五、阅读理解(30分)

请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(每小题2分)

A

Mr. King lives in a city.He owns some shops and makes a lot of money.His son，Mike，studies at a middle school.The boy likes everything but studying.He doesn't listen to his teachers in class and he never finishes his homework on time.He always plays football when he has any free time.He can never pass the exams.

Mr. King is so busy with his business that he has little time to stay at home.He never pays any attention(关心)to his son's studies，so he doesn't know how he is doing.

One day Miss Read，Mike's teacher，telephones Mr. King.On the telephone she tells him all about the boy's studies.She wants him to try to help his son at home.When the man hears this，he doesn't feel very happy.

In the afternoon when his son comes back from school，Mr. King gives him a good telling­off(责备)，but soon feels sorry for it when he sees Mike crying in the bedroom.The next morning，before Mike goes to school，he says to him，“Study hard and I'll buy you a car when you pass the exam next year.”

Another term is over.Mike doesn't pass the exam once more.Mr. King has a look at the school report for a few minutes and then he asks his son，“You don't pass the exam again，Mike.What did you do this term?” “I learned how to drive a car，dad，” answers the boy.

(   )56.Mr. King is ______.

A.a football player   B.a teacher   C.a driver     D.a businessman(商人)

(   )57.Mike can never pass the exams because ______.

A.his father has a lot of money       B.he doesn't like studying

C.his teachers are not very good          D.he has to help his father in the shops

(   )58.Miss Read rings Mr. King______.

A.to tell him to take his son out of school       B.to buy things from his shop

C.to tell him about Mike's studies           D.because his son passes the exam once again

(   )59.In the sentence “...，but soon feels sorry for it when he sees Mike crying in the bedroom.”，the word “it” refers to(指)______.

A.Mike's exam mark(分数)                B.telling his son off

C.something that Miss Read tells Mr King      D.the car

(   )60.Which of the following is WRONG?

A.Mike doesn't pass the exam at the end of the term.      B.Mike's father buys him a car.

C.Mike doesn't do well in his lessons for another term.   D.Mike thinks his father will buy him a car.

B

The children in Miss Ling's class are not like most children.They don't watch TV.Miss Ling asked her class not to watch TV for one week.She told them that they could have more fun doing other things.The children said，“Let's find out if Miss Ling is right.” Instead of watching TV，they read，made things and played games with families.

The children had so much fun that they are not going to watch TV for a year.Would you like to stop watching TV?

(   )61.The best title is ______.

A.A Good TV Show                     B.Stop to Watch TV

C.Children Have Fun without TV           D.Miss Ling doesn't Buy any TV

(   )62.Miss Ling asked her class not to ______.

A.sleep         B.eat    C.read books    D.watch TV

(   )63.The story says that the children ______.

A.played games    B.went swimming     C.grew plants    D.watched TV

(   )64.Miss Ling is a ______.

A.doctor     B.teacher       C.farmer     D.child

(   )65.How long are the children not going to watch TV?

A.For twelve months.  B.For 365 days.  C.For half a year.    D.For three years.

C

The aim(目的)of students who came to school is to study.But to study requires(需要)a right way，or you waste either the time or the money.The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear.For that reason，we can get good results(结果).

In studying we must have patience(耐心).If we have not known a text well，we must read it again.We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”.If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents，or friends.In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned(提到的)will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

(   )66.The passage tells us ______.

A.the importance of reading                    B.to read in the morning

C.to pay attention to the ways of studying         D.to have patience in studying

(   )67.The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.

A.three        B.four     C.five     D.many

(   )68.We'd better read in the morning because ______.

A.it's hard to remember what we have learned      B.the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C.it's difficult to get good results                 D.both A and B

(   )69.If we can't put our hearts into the book when we read，it is ______.

A.easy to understand it well                   B.better to get something from it

C.impossible for us to get something from it      D.possible to learn something from it

(   )70.In studying we must always ask “whys”in order to ______.

A.understand the book well                B.write down the questions

C.do with the new words                  D.get some questions to ask our teachers