六、阅读理解。(本题共30分，每小题2分)
阅读下面三篇短文，短文后有五个问题，在各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳
选项，并把答案写在答题卡里。
( A )
Ron is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Ron’s parents said they would give him 600 dollars if he didn’t watch TV for a year .
Ron’s parents thought he watched too much TV . One day , his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn’t watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron . Ron liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away , and said, “It doesn’t bother me not to watch TV . I just want the money.”
At first , Ron’s parents were very happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother . But after some time, he got bored(厌烦) . Every evening, he asked his parents, “What are we doing tonight?” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV, just for one evening . Ron always said, “No, it would cost me money!”
Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watching his favorite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents . What does he plan to do with the 600 dollars? “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said.
51. Ron didn’t watch TV for one year because __________ .
A. he wanted the TV money B. watching TV too much is bad
C. he wanted to study harder D. he wanted to learn from the boy
52. “It doesn’t bother me not to watch TV.” Means “It’s ______ to watch TV”.
A. waste time B. important for me C. no use D. not important for me
53. Ron thought _____ for him to read and play all the time .
A. it was great fun B. it was no fun
C. it was enjoyable D. it was helpful
54. Ron’s last words would _______ his parents.
A. please B. frighten C. surprise D. excite
55. The best title for the story is _____ .
A Funny Story B. A Year without TV
C. A Good Boy D. Buying a TV set
( B )
The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public places . The earliest daily newspaper(日报) was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700s, the world’s first printed newspaper was published(发行) . Europe didn’t have a regular(正规的) newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620 . In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant. It came out in March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government(政府) stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started the Boston Newsletter, first newspaper published daily in the American colonies(殖民地). By 1760, America had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest number in the world.
56. When was the first printed newspaper published?.
A. In 59 BC. B. In the 700s. C. In 1605. D. In 1620.
57. The Daily Courant was first published in _______ .
A. 1620 B. 1621 C. 1704 D. 1702
58. Why didn’t the American newspaper that started in 1690 continue?
A. Because the newspaper was against the American laws.
B. Because the government stopped it .
C. Because no one wanted to read it .
D. Because money was run out of.
59. How many kinds of daily papers were there in America by 1760?
A. Thirty. B. About 1,800. C. More than thirty. D. Less than thirty.
60. The number of ____________ newspapers is the largest in the world now.
A. English language B. Japanese language
C. German language D. Chinese language
( C )
Every time when I look at the moon , I wish I could go there . Do you wish you could fly to the moon in a spaceship one day ?
For hundreds of years, men have wanted to travel to the moon. When they looked at the moon , they asked many questions. Was the moon hot or cold? Were there any plants or living things there? There were many, many other questions. Some people said there were living plants on the moon. Others said nothing could live there because there was no air or water on the moon.
We know much more about the moon now. Scientists have studied the moon for many years and have found out many facts. Not long ago, spaceships with men in them flew to the moon.
What do we know about the moon? We find that the moon is much smaller than the earth. It is about one quarter the size of the earth. It is traveling round the earth all the time .
Days and nights on the moon are very long . One day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth. One night is also as long as two weeks on the earth. In the day the moon is very hot . At night , it is very cold. The moon is much hotter and much colder than the earth.
There is another surprising thing. On the moon things are not as heavy as they are on the earth. Isn’t that interesting?
Perhaps one day we can travel to the moon. It must be great fun.
61. Today we can go to the moon _________ .
A. by plane B. by ship C. by spaceship D. by train
62. The moon is _____________ the earth ?
A. as big as B. bigger than C. smaller than D.as small as
63. One day and one night on the moon is as long as ___________ weeks on the earth .
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
64. Which of the following is true ?
A. Scientists don’t know much about the moon .
B. Only spaceships without men can fly to the moon .
C. Days and nights on the moon are very short .
D. In the day the moon is hotter than the earth .
65. From the passage we know that ____________ .
A. the earth is about four times as big as the moon
B. man hasn’t set foot on the moon yet
C. a day on the earth is much longer than that on the moon
D. some scientists believe there are trees living on the moon
第II卷(非选择题 共40分)
七、单词拼写。(本题共10分，每小题1分)
根据下面各题括号里的汉语提示和句子意思，在答题卡上写出恰当形式的英语单
词，每空只填一个单词。
66. Our house is _______________ (值) about 6,000 dollars.
67. Are you ______________ (感激的)for what he has done?
68. Dead _____________ (树叶) can help to prevent draughts.
69. The world’s population will pass six billion by the end of the ________ (.第二十)century.
70.She looks very beautiful _________ (穿着) red .
71. Chinese football team ____________ (赢) Japanese football team 3-2 last night .
72. The photos will help Miyoko remember the special trip to Beijing ________ (永远).
73. He had a ______________ (痛的) cut in one of his fingers.
74. The People’s Republic of China was ______________ (成立) fifty-five years ago.
75. Have you made a _______________ (决定)how to go there?
，我们将会及时处理。
