四、阅读理解(本大题15小题，56—60小题每题1分，61—70小题，每题2分，共25分)

　　A

　　Many American families live busy lives. Every week, the children have sports, music lessons, club meetings, and many other activities, including hours of homework. The parents atr busy, too. They work, take care of their homes, cook meals, and drive their children to activities. Some families do not have time to eat meals together more than once a week. One American community decided that it was time to take a break.

　　After seven months of planning, the community of Ridgewood, New Jersey, took one night off. They called it “ Family Night” a night for families to spend time together. Sports teams stopped their practices, and teachers did not give homework.

　　On Family Night, families agreed to run off their televisions, They also decided not to answer the telephone. Answering machines said, “ Please call back tomorrow.” Many families ordered take—out pizza and other take—out food so that they wouldn’t spend time cooking.

　　Popular activities included board games and card games. These games gave families a chance to spend time together. Children and parents weren’t so busy, and children didn’t spend so much time playing video games and watching television. On Family Night, families relaxed and spent the evening together. The town hopes to have many more “Family Night”.

　　根据短文内容，判断句子正误，正确的写A，错误的写B。

　　56.Many American families are too busy.

　　57.Children have many other activities besides homework.

　　58.It took one night for Ridgewood to plan the special “Family Night”.

　　59.During “Family Night”, families watched television together.

　　60.Parents cooked a big dinner for the whole family on “Family Night”.

　　B

　　A SCHOOL REPORT

　　根据表格内容，选择正确的答案。

　　61. After reading this, we know this is __________.

　　A. a studying plan of Edward Scott B. a teaching plan of Ivy

　　C. a school report of Edward Scott D. a working plan of M. L. Martin

　　62.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the form?

　　A. P. E B. Music C. Maths D. History

　　63.Edward’s best subject is ___________.

　　A. Science B. English C. geography D. French

　　64.Edward is not so good at ____________.

　　A. science and geography B. maths and history

　　C. history and French D. music and English

　　65. According the form , which of the following sentences is TRUE?

　　A. Edward can’t sing songs very well B. Edward doesn’t do well in science

　　C. Edward can do better if he work harder next term

　　D. Edward learns two foreign language in school

　　C

　　In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.

　　The “spider—story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.

　　So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spirit then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?

　　Second, is the goal you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: “If I am successful in this, where will it get me?” This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

　　The third thing to remember about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “Live with yourself” even though you may have failed .Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

　　根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

　　66.Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that__________.

　　A. people who fail are not lonely B. animals can help people sometimes

　　C. nature will help us if we are hard—working

　　D. confidence is important for one to be successful

　　67.Edison’s example show us that ___________.

　　A. he liked to do other kinds of work B. he invented many kinds of light bulbs

　　C. failure may be a way towards success D. he was a man of many important inventions

　　68.If you are not sure about what success will get you, you’d better___________.

　　A. change your goal B. go on with your goal

　　C. not care for that D. work even harder on your goal

　　69.It can be learned from the passage that_________.

　　A. one should try not to fail B. one’s failure is another success

　　C. one should take failure seriously D. one should learn lessons form failure

　　70. This passage is mainly about___________.

　　A. two great men B. two sides of failure

　　C. ways to keep away from failure D. the right attitude towards failure