四、阅读理解（20小题，每题1分，共20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A
An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes(颜料和画笔)and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said," No, I don`t want money. But give me one of your pictures. What`s money? In a week it will all be finished ,but your picture will still be here."
The artists was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered ,"It`s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I`ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think."
61.The artist went to the countryside to ________.
A. visit his old friend B. spend his holiday
C. visit the farmer D. Thank the farmer
62. Every day ,the artist _______.
A. went out to help the farmer to do some farming
B. went out to visit his friends
C. painted pictures
D. enjoyed the beautiful scenery
63. The artist wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer ____.
A. wanted much more money
B. wanted nothing
C. didn`t want any money at all
D. wanted one of his pictures instead of money
64. The artist thought the farmer wanted a picture of his because _______.
A. the farmer was an artist too
B. the farmer liked his pictures very much
C. the farmer wanted to give it to his son as a present
D. the farmer was rich

65. After hearing the farmer`s words ,perhaps the artist would be ______.
A.very worried B.very happy C.very thankful D. very disappointed

B
Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 63.The space between six and three was there to mean." not any "tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.

Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. at last ,only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.
Now zero has many important uses .Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?
66.Long,long ago people didn`t know how to ____.
A.write B write zero C.write numbers D.sixty-three
67.Long,longago if they wrote two hundred-eight ,people wrote_____.
A.28 B.2 8 C.228 D.208
68.Later ______ was used to mean space.
A."not any" B.letter"0" C.zero D.a dot
69.People used circles _____________.
A.to remember ways B.to remember numbers
C.not to forget the space D.to mean nothing
70.The story tells us _____.
A. how zero came to be used
B. how to write zero
C. what`s the use of zero
D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space

C
I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa .But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza .I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza .It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought.

Many years later finally saw the Leaning Tower. I knew then that is was Pisa and no pizza .But there was still something special about it for me .The tower got its name because it really does lean to one side. Some people want to try to fix it .They are afraid it may fall over and they don`t like it leans over the city.
I do not think it`s a good idea to try to fix it .The tower probably will not fall down ,it is 600 years old. why should anything happen to it now? And ,if you ask me ,I like what it looks like. To me it is a very human kind of leaning .Nothing is perfect ,it seems to say.
And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting .Let`s take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older ,more beautiful towers in Italy. But Pisa tower is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it.
71.This passage is about_______.
A. Italian pizza
B. Italy`s problems
C. How the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its name
D. Why the writer likes Pisa
72.The writer used to think Pisa______.
A. in Spain
B. not very famous
C. not the same as pizza
D. the same as pizza
73.The Leaning Tower of Pisa is _______.
A. modern
B. falling down
C. 600 years old
60 years old-
74.The writer________.
A. doesn`t like what the tower looks like
B. likes what the tower looks like
C. thinks it`s the most beautiful tower in Italy
D. doesn`t like towers
75. The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because________.
A. it`s old
B. it`s perfect
C. it sells pizza

D. it`s imperfect

D

During the summer holidays there will be a changed schedule of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be put up on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules will be put up each Wednesday outside of the student club.
In the summer holidays. buses going to the town centre will leave the gate every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends. The library will be open at its usual hours during the week ,but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm.
Students must have a new summer card if you want to use the library lending services. This announcement will also be seen in the nest week`s student newspaper.
76.This announcement is to ______.
A. tell students of important schedule changes
B. tell students of new bus and library services
C. show the excellent services for students
D. ask students to change their library cards
77.From this passage we know______.
A. there is a film each week in the student club
B. there is a film or a concert each week in the student club
C. there is a film or a concert on every Wednesday in the student club
D. there will be no changes about the schedules of the weekly film and concert during the summer holidays
78. At which of the following times will the bus leave the gate?
A.8:00,9:00,10:00,11:00

B. 8:30,9:30,10:30,11:30
C. 8:00,9:00,10:30,11:00
E. 8:00,9:30,10:00,11:30
79.In the summer holidays, the library will have ______.
A. no special hours
B. special hours on weekdays
C. special hours on weekends
D. special hours both on weekdays and weekends
80.We may know that during the summer holidays_______.
A. Few students will stay in the university
B. No breakfast will be served on weekends
C. The student newspaper will sell more copies
D. There will be a concert or a film each Wednesday