二、阅读理解(共15题;每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The students were having their chemistry(化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water?”No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Li asked again,“Why don't you answer my question?Didn't I tell you what water is like?”

Just then a boy put up his hand and said,“Miss Li,you told us that water has no colour and no smell.But where to find such kind of water?The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.”Most of the children agreed With him.

“I'm sorry,children.”said the teacher,“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier.That's a problem.

26.The students were having their _______ class.

A.English         B.Chinese       C.chemistry       D.maths

27.Miss Li was telling the children what ______ was like.

A.water            B.air             C.earth              D.weather

28.A boy said,“The water in the river behind my house is always _______.”

A.white            B.black          C.clean             D.clear

29.Most of the children _______ the boy.

A.agreed with                        B.wrote to

C.heard from                         D.sent for

30.The water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting _______.

A.more and more                     B.less and less

C.cleaner and cleaner                D.dirtier and dirtier

B

For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone.Now teleshopping is starting in Europe (欧洲).In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.

Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example.The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made $100 million.In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through these channels.

In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day.Then the government allowed (允许) more telepshopping.Other channels can open for telebusiness, including (包括) the largest American teleshopping company and a 24?hour teleshopping company.German businessmen are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.

Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes.With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason.But at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping.They call teleshopping “junk (垃圾) on the air”.Many Europeans usually worry about the quality (质量) of the things for sale on TV.Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.

The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies.They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell.They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.

31.Teleshopping is ____ in Europe.

A.not popular    B.growing    C.not possible    D.cheap

32.People like teleshopping because it is ____ .

A.American     B.cheaper     C.easier         D.more popular

33.Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they ____ .

A.don't like to buy things               B.don't watch TV

C.believe the things sold on TV are expensive

D.think the things sold on TV are bad quality

34.In Germany, teleshopping may ____ .

A.help businessmen get more money      B.keep the shops open longer

C.have fewer buyers                   D.bring better TV programmes

35.The best title of this passage is ____ .

A.American Teleshopping               B.Teleshopping Companies

C.Teleshopping in Europe               D.Teleshopping-Junk on the Air