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四、Reading Comprehension(60 points)
36、根据以上内容，回答36-55题。
Passage One
　　The humorous story may be told to greAT length，and may wander around asmuch as itpleases，and arrive nowhere in particular；but the comic(滑稽的)story and the witty(诙谐的)story must be brief and end with a point．Thehumorous story continues gently along．theother twoburst．
　　Thehumorous story is strictly a work of an—high andDelicate(精美的)an-and onlyall artistcan tell it；But no art is necessary in telling the comic and witty stories；anybody cando it．The art of telling a humorous story—I mean by word of mouth，not print—was created inAmerica，and hasremained at home．
　　The humorous story is told seriously；the tellerDoes his best tohide the fact that he him．self even suspects that thereis anything funny about it；but the teller of the comicstory tellsyou beforehand that it is one of the funniest things he has everheard，then tells it with eagerdelight，and is the first person to laugh．
　　When hegets through，andsometimes，if he has had good SUCCESS。he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the point of it andglance around from face to face，collecting applause(喝彩)，and then repeat it again．
Which story has noparticular point?
A．The humorous story．
B．The witty story．
C．The comic story．
D．All three．


37、 Which of the followingstatements is true?
A．The humorous story Wascreated abroad．
B．The humorous story isbasically American．
C．The humorous story is alsoloved in other countries．
D．The humorous story is theleast popular in the U．S．A．


38、 Which story takes the longest to tell?
A．The humorous story．
B．The witty story．
C．The comic story．
D．All three take the sameamount of time．


39、 The teller of a humorous story________.
A．laughs at his own joke
B．repeats it several times
C．is very serious when hetells it
D．is conoelTled about thereaction of his listeners


40、根据以上内容，回答40-59题。
Passage Two
　　SDons fans all over the world recognize thenanle Michael Jordan．From Taiwan to Tennes-see,kids weal clothes with his picture on them．Jerseys(球服)with his number 23 0n the front，iackets with the Bulls on the back，and Air Jordan sports shoes all reflect the fame ofthis suDerstar． Michael Jordan has become the most famous attraction of the world’sfavoritespectator sport.
　　Michael Jotdan was bom in 1963 in Brooklyn，New York．Growing up，Michael did not look like a future superstar．He was very shy andDidn't like to talk toother people about him-seIf．He was also very short．He showed little promise of having a future career in basketball.Whenhe tried out fbr the freshman team in high school．MichaelDidn’tmake it．The nextyear，however，he grew tall enough to join the team.
　　Michael's road to fame began at the Universityof North Carolina．He brought an acrobaticstyle to the game that few had seen before．Michael USed his quickness and strength to reachthe basket again andagain．He became famous for his powerful slamDunk(灌篮)Basketball fans from au over the worid began to take notice．One reporter wrote that when Michael wentup toDunk the basketball，it looked like he could fly．He was given thenickname“Air Jot-dan”．
Kids all over the world wear the thingsrelated to Jordan except_______．
A．shoes
B．jerseys
C．jackets
D．socks


41、 Which of the following is NOT the reasonthat JordanDidn’t look like a future super star?
A．He was poor．
B．He talked less to others．
C．He was too shy．
D．He Wilts short．


42、 Jordan grew much taller_______．
A．after he joined NBA
B．in the first year in hishschool
C．in the second year in highschool
D．in the first year incollege


43、 When did the nalne “Air Jordan” becomewell known?
A．After a reporter comparedhisDunk to flying．
B．After he won the “MostValuable Player” in NBA．
C．In his freshman year inthe university．
D．In his first year in NBA．


44、根据以上内容，回答44-63题。
Passage Three
　　0ne of the industrial giants who changedAmerican society was Henry Ford born on a farmin Michigan in 1863，and he grew up to bringforth some of the most revolutionary improvements in automotive technology inthe early 20th century．His outstanding mechanicalabilityled him to become interested in the new automobiles in the early 1900s．Though heDid not invent the automobile .he improved upon everyoneelse’sDesigns．He Was a person who believedininexpensive .efficient production，so he establishedstandards for his plants and workers．　　　　　　　　　　He also standardized and produced many new auto parts for his Ford Motor Company carfl．Then hestudied the worlkers，problems andthousands of automobiles per year．In fact，his plants hadDroduced 15 million Model TS by 1927．Ford’s personality was not all thrift(节俭)，efficiencyand inventiveness．however．He was a man who was cold and who could not keep pace with thecompetitionDue to his own rigidity(严格)．His company suffered because of hisDesire tomaintain the existing stateinstead of meeting and beating the competition by changing his prod’ucts．Finally．he saw that he must change or fail，therefore，he introduced a newtype engineandonce again took over the automobile market． Ford left alegacy of millions ofDollars，rail-lions of jobs forAmerican workers，and millions of satisfied customers．
It is Henry Ford’s belief that________．
A．products should be sold atlow prices in large quantity
B．products should be sold athigh prices in large quantity
C．products should be madewith less cost but higher efficiency
D．standards must beestablished in his plants


45、 Henry Ford changed the Americansociety________．
A．through numerousmechanical inventions
B．through automotivetechnological revolution
C．through great social revolution
D．through radical politicalreforms