根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　Alaska, which was called Russian America before it was sold to the United States of America,

　　joined the union as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

　　Alaska is now the largest of all the 50 states of the United States.

　　It was in 1867 that President A. Johnson's Secretary of State ( 國(guó)務(wù)卿 ), Seward bought Alaskafrom the Russians at a cost of 7.2 million. The buying of the huge northern land mass seemed at firstsomething foolishly done. Not only was Alaska difficult to reach, but it was also hard to live in, and itappeared to have no importance in time of war. Besides, there are volcanoes there as Alaska lies onthe Pacific "ring of fire" (火山帶). In Alaska large treeless areas are covered with snow all theyear. For these reasons the buying of Alaska was called "Seward's Fooly" at that time.

　　However, in 1596 gold was found in Alaska,and people poured into the land quickly. Since thenother important natural resources were discovered, including oil. Soon people changed their thinkingabout "Seward's Fooly". But most people visit Alaska in order to see the endless beauty of naturethat the northern land discloses to them. For instance ,there are about 11,000 islands in Alaska. Andin a certain area of Alaska the sun does not set for 52 days every year.

　　40Alaska belonged to_________ before 1867.

　　A.RussiaB.AmericaC.CanadaD.Japan

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)文章第一段的內(nèi)容可知，Alaska在以前屬于Russia。

　　41The buying of Alaska was first called_________.

　　A.a foolish thingB.Seward's FoolyC.Johnson's FoolyD.President's Foolishness

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　文章第三段第二句“The buying otthe huge northern land mass seemed at first somethingfoolishly done.”以及最后一句的內(nèi)容，表明正確答案為8項(xiàng)。 .

　　42Volcanoes_________in Alaska as _________

　　A.are not found ; large parts of the land is covered with snowB.are not found; it is at the northern top of AmericaC.are found; it is on the Pacific "ring of fire"D.are found; there are so many islands

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：

　　文中第三段第四句表明Alaska有火山，而且位于太平洋的火山帶上。

　　43Tourists came to Alaska to

　　A.study its importance in warB.study its volcanoesC.enjoy its freezing weatherD.enjoy its beauty of nature

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　文中第四段第四句“…most peoplevisit Alaska in order to see the endless beauty of na—ture...”表明游客來(lái)Alaska是為了欣賞美麗的景色。

　　根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　Every morning, kids from a local high school are working hard. They are making and selling special coffee at a coffee cafe. They are also making a lot of money.

　　These students can make up to twelve hundred dollars a day. They are selling their special cof-fee to airplane passengers. After the students get paid, the rest of the money goes to helping a localyouth project.

　　These high school students use a space in the Oakland airport. It is usually very crowded. Many

　　people who fly on the planes like to drink the special coffee.

　　One customer thinks that the coffee costs a lot but it is good and worth it. Most customers are

　　pleasant but some are unhappy. They do not hke it if the caf6 is not open for business.

　　The students earn $ 6.10 an hour plus tips. They also get school credit while they learn how torun a business. Many of the students enjoy the work although it took some time to learn how to do it.They have to learn how to steam milk, load the pots, and add flavor. It take,s,some skill andsometimes mistakes are made. The most common mistake is forgetting to add the coffee.

　　44Based on the passage,it seems that the purpose of the cafe is to_________

　　A.learn a skillB.help a youth projectC.do businessD.earn school credit

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　從盈利的分配可以看出咖啡店的目的不是為了盈利，而是為了支持當(dāng)?shù)氐那嗄暧?jì)劃。B項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　45Many of the students_________the work although it took some time to learn how to do it.

　　A.enjoyB.have to doC.hateD.ignore

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　C項(xiàng)與文章內(nèi)容相反。B項(xiàng)表示不得不做某事。由文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句知A項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　46By selling special coffee at a coffee cafe,the students are_________

　　A.gaining a lot of experienceB.making a lot of moneyC.having a lot of troubleD.learning a lot of knowledge

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　文章第一段最后一句就說(shuō)making alot of money。文章未提及學(xué)生們學(xué)到了很多知識(shí)或有了很多經(jīng)歷。B項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　47The best title for the passage could be_________

　　A.Earning MoneyB.Students' LifeC.Little BusinessD.Kids' Cafe參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　全文介紹了中學(xué)生開(kāi)的特制咖啡店。D項(xiàng)是正確的。