1. The children in “The Centre” do not go to a school because ______.

　 A. they live too far away from one another.　　　 B. they do not like school.

　 C. they are not old enough to go to school.　　　 D. their families are too poor.

86、(1分)

　　 Robert is nine years old and Joanna is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property.

　　 Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300, miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.

　　 Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people live in “The Centre”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Centre”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all students answer, lessons begin… Think of your teacher 300 miles away!

4. Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?

　 A. Americans eat five times as much fish as the Scandinavians.

　 B. Scandinavians eat five times as much fish than the Americans.

　 C. Japanese eat more fish only than the Americans and Scandinavians in the world.

　 D. The Americans do not eat so much fish as the Japanese.

3. In the second paragraph, the word “defrost” means ____ .

　 A. make the fish dead B. make the fish alive

　 C. make the fish become unfrozen　　 D. make the fish clean

2. We catch most fish ____ .

　 A. south of the equator　　　　　　　　 B. on or just north of the equator

　 C. in the northern part of the earth　　　 D. in the southern hemisphere

1. What do we do with the fish we catch in the world?

　 A. We eat all the fish we catch.B. We use some of it to make pet food and fertilizer.

　 C. We do not use 25% of it.　 D. We freeze all the fish we catch.

85、(1分)

　　 Of all the fish we catch in the world, we eat only three quarters of it. The rest goes to glue (胶水), soap, margarine (人造奶油), pet food and fertilizer.

　　 Fishermen usually freeze fish they catch at sea. Back in port, they defrost the fish, make the fish have no bones in it and sell it as fresh fish.

　　 Over ninety-five percent of fish caught is in the northern hemisphere. Thus, only about five percent of all fish caught is from south of the equator.

　　 The Japanese are the world champion fish eaters. They eat twice as much fish as the Scandinavians, and five times as much fish as the Americans.

　　 The Russian sturgeon (鲟鱼) is the most expensive fish in the world. The eggs of the sturgeon are called caviar.

5. The best title for this passage is ____ .

　 A. Life Begins at Sixty　 B. A Round Coast Sail

　 C. An Old Woman Sailor　 D. An Unusual Hobby(爱好)

4. What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

　 A. Someone who does not show what she is feeling .

　 B. Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .

　 C. Someone who doesn’t use her head much .

　 D. Someone who is open , honest and brave .

3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

　 A. she thinks it will be very exciting B. she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

　 C. she has decided to realize a childhood dream　 D. she wants to be still active when she gets old