四、阅读理解:共15小题;每题3分，共45分。阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

　　A

　　Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and the family name. Their family name comes last. For example, my full name is Jim Allan Green. Green is my family name. My parents gave me both of my other names.

　　People don’t use their middle names very much. So “John Henry Brown” is usually called “John Brown”. People never use Mr., Mrs. or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr. Brown; but you should never say Mr. John. They use Mr., Mrs. or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.

　　Sometimes people ask me about my name. “When were you born, why did your parents call you Jim?” they ask. “Why did they choose that name?” The answer is they didn’t call me Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That’s because it is shorter and easier than James.

　　36. Most English people have _______ name(s).

　　A. one

　　B. two

　　C. three

　　D. four

　　【答案】C

　　【应试指导】事实细节题。由第一段第一句可知，大部分英国人的名字有三部分：名、中间名和姓。故选C。

　　37. _______ is Jim’s family name.

　　A. Jim

　　B. Green

　　C. Allan

　　D. James

　　【答案】B

　　【应试指导】事实细节题。由第一段第二、三、四句可知，英国人的姓在最后，若一个人叫Jim Allan Green，则Jim是他的名，Green是他的姓。故选B。

　　38. English people use Mr., Mrs. or Miss with _______.

　　A. the family name

　　B. the first name

　　C. the middle name

　　D. the first name and the middle name

　　【答案】A

　　【应试指导】事实细节题。由第二段最后一句可知，Mr.，Mrs.或Miss常与姓连用而不与名连用。故选A。

　　39. The teacher’s name is Mary Joan Shut. Her students call her _______.

　　A. Miss Mary

　　B. Miss Joan

　　C. Miss Mary Joan

　　D. Miss Shut

　　【答案】D

　　【应试指导】推理判断题。由第一段第二句可知，英国人的姓在最后;由第二段最后一句可知，Mr.，Mrs.或Miss常与姓连用。由此可以推断，Mary Joan Shut的姓为Shut，她的学生可以称呼她为Miss Shut。故选D。

　　B

　　Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices and for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents.

　　Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the center of London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.

　　When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby café to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. “Oh, dear!” I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be going to the sales again.

　　40. In January, _______.

　　A. lots of people go shopping for discount

　　B. people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas

　　C. all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday

　　D. people don’t have enough money to go looking for bargains

　　【答案】A

　　【应试指导】事实细节题。由第一段前两句可知，每年圣诞节刚过，一月份的促销就开始了，所有的商店都开始降价，两周内都有人在店内买特价商品。故选A。

　　41. In this passage, the word “bargain” could best be replaced by “something _______”.

　　A. given to people

　　B. offered at a reduced price

　　C. offered, sold or bought which is expensive

　　D. sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement

　　【答案】B

　　【应试指导】词义猜测题。第一段第二句前一分句中的“reduce their prices”意为“降低它们的价格”，由此不难猜测，bargains的意思为“降价商品”。故选B。

　　42. The husband and wife in the story _______.

　　A. wished to buy a TV

　　B. went to the sales the year before

　　C. often went to the sales to buy clothes

　　D. were usually not short of money after Christmas

　　【答案】A

　　【应试指导】事实细节题。由第二段第二句可知，这对夫妻需要一些新衣服并想要买到一台电视机。故选A。

　　43. The phrase “split up” in the second paragraph means “_______”.

　　A. break apart

　　B. cause to break

　　C. become pieces

　　D. go in different directions

　　【答案】D

　　【应试指导】词义猜测题。第二段第三句后一分句中的“meet again at the underground station”意为“在地铁站会合”。由此不难猜测，第二段中的“split up”意为“去往不同的方向”。故选D。