【正文】 When Mr Holland was a young man, he played a lot of football, and he has always been thin and very strong. Then he worked in __36__ for many years, and he __37__ to work in a car. By the time he was 40, he was fat and soft. One day one of his friends said to him, “ Would you like to be ___38___ ?” “Of course I would,” Mr Holland answered. “Well”, this friend said, “ __39__ going to your office by car and get a bicycle.” Mr. Holland had not ridden a bicycle for many years. “It’s very __40___ to learn to ride a bicycle again at your ___41___”, his wife said. However, it was not too hard for Mr Holland to do. He __42___ read the newspaper in the evening. Now he bought a bicycle and ___43___ riding that every evening ___44___ . He hoped that it would __45___ him to get thinner, and he got a lot of ___46___ from it. He found some little roads which were not really very narrow. Still, they were too narrow for ___47___, and there he got away from the ___48___ of the city. They were being __49__for him. They were not really very loud, but they were too loud __50__Mr Holland. Then he began to go to his office on __51___. Sometimes all the cars stopped at a __52___. He went past them to the __53__ , because his bicycle was __54___. Yesterday he stopped at a red light, a man came up behind him on __55__. He stopped too and said to Mr Holland, ‘ Have the police taken your driving license(駕駛執(zhí)照) away too?”36. A. his home B. an office C. the field D. the workshop37. A. drove B. walked C. came D. arrived38. A. softer B. thinner C. fatter D. younger39. A. consider B. finish C. begin D. stop40. A. easy B. enjoyable C. possible D. hard41. A. all B. first C. age D. time42. A. usually B. seldom C. never D. even43. A. enjoyed B. experiment C. practiced D. pretended44. A. instead B. either C. thus D. only45. A. help B. have C. lead D. put46. A. help B. pleasure C. knowledge D. courage47. A. animal B. people C. bicycle D. cars48. A. people B. noises C. voices D. cars49. A. much B. too much C. too many D. much harmful50. A. for B. from C. on D. with51. A. his bicycle B. the bus C. the car D. his way52. A. street B. corner C. red light D. crossing53. A. front B. end C. last D. office54. A. big B. narrow C. new D. useful55. A. a car B. a bus C. another bicycle D. the same bicycleIV閱讀理解（共20題，每題2分，共40分） APresident Jacques Chirac (希拉克) of France arrived in Beijing last Friday for a fiveday state visit. On Sunday, he opened the Year of France, in which many French events will be held in big Chinese cities. These French events will cover science, technology, education, construction, literature and more. Last year, big cities in France hosted events for a Year of Chinese Culture. 21st Century Oct. 11th, 200456. The President of France came to Beijing ______. A. because he wanted to enjoy the beautiful scenery in Beijing B. for a fiveday private (私人的) visit C. for a fiveday state visit D