四.阅读理解 阅读下列内容，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

(A)

My name is Panrit. I live in Samutprakarn. It is about thirty kilometers south of Bangkok. the capital of Thailand. My house is near a museum and opposite a school.

My house has two floors. two bedrooms and two toilets. We don't have a dining room. so we eat our meals in the living room. There are four people in my family. my mum. my dad. my brother and I. My house doesn’t have a garden but we have some plants in pots(盆景). We also have some small fish. My mum likes the plants very much. She usually waters and looks after them when she's at home.

I don't usually stay at home. I usually stay at my grandma's home because it is more comfortable. In her home. there is no homework. and all I have to do is to play.

( ) 56. Panrit lives_______ the capital of Thailand.

A. about thirty kilometers from B. to the east of

C. far from a museum D. in the north of

( ) 57. Panrit's family have meals in the___________

A. dinning room B. living room C. bedroom D. garden

( ) 58. Panrit's ________ looks after the plants at home.

A. father B. brother C. sister D. mother

( ) 59. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Panrit often helps his grandma with the housework.

B. Panrit likes watering the plants at home.

C. Panrit often stays at his grandma's home. D. Panrit is the only child in his family.

( ) 60. The best title for the passage should be_______.

A. My Home B. My Student Life C. My Parents D. My Grandma

(B)

What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying: "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles" .Books are important in our life. Re ading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading. like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.

In a word. books are treasure(财宝) and we must love them. But before you read. remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books. I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.

What about you? Young friends. please love books and read them.They are very helpful to you.

( ) 61. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Madame Curie doesn't like reading at all.

B. We shouldn't ask teachers about what books to read.

C. Reading books can give us little knowledge.

D. We have to choose a good book before we start to read.

( )62. What does the underlined part "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles." mean in Chinese?