IV. 阅读理解。(每小题2分，共30分)

　　阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

　　A

　　All through the winter, the Esquimaux(爱斯基摩人) live in houses made of snow. These small houses are very clean and white when they are new. They can soon turn dirty, but pieces of fresh snow make them new again.

　　Sometimes the Esquimaux build their small houses with the wood that they find along the seaside. However, they aren’t always so lucky. When they can’t get wood, they use the snow. It is so cold that the snow becomes very hard, so the small houses are strong enough in the whole winter. The windows of these houses are not made of glass, but of ice.

　　When the warm weather comes, the houses become water slowly. The Esquimaux get wet as they lie in bed, and often catch a cold. They are glad to get away from the small snow houses and live in their tens during the summer.

　　49. The Esquimaux live in houses made of _______ all through the winter.

　　A. glass B. snow C. paper D. grass

　　50. Sometimes the Esquimaux build their small houses with the wood that they find ______.

　　A. in the river B. in the snow C. along the seaside D. in the mountains

　　51. The Esquimaux live in their tents when ________.

　　A. the snow houses are dirty B. it is summer C. theygetsome wood D. it is spring

　　B

　　Students in our school have a colorful school life. We have School Activity Week every year, On thewall of the teaching building are the posters from Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 9. Let’s go and have a look!

　　52. We can see the posters on the ________.

　　A. desk B. blackboard C. wall D. playground

　　53. The “stop smoking” challenge lasts ________.

　　A. one week B. one month C. on term D. one year

　　54. When we take part in the activity on Apr. 10th, we can do the following activities expect _______.

　　A. buying school things B. getting new ways of reading

　　C. improving reading skills D. learning more about nature

　　55. If a pen in the shop is ten yuan, we can pay only ______ yuan for it in our school on Apr. 14th.

　　A. eight B. seven C. three D. two

　　C

　　China has been famous around the world since ancient times. In the past, we had the Four Great Inventions. Nowadays, more inventions and creations have made China stronger and greater in the world.

　　On May 5th, 2017, at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, China’s first large homemade jet airliner(喷气式客机), the C919, took off successfully for the first time. It has taken about ten years for the scientists and researchers to make this Chinese dream come true, It’s a pride of the whole nation. So far, more than 23 companies have already ordered 570 C919 planes from China. But we still have a long way to go before the C919 carries passengers by 2020. It also faces the challenge of competing with the Airbus A320 and the new Boeing B737. What’s more, China is working on the new high-speed trains with the highest speed of 400 km/h. It will be ready by 2020. The new trains are expected to push area cooperation(合作) and create new business for China and foreign countries. Many countries, especially the ones in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, are planning to build high-speed rail lines or to improve their railways with the help of China. They’d like to get support in technology from China.

　　China has made great progress in both science and technology. And it makes a great contribution(贡献) to human, too. All of these are changing the daily life of Chinese people, even of the people around the world.

　　56. The C919 will have a competition with _______ and the new Boeing B737.

　　A. the Airbus A320 B. the Boeing B777 C. the Airbus A380 D. the Boeing B787

　　57. From the passage, we know that many countries in ______are planning to build high-speed rail lines or to improve their railways.

　　①Southeast Asia ② North America ④Eastern Europe ④Central Asia

　　⑤South America ⑥the Middle East

　　A. ①③④⑤ B. ①③④⑥ C. ②③④⑤ D. ②④⑤⑥

　　58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Over 32 companies ordered 570 C919 planes from China.

　　B. Successfully, the C919 took off for the first time on May 5th, 2017.

　　C. Many countries in Central Asia help China build high-speed rail lines.

　　D. The high-speed trains with the speed of 400 km/h can carry more passengers.

　　59. The passage mainly wants to tell us _______.

　　A. the Chinese scientists are better at science and technology than before

　　B. the four Great Inventions makes China strong and great in the world

　　C. China has increased the international influence with its development

　　D. China has produced the new high-speed trains with the speed of 400 km/h

　　D

　　Could the students from less developed areas in central and western China get the same educational chances as those in big cities in the east? Could the children in poor rural (农村) areas develop as well as those in rich cities? Maybe the answers were “No” in the past. But now, China is trying to change the situation. In order to help rural students grow taller and stronger, China’s Nutrition (营养) Improvement Program started in 2011. According to the program, a lot more money was spent improving students’ meals. More than 36 million students from 134,000 primary and junior high schools in poor rural areas have benefited from the program. They are provided with healthy food like eggs and milk from Monday to Friday at school. And the result of a survey shows that the students in those areas are much taller and stronger than before.

　　It is true that there were differences between less developed areas and developed areas in education before. Recently, The Guideline for Popularizing High School Education (2017-2020) has come out. According to the guideline, above 90% students from all over the country will go to high schools by 2020. What’s more, the schools in central and western areas will get more support to improve their education.

　　Students from rural and poor areas also get more chances to receive higher education. A special college program makes it possible for more students from those areas to go to key (重点的) colleges and universities. The number will be increased by 10% in 2017.

　　With the guideline and the programs, we can expect a fairer and more balanced (均衡的) education in the future.

　　60. The number of 134,000 in Paragraph 2 is the number of _______ in poor rural areas.

　　A. the key schools B. the poor students

　　C. the key colleges and universities D. the primary and junior high schools

　　61. The underlined word “benefited” in Paragraph 2 means _______ in Chinese.

　　A. 逃离 B. 获益 C. 受害 D. 赚钱

　　62. If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

　　(=Para.(自然段) 1 =Para. 2 =Para. 3 =Para. 4 =Para. 5)

　　A. 12;34;5 B. 1;23;45 C. 1;234;5 D. 12;3;45

　　63. After reading the passage, we can infer(推断) that ________.

　　A. Liu Xi, a student from Chongqing, can go to any high school if she wants to

　　B. Li Mei, a student from a western rural school, can get a bag of milk every day

　　C. Hu Jia, a 12-year-old rural student, will more easily receive high school education

　　D. Han Lei, a student from Beijing, will have few chances to go to key universities