons were costly．Everything seemed to be working against Mary．So her dream had to wait．

Mary Moe has done a lot during the past 91 years．For much of that time，she wanted to fly，but never had the chance—until now．   

Ms．Moe learned about Wish of a Lifetime, a non-profit organization．Its goal is to change the way our society thinks about aging and older adults．Sally Webster works for the group．She said Ms．Moe’s wish is one of hundreds they receive each year．

Wish of a Lifetime helps older people to enjoy a dream．It also sends the message that it is never too late for a dream．But Ms．Webster says it also wants to send another message to society that older Americans can achieve things just like younger Americans can．

Susie Danick also believes in this goal．She founded TAD Relocation，a business that helps senior citizens when they move．Ms．Danick gave ＄5，000 to the Wish of a Lifetime to help seniors realize a dream．Mary Moe was one of them．

Mary Moe received three flying lessons．And on the big day of her first flight，her family and friends all came to cheer her on．Mary’s success made everyone around her excited and proud．It was just a great event，a great day．Flying teacher David Waksberg says she was very calm，which is always important when you’re flying．

It is never too late to spread your wings and try something new．You are never too old to try to make your dreams come true．

40. Why was Mary Moe’s dream difficult to come true?

    A．She had no enough time and money in the past．

    B．She did nothing for flying lessons．

    C．No pilots were willing to help her．

    D．Her family did not support her wish．

42．What can we infer from the goal of Wish of a Lifetime?

    A．Older adults can not make their dream come true．

    B．Americans feel and think about aging properly．

    C．The old may be supposed to achieve nothing．

    D．Young Americans treat older people unfairly．

43．How can we understand the underlined word“move”in the fifth paragraph?

    A．to change your place or position．     B．to start to act for the dream．

    C．to go to live in a different place． D．to change a different job．

44．From Mary Moe’s success，we can know she is ____________．

    A．determined    B．stubborn    C．unrealistic  D．delicate

45．What do we know about Wish of a Lifetime?

    A．It can make much money every year．

    B．Ms．Moe did much for its development．

    C．It is popular with the young Americans．

    D．It encourages many old adults to succeed．

B

It does not come as a surprise that Dubai has a growing problem with tragic．The local rulers have explored all the conventional ways to get traffic moving again，including higher prices for parking，fuel and insurance．But at a recent conference in Hamburg，Hussain Lootah said that the city may adopt a more strict approach：setting an income level for vehicle ownership．

Mr Lootah’s approach is unlikely to be copied widely，but mayors of other big cities around the world are starting to think about taking severe actions of their own，including complete car bans in inner cities．But the efforts may not be enough to reduce traffic and pollution．The problems will only get worse：the number of vehicles sold globally each year will grow from around 80 million today to more than 100 million by the end of the decade，according to IHS Automotive．

There are already a handful of car-free communities around the world．But these are typically small and often tourist destinations that seek to create a throwback in time，such as Sark Island，in the English Channel．The largest ear-free urban area is probably Venice，where it is impossible to build roads and bridges to link the more than 100 small islands the city sits on．

Yet pedestrian malls and other car-free zones keep popping up in cities around the world．Some cities are considering ways to limit central city access to“green”machines，such as battery-electric vehicles．Hamburg is perhaps the furthest along．

Such extreme plans may fly in a city such as Hamburg．But in many other cities the political resistance even to less far-reaching measures is hard to overcome．Michael Bloomberg，New York’s former mayor，tried twice to introduce a jam charge for much of Manhattan，but his plans were rejected by state lawmakers．

46．What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

    A．Dubai government tries to improve its local incomes．

    B．Dubai government tries to solve traffic problems．

    C．Dubai government tries to reduce prices for parking．

    D．Dubai government tries to offer more insurance to locals．

47．Why is it still hard to reduce traffic problems?

    A．Because Mr Lootah’s approach will be copied widely．

    B．Because mayors take gentle measures toward them．

    C．Because more vehicles will be sold globally each year．

    D．Because complete car bans in inner cities are not made．

48．What causes Venice to be the largest car-free urban area?

    A．Its natural geographical characteristics．

    B．Its too many tourist destinations．

    C．Its reduced number of cars．

    D．Its government law on car free．

49．What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

    A．“Green”machines can be accessible in central city．

    B．All vehicles can be used in central city．

    C．Hamburg may not adopt“green”machines．

    D．People can only walk in central city．

50．What made Michael Bloomberg’s plans defeated?

    A．Financial factors

    B．Traffic jams．

    C．His retirement from the mayor．

    D．Political resistance．
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