四.阅读理解(本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　Good morning. Today is Tuesday and the weather is fine. Here is some good news for you.

　　Yummy Restaurant

　　Free DrinksCola is free every afternoon on weekdays! Two bottles for everyone. Come to the Yummy Restaurant and have a good meal!

　　Fruit Market

　　Money BackBig news! If you spend 10 yuan in the Fruit Market after 20:00 this Wednesday, we will give you 1 yuan back! Come on!

　　Beauty Shop

　　Big SaleWe are having a big sale to celebrate the 10th birthday of our shop! Look at the prices: a scarf (￥16), a hat (￥5), a T-shirt (￥20), a pair of gloves (￥10). Come to the Beauty Shop next Tuesday!

　　Peter’s Computer

　　Shop

　　Closing Down SaleEverything is half price from Friday to Sunday! Our computer shop will move to a big place. Come to Peter’s Computer Shop! You can’t miss it!

　　36. What day is it today?

　　A. SundayB. Friday

　　C. TuesdayD. Wednesday

　　37. Tom is going to have a meal with his parents this afternoon. Where can he go?

　　A. Yummy RestaurantB. Fruit Market

　　C. Beauty Shop D. Peter’s Computer Shop

　　38. If you spend 120 yuan in the Fruit Market, they will give you ____ yuan back.

　　A. 1B. 10C. 12D. 20

　　39. Why is Peter's Computer Shop on sale?

　　A. Because it is Tuesday.

　　B. Because they will move to a big shop.

　　C. Because they want to close the shop.

　　D. Because their prices are too high.

　　40. You may see the news in the _____ part of newspaper.

　　A. TravellingB. ScienceC. LifeD. Art

　　B

　　What will life be like in the future? Some people say life in the future will be better. There will be a plane in every family. It will not be expensive to travel around the world. People can fly from China to America in an hour. Others think we will only do light and easy work, and robots will do all the heavy jobs. Will these come true?

　　The first robot shop worker in a supermarket in Edinburgh is going to get “fired”. The robot’s job is to tell people how to find things in the supermarket, but it is only able to give very simple advice*, such as “It’s on your left”, which is not very helpful. Also, the robot can’t walk around or talk with people like shop workers. “Our customers love asking questions about things with the shop workers,” Luisa Margiotta, the supermarket owner says. That's why the robot will leave the supermarket soon.

　　Maybe, robots can help people do some jobs well in the future, but not now.

　　41. In the future, it will take people ____ to fly from China to the US.

　　A. half an hourB. an hour C. two hours D. three hours

　　42. What does the underlined word “fired” mean in Chinese?

　　A. 着火的B. 聘请的C. 受欢迎的D. 解雇的

　　43. What does the robot do in the supermarket?

　　A. It helps people find things.

　　B. It answers all the questions.

　　C. It talks with customers like a man.

　　D. It walks around the supermarket.

　　44. What do people think of the robot in the supermarket?

　　A. It's helpful.B. It's silly.C. It's safe.D. It's beautiful.

　　45. According to the passage, the writer thinks ______

　　A. Robots will take all the jobs away from men

　　B. Robots can help people do hard jobs now.

　　C. Robots can't do things very well now.

　　D. Robots can't do heavy work well in the future.