四、阅读理解(共1 5小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卷上。

A

A new kind of fast food, fried. Coke, is welcomed in the USA now. Abel Gonzales, a 36-year-old computer engineer from Dallas in America, tried his best to think of this good idea.

First, make a batter(面糊)with Coca-Cola, a little strawberry juice and some strawberries. Then, make small balls from the batter. Next, deep-fly(油炸)the ball and it ends up looking like a ping-pong ball. Finally, put the ball in a cup, topped with Coca-Cola, a little cream, sugar and a cherry.

“It tastes great and is a great success," said Sue Gooding, a spokeswoman for the State Fair(展览会)of Texas. Gonzales's fried Coke was first sold there in autumn.

There, Gonzales sold up t0 35,000 fried Cokes over 24 days for $4.5 each, and he won the prize for coming up with "the most creative new food".

46. How many steps are there to make the fried Coke?

A. Four.      B. Five.      C. Six.      D. Seven.

47. How much money did Gonzales make in the State Fair of Texas?

A. $157,500.     B. $175,500.     C. $3,780,000.   D. $3,878,000.

48. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Abel Gonzales is an engineer from England.

B. Gonzales's fried Coke looks like a tennis ball.

C. Gonzales's fried Coke was first sold in the State Fair of Texas.

D. Sue Gooding won the prize for thinking of "the most creative new food".

B

As a student, what do you hate most about school life? The homework? The exams? For many students, it's their school uniforms.

Many schools ask their students to wear school uniforms every day. They believe that a child in the school uniform will take school seriously. But school uniforms usually look ugly and many students don't like them. Now people can bring both discipline(纪律) and fashion together in school uniforms. So, many schools decide to choose designers to turn their school uniforms into more popular ones.

Robert Kin, Headmaster of Bethany High School, agrees that the students should look smart in uniforms in order to show their personalities. "The students are identified(辨认) by t heir uniforms outside the school. That's why we invited a famous designer to design our uniforms."

Designing school uniforms is becoming popular now.