第二部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
On a cold winter day Nasruddin was having a chat with some of his friends in a coffee house. Nasruddin said that cold weather did not trouble him, and in fact, he could stay, if necessary, all night without any heat.“If you stand all night in the village square without warming yourself by any other means, we with treat you to a feast,”they said, with looks of total disbelief.“But if you fail, you will treat us all to dinner.”Nasruddin accepted the bet.
The very night, Nasruddin stood in the village square till morning despite (尽管) the bitter cold. In the morning, he ran proudly to his friends and told them that they should keep their promise.
