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1、第Ⅰ卷第一部分阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AToAmericanvisitors,Icelandisaveryinterestingcountry,partlybecauseitisdifferentinsomanywaysfromheorsheisusedtoseeingathome.Therearequiteafewthingsthatarenotdone,orthatdonotexistontheisland-
2、--quiteafew“No’s”.Thereisnopollution,forinstance,NodogsarepermittedinReykjavik,thecapital.ThereisnotelevisiononThursdaysorduringtheentiremonthofJuly,andonlythreehoursofblack-and-whiteTVtherestofthetime.ThereisnohardliquoronWednesdaysandnobeeratanytime.Thereisnohandguns;onlyo
3、nejailofthirty-fivecells（狱室）intheentireland---anadmirablefigure,evenforasmallcountryof313,376people.Thereisnoarmy,airforceornavy.Thereisnotippingforanything.TherearenolargestoresopenonSaturdaysorSundays.SinceIcelandissituatedjustundertheArcticCircle,thereisnodarknessinsummer
4、andnodaylightinwinter.ButthankstoCulfStream,theclimateisrathermild,withtemperaturesrangingfrom34degreesto52degreesinJuly.Therulesontelevisionliquorandgunsaretheresultofgovernmentdecisions.ButtheabsenceofpollutionisdueingreatparttothefactthatIcelandgetsitspowerfromtheenormous
5、geyserandthethousandsofhotspringsthatcomeoutoftheground.Theyprovidealltheenergyneededbythecountry.Infact,Icelandusesonly3percentofallitsavailablepower.Icelandhasbeendescribedasademocraticindependentcountrywheremorefisharecaughtandmorebookspublishedperpersonthananywhereelsein
6、theworld.TheIcelandershavealwaysfeltaparticularloveforliterature.TheycomposedtheirfirstbooksintheninthandtenthcenturiesAD.Theseworkswerepoemsandtalesaboutthekings,heroes,andheroinesofIcelandandNorway.Atfirst,thestorieswerememoriedandpassedfromgenerationtogeneration.Theyweref
7、inallywrittendownbetween1140and1220.TheIcelandershaveneverstoppedwritingeversince.“Rathershoelessthanbookless,”theyproudlysay.1.AmericanvisitorsenjoyvisitingIcelandprobablybecause_______.A.nodogsarepermittedinthecapitalB.thepolicedonotcarryhandgunsC.theclimateisrathermildD.i
8、tisverydifferentfromAmericans2.ThefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT________.
