四、阅读理解(共15题，每小题2分，共30分)

A

Welcome to our school. You can do a lot of things here. Come and join us

Schedule

Sunday

8:30---11:30

Personal Inventions

You can see many inventions by the students;

you may also bring your own inventions.Monday

19:00---21:00

Space and Man

Dr. Thomas West

If you want to know more about the universe(宇宙).

Wednesday

19:30---21:00

Modern Medicine

Mrs. Lucy Green

Would you like to know medical science?Friday

18:30---21:00

Computer Science

Mr. Harry Morison from HarvardUniversity

Learn to use Windows XP.

51. You may have a chance to introduce your inventions on _________.

A. Sunday B. Monday C. Wednesday D. Friday

52. You may learn something about a disease called TB from __________.

A. Dr. West B. Mr. Morison C. Mrs. Green D. Mr. Thomas

53. If you want to learn something about satellites, you can go to the class from______.

A. 8:30 to 11:30 on Sunday B. 19:00 to 21:00 on Monday

C. 19:30 to 21:00 on Wednesday D. 18:30 to 21:00 on Friday

B

Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canadaand China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right---stamps.

Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”

“I hope so,” Victor said.

Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.

“ You see,” his father said. “ You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life.”

“What are they?” Victor asked.

“ Friends and patience.” He answered.

54. What does the underlined word “patience” mean?

A. 勇气 B. 知识 C. 耐心 D. 目标

55. Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?

A. Phillip. B. Phillip’s mother. C. Victor. D. Victor’s father.

56. The passage mainly tells us that ________ is(are) important to people.

A. a happy family B. a good hobby

C. relatives and friendship D. friends and patience

C

The story is about two old people named David and Rosy Jackson. Both of them had very bad memories. For example, Rosy would forget to cook dinner or take vegetables home after paying for them. David would show up for work on Sundays, thinking it was Monday. One winter they were to take a long plane trip. When they arrived at the airport, there were only ten minutes left. In that situation, anyone would get into the plane right away. But David and Rosy didn’t do so. They went to buy some flight insurance instead. Immediately after they put a two-pound note into a machine, their policy (保险单) came out.

“Who would get the money if the plane crashed, I wonder?” asked Rosy. “My mother, of course,” her husband replied. “We should post the policy to her. Now, be quick! Give me a stamp, will you?” he said to Rosy. “The plane is going to take off in another minute.” David put the stamp on the envelope, dropped it into a postbox, and suddenly he let out a cry.

What do you suppose happened to him? He had posted their plane tickets to his mother.

57. Rosy is David’s ______.

A. friend B. mother C. sister D. wife

58. This passage tells us that David and Rosy ______.

A. were always short of time B. always did everything in a great hurry

C. were very forgetful D. usually worked on Sundays

59. Mr Jackson made such a foolish mistake because ______.

A. he was worried about his mother

B. he had forgotten to buy a stamp

C. he was worried about this flight

D. his memory was poor and he posted the letter in a great hurry

D

Dear Mom and Dad ,

I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you . I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me . She is going to write to you . You must come and take me away from here . She does not want me in the school any longer . The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed . As I was smoking , I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking , so I threw the cigarette away . Unfortunately , the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket . It caught fire .

There was a curtain near the waste --paper basket . It caught fire too . Soon the whole room was burning . The master phoned the fire brigade(消防队). The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived , the whole school was on fire . The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage . She will send you a bill for about a million dollars .

I'm very sorry for this .

Much love

Sarah

60.Why did Sarah write to his parents ?

A.He missed them very much for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

B.He told his parents what he had done in school.

C.He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school.

D.He thought he was old enough to help them do something.

61.Why was the school master angry with him?

A.because he was too naughty B.because he was too lazy

C.because he caused a big fire D.because he stole something from the school

62.According to the passage, what should the students not do?

A.they should not smoke, because smoking is dangerous to them

B.they should not dance, because dancing would waste a lot of money

C.they should not make friends, because making friends would take them absent

D.they should not wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money.

E

2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points (得分)in another game.

Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said

Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.

63. Yao Ming said that _____.

A. playing in the NBA was difficult

B. it was hard to watch NBA games on TV

C. he was an NBA star

D. it was boring to play basketball

64. From the passage we can know that Yao Ming ________.

A. will work hard for his team

B. made the highest score in his first NBA game

C. can't understand his teammates

D. teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself

65. The passage is probably ______.

A. an advertisement　 B. a notice C. a news report　 D. an instruction