IV. 完型填空。阅读短文，从各题ABCD中选出能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。(15分)

Radio and television 51__ very popular in the world today.  52_ of people watch TV. Perhaps 53__ people listen to the radio.

The TV is ,of course ,more useful than the radio. 54__ TV you can see  and hear what is 55_in the world.

However ,radio is not disappearing .It is still with us. And  56_ of listeners is becoming larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor radio.

A transistor radio is 57_ very small. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or on your bike when you go to work. Besides, radios are better for blind people. The eyes of many old people are not 58__to watch TV. Then ,when people are working, they can’t watch TV, but they can listen to the music or the news 59_ the radio. What’s more, radio is 60_ cheaper than TV.

(     )51. A . is   B .are   C .  was D . will be

(     )52.. A .Millions  B . Million  C .  one million D . two million

(     )53.. A .much  B .much more  C .  many more D . a lot

(     )54. A .In   B .On   C .  Inside D . Around

(     )55. A .happened  B .going   C . going about  D .going on

(     )56. A .the number  B .a number   C . number D . numbers

(     )57. A .sometimes  B . sometime  C . some  time D . some   times

(     )58. A .enough good  B .good enough  C .enough well D .well enough

(     )59. A .in   B .from  C .  over   D .into

(     )60. A .very   B .much    C . more   D .most

V. 阅读理解，阅读短文，然后从每题ABCD中选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。(20分) (A)

Dave was a college student. His uncle was very rich, but he had no child of his own. Soon after Dave left college, his uncle died .He left Dave a lot of money , so he decided to set up his own company.

He found a nice office , bought some new desks and chairs and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards his house.

“It’s my first customer !” he thought . He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended (假装)to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York. The caller wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country .

The man knocked at the door while this was going on, and he came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation(谈话). Then he said to him , “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent to fix your telephone.”

(    ) 61. Dave could set up a company of his own because _______

A. he had made a lot of money

B. he got a lot of money

C. he had borrowed a lot of money

D. His father left him a lot of money

(    ) 62. Dave had been there for_____ when the man from the telephone company came .

A. almost a week   B. two days   C. a few hours   D. a month

(    ) 63 Why did Dave pick up his telephone when he heard someone coming?

A. Because someone called him from New York.

B. Because he wanted to let him know he was busy with his business.

C. Because he wanted to tell the telephone company that something was wrong with his telephone.

D. Because his uncle telephoned him at that time .

(    ) 64.What did Dave’s company sell?

A. Colour TV sets   B. Houses    C. Clothes    D. Computers

(    ) 65.Could Dave receive(接到) a telephone call from New York before the man from the telephone company came ?

A. No , he couldn’t

B. Of course, he could .

C.Yes , he could, but the voice wasn’t very clear

D. We don’t know.

(B)

Fast food chains(连锁) , American –style , are now on the increase(增加) all over the world. Most of these places work on a similar principle There is a long counter(柜台) , above which hangs a list (often with pictures) of the items they sell, and behind which several people (often students working for the lowest wage ) are working.  Buyers from queues in front of each assistant.  You receive what you order and take it on a tray to a table . If you can’t see any straws(吸管) , that’s because they are hiding in the straw machine that you have to push the bottom to get a straw.

When you’ve finished , you yourself throw away everything except the tray.

Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities(设施). You place your order from your car through a microphone and then drive round to a special window to pay and pick it up . You may even find places where a waitress bring your meal out ,and you sit and eat in the car from a tray hooked over the door through the open window.

(    ) 66. What is the wage about the waitress working in the fast food shops ?

A. We don’t know.  B. Very high   C. Very low .   D. Normal.

(    ) 67. When you go to these fast food shops, how can you eat ?

A. Using knives and forks.

B. The waiter will give you the menu .

C. You will have to carry the food on the tray to the table .

D. Sitting at the table and waiting for the food.

(    ) 68. According to the passage , these fast food shops are usually quite _____

A. similar  B. different  C. very popular   D. not expensive

(    ) 69. What is a tray ?

A. Something you can eat.

B. Something you can drink.

C. Something you throw away.

D. Something used for carrying things.

(    ) 70.If you are driving your car, how can you have your fast food ?

A. Stopping the car and going to the restaurant.

B. Having it at home.

C. Having it in the office.

D. Having it at fast-food places with drive-in facilities.

(C)

Ruby , the artist , is an Asian elephant . She is 17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent(才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks (线条)in the sand with her trunk象鼻). She rubbed(擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints(颜料). Soon Ruby was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.

This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker hold different colour paints. Ruby touches the colours she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colours in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.

(    ) 71. We can most probably read this story in ______

A. a dictionary of the world of animals

B. newspapers   C. a book on art   D. history textbooks

(    ) 72. Ruby first learned to draw pictures______

A. when it was very young

B. with brushes and paints

C. to sell them to the people

D. in the sand with her trunk

(    ) 73. People asked about buying Ruby’s pictures because______

A. newspaper reporters bought her pictures

B. her pictures were better than those of real artists

C. they just wanted to have fun

D. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park

(    ) 74. Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to ____

A. made other ones        B. clean her trunk

C. dig a hole in the sand    D. ask for brushes and paints

(    ) 75. From the story we can know that _____

A. Ruby can paint a picture all by itself.

B. Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo.

C. Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers

D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

(D) TV  PROGRAMMES

Channel 1 Channel 2

18:00   Around China

18:30   Children’s programme

19:00   News

19:30   Weather report

19:40   Around the world

20:10   TV play :Sisters

21:00   English for today

21:15   Popular music

21:55   Talk show

17:45   Computers today

18:10   Foreign arts

18:30   English classroom

19:00   Animal world

19:25   China’s 99

20:20   Sports

21:00   TV play : Guo Lanying

21:45   English news

22:06   On TV next week

(    ) 76. If you want to watch a football game ,the best programme for you would be ______

A. TV play   B. Sports  C. Around the world  D. Talk show

(    ) 77. The programme of ____ will let you know much about western(西方的) countries.

A. Sisters                 B. Around China

C. Around the world        D. On TV next week

(    ) 78. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is _____

A. Around China             B. Animal world

C. TV play                  D. Foreign arts

(    ) 79. English classroom is a programme that ____

A. lets you know something about classrooms

B. tells you something about students

C. lets you know something about school life

D. teaches you English

(    ) 80. The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _____ on TV next week

A. news     B. programmes     C. people     D. places