四、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。
Having no language, infants cannot be told what they need to learn. Yet by the age of three they will have mastered the basic structure of their native language and will be well on their way to communicative competence. Acquiring their language is a most impressive intellectual feat. Studies of how children learn language generally agree that the most remarkable aspect of this feat is the rapid acquisition of grammar. Nevertheless, the ability of children to conform to grammatical rules is only slightly more wonderful than their ability to learn words. It has been reckoned that the average high school graduate in the United States has a reading vocabulary of 80,000 words, which includes idiomatic expressions and proper names of people and places. This vocabulary must have been learned over a period of 16 years. From the figures,it can be calculated that the average child learns at a rate of about 3 new words per day. Clearly a learning process of great complexity goes on at a rapid rate in children.
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第36题单选 What is the main subject of the passage?
A. Language acquisition in children.
B.Teaching languages to children.
C.How to memorize words.
D.Communicating with infants.
第37题单选 ( )The word “feat” is closely in meaning to which of the following?
A. Experiment.
B.Idea.
C.Activity.
D.Accomplishment.
第38题单选 ( )The word “reckoned” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A.Suspected.
B.Estimated.
C.Proved.
D.Said.
第39题单选 ( )The word “which” refers to__________.
A. their ability
B.reading vocabulary
C.idiomatic expression
D.learning process
More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog, Gelert.
One day the Prince wanted to go hunting with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle,which is like a small bed.
When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged (摇动)his tail and jumped to put his paws(爪子)on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw blood on Getert's jaws(下颚) and head.
"What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his home and looked for his baby son.
The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.
"So you have killed my son!" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark for a moment. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.
The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf.
The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain so that he could stand by the dog's grave for a few minutes. If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第40题单选 Gelert was the dog of the Prince of _________.
A.Scotland
B.England
C.Ireland
D.Wales
第41题单选 ( )The Prince told his dog to_________when he was out.
A.watch the door
B.take care of his baby at home
C.welcome his friends
D.stop the strangers
第42题单选 ( )_________ was left to look after the Prince's baby son.
A.His wife
B.Gelert
C.A maid
D.A nurse
第43题单选 ( ) The dog was very_________when his master came back from hunting.
A.glad
B.fearful
C.afraid
D.tired
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