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第三部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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.
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I got my first driver's license in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in charlotte, North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland Two weeks before my 20th birthday. Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Catrolina driver's license ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21. "Mr. Henry Smith your husband. to sign for you," he said.
I argued. pointing to a very large belly of mine, "I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?" He answered coldly, "It's the law, madam?"
Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it.
"No" I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail — using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland and I had to take the Maryland driver's exam Since then I just go in and renew every four years - sign the name Susan Brown have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive.
56. Susan got her first driver's license
A. before she got married to Henry
B. when she was twenty years old
C. after she finished high school
D. when she just moved to Maryland
57. Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because
A. she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law
B. she lacked driving experience in Maryland
C. she was to give birth to a baby soon
D. she insisted on signing for herself
58. We can infer from the text that in the U. S.
A. American males should serve in the army
B. different states my have different laws
C. people have to renew their licenses in their home states
D. women should adopt their husbands' family names after marriage
B
About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings.
Instead, they receive their elementary and high school education byworking at home on computers. The center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public "cyberschools" and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to attend a cybersehool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called CommonwealthConnectionsAcademy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students finished studies at WesternPennsylvaniaCyberCharterSchool recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation.
59. What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool?
A. They have to take long bus rides to school.
B. They study at home rather than in classrooms.
C. They receive money from traditional public schools.
D. They do well in traditional school programs.
60. What is a problem with cyberschools?
A. Their equipment costs a lot of money.
B. They get little support from the state government.
C. It is hard to know students' progress in learning.
D. The students find it hard to make friends.
61. Cyberschools are getting popular because _________.
A. they are less expensive for students
B. their students can work at their own speed
C. their graduates are more successful in society
D. they serve students in a wider age range
62. We can infer that the author of the text is ________.
A. unprejudiced in his description of cyberschools
B. excited about the future of cyberschools
C. doubtful about the qualityof cyberschoois
D. disappointed at the development of cyberschools
