第三部分:閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分,滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。                          
For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl named Melanie in the film, College Road Trip, which was released in the US on March 7.
Melanie’s dad, James Porter, is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb. Incredibly security obsessed(困擾), he wants Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern University, where she’s already been accepted. But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown in Washington, D.C., where she’s been wait-listed.
When she gets an unexpected interview, she decides to take a road trip with a few close female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step toward adulthood.
But despite the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t comfortable with the prospect of his little princess exploring the world without him. He wants to protect her.
James joins the girls and hopes he can convince her to go to Northwestern. While Melanie’s father only has the best of intentions, his presence leads to an endless series of comic encounters.
After following their faulty GPS device deep into the backwoods, James and Melanie discover her little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare tire compartment(隔間). What should be a simple tire change results in the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel. There the pig ruins an outdoor wedding reception after eating an entire bag of coffee beans.
All these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter finally get the chance to really talk to each other.
The film explores the parent-child relationship in a comic way: The discrepancy(不同) between how close James thinks he is to Melanie and how little he actually knows of her plans makes us laugh first and then think. 
All parents, whether they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up. Like what Melanie and James have done in the film, we all can find the delicate balance between staying connected and letting go.
51.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.It’s unclear whether Melanie could be accepted by Northwestern University.
B.Northwestern University isn’t so famous as the university in Washington D.C..
C.There is no hope that Melanie will be accepted by the university in Georgetown.
D.Melanie’s father prefers her to stay not too far away from him.
52.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A.their car rolled down the mountain, ruining the wedding reception
B.a(chǎn) hotel was destroyed by Melanie’s brother and his pet pig
C.Melanie and her father got to understand each other better after so many encounters
D.the girls had to give up their trip because of the incidents on the way
53.What does the underlined word “released” mean?
A. set free                    B. known              C. shown               D. developed
54.The main purpose of the passage is to _______.
A.introduce the newly-released film
B.call on parents to learn to balance the relationship with their children
C.tell a story which happened between an American girl and her father
D.explore the differences in parent-child relationship between the west and the east

51—54   DCCB           
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Try recording yourself whenever you can.
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Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College said, "With less able students it is easy to spot copying as the writing style changes in the middle of the assignment, but with more able students it is sometimes necessary for tutors to carry out Internet research to identify the source of the copy."
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, said," Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student's own or copy." She called for policies to stop copying, and asked for help from exam boards and the government in providing resources and techniques to detect cheats.
But there was another side. "I have found once students clearly understand what copying is, its consequences and how to reference correctly so they can draw on published works, copying becomes less of a problem," said Diana Baker from Emmanuel College, Durham.
"I think the majority of students who engage in copying do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat. They really want to succeed on their own."
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B. web copying is a serious problem in the UK
C. the ways to find web copying for teachers
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A. excellent
B. contrasting
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D. complex
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C. The less able student will not change their writing style when copying.
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