【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 . fast D. slow 49. A. At first B. In the end C. Since then D. At that time 50. A. time B. sport C. lesson D. day 六、閱讀理解。 （本大題共 25小題， 5170小題 ,每小題 2 分， 7175每小題 1分，共 45分） 閱讀下面五篇短文，閱讀后做每篇短文后的題目。從每小題給出的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案 ，并將答題卡上對應(yīng)題目所選的選項涂黑。 A The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three quarters of the old city, where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless but only few lost their lives. The fire started on Sunday morning. By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many wellknown buildings. The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path (路線 ) of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out. 51. What day did the Great Fire happen in London? A. Sunday. B. Monday. C. Tuesday. D. Wednesday. 52. The Great Fire of London destroyed more than _______ of the old city. A. 25 percent B. 30 percent C. half D. 75 percent 53. What were most of the houses made of? A. Plastic. B. Wood. C. Stones. D. Bricks. 54. Finally, the fire was out because there wasn’t ______ left to burn in ______. A. nothing, the fire B. anything, the city C. anything, the path of the fire D. something, the streets 55. How long did the fire last? A. Two days. B. Three days. C. More than four days. D. Half a month. B My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn’t When I went to high school, I was an Astudent, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I went from being an Astudent to a Cstudent, but I didn’t care. One night I plained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was very pleased with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an Astudent again. Finally, my dream came true My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting (父母對孩子的養(yǎng)育 56. What did the writer’s mother do? A. A worker. B. A housewife. C. A teacher. D. A writer. 57. Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time? B. Because she thought books were interesting 58. Which was NOT the reason for the writer’s falling behind（落后）？ B. He spent more time hanging C. He didn’t care that he went from being an Astudent to a C 59. What was the writer’s dream? A. To be a doctor. B. To be a teacher. C. To be an Astudent. D. To find a good job. B. his mother is kind and helpful C. there is a job more important than parenting D. he loves his mother C Cushing Academy used to have 20,000 books in its library. But this small American high school began to use electronic books (ebooks) instead of printed books since last summer. Why? School leaders say it’s the way of the future. “The school wants to put its focus on 21stcentury learning,” the library’s manager, Tom Corbett, says. Few students are using library books to do their homework now. Most do their research online. Changing the library seems like the best way