35It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for under- standing or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.

　　A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.

　　B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.

　　C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.

　　D. The writer must be "superior" to the reader in understanding.

　　E. Thus, we can employ the word "reading" in two distinct senses.

　　F. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.

　　G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there' s another goal of reading-enter-tainment.

　　答案及解析

　　31.E【解析】根据第二段第一句的“The first sense is the one...”和第三段第一句的“The second sense is the one in which we…”可知E选项符合题意。故选E项。

　　32.C【解析】下文中提到“Such materials may increase our store of infor-marion，but they cannot improve our understanding.”，而且选项C也提到了materials一词，故选C项。

　　33.B【解析】前面两句中说作家的作品中有些读者不知道的内容，是需要读者认真领会的，因而作家与读者在知识上是不对等的(une.quals)。空格后的句子Otherwise one person could never leam fromanother.表示“否则一个人不可能从另一个人那里学到东西”，该句也解释了unequals(两个水平不同的人)的含义。同时，从行文上看，空前一句提到了communicating，而只有B项中的suchcommunication与之衔接紧密。

　　34.D【解析】D选项The writer must be“superior”to the reader in under-standing(作者必须比读者的理解力强)与本段第二句“First，thereis inequality in understanding.”相符。故选D项。

　　35.G【解析】下文内容是上文内容的一个延续，与上文为递进关系，所以用besides开头。本段后面出现了两次entertainment也提示答案为G项。

　　完形填空

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　It was the district sports meeting. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n)36injury. I had37whether or not I should attend the meeting. But there I was,38for the 3,000-metre run.

　　"Ready... set... " The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed39me. I felt40as I fell farther and farther behind.

　　"Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest41I had ever heard at a meeting. The first-place runner was two laps ( 圈 ) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.

　　"Maybe I should42," I thought as I moved on.43, I decided to keep going. Dur- ing the last two laps, I ran44and decided not to45in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,46my foot did heal.

　　When- I finished, I heard a cheer--47 than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and48, the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys. "I was leaving49several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage !" one of them told me."Courage? I just50a race !" I thought."I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl. "We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"

　　Suddenly, I regained51I decided to52track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always53in medals and victories, but in the54we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win,55the people who don't give up when they lose.

　　36.A. slighter

　　B. worse

　　C. earlier

　　D. heavier

　　37.A. expected

　　B. supposed

　　C. imagined

　　D. doubted

　　38.A. late

　　B. eager

　　C. ready

　　D. thirsty

　　39.A. from behind

　　B. ahead of

　　C. next to

　　D. close to

　　40.A. ashamed

　　B. astonished

　　C. excited

　　D. frightened

　　41.A. cheer

　　B. shout

　　C. cry

　　D. noise

　　42.A. slow down

　　B. drop out

　　C. go on

　　D. speed up

　　43.A. Therefore

　　B. Otherwise

　　C. Besides

　　D. However

　　44.A. with delight

　　B. with fear

　　C. in pain

　　D. in advance

　　45.A. play

　　B. arrive

　　C. race

　　D. attend

　　46.A. even if

　　B. only if

　　C. unless

　　D. until

　　47. A. weaker

　　B. longer

　　C. lower

　　D. louder

　　48.A. well enough

　　B. sure enough

　　C. surprisingly enough

　　D. strangely enough

　　49.A. while

　　B. when

　　C. as

　　D. since

　　50.A. finished

　　B. won

　　C. passed

　　D. lost

　　51.A. cheer

　　B. hope

　　C. interest

　　D. experience

　　52.A. hold on

　　B. turn to

　　C. begin with

　　D. stick with

　　53.A. measured

　　B. praised

　　C. tested

　　D. increased

　　54.A. sadness

　　B. struggles

　　C. diseases

　　D. tiredness

　　55. A.or

　　B.nor

　　C.and

　　D.but