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四、阅读。(共两节，满分 35 分)
第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)
阅读下列短文，从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
After-school Club for Students from 12 to 16
Where：Student Centre
When：Monday to Friday
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
How much：2,000 yuan for a school year
（from September to the next June）
Activities：
◇ Dinner ◇ Quiz games
◇ Homework help ◇ Basketball ◇ Music
Join us before Aug. 20!
To know more，please call Sophia at 95146688.
（ ）46. What can we learn from the title?
A. How to join the club. B. Who can join the club.
C. Where to join the club. D. Why we should join the club.
（ ）47. How long can students stay in the centre every time?
A. For 1.5 hours. B. For 2 hours. C. For 5.5 hours. D. For 7 hours.
（ ）48.（创新考法·图片理解）What can students do in the club?
A. B. C. D.

答案： 46.B 47.A 48.C

B
Karen Casey was very unhappy all the time. She didn't have any friends to talk to. She was depressed. Depression is very serious. Many depressed people need medicine to keep themselves healthy and feel better. But some depressed people don't need medicine. They need a good friend.
Some scientists studied a group of depressed people. They wanted to help them. They studied Karen and some other people. The scientists didn't give medicine to Karen and the others. Instead，each depressed person made a new friend. The scientists thought that friendship would make these people healthy.
Karen and her new friend，Emily，met often. They went for coffee，to dinner，or to the cinema together. Karen slowly started to feel better and she talked to Emily about her problems too. Karen had a problem with her job. She was very upset about work. She worked for long hours，but her boss didn't pay her better. She was afraid to talk to her boss about it. Karen talked with Emily about this problem. After that，Karen didn't feel afraid anymore. Then，she talked to her boss and he agreed to give her more money. Now，Karen is happy about work too.
After one year，many of the other people feel happy too. They didn't need medicine to feel better. Their new friends were good for their health.
（ ）49. What does the underlined word “depressed” probably mean?
A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Amazed. D. Excited.
（ ）50. What was Karen's problem?
A. She couldn't find a good job. B. She had just lost her job.
C. She had a fight with her boss. D. Her boss didn't give her more money.
（ ）51. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Friends can make people who have depression feel better.
B. People who have depression always need to take medicine.
C. The scientists haven't found a good way to deal with depression.
D. The scientists have invented a new machine for people who have depression.
（ ）52. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. It's normal to argue with friends. B. Friends are more important than health.
C. Everyone should value their family. D. Friends can help us be healthy and happy.
C
Malls are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the air inside is always fresh. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 5.6 million square feet. It has over 500 stores，and a large park! There are parking spaces for over 12,000 cars.
The first indoor mall in the United States opened in 1956 in Edina，Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town centres where people come to do many things. They shop，and of course，they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see films at theatres. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls，people can see a doctor and even go to churches. In other words，people can do almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favourite shopping centres in fact.
（ ）53. Those Americans are called mall rats.
A. who feel safe at malls B. who spend so much time at malls
C. who have meals at malls D. who do all their shopping at malls
（ ）54. The passage gives reasons why American people like malls.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
（ ）55. According to the passage，Americans like doing shopping.
A. in one place B. in quiet places C. in busy places D. in different places
（ ）56. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A. People like to go to the malls. B. The Mall of America is noisy.
C. When America had the first mall. D. What the Mall of America is like.

答案： 49.A 50.D 51.A 52.D 53.B 54.C 55.A 56.D