.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

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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。
One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.
The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.
A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.
The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Cuninghan,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”
56. Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because _____.
A. Dr. Eyck knew the boy was wounded by a shot 
B. The boy needed the help of a surgeon
C. Dr. Eyck was the boy’s father                  
D. Dr. Eyck was Haydon’s friend
57. The surgeon was late because ________.
A . his car was taken away                          B. the weather was rather terrible
C.Clens Falls was too far from Albany     D. he was stopped by the police
58. Choose the right order of the following events given in the story.
a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.
b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.                    
c. The boy shot himself.                                
d. The boy died.
e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.  
f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.
A. c, e, f, a, b, d           B. a, c, f, d, b, e  C. c, a, f, e, d, b     D. a, c, f, e, d, b
59. The boy could have been saved if ______.
A. he had not been sent to the hospital      B. his father hadn’t arrived in time
C. Dr.Eyck had arrived earlier than the man
D. Dr. Eyck had arrived there two hours earlier