Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

"I wish I could sleep  36  more," says Liu．

The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37  School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38 curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40 home by six．

" My teacher  41 us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42 " , she says．

In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

"I didn't have time to rest,   45 on Friday night," Liu recalls．

The family has a monthly  46 of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47 classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

" I think it' s   48 the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49  she will get a good job in the future．"

Chinese children face   50 pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53 believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54  their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55 , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

36．A．any           B．some          C．even           D．far

37．A．Secondary                                     B．Training        C．Language     D．Primary

38．A．super          B．extra          C．huge           D．usual

39．A．In             B．For            C．At            D．On

40．A．get                                           B．stay            C．leave            D．drive

41  A．orders          B．recommends     C．persuades        D．suggests

42．A．sleepy            B．tired               C．cold                 D．thirsty

43．A．stopped              B．finished            C．enjoyed              D．started

44．A．housework          B．washing           C．homework       D．writing

45．A．besides            B．including            C．since             D．except

46．A．pay                  B．cost                    C．income                D． money                                 

47．A．weekend           B．Sunday            C．everyday             D．Saturday

48．A．wasteful         B．worth                  C．valuable              D．worthy

49．A．so that                B．since               C．now that              D．while

50．A．challenging      B．increasing            C．developing      D．changing

51．A．ahead              B．hard              C．late                 D．away

52  A．average            B．achievement        C．advance          D．advantage

53．A．teachers              B．students           C．friends           D．parents

54．A．send            B．hope                   C．take                    D．wish

55．A．strength        B．interest             C．talent              D．skill

Answer

36—40 BABDC  41—45 BADCD  46—50 CABAB  51—55 ADDAC

【解析】略