四、閱讀理解：共l5小題;每題&分，共45分。閱讀下列短文，然后根據(jù)短文的內容從每小題韻四個選擇項中選出最佳的一項。
A
Many people earn their living with their hands. Ed earns his living with his feet! And a very good living it is, too.
Ed' s story began in a very small town in Brazil. His father and mother were very poor. Sevenpeople lived in their tiny house. Ed' s father often played football. Little Ed wanted to play footballtoo. So his father made a soft ball for him to kick. It was a sock filled with soft materials. The littleboy kicked it every day.
At last Ed learned to kick a real football. By the time he was 11, he played footbal very well.One day Ed was playing with some men. A man passing by saw how fast the boy run. Hestopped to watch. How well Ed kicked the ball!
After the game, the man called Ed to him. "My name is Mr. Dee," he said. "I used to play 7football for a living. Will you let me teach youwhat I know?"Oh, yes !" Ed answered.
In the next four years, Mr. Dee trained Ed to be a fine player. The boy worked hard. At last Mr.Dee talked to Ed' s father. "This boy is ready to play with the big teams," he said. "Let me takehim to a city that has a good team. "
Mr. Dee took Ed to Santos, Brazil. There ,the boy joined the Santos Football Club.
In his first big game, Ed helped his team win by seven points. He made four of the seven points !Many people thought he was the best football player in the world. He was "The King ofFootball".
36. What is said about Ed's family when he was a little child?
A. There were seven people in his family.
B. His father made soft balls for a living.
C. His parents liked playing football.
D. His parents bought him a football.
【答案】A
【應試指導】事實細節(jié)題。從第二段第三句可知，Ed家的小房子里住著七個人。故A正確。
37. When he first saw Ed playing football, Mr. Dee was attracted by
A. his young age
B. his running speed
C. his love for football
D. his playing with men
【答案】B
【應試指導】事實細節(jié)題。從第四段第二句可知，Dee先生路過的時候看見Ed跑得很快，就停下來看他踢足球=所以，Dee先生是被他的奔跑速度吸引了.故B正確。
38. What can we know about Mr. Dee from the text?
A. He joined the Santos Football Club.
B. He and Ed used to live in the same town.
C. He had been the best football player in Brazil.
D. He happened to find a very good football player.
【答案】D
【應試指導】推理判斷題。從文章中可知，Dee先生發(fā)現(xiàn)了Ed踢足球的天分，并把他培養(yǎng)成世界著名的足球運動員。故D正確。
B
"The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher and, along with the risingcost of tuition ( 學費), it ' s killing these students," said Peter Jason, a college professor."Remember, students are one of the poorest groups of people in America. Almost half of them have atleast one part-time job. In fact, one of my students has three jobs. And she still manages to have highscores and go to school full-time. "
Textbook prices are usually high. Adding to that problem, many college teachers change textbooks year after year;they either upgrade to a new edition(版本) or change to a different textbook. This furtherhurts students because if a teacher no longer uses a textbook,that book has no resalevalue.
Dr. Jason decided to make life a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing hisown book on public speaking. "Many books have an increased price because of CD-ROMs, lots ofcolor photographs and pictures. I talked to my students, and many of them, like me, prefer to keepthings simple. So, a few years ago, I wrote my own textbook. I made sure that it was simple. Comparedto most of other public speaking books, mine is half the number of pages, and one-third the price.That is $30 instead of $90. When I wrote a second edition last year,students only had to buy the_35new pages. For only $7.00, they had almost a new book. "
39. What did Dr. Jason say about students at college?
A. They are short of money.
B. They need simple books.
C. They have no part-time jobs.
D. They are trying to get high scores.
【答案】A
【應試指導】推理判斷題。從第一段Peter Jason的話可知，書費漲得越來越高，并且學費也在不斷增長，學生不得不去做兼職。這說明大學生比較缺錢。故A正確。
40. What does "that problem" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The high prices of textbooks.
B. The low resale value of books.
C. Too many different new books.
D. No color pictures in textbooks.
【答案】A
【應試指導】詞義猜測題。從第二段第一句可知，課本費通常是很高的。that problem指代的就是這個問題。故A正確。
41. What did Dr. Jason decide to do to help the students?
A. To choose cheaper textbooks.
B. B. To write a textbook himself.
C. To speak to his students.
D. To use old textbooks.
【答案】B
【應試指導】事實細節(jié)題。從第三段第一句可知，Jason為了使學生們的生活變得容易些、成本更低些，他自己開始寫關于公開演講的書。故B正確。
42. How much does a public speaking book usually cost?
A. About 7 dollars.
B. About 30 dollars.
C. About 37 dollars.
D. About 90 dollars.
【答案】D
【應試指導】事實細節(jié)題。從第三段倒數(shù)第三、四句可知，與其他演講的書相比，他的書頁數(shù)只有其一半.但是價格只是其三分之一。一般演講的書的價格都是90美元，故D正確。
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