一. 阅读理解(共15小题：每题3分，共45分。)

　　阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

　　A

　　My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago.We have a yard a “rock garden”.There

　　the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.Very often when we have more flowers,Denise or I would plant them between the rocks,just to and some color to the area.

　　Last summer I found, in the rock garden, a tiny little plant that I could not immediately recognize. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.We decided to ler ir continue growing until we could find out what it was.

　　Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the strange plant, it appcared to be a sunflower. It looked thin and tall with only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed(除草)around it.As Ipulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds,I noticed something unusual.The sunflower had not started where I saw it begin.it actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.

　　If a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing,we too have the ability to do the same ting. If we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we aim to go and get what we need for groewth.

　　We need to believe in ouseleves knowing we have the ability to achieve our goals.Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had faith in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what we are, then other tings will begin to support us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks”in order to realize our goals.

　　36. Why did the family plantflowers in the ?

　　A. To attact visitons

　　B. To remove the rocke

　　C. To plensc their neighbors

　　D. To make the area colorful

　　37. The author let the tiny plant continue growing ______

　　A. to see how long it could live

　　B. to see how big it could grow

　　C. to find out what it actually was

　　D. to know if tis wife had planted it

　　38.Why did the author think the sunflower was unuaunal?

　　A. It was vary thin and tall

　　B. It had only noe head on it

　　C. It grew on top of a big rock

　　D. It began to grow under a rock

　　39. Whet does the author want to say through the story?

　　A. Rocks cannot prevent us from success

　　B. Sunflowers are able to grow everyehere

　　C. We should take good care of the rock gardens

　　D. We can get over difficulties if we trust ourselves

　　B

　　It is not easy to become a doctor in the United States. The fist step is getting into medialSchools. More than 120 american schools offer study programs for people wanting to be docloes

　　Advice adout medical schools can de got from books and magazines like The Princeton Review

　　which provide information adout medical schools,study programs and jobs.Competition(竞争) to

　　enter medical schools is strong. American medieal schools have only about 16000 openings for

　　students each year. However more than two times this many want to enter medical schools

　　An important part of their application(申请)is the Medical College admission Test(MCAT)

　　The Association of American Medican Colleges provides the test by comouter. It is offeredin the

　　United States and in other countries. Applieants need to do well on MCAT. They also need a good

　　Reeond in their college atudics

　　An interview(面试)is also required for entranee to medinal schools. The interviewer wanis to

　　Know if the applieant understands the semands of life as a mediasl student and doetor in training. He also wants to know zbout the applieant`s goals for a life in medieinc

　　People who want to become doetors often study a lot of biology, chemistry or other seience.

　　Some students work for a year or two in s medical or researeh job before they attempt to enter

　　Medieal sehools

　　A medical cducation can cost a lot,form 15000 dollars to 40000 dollars a yesr or more. Most

　　Students need to borrow momey to pay for the education

　　40. How many people hope to go to medical school in the U.S. each year?

　　A. More then 32000. B. About 24000

　　C. Less then 16000 D. About 20000

　　41. Who prepares MCAT for medical school applicante?

　　A.The princetom Review

　　B.The Medical College Admissions Offce

　　C.The medical schools in the United States

　　D.The Association of Ameriean Madical Colleges

　　42. Which of the following do interviewers want to know adout the applicants?

　　A.What conrses they want to leam in medical school

　　B.How much money they hope to earn in future

　　C.When they plam to start their medical training

　　D.Whether they understand a doctor`s duties

　　43. What can be inferred adout the applicants from the text?

　　A.They must be hard-working

　　B.They have to do well in medieine

　　C.They should have work experience

　　D.Thwy must cam 15000 dollars a year