四、阅读理解(共15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题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项。

　　Passage 1

　　During the summer holidays there will be a revised(修改过的)schedule(时刻表) of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged(安排), will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.

　　In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm.

　　All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next week's student newspaper.

　　56. The main purpose of this announcement is to 　 　.

　　A. tell students of important schedule changes

　　B. tell students of new bus and library services

　　C. show the excellent services for students

　　D. ask students to renew their library cards

　　57. At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?

　　A. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00

　　B. 8:00, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30

　　C. 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00

　　D. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:30

　　58. Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because　 .

　　A. they are not to be announced

　　B. hey are hard to arrange

　　C. the full list is not ready

　　D. the full list is too long

　　59. In the summer holidays, the library will have 　 .

　　A. no special hours

　　B. special hours on weekdays

　　C. special hours on weekends

　　D. special hours both on weekdays and weekends.

　　60. We may infer that during the summer holidays 　 　.

　　A. the student newspaper will sell more copies

　　B. there will be a concert or a film once a week

　　C. many students will stay in the university

　　D. no breakfast will be served on weekends

　　Passage 2

　　Most people read short stories. Magazines, newspapers, and books, printed in millions of copies every month, regularly supply the demand for short fiction. In the United States today the short story is overwhelmingly the most popular of current literature.

　　Perhaps it is the modern manner of living that insistently demands that all current fiction be short. Automobiles, jet planes, telephones, and telegraphs all bow at the alter of speed. And literature shares its place in the favor of the crowd with amusements undreamed of a hundred years ago. The time for leisurely reading of ten volume novels appears to have passed with the horse and buggy and the pony express. The fiction readers demand a literary form that suits their moods and habits. Long introductions, leisurely discourses on philosophy, and detailed descriptive passages become the special joy of a particular kind of reader, whereas the crowd chooses the short story. Small wonder, then, that many writers have turned their talents to the short story.

　　61. Americans today have less time to spend on reading because they .

　　A. work long hours

　　B. spend most of their time traveling

　　C. spend a lot of time on the telephone

　　D. have more diversions from which to choose

　　62. According to the passage, short stories are popular in the U.S. today primarily because they .

　　A. can be purchased on planes

　　B. are in abundant supply

　　C. appear in popular magazines and newspapers

　　D. are well suited to a fast pace of living

　　63. According to the passage, a short story differs from a novel in that a short story .

　　A. contains a philosophical discussion

　　B. is divided into several volumes

　　C. is considerably more concise

　　D. had not been invented a hundred years ago

　　64. The author of this passage implies that the horse and buggy is no longer a popular means of transportation because .

　　A. there are fewer horses today

　　B. its too long to travel that way

　　C. automobiles make the streets dangerous for horses

　　D. it is more expensive than driving a car

　　65. It can be inferred from the passage that authors might choose to write short stories because the short stories would .

　　A. increase the authors’ popularity

　　B. have a wider potential readership

　　C. earn more money than a novel

　　D. take less time to write than a novel

　　Passage 3

　　Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.

　　Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

　　It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

　　66. What is true about children when they play games?

　　A. They can stop playing any time they like.

　　B. They can test their personal abilities.

　　C. They want to pick a better team.

　　D. They don’t need rules.

　　67. To become a leader in a game the child has to .

　　A. play well B. wait for his turn

　　C. be confident in himself D. be popular among his playmates

　　68. What do we know about grown-ups?

　　A. They are not interested in games.

　　B. They find children’s games too easy.

　　C. They don’t need a reason to play games.

　　D. They don’t understand children’s games.

　　69. Why does a child like playing games?

　　A. Because he can be someone other than himself.

　　B. Because he can become popular among friends.

　　C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.

　　D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

　　70. The writer believes that .

　　A. children should make better rules for their games.

　　B. children should invite grown-ups to play with them.

　　C. children’s games can do them a lot of good

　　D. children play games without reasons