2012年12月份百题精练（2）英语试题三、阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共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。ASince my son is getting ready for first grade, I asked a friend where she shops for school suppliesFor price and convenience, she had a quick answer: schoolpakcomParents can buy items or packaged equipment for all gradesThe Generic Elementary School-pak for first through fifth graders, for example, is $2328（Teachers can also e-mail their grades or schools whole list for a price on customized kits（销售包）Shipping（运送）is free for 75 or more kits）Teachers thinks highly of educationalwarehousecom for its learning tools and gameseverything from puzzles and puppets to software and chalksClassroomdirectcom has great prices on over 10000 products and a special corner offering even deeper discountsPick your lunch box The second-most-difficult back-to-school decision, right after what to wear on the first day, is what kind of lunch box to buyJonas Brothers or Hannah Montana? Ariel or Elmo? Your kids can examine their （and your） lunch boxes at platesplus4kidscom and lunchboxescomTrade in sports toolsMy garage is a tangle（混乱） of bikes and balls, sticks and clubs, so I was excited to find playitagainsportscom - a company that helps you sell quality, name-brand sporting equipmentYoull have to visit one of its 320 stores, located in 46 states and the District of Columbia3 sites for savingFeedthepigorgThink about the savings if your kids （and you） stopped buying lunch out every day and brown-bagged（自带午餐）itGoodshopcomSupport your favorite school by shopping at more than 1,000 participating shopsUp to 30 percent of every purchase is donatedAnd youll find hundreds of deals and coupons（优惠券）TaxadminorgClick on 2009 State Sales Tax Holidays to see if your state has a tax-free shopping dayCheck whats included before going to the store56The passage is mainly aimed at_ Aparents Bteachers Cstudents Dbusinessmen57If you want to sell the bikes your children dont use, you can go to _ Aeducationalwarehousecom Bplayitagainsportscom CFeedthepigorg DTaxadminorg58What does the writer think of picking a lunch box? AIt is very easy BIt is rather hard CIt proves interesting DIt seems special59What can be filled in the blank in the first item? ATeachers are much wiser BPuzzles and puppets CShops where teachers shop DDevelop your brainsBTanzania Tarangire is a national Park which lies in TanzaniaThe park itself covers an area of around 2,850 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest park of its kind in the countryI recently visited Tarangire to see what it was like One of the first sightings upon entering the park which I found was a huge herd（群）of elephants Our guide told us that Tagrangire was probably the best place in Tanzania to find large herds of elephants, and that their population in the park was around 2,500We continued to watch the elephants as they stood under trees and scratched themselves against the trees to hit the spot of an itch（痒处） To the right of the elephant herd, we noticed a big tree! Our guide informed us that this was a Baobab tree and that they could live for hundreds of yearsCompared with this tree, the elephant just looked like dwarfs（侏儒）! We were informed that Tarangire was one of the best National Parks in Africa to see so many Baobab trees As we continued our drive through the park, we finally reached a watering holeOur guide warned us that there were lions all around usIt took us all a while to find them, but there they were! Most of them are resting in the shade under brushes, but there was one that was drinking from the watering hole directly in front of usWe then noticed just to our right, there were a couple of fresh zebra corpses（尸体） it seemed as if the lions which were resting had killed them! We were unlucky not to have seen the actual kill, as our guide had mentioned that the zebra corpses were fresh and the kill had occurred within the last hour Our final big sighting was one that none of us were expecting to see, even our guide! We pulled over to where there was a large gathering of cars, with a sleeping leopard（美洲豹）there! We took photos happily and excitedly and observed its surprising body before returning to our hotel as it was getting late So, I hope you enjoyed my description of Tarangire, and that I have inspired you to add this amazing park to your very own Tanzania travel route60Which statement is correct about the park? AIt covers an area of about 2,580 square kilometers BIt is the largest park of its kind in the country CTheir population in the park was around 2,000 DThere are a lot of Ba