四、阅读理解：共l5小题;每题&分，共45分。阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题韵四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
A
Many people earn their living with their hands. Ed earns his living with his feet! And a very good living it is, too.
Ed' s story began in a very small town in Brazil. His father and mother were very poor. Sevenpeople lived in their tiny house. Ed' s father often played football. Little Ed wanted to play footballtoo. So his father made a soft ball for him to kick. It was a sock filled with soft materials. The littleboy kicked it every day.
At last Ed learned to kick a real football. By the time he was 11, he played footbal very well.One day Ed was playing with some men. A man passing by saw how fast the boy run. Hestopped to watch. How well Ed kicked the ball!
After the game, the man called Ed to him. "My name is Mr. Dee," he said. "I used to play 7football for a living. Will you let me teach youwhat I know?"Oh, yes !" Ed answered.
In the next four years, Mr. Dee trained Ed to be a fine player. The boy worked hard. At last Mr.Dee talked to Ed' s father. "This boy is ready to play with the big teams," he said. "Let me takehim to a city that has a good team. "
Mr. Dee took Ed to Santos, Brazil. There ,the boy joined the Santos Football Club.
In his first big game, Ed helped his team win by seven points. He made four of the seven points !Many people thought he was the best football player in the world. He was "The King ofFootball".
36. What is said about Ed's family when he was a little child?
A. There were seven people in his family.
B. His father made soft balls for a living.
C. His parents liked playing football.
D. His parents bought him a football.
【答案】A
【应试指导】事实细节题。从第二段第三句可知，Ed家的小房子里住着七个人。故A正确。
37. When he first saw Ed playing football, Mr. Dee was attracted by
A. his young age
B. his running speed
C. his love for football
D. his playing with men
【答案】B
【应试指导】事实细节题。从第四段第二句可知，Dee先生路过的时候看见Ed跑得很快，就停下来看他踢足球=所以，Dee先生是被他的奔跑速度吸引了.故B正确。
38. What can we know about Mr. Dee from the text?
A. He joined the Santos Football Club.
B. He and Ed used to live in the same town.
C. He had been the best football player in Brazil.
D. He happened to find a very good football player.
【答案】D
【应试指导】推理判断题。从文章中可知，Dee先生发现了Ed踢足球的天分，并把他培养成世界著名的足球运动员。故D正确。
B
"The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher and, along with the risingcost of tuition ( 学费), it ' s killing these students," said Peter Jason, a college professor."Remember, students are one of the poorest groups of people in America. Almost half of them have atleast one part-time job. In fact, one of my students has three jobs. And she still manages to have highscores and go to school full-time. "
Textbook prices are usually high. Adding to that problem, many college teachers change textbooks year after year;they either upgrade to a new edition(版本) or change to a different textbook. This furtherhurts students because if a teacher no longer uses a textbook,that book has no resalevalue.
Dr. Jason decided to make life a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing hisown book on public speaking. "Many books have an increased price because of CD-ROMs, lots ofcolor photographs and pictures. I talked to my students, and many of them, like me, prefer to keepthings simple. So, a few years ago, I wrote my own textbook. I made sure that it was simple. Comparedto most of other public speaking books, mine is half the number of pages, and one-third the price.That is $30 instead of $90. When I wrote a second edition last year,students only had to buy the_35new pages. For only $7.00, they had almost a new book. "
39. What did Dr. Jason say about students at college?
A. They are short of money.
B. They need simple books.
C. They have no part-time jobs.
D. They are trying to get high scores.
【答案】A
【应试指导】推理判断题。从第一段Peter Jason的话可知，书费涨得越来越高，并且学费也在不断增长，学生不得不去做兼职。这说明大学生比较缺钱。故A正确。
40. What does "that problem" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The high prices of textbooks.
B. The low resale value of books.
C. Too many different new books.
D. No color pictures in textbooks.
【答案】A
【应试指导】词义猜测题。从第二段第一句可知，课本费通常是很高的。that problem指代的就是这个问题。故A正确。
41. What did Dr. Jason decide to do to help the students?
A. To choose cheaper textbooks.
B. B. To write a textbook himself.
C. To speak to his students.
D. To use old textbooks.
【答案】B
【应试指导】事实细节题。从第三段第一句可知，Jason为了使学生们的生活变得容易些、成本更低些，他自己开始写关于公开演讲的书。故B正确。
42. How much does a public speaking book usually cost?
A. About 7 dollars.
B. About 30 dollars.
C. About 37 dollars.
D. About 90 dollars.
【答案】D
【应试指导】事实细节题。从第三段倒数第三、四句可知，与其他演讲的书相比，他的书页数只有其一半.但是价格只是其三分之一。一般演讲的书的价格都是90美元，故D正确。
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