四、阅读理解(共1 5小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卷上。

A

A new kind of fast food, fried. Coke, is welcomed in the USA now. Abel Gonzales, a 36-year-old computer engineer from Dallas in America, tried his best to think of this good idea.

First, make a batter(面糊)with Coca-Cola, a little strawberry juice and some strawberries. Then, make small balls from the batter. Next, deep-fly(油炸)the ball and it ends up looking like a ping-pong ball. Finally, put the ball in a cup, topped with Coca-Cola, a little cream, sugar and a cherry.

“It tastes great and is a great success," said Sue Gooding, a spokeswoman for the State Fair(展览会)of Texas. Gonzales's fried Coke was first sold there in autumn.

There, Gonzales sold up t0 35,000 fried Cokes over 24 days for $4.5 each, and he won the prize for coming up with "the most creative new food".

46. How many steps are there to make the fried Coke?

A. Four.      B. Five.      C. Six.      D. Seven.

47. How much money did Gonzales make in the State Fair of Texas?

A. $157,500.     B. $175,500.     C. $3,780,000.   D. $3,878,000.

48. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Abel Gonzales is an engineer from England.

B. Gonzales's fried Coke looks like a tennis ball.

C. Gonzales's fried Coke was first sold in the State Fair of Texas.

D. Sue Gooding won the prize for thinking of "the most creative new food".

B

As a student, what do you hate most about school life? The homework? The exams? For many students, it's their school uniforms.

Many schools ask their students to wear school uniforms every day. They believe that a child in the school uniform will take school seriously. But school uniforms usually look ugly and many students don't like them. Now people can bring both discipline(纪律) and fashion together in school uniforms. So, many schools decide to choose designers to turn their school uniforms into more popular ones.

Robert Kin, Headmaster of Bethany High School, agrees that the students should look smart in uniforms in order to show their personalities. "The students are identified(辨认) by t heir uniforms outside the school. That's why we invited a famous designer to design our uniforms."

Designing school uniforms is becoming popular now.

49. What do most students hate most about school life?

A. Homework.    B. Exercises.    C. Exams.    D. Uniforms.

50. Why do many schools ask their students to wear school uniforms?

A. Because they think school uniforms can make the students study hard.

B. Because they think students in school uniforms think school important.

C. Because they think school uniforms can make the students happy.

D. Because they think school uniforms can save much money for parents.

51. New-designed school uniforms should show_______.

A. if the students are hard-working    B. the students' personalities

C. the school's strict rules(规则)    D. if the stud ents are s mart

52. What's the best title(标题) for this passage?

A. Make school uniforms popular    B. How to make school uniforms

C. The ugly school uniforms    D. Why students hate school uniforms

C

A neighbourhood party is a great way to have fun and get to know the people in your neighbourhood. And it's also the best way to bring the community together.

Before you begin to do this, you first need to decide where to have the party. The Community Centre is a good place for a neighbourhood party. If the weather is nice, many people like to have the party outside. It could be at a park or on a street.

Next, ask your friends and neighbours to help. Get them to tell others about the party, set up the party and clean up after the party.

During the party, be sure to have lots of things to do. Many parties have activities for kids, such as face painting. Most parties have food and drinks. The best parties are when everyone brings something to share. That's also the special part of a neighbourhood party!

55. What does the underlined phrases "set up" mean in Chinese?

A. 参加      B. 组装      C. 策划      D. 竖立

56. What is special about a neighbourhood party?

A. It has food and drinks.      B. It has activities for kids.

C. There are lots of things to do.     D. People bring something to share.

D

O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself  everything he needed to know.

When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got h imself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.

( )57. O. Henry was sent to prison because __________.

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.

B. People thought he had stolen money from the bank.

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.

D. he broke the law (法律) by not using his own name

( )58. Which of the following is true?

A. O. Henry was from a rich family

B. O. Henry was in school for a long time.

C. O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself.

D. O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a lit tle boy.

( ) 59. O. Henry got most materials for his stories from ______________.

A. his happy life as a boy  B. New York and the poor of the city

C. the newspaper    D. his life in prison

(    )60. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because __________________.

A. they had surprising endings B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed love for the poor D. they were about New York

五、单词拼写(每小题1分，共10小题)

1. Many students don't know  ________(确切地)what they should learn at school.

2. On that day, he bought some flowers and ________装满)the room with them.

3. Different companies and teams have different ________(文化)and styles of working.

4. This morning, Mike came to school much ________  (早)than usual.

5. The   ________   (每日的)life of Chinese people is becoming better and better.

6. Read the     ________说明)carefully before you use the washing machine.

7. I'm sure she'll make an  ________ (优秀的)teacher in the future.

8. - Listen! There's someone   ________  at the door.

- I'll go and see who it is.

9. - Did you hear there was a big fire in the restaurant last night?

- Yes，________  ，no one was hurt.

10. - What good news! There will be a presentation(颁奖仪式)tonight.

- Many famous stars will  ________  the presentation.