m．阅读理解／Reading comprehension(30分)
A
It's a fine Sunday mornin9．Ann and her mother ale in a big bus．There ale many people in it．Some of them come from America，and some come from England and Canada．They ale all their friends．They ale going to the Great Wall．
There ale two Chinese in the bus．One is woman．She is driving the bus．The other is a young man．He speaks good English．He is now talking about the Great Wall．The other people are all listening to him．They like the Great Wall．They want to see it very much．
36．Ann and her mother are going to the Great Wall ．
A．by bike
B．by ear
C．by plane
D．by bus
37．There are ．
A．only one Chinese in the bus
B．only two Chinese in the bus
C．only two Chinese on the bike
D．only one Chinese in the Car
38．The driver is ．
A．a man
B．a woman
C．a Canadian
D．an American
39．111e people ．
A．are singing
B．are talking
C．are listening
D．are looking at the wall
40．They ．
A．can see the Great Wall
B．can speak English very well．
C．want to talk with the man very much
D．want to see the Great Wan very much
B
Americans use more water than any other people in the world．If we continue to use water at the rate we do now，we will soon not have enough to meet our needs．In l980,40 billion gallons were used each day in the United States．In l990．700 billion gallons were used．The average Americans use almost go gallons of water a day for personal use．And much move water is needed to make thethings American people like to have．For example，it takes thousands of gallons of water to make onepound of beef for the dinner table．It takes more than l00，000 gallons of water to make a car．If Weinclude these uses of water，the average American USeS about 2000 gallons of water a day．
41．The best title for the passage is ．
A．Water Use in the United States
B．The Problem of Water Use．
C．Water Use in the World
D．Water Use in the Twentieth Century
42．It takes—————————————一water to make a car than to make one pound beef．
A．much B．more ．
C．1ess D．fewer
43．Americans used—————————————gallons of water each day for personal use in l990．
A．40 billion B．90
C．700 billion D．2000
44．Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?( )
A．Americans may run short of water in the future．
B．Americans use more water than ever。
C．Americans use as much water a8 they used t0．
D．The more things Americans like to have．the more water is needed．
45．What is the author's opinion?( )
A．Americans don’t have enough water．
B．Americans don’t use enough water．
C．Americans like to use water．
D．Americans use too much water．
C
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value．A mistake on one inexpensive
postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original(本来的value．，The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony(殖民地)of Mauritius，a small island in the Indian Ocean．In l 847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer-Mauri-tius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue(发行)stamps．
Before the order was delivered(传达),a party was planned at Mauritius'Government House，and stamps were needed to send out the invitations．A local printer was told to copy the design for the stamps．He printed the words“Post Office”instead of“Post Paid”by mistake on the several hundred stamps that he printed．
Today there are only twenty—six of these misprinted stamps left--fourteen Onepenny Orange Reds and twelve Twopenny Blues．Because of the Twopenny Blue’s rareness(稀少)and age，collectors have paid as much as$16，800 for it。
46．In 1847 most countries of the world were ．
A．not yet using stamps
B．collecting valuable stamps
C．buying stamps for Mauritius
D．printing their own stamps
47.The mistakes on the locally printed postage stamps was in the ．
A．size
B．words
C．price
D．colour
48．$16，800 is the collector's value of ．
A．the Onepenny Orange-Red
B．a correcdy printed l847 stamp
C．the Twopenny Blue
D．both A and C
49．From the story we can see that ．
A．all correctly printed stamps are worthless
B．Mauritians needed the stamps to send out invitations to a party
C．the printer was punished for his mistake
D．collectors ale constantly looking for stamps with mistakes
50．The best tide for this selection is ．
A．The “Post Office” Mistake
B．The Twopenny Blue
C．A London Printer's Mistake
D．HOW Maufius Became Famous
D
Dick was born in a poor family．His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning and sold the fish in the market in the afternoon．Then he bought some food for his family．When winter came，they were often hungry．One morning the hungry man fell into the river and wasn’t found． Dick’s mother left her three—year—old son without saying good—bye．His aunt had to look after him．
Twenty years passed．Dick became a tall．strong marl．He found work on a farm．He worked hard and wanted to get more money．He often went to see his aunt with some nice presents．The woman was very happy but one day she died in a traffic accident．The young nlan was very sad．Af-ter he buried her．he decided to buy a beautiful tombstone(墓碑)for her．He went to town and came in a shop，but all the tombstones were too expensive．He asked，“Do。you sell an old tomb—stone，sir?’’“Yes，we do，sir，”answered the shopkeeper．“Is it as expensive as the new one?’’
“N0，it's much cheaper，”said the mall．“But another name was engraved(刻)on it．”“It
doesn’t matter．”said Dick．“My aunt couldn’t read．’’
51．If ，the family members were hungry．
A．Dick’s father could catch no fish in winter
B．Dick’s father had a boat in winter
C．Dick’s father had to look after him in winter
D．No food was sold in winter
52．The woman had to look after Dick because ．
A．she was rich B．his father asked her
C．she was kind。hearted D．the boy loved her
53．Dick wanted to get more money to ．
A．marry a wife
B．give his aunt nice presents
C．buy a farm
D．build a house
54．Dick often went to see his aunt because ．
A．she felt lonely
B．she was often ill
C．she didn't have no children
D．with her help he grew up
55．Dick wanted to buy an old tombstone because ．
A．he didn't have enough money to buy a new one
B．his aunt couldn’t read whose name was engraved
C．his aunt wash’t going to mind it
D．nobody knew what his aunt’s name was
E
As we know，Xiao Shenyang and Liu Qian did wonderful jobs in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala．Now many people are crazy about these two persons．But how much do you know about them?
Xiao Shenyang wag born in a poor peasant family which is in difficult family conditions．His real nanle is Shen He．He is an actor．He is good at Er Ren Zhuan．He learned acts，following Zhao Benshan．During the school life，he was very active in many activities．He looks like a simple man，but he never stops pursuing(追求)his artistic aspiration(渴望)．More and more people like his style of performance，and we hope he can make great progress in the future．
Liu Qian is a young magician from Taiwan．At the age of 7，Liu saw a cute magic toy in a shop．At that moment he began to love and decided to learn magic．Liu didn’t go to any magic school．He practiced tricks every day to improve his skills，until one day he was able to put on ashow for his class．He saw the surprise on everyone’S face，and he felt it was c001．He often doesstreet shows for passers—by，police and farmers．He worked hard at it．Now he is a famous'magi—cian．
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