四、阅读理解.

阅读短文，然后从每题ABCD中选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答

案。(10分)

(A) TV PROGRAMMES

Channel 1 Channel 2

18:00 Around China

18:30 Children’s programme

19:00 News

19:30 Weather report

19:40 Around the world

20:10 TV play :Sisters

21:00 English for today

21:15 Popular music

21:55 Talk show

17:45 Computers today

18:10 Foreign arts

18:30 English classroom

19:00 Animal world

19:25 China’s 99

20:20 Sports

21:00 TV play : Guo Lanying

21:45 English news

22:06 On TV next week

46. If you want to watch a football game ,the best programme for you would be ______

A. TV play B. Sports C. Around the world D. Talk show

47. The programme of ____ will let you know much about western(西方的) countries.

A. Sisters B. Around China

C. Around the world D. On TV next week

48. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for

you is _____

A. Around China B. Animal world

C. TV play D. Foreign arts

49. English classroom is a programme that ____

A. lets you know something about classrooms

B. tells you something about students

C. lets you know something about school life

D. teaches you English

50. The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _____ on TV next week

A. news B. programmes C. people D. places

(B)

Dave was a college student. His uncle was very rich, but he had no child of his own. Soon after Dave left college, his uncle died .He left Dave a lot of money , so he decided to set up his own company.

He found a nice office , bought some new desks and chairs and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards his house.

“It’s my first customer !” he thought . He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended (假装)to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York. The caller wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country .

The man knocked at the door while this was going on, and he came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation(谈话). Then he said to him , “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent to fix your telephone.”

51. Dave could set up a company of his own because _______

A. he had made a lot of money B. he got a lot of money

C.he had borrowed a lot of money D. His father left him a lot of money

52. Dave had been there for_____ when the man from the telephone company came .

A. almost a week B. two days C. a few hours D. a month

53. Why did Dave pick up his telephone when he heard someone coming?

A. Because someone called him from New York.

B. Because he wanted to let him know he was busy with his business.

C. Because he wanted t o tell the telephone company that something was wrong with his telephone.

D. Because his uncle telephoned him at that time .

54. What did Dave’s company sell?

A. Colour TV sets B. Houses C. Clothes D. Computers

55. Could Dave receive(接到) a telephone call from New York before the man from the