二.閱讀理解

　　Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch television. More people listen to the radio.

　　The TV is, of course, more useful than the radio. On the TV you can see and hear what is happening. This is especially important with international events.

　　However, the radio is not disappearing. It is still with us. And the number of listeners becomes larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor set. A transistor is sometimes very small. It is very easy to carry about. You put one in your pocket when you go to work. You can listen to news broadcasts or radio lessons on the bus. You can listen to them on your bike. You can put your own transistor set beside your pillow when you go to bed. You can take it down to the beach or riverside when you go to swim. Besides, radio broadcasts are better for blind people. And the sight of many old people is not good enough to watch television. Then when people are working, they cannot watch television, but they can always listen to music (in the fields, for instance. on the radio. What’s more, a television set is rather expensive. Not every family can have one. But a transistor set is much cheaper.

　　However, more and more people are buying TV sets. While you sit comfortably before the TV set in your own living room, you not only hear but also see what is happening in many places in the world.

　　1. In the world today, more people ________.

　　A. watch television B. listen to the radio

　　C. go to the cinema D. neither watch TV nor listen to the radio

　　2. With the development of TV, ________.

　　A. the price of TV is going down

　　B. the people listening to the radio are becoming fewer and fewer

　　C. the radio is disappearing

　　D. the radio listeners are not becoming fewer and fewer

　　3. Which is the TV’s shortcoming?

　　A. It gives you not only sound but also pictures.

　　B. Blind people and old people with poor eyesight can’t watch TV.

　　C. TV’s price is rather high for many families, so not every family can have a TV set.

　　D. You can watch important international events on the TV.

　　4. Which is the radio’s strong point?

　　A. It is not as expensive as a TV set.

　　B. It is small and light for listeners to take everywhere with them.

　　C. A radio listener can listen to the radio while working no matter how poor their eyesight is.

　　D. all of the above

　　5. The best title for the passage should be ________.

　　A. Radio and Television B. A Transistor Set

　　C. Radio’s Strong Points D. TV’s Future

　　Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant and its owner did not know what to do. The food in the restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.

　　Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside.

　　The menu that the waiter gave the man gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine, while the menu that he gave to the lady gave a much higher price. So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.

　　6. How was the food in the White Rose Restaurant?

　　A. Its quality had always been good and its prices low.

　　B. It was poor and good at first but became more expensive later.

　　C. It was cheap and good at first but became more “expensive” later.

　　D. It looked beautiful on the outside but it was very different inside.

　　7. How did the restaurant attract many people?

　　A. By lowing the price of its food.

　　B. By improving the quality of its food.

　　C. With waiters smiling at the guests when they came into the restaurant and giving them better service.

　　D. By showing men and women menus with different price on them.

　　8. According to this passage, when a man and a woman ate at the restaurant, the foodwas .

　　A. usually paid by the man and sometimes by the woman

　　B. always paid by the man only.

　　C. paid by both the man and the woman.

　　D. normally paid by the woman.

　　9. The White Rose succeeded because .

　　A. men like their women friends to be generous.

　　B. women like their men friends to be generous.

　　C. men are more generous than woman.

　　D. women are more generous than men.

　　Mr. Li works in a middle school. He teaches his students art. He changes his clothes as soon as they are dirty and always keeps them clean and tidy.

　　There’s a garden between the school and his home. The garden is quite near his home. He usually walks through it when he goes to work. One afternoon, on his way home, a boy asked, “May I clean your shoes for you, sir?”

　　Mr. Li stopped to look at his shoes and found they were really very dirty. He agreed. The boy began to clean them carefully.

　　After the boy finished the work, Mr Li asked, “how much, boy?”

　　“One yuan, sir.” Mr Li gave him two yuan and said. “One more yuan for you. You can spend the money washing your face.”

　　After the boy heard this, he ran to the garden and washed his face in the pool. Then he came back and gave one yuan back to Mr. Li and said, “Your hair is too long. You’d better go and ask someone to cut your hair short. I’m sure you need the money!”

　　10. Mr. Li usually goes to work .

　　A. by bike B. by car C. on foot D. by bus

　　11. Mr. Li’s home is .

　　A. near the garden B. next to the boy

　　C. far from the school D. far from the garden

　　12. Mr. Li let the boy clean his shoes because .

　　A. he was busy B. they were dirty

　　C. the boy was polite D. he wanted to help the boy

　　13. Mr. Li didn’t want his one Yuan back because .

　　A. he thought his shoes were too dirty B. he was very rich

　　C. the boy made his shoes clean D. he wanted the boy to wash his dirty face

　　14. The boy thought .

　　A. one Yuan was no use B. Mr. Li liked him

　　C. his face wasn’t dirty D. Mr. Li laughed at him