( ) 45.A. vacations B. holiday C. holidays D. vacation

四、阅读理解(共15题;每题1分，满分15分)

(A )

House For Sale

Red Rose Garden，Pudong

3-storey(层) home，509 sqm(平方米) total land area，428.8 sqm built-in, 312.9 sqm garden.

Asking RMB13 million (USDl.57 million).

MP: 13761973547 Tel: 021—58609228 Fax: 021—58609728

Job Wanted

Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade (国际贸易) company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please e-mail me atcherryif@hotmail.com.

Beijing Snow World Ski Park

Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan/hour on weekdays and 70 yuan/hour at weekends, 120 yuan/four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan/four hours at weekends.

Tel: 010—69191617

( )46.If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese，he or she can __________.

A. call 021—58609228 B. fax 021—58609728

C. e-mail cherryif@hotmail.com D. telephone 010-69191617

( )47.How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?

A. 509 sqm B. 428.8 sqm C. 312.9 sqm D. 741.7 sqm

( )48.Where is Cherry working now?

A. Shanghai B. Guangzhou C. Beijing D. Pudong

( )49.If Nick goes skiing in Beijing Snow World Ski Park，he has to pay more money on ___________ than on Tuesday.

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

( )50.If you want to ski for four hours on weekdays，how much money will you pay at least?

A.208 yuan B. 200 yuan C. 138 yuan D. 280 yuan

(B)

A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole(后跟)and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”

A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.

After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn't you get me the right boots?" “There's no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."

( )51. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?

A. Because the road was too bad. B. Because he didn’t know the way

C. Because he wore the wrong boots. D. Because he had no boots.

( )52. The man's legs themselves _____.

A. were shorter than before B. were longer than before

C. were broken on his way D. were right as usual

( )53.What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?

A. 路人 B. 智者 C. 皮匠 D. 老者

( )54. What did the servant get him back?

A. He got the right boots quickly. B.He got nothing when he came back

C. He got the same boots back. D. He got the different boots back. ( )55.From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.

A. right B. careful C. foolish D. clever