( C )

Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children. Bob was interested in doing many things. He liked dancing most and wanted to join the girls' group. And he made it.

Bob thought his problem was over after he had been one of the dancers in the dancing group. But a bigger problem was just beginning. The school didn't allow Bob to stay in the girls' group. "If we let Bob stay in the group," the school said, "other boys will want to join. Soon, there won't be any girls in the group." They took Bob off the group.

Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge (法官). The judge said it was not a right decision (决定) and told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.

46. Bob's favorite was ______.

A. singing     B. dancing    C. drawing    D. driving

47. It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because ______.

A. the school only had a girls' dancing group  B. the school didn't allow boys to dance

C. the group had enough dancers already     D. he was not a good dancer

47. The school worried that ______ if Bob stayed in the group.

A. nobody would watch their dance    B. other boys would join and the girls might leave

C. other schools might laugh at them   D. the parents would be angry about it

49. The judge thought the school's decision was ______.

A. useful    B. necessary      C. right     D. wrong

50. We can infer (推断) that Bob felt ______ when he went back to the group.

A. hungry    B. sad        C. happy      D. sure

( D)

People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous. They called tomatoes "poison apples."

President (总统) Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way, for a cream of tomato soup (汤). This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's next dinner party. The guests (客人) thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their President would sever his dinner guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.

51. Which of the following is true?

A. Americans never ate tomatoes after the 17th century.

B. Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes.

C. It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food.

D. Americans didn't eat tomatoes before the 19th century.

52. Jefferson was a president of _______.

A. a European country   B. the United States

C. England            D. France

53. Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat _______.

A. even when he was a little boy  B. because his parents told him so

C. from books                D. while he was in Paris

54. From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were _______.

A. people of his own country  B. people from other countries

C. Frenchmen              D. men only

55. According to the passage, which of the following is wrong?

A. All the guests thought the cream of tomato soup was nice.

B. All the guests thought the soup had a good taste.

C. All the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.

D. None of the guests ever thought if the soup was poisonous or not.