阅读理解（共50分）
六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共30分，每小题2分）
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41. You can _____ at J&M Music Store.
A. have guitar lessons B. borrow new or used CDs
C. have homemade breakfast D. buy all kinds of music books
42. You can enjoy the best coffee _____.
A. in J&M Music Store B. in Peth Market
C. at Times Coffee Shop D. at Macon’s B&B
43. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. There is no breakfast at Macon’s B&B.
B. You can’t listen to the CD before you buy it.
C. Times Coffee Shop offers Jazz music every day.
D. Kids under 12 can get free ice cream in Peth Market.
B
Have you ever heard the saying “Don’t rest on your laurels”? “Laurels” means the achievements (业绩) you have already got. The saying suggests that you shouldn’t be so satisfied with your achievements that you’ll no longer try to improve.
As to this saying, Mike Perham has set (树立) us a good example. Mike Perham was born in 1992 in Hertfordshire, England. Mike started sailing (航行) at the age of seven. When he was 14 years old, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, he became the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. You might think the achievements are good enough, but Mike doesn’t think so. At the age of 17, he became the youngest person to sail all by himself around the world on a nine-month voyage (航海).
Mike is now 19, and he is still trying his best to break the records and push himself further. For his next dream, he plans to fly around the world on his own, making him the first person of all ages to both sail and fly around the world.
Mike wants his achievements to encourage young people to realize their dreams. Since his adventures, he has travelled widely, and he gives speeches at schools and youth (青年) clubs in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia on the theme (主题) of “Live the Dream”.
44. Where was Mike born?
A. In America. B. In England. C. In Hong Kong. D. In Australia.
45. When did Mike sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
A. At the age of 14. B. At the age of 17.
C. At the age of 19. D. At the age of 7.
46. What’s Mike’s new dream?
A. He plans to fly around the world.
B. He wants to fly to the Atlantic Ocean.
C. He plans to give speeches at schools.
D. He wants to join youth clubs.
47. What did Mike encourage young man to do?
A. To travel in the world. B. To get great achievements.
C. To realize their dreams. D. To set others a good example
C
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go for the big family meal at their grandparents’ house. They would always wait excitedly for the moment their grandfather would give them a few coins. Then all the children would buy sweets. The grandparents, aunts, uncles, and parents realized that, behaving like this, the children would never learn to manage their money. So they proposed a special test, the children would have to show what they could manage to get with those few coins over the course of a year.
Some of the children thought that they would save their money, but Ruben and Nico, the two smallest kids, paid no attention, and they continued spending it all on sweets. Every time, they would show off their sweets in front of the other children, laughing and making fun of (取笑) their cousins. They made Clara and Joe so angry that these two could no longer stand to keep saving their money. They joined Ruben and Nico in spending whatever they had on sweets.
Monty was a clever boy, and he decided to start managing his money by exchanging it: buying and selling things, or betting (打赌) it with other children, in card games. Soon he had surprised the whole family. He had saved a lot of money for little hard work. The way he was going, he would end up almost a rich man. However, Monty was not being very careful, and he hadn’t a single coin left, after putting a losing bet on a horse race.
Poor Julia had a wonderful secret plan. When she was to complete the second year of her plan, Julia surprised everyone with a violin and a lot of money. They were hearing her play. She did it really well. Everyone knew that Julia loved the violin, even though the family couldn’t afford to pay for her to have lessons. So Julia had got to know a poor violinist who played in the park, and she offered him all the coins her grandfather had given her if he taught her how to play. Although it wasn’t much money, on seeing Julia’s excitement, the violinist agreed, and he taught her happily for months. Julia showed so much interest that after a year the violinist lent her a violin, so they could play together in the park. They were so successful that gradually she got her own violin.
From then on, the whole family helped her, and she became a very famous violinist. And she would always tell people how it was possible, with just a few coins well spent, to make your wildest dreams a reality.
48. What does the underlined word “proposed” mean?
A. Continued. B. Planned. C. Passed. D. Took.
49. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Ruben, Nico, Clara and Joe spent their coins on sweets.
B. Monty had made a lot of money by betting on a horse race.
C. The violinist would like to teach Julia because of money.
D. Julia bought her own violin with the help of her whole family.
50. We can infer that the whole family were satisfied with _____ in the special test.
A. Ruben and Nico B. Clara and Joe
C. Monty D. Julia
51. The writer wants to tell us _____ in this passage.
A. it’s normal for children to have different behaviours
B. it’s good for children to make good use of money
C. it’s necessary for parents to know their children from a test
D. it’s important for children to earn money in different ways
D
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns (角) had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle (战役). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb (拇指). The expression comes from early nineteen hundreds. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains (谷物). The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy (嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening animal from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and he does not.
52. If a person is said to have a green thumb, it means _____.
A. he has a magic hand
B. one of his thumbs is green
C. he is good at growing plants
D. his garden is greener than others’
53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. A greenhorn meant an experienced soldier before.
B. A greenhorn now can refer to a fresh worker.
C. The Green Revolution have nothing to do with green thumbs.
D. People can make plants grow quickly by the Green Revolution.
54. A man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if _____.
A. he meets something frightening
B. he reads an unpleasant play
C. he can’t go out with his girlfriend
D. his friend gets the prize but he doesn’t
55. The author is actually talking about _____ in this passage.
A. the importance of the color green in nature
B. the development of the word green in English history
C. the different ways to describe people with the word green
D. the meaning of the word green in English expressions
