四、阅读理解(46-50每小题1分，51--60每小题2分，共25分)

　　A

　　The students were having their chemistry(化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question?Didn’t I tell you what water is like?”

　　Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water?The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.

　　“I’m sorry, children.” said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a big problem.”

　　46.The students were having their 　　　　 class.

　　A. English　　　　 　　　　　B. Chinese　　　　　　　　 C. chemistry　　　　　　　 D. maths

　　47. Miss Li was telling the children what 　　　　 was like.

　　A. water　　　　　 　　　　　B. air　　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. earth　　　　　 　　　　　 D. weather

　　48. A boy said, “The water in the river behind my house is always 　　　　　.”

　　A. white　　　　　 　　　　　B. black　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. clean　　　　　 　　　　　 D. clear

　　49. Most of the children 　　　　　 the boy.

　　A. agreed with　　　　　　 B. wrote to 　　　　　　　　C. heard from　　　　　　　　　　 D. sent for

　　50.The water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting 　　　　　　 .

　　A. more and more　 B. less and less C. cleaner and cleaner　　 D. dirtier and dirtier

　　B

　　Wang was born into a rich family in America, but he was not a spoiled child. His parents made him practice violin for hours every day and he also learned Karate (空手道)! To make pocket money, Wang had to deliver (发送) newspapers.

　　At five or six every morning, Wang was already up. Even on cold winter days, he rode his bike to deliver newspapers to every home!

　　“When I went outside, other people were not up yet,” he said.

　　The best moment of his day, he said, was after he got home, tired and hungry, and ate sweet pies his mum had made.

　　51. The underlined word “spoiled” means 　　　　　 .

　　A. 富有的　　　　　　 B. 娇惯的　　　　　　　C. 勤快的　　　　　　 D. 聪明的

　　52. Why did Wang deliver newspapers?

　　A. Because he liked this job.　B. Because he wanted to make pocket money.

　　C. Because he was very poor.　D. Because his parents told him to do so.

　　53. We can tell from the story that 　　　　　.

　　A. Wang’s parents don’t love him.B. Wang can play the violin very well.

　　C. Wang can make a lot of money by delivering newspapers.

　　D. Wang got up very early every day.

　　C

　　One of this summer’s hottest books is “That Guy Was Cool.” Sounds like a great book for kids, doesn’t it? But parents and teachers want to read this one, too. It can teach them something about the language of today’s kids.

　　So lots of people, young and old, went to see the book’s author, 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday. She was in Beijing to sign books for her fans.

　　“Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near to us and goes to our hearts,” said a Junior 2 student in Beijing. “When I read it, I laughed and I cried.”

　　Like the “Meteor Garden” TV series, “That Guy Was Cool” tells an unusual story of love between two students. The girl is sweet, but she’s just average(一般的). The boy is good-looking and has everything, but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young. They become close and help each other to be happy. In the end, they fall in love.

　　“The girl in the book is like me. She’s simple and moody,” said Guiyeoni.

　　Guiyeoni’s book doesn’t only use words. It also uses things like emotions. Emotions are small icons, like smiling faces, and they are used to show emotions. Kids know what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.

　　Guiyeoni said she wrote this way because of her young readers. “Writing with pictures is vivid(生动)and can say a lot of things,” she said.

　　Guiyeoni began writing the book’s story on the Web in 2001 when she was a Senior 2 (高二)student. Last year, she put that online story together to make this book. “That Guy Was Cool” has been made into a film, and it will come out in Korea next month.

　　This is Guiyeoni’s first of four books, and she hopes to keep writing as she goes through college.

　　She also has a message for young writers. “I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this.”

　　54. Guiyeoni is 　　　　　　.

　　A. a girl who falls in love with her classmate　B. the author of “Meteor Garden”

　　C. a young writer　　　　　　　　　　　 D. one of the emotions

　　55. Which of the following may Not be an emotion?

　　A. 8-) 　　　　　　　　 B. :-)　　　　　　　　　C. See you. 　　　　　　　 D. :-(

　　56. The author used emotions to write the book because 　　　　　　　　.

　　A. she really likes them　　　B. she wants her young readers to be interested

　　C. pictures can say lots of things

　　D. she was only a Senior student when she was writing the story

　　57. Which of the following sayings has the closest meaning to “I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this”?

　　A. Seeing is believing.　　　　　　 B. Time flies.

　　C. No news is good news.　　　　 D. Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　D

　　Mobile phone (手机) has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

　　Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them. Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction (分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

　　She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

　　Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

　　Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

　　58. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from 　　　　　　 .

　　A. the makers and sellers　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the passers-by and strangers

　　C. their parents and friends 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. some mobile phone users

　　59. What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?

　　A. 聊天 　　　　　　　　　B. 核对 　　　　　　　　　 C. 查询 　　　　　　　　　D. 作弊

　　60. The passage tells us that 　　　　　　　　.

　　A. students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

　　B. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

　　C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school

　　D. parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours