第二部分：阅读理解(共20 小题,每小题2 分,共计40分)

(A)

Ali, who was working a long way from home， wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night .At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin. W wW.x kB 1.c Om

Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late,"he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife , "said Ali , Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?" "What does that matter?" answered Ali.

"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money." Ali went away quickly.

46. Ali wanted to____to his wife.

A. get something B. have a letter written

C .bring a flower D. say good-bye

47. At last he found the house of_____.

A. a writer B. a seller C. an old man D. a letter-writer

48.When Ali told what he wanted to do Nasreddin was______.

A. pleased B. pleased C. excited D. angry

49. Nasreddin said that his writing was_____.

A. easy for anyone to read B. strange but everyone can read

C. too strange for anyone to write

D. too difficult for anyone to read

50. This story tells us______.

A. not to ask anybody for help B. not to trouble others at night

C. not to ask for help without money D. not to believe others

( B )

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, "I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!"

Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.

When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers would not believe his story. They said, "You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!"

It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him.

51. A .man was travelling abroad_______.

A. in a big bus B. in a green jeep

C. in a red car D .in a red taxi

52.The car was damaged because________.

A. there was a traffic accident B. the circus man broke it

C. it rushed into a shop D. the elephant sat on it

53.The circus man said that_______.

A. he would pay for part of the damage

B. he would pay for all of the damage

C. he wouldn't pay for the damage D. he would buy him a new car

54. When the man got back to his country, the customs officers______.

A. would check his new car B. only checked his car

C. searched him D. wouldn't believe what he had said,

55.It was only ________that made the officers believe him.

A. the letter from the circus man B. a newspaper from the country

C. the certificate of his D. the letter from the government

(C)

Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes, and the bags and clothes of your classmates. How many different advertisements can you see which use English words? Often, bags and clothes show the name of company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol called a logo is sometimes used. Logos appear on many different products. They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company. it is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: “Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it. All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisements are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.” You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question: Why am I buying this particular product?

56. From the passage, we know that _______.

A. all advertisements around us are written in English

B. many bags have the name of the company that made them

C. having soft drinks makes a person young and modern

D. advertisements are only after young people

57. A good logo is _______.

A. easy to remember B. a useful product

C. difficult to understand D. easy to buy

58. People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is . .

A. in English B. long C. funny D. famous

59. All advertisements are designed to _______ ..

A. sell you something you don’t want

B. make you young and modern

C. make you buy the product D. show you what you need to buy

60.The best title of this passage is .

A. advertisements all around us. B. all kinds of advertisements

C.make people buy a product

D. Advertisements often use funny situations

(D)

world—44 million. Children do all kinds of work. Most of them work in the fields. They pick vegetables, clear grass and move rocks. Some work in factories making clothes, glasses, matches and many other things. Others sell things in the markets. Why do children work? Many children work to make money for their families to live on. Another reason is that schools are too fa r away or there are no schools in the area at all. In China, there is a law called “Prohibition of Child Labour” (《禁止使用童工规定》). It says any company must not hire children under 16 and anyone who introduces a child to work will be fined (罚款) 5,000 yuan.

61. What does “She seldom has a day off.” mean?

A. She couldn’t finish her work. B. She never has a rest.

C. She hardly has a free day. D. She seldom gets full pay.

62. Which country has the most child workers in the world?

A. China. B. India. C. Japan. D. Korea.

63. According to the writer, why do children work?

A. Because they want to.

B.Because there’re no places to study in.

C. Because they hate going to school.

D. Because they want to pay less money.

64.From the passage child workers often don't .

A. pick vegetables and clear grass.

B. make clothes and matches.

C. go to school. D. move rocks.

65. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A. Too Young to Work. B. Sun Mei’s Hard Life.

C. Children in China. D. Child Workers in the World.