50. A. ago B. after B. look at B. looked B. ago B. the other

C. long C. give

D. later D. show D. looked at D. later D. the another D. Where .

51. A. see 52. A. found 53. A. before 54. A. others

C. looked for C. after C. another C. Why

55. A. What B. When VII、阅读理解：（20分）

A

Frank bought a new doorbell, but nobody seemed to notice it. When his friends came, they knocked heavily at the door. Frank was not happy about it.

One day a friend came to see Frank. He knocked at the door loudly. Frank came to the door, but didn’t open it. He shouted at the visitor from inside. “ I can’t hear you! Please ring the doorbell!”

根据短文内容，回答下列问题： 56. What did Frank buy? 57. Why wasn’t Frank happy? 58. Who came to see Frank one day? 59. Why didn’t Frank open the door? 60. Did Frank hear the knock?

B

Our world is getting smaller and smaller. We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The newest plane can fly at 600 miles an hour. You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris.

But hundreds of years ago, it took people a long time to go around the world. Magellan's(麦哲伦) men were the first to make that trip. They went by ship and it took them more than two years. On September 20, 1510,he left Spain(西班牙) with five ships and 240men. He was killed in the Philippines（菲律宾）. More than two years later, on December 21, 1512 , only one of the five ships with just 31 men returned to Spain. Magellan's trip taught us that the world was round and that people could go around the world. 61. People can fly around the world in