四、阅读理解(一) (每小题2分，共30分)

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I’m Jessica. I live in a small but beautiful town. A river runs through the town. Along the river are green trees and beautiful flowers. My community (社区) is on West Street. It is small but comfortable. There are four clothes stores in town.

(     )56. Jessica thinks her community is ____.

A. small but beautiful    B. big and beautiful

C. small but comfortable    D. big and comfortable

(     )57. Kelly’s Store is on __________.

A. Horace Road    B. Vincent Street C. Quentin Street D. Broad Street

(     )58. Jack wants to buy a sweater for his grandpa. He should go to ________.

A. Sunshine    B. A&C    C. Kelly’s Store D. Mrs. Brown’s

(     )59. If you want to know more information about Mrs. Brown’s, you can _______.

A. call 443-3706     B. go to No. 78, Vincent Street

C. visit www.sunshine.com    D. send e-mails to mandy02@hotmail.com

(     )60. From the table, we can know ______.

A. A&C is the closest to Jessica’s house

B. the phone number of Kelly’s Store is 283-0479

C. Sunshine is the most expensive clothes store

D. you can buy men’s clothes in Mrs. Brown’s

B

Would you like to help others if you can? If your answer is yes, please join us and be a volunteer (志愿者)!

We’re a non-profit organization (非盈利组织). People from 12 to 80 can become one of us. You can help people in many different ways. You can take care of children or old people.  You can also look after pets without (没有) homes.

“I had great fun being a volunteer.  Seeing the children’s happy faces, I feel very happy,” said Ms. Green.

“I often played computer games before. But now I teach old people to use computers. It is interesting,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

We believe (相信) we can make a better world by helping each other. If you want to join us, please call us at 304-5627, send e-mails to voltogether@126.com or visit our website — www.joinvol.co m.

(     )61. Who can NOT be a volunteer of this organization?

A. A boy of 10 years old.    B. A woman of 30 years old.

C. A man of 50 years old.    D. A man of 75 years old.

(     )62. What does Ms. Green think of her volunteer job?

A. It’s difficult.       B. It’s boring.

C.  It makes her happy.    D. It makes her tired.

C

Shakespeare is the greatest English actor and playwright (剧作家) of all times. He was born (出生) on April 26th, 1564, in England and died on April 23rd, 1616.

Shakespear e went to the Stratford Grammar School at the age of seven. He learnt English and Latin there. He also worked to help his father in the shop. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne  Hathaway. They had two daughters and a son, but their son died early.

Shakespeare played in London theaters before joining a group of actors called “The Lord Chamberl ain’s Men” in 1594. Later, they became wealthy and had enough money to build (建造) their theater in the south of London. They called it “The Globe.”

Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (十四行诗). Hundreds of sayings and proverbs (谚语) that we use every day are from Shakespeare’s works, such as “To be or not to be, that’s the question,” and “All’s well that ends well.”

(     )66. When did Shakespeare die?

A. On April 26th, 1564.    B. On April 23rd, 1564.

C. On April 23rd, 1616.      D. On April 26th, 1616.

(     )67. What does the underlined word “wealthy” mean in Chinese?

A. 富 有的    B. 悲哀的    C. 危险的  D. 不幸的

(     )68. What is “The Globe”?

A. A city.  B. A sonnet.   C. A theater.  D. A play.

(     )69. The last paragraph is mainly about _______.

A. how Shakespeare wrote works   B. what we can learn from Shakespeare

C. Shakespeare’s prizes    D. Shakespeare’s works and their influence

(     )70. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Shakespeare knew about Latin.

B. Shakespeare got married in 1582.

C. Shakespeare had three children at first.

D. Shakespeare played in “The Globe” in 1594.