第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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

　　A

　　Classified Ads

LOST AND FOUND	ROOMMATES
FOUND: Cat, 6 months old, black and white marking. Found near Linden and South U. Steve, 800-4661.	FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED Own room near campus. Available December 1. Rent $80 per month until March 1 st. $129 thereafter. Call Jill for details. 800-7839.
LOST: Gold wire rim glasses in brown case. Campus area. Reward. Call Gregg 800-2896.	NEED PERSON to assume lease for own bedroom in apt. near campus, $92/mo. Starting Jan. 1. Call 800-6157 after 5:00.
FOR SALE	HELP WANTED
MOVING: Must sell. TV b/w 12" , $50; AM/FM transistor radio A/C or battery, $15; cassette tape recorder, $10; music records. Call John or Pat, 800-0739 after 5 or weekends.	BABYSITTER—MY HOME If you are available a few hours during the day, some evenings and occasional weekends to care for 2 school-age children, please call Gayle Moore days 800-1111, evenings and weekends 800-4964.
USED FUR COATS and JACKETS. GOOD condition. $50-$125. Call 800-0436 after 12 noon.	WAITRESS WANTED: 10 a.m. —2p.m. or 10:30 a.m. —5 p.m. Apply in person, 207 S. Main. Curtis Restaurant.

　　56. If you want a job of taking care of children, which ad will you answer?

　　A．LOST AND FOUND B. ROOMMATES

　　C．FOR SALE D．HELP WANTED

　　57．You will call _______ if you want to buy a radio.

　　A．800-0436 B．800-0739 C．800-4661 D．800-4964

　　B

　　It seems that the Englishmen just cannot live without sports of some kind. A famous French humourist once said that this is because the English insist on behaving like children all their lives. Wherever you go in this country, you will see both children and grown-ups knocking a ball about with a stick or something, as if in Britain men shall always remain boys and women girls! Still, it can never be bad to get exercise, can it?

　　Taking all amateur (业余) and professional sports in Britain into consideration, there can be no doubt that football is at the top of the list. It is called soccer in the United States. The game originated (起源于) in Britain and was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, though as an organized game, or "association football", it dates only from the beginning of the 19th century.

　　The next is rugby, which is called "football" in the United States. It is a kind of football played by two teams of fifteen players than eleven. In rugby, an oval-shaped ball is used which can be handled as well as kicked. It is a pretty rough game.

　　In summer, cricket is the most popular sport. In fact, it has sometimes been called the English national game. Most foreigners find the game rather slow or even boring, but it enjoys great popularity among the British.

　　Tennis rates high on the list, too. It was introduced into England from France in the 15th century, but it was from England that it spread to practically every country in the world.

　　Table tennis, or "ping-pong", surely is not played on a great scale as it is in China or Japan. Basketball and volleyball were introduced into Britain during the late 19th century from America and are gaining popularity. Horse-back riding, swimming, rowing and golf all attract a lot of people.

　　58．The main purpose of Paragraph 1 is to tell us that the English ___________.

　　A．are all sports lovers B．behave like children

　　C．like to kick a ball around D．can remain young all their lives

　　59．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about football and rugby?

　　A．They differ in the shape of the ball.

　　B．They are played by different numbers of players.

　　C．They both can be handled.

　　D．They both can be kicked.

　　60．The game that was never played in Britain until the late 19th century is _________.

　　A．basketball B．tennis C．rugby D．football

　　61．What would be the best title for this passage?

　　A．The Most Popular Sports B．The English Sports

　　C．History of Sports D．Sports in Britain

　　C

　　Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).

　　ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.

　　Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.

　　There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.

　　A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more."

　　Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!

　　Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.

　　62．According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is_________.

　　A．in existence B．imaginative C．not real D．impossible

　　63．ESP lets people know___________.

　　A．about events before they happen

　　B．about events after they happen

　　C．about events that are happening some distance away

　　D．A and C

　　64．By studying ESP, scientists may get to_________.

　　A．learn how people tell lies

　　B．know more about human dreams

　　C．know more about human mind

　　D．learn how strange things happen

　　65．In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means ____.

　　A．things that may not happen

　　B．things that happen in a dream

　　C．things that must happen

　　D．things that happen by accident

　　66．This article is mainly about_________.

　　A．the human dream B．the sixth sense

　　C．the human mind D．a crowded bus