四、阅读理解(30分)

A

Mr Smith gave his wife (妻子)money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had  no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her, “But how did you spend all that money?” She answered, “I don't know .”So on Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife , “Please write down how you spend the money .”Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. “I have done what you told me,”she said gladly. She had written “Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. ” on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote , “Tuesday, I have spent it all.”

(   )51.Mr. Smith gave his wife money every  _________.

A. Monday morning                          B.Friday evening

C.Friday morning                            D. Wednesday afternoon

(   )52.Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her________.

A.to do homework                            B.to draw a picture on it

C.to write down how she spent the money         D.to have a look

(   )53.Mrs Smith was _________ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .

A.happy              B.sad            C.sorry          D.excited

(   )54.Smith gave his wife money _________ a week.

A.once            B.twice    C.three times         D.four times

(   )55.The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very_________.

A.glad              B.tall            C.careful        D.healthy

B

“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream.” some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.

Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come up over and over again. Th at may be the dreamer worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.

Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep,the longer we dream. The mind is still at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

(  )56. It may be less important to sleep than to _____.

A.think             B.dream           C.work            D.study

(  )57. Dreams and films are usually _____.

A.very long          B.in color         C.about work       D.very sad