51. According to the story, what will probably happen next?

   A. The woman will pay for the fan.                     B. Ann will make more fans to sell.

   C. Nick will help sell the rest of Ann’s fans.          D. Kenji will learn how to make beautiful fans.

C

   ORLANDO, FLORIDA―Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll out of bed in their pajamas(睡衣) and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer.

   The Florida high school, the state’s only on?line school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computer. “I’m a lot more comfortable at home,” says Luke Levesque, a 16-year-old boy who is taking a computer class on-line. He thinks the school’s computer lab is so noisy that he can’t study well. “Home is much better,” he says.

   Students in this first on-line program take classes in Algebra（代数）, American government, chemistry, computer, economics, and Web-page design. They also have to go to a regular school to attend other classes.

   When a student is ready to begin a class, he or she turns on the computer, reads the teacher’s instructions, and begins working on the lesson for the day. What happens if a student has a question for the teacher? Or the teacher wants to say something about the work a student is doing? The student and the teacher talk to each other every day through e-mail or he or she calls the teacher. For example, when Luke opened his daily e-mail from the teacher, it contained (包含) her instructions for the day’s computer lesson. When he finished, he e-mailed the work back to her for grading.

   Is it easy for students to cheat on tests when they’re working at home? The teachers have already thought about this. They make students take their final exams in person in the classroom.

   “You see most of the same things on-line that you see in a regular classroom,” says teacher Linda Hayes. “You get to know the students on-line.”

   If this first on-line program goes well, in three years Florida high school students will be able to take all their classes by computer. When that happens, students will be able to get their high school diplomas (毕业证书) without having to set foot in a classroom.

50. Paragraph 3 is mostly about______.

   A. why Kenji likes the fair                                  B. what Ann does at the fair

   C. when the fair starts                                         D. what the fair is like

49. What can we know from the passage?

   A. Nick is satisfied with Ann’s painting.        B. Kenji is quite proud of his sister’s works.

   C. Ann is sure that she can paint fans well.            D. Ann’s father helps her in order to cheer her up.

48. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “fair” in the passage?

   A. A get-together for showing and selling            B. A place for making crafts

   C. A club to learn painting.                                 D. A gym to do sports.

47. If you’re interested in the universe, you can go to the class on ______.

   A. Sunday                    B. Friday                      C. Wednesday               D. Monday

B

   Kenji’s sister Ann was at the kitchen table. The table was covered with newspapers. Small bowls of paint were spread across the newspapers. Painted fans were drying on the chairs beside Ann. “What are you doing?” Kenji asked. Ann held up a plain white fan that she had just started to work on. In one corner was a small and beautiful pink flower. “I’m painting fans to sell at the fair on Saturday,” she said. Then she shrugged (耸肩). “But I’m sure no one will buy them.”

   Kenji picked up one of the finished fans. He smiled. “I think you’re wrong,” he said. “This is beautiful!” “I agree!” Mr. Sato cried. He had just come into the kitchen. “Your work is lovely, Ann!” Ann smiled at her father’s words. “Thanks, Dad,” she said. “I hope other people think so too.”

   Two days later Kenji and his friend Nick went to the crafts(手工制作) fair. The school gym was filled with rows and rows of tables. Each hopeful seller had covered a table with handmade things. There were paintings, jewelry, clay pots and dishes, paperweights, colorful boxes, hats---and much more.

   It took Kenji and Nick some time to find Ann. She was sitting behind her table. There were only a few fans spread out in front of her. Kenji looked puzzled. “Where are the rest of your fans?” he asked. “I sold them!” she said. Kenji smiled at her. He picked up a fan to show his friend. “Oh, that fan is very beautiful!” a woman behind him said. “It is pretty, isn’t it?” Kenji said, handing it to her. “My sister painted it!” he added proudly. “Your sister is quite an artist!” the woman said as she quickly opened her handbag.

46. You may learn something about medicine from __________.

   A. Dr. West                    B. Mr. Morison                    C. Mrs. Green               D. Mrs. Morison

45. You may have a chance to introduce your inventions on _________.

   A. Sunday                     B. Monday                   C. Wednesday               D. Friday

43. A. began            B. hoped             C. chose                          D. changed

42. A. neither                  B. both               C. either                          D. all