四、阅读理解(本大题满分20分，每小题2分)

阅读下面三篇材料，井根据材料内容从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，井在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

One day, when my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, I heard a man's voice from a car in the car-park. After a quick look at the ear, 1 noticed the Pennsylvania license plate (牌照) at once, so I knew they had come from far away. The young man had his head partly out of the window and spoke to me as I moved closer, "Excuse me, my wife and I are trying to find a room for the night and every place in the area seems to be filled up. Do you have any suggestions for us where we might find a room?"

Well, that didn't surprise me. After all, it was the busy time of the year for tourism. As he spoke, I noticed that his wife was pregnant (怀孕的). 1 told them that they should just keep searching (搜寻) and wished them good luck in their search. The young husband didn't say any other word and backed out of the car-park and headed off. We also got into our car and drove home.

After a short drive, I couldn't get this young couple out of my mind. Here they were, traveling in a different state, tired, the wife pregnant. It was at that moment that my wife told me we needed to go back and find that couple. We went back and looked for them. We even went as fat as the mountain. I'm happy that this story had a happy ending. We found them in the end, gave them a room, and now we are close friends.

51. The main problem the young couple had was that they couldn't_______________.

A. find a place for the night              B. find a doctor

C, find their way                         D. afford to stay at a hotel

52. When the writer told him to keep searching, the young husband____________            .

A. was very happy                        B. continued to ask other questions

C. thanked him and drove away          D. said nothing and drove away

53. We can reach a conclusion from the passage that______________ .

A. the writer didn't agree with his wife     B. the writer's wife was a kind person as well

C. the writer had no trouble finding the young couple

D. the young couple found a room in a hotel in the end

B

Want to save the environment? You probably can't fix everything on your own, but by taking small steps and keeping the environment in mind every day, you can make a difference,

1. Think Green. Challenge yourself to think about the environment as you live your life. If you shut off lights when you leave the room, turn off your TV when you're not watching it, you'll save energy. If you take shorter showers, you'll save water.

2. Shop Green. Shopping is fun, but buying things you don't need is wasteful and bad for the earth. Before you buy something, ask yourself how much you'll really use it. Keep yourself away from buying products with unnecessary packaging (包装), and whenever possible, buy things that were locally made instead of those shipped from far away.

3. Dress Green. Wear green trousers and T-shirts if you want. But what really matters isn't the colour, it's how the clothes were made. If you want to help the environment, the best place to find clothes is at a vintage store, but you might not want to buy everything used. No matter where you shop, keep an eye out for products made from environmentally friendly materials like organic(有机的) cotton, which is grown without the use of pesticides ( 杀虫剂).

4. Study Green. What's better than learning about the environment? Save it while you learn, It can be as simple as using both sides of a piece of paper before you recycle it, or reusing an old textbook :instead of buying a new one. If you want to do more, join an environmental group at your school, and encourage your friends to join, too.

54. The underlined phrase "a vintage store" in this passage refers to (是指) a place where you can buy               .

A. cheap clothes                         B. fashionable clothes

C. second-hand clothes               D. clothes of special size

55. Which of the following acts does not agree with the writer's green ideas?

A. Taking shorter showers.

B. Buying products with unnecessary packaging.

C. Wearing clothes made from organic materials.

D. Using both sides of a piece of paw.

56．What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Some Methods to Live Happily.      B. Some Advice to Save Money in Daily Life.

C. Some Steps to Live a Healthy Life.  D. Some Ways to Make One's Life Green.