PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (24分)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
He was a real big spender. He stayed at the best hotel and ate in the most expensive restaurants.
To the management of Disneyland Pairs, he was a very welcome guest, even though he was only 12 years old. In the end, the police discovered that the schoolboy was living the high life on the ￡10,000 stolen from his father’s safe.
The boy, named Lamine, had disappeared from the family hotel in Paris 10 days earlier. While police all over France searched for him, he was living it up at a 250-a-night Disneyland hotel. He went on all the rides and went on every other attraction in the place.
And when he’d had enough of Disneyland for a while, he paid ￡650 to hire a large and very comfortable car which is usually used by very rich or important people to take him to a park for a day. Then he was driven back to Disneyland, where he treated new-found friends to expensive rides and dinner. By the time the truth about him was discovered, Lamine had spent ￡7,000 of his father’s money.
41. What does the underlined phrase “ high life”(paragraph 2) probably mean?
A. A way of living that involves spending a lot of money.
B. A way of living that is as good as that of other people.
C. A way of living that draws attention from the police.
D. A way of living that is envied by young and rich people.
42. What was the possible reason that the police all over France searched for Lamine?
A. The police found that Lamine stole his father’s money and ran away.
B. His family found that the boy was lost and called the police for help.
C. The police thought that it was dangerous to live an expensive life.
D. The family wanted Lamine to go back to school.
43. Why was Lamine a very welcome guest of Disneyland Paris?
A. Because he was only 12 years old.
B. Because he liked the riders in the Disneyland.
C. Because he made the Disneyland famous.
D. Because he spent a lot of money in Disneyland.
44. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Lamine moved from one expensive hotel to another with his father’s money.
B. The police began to search Lamine when they discovered that he stole his father’s money.
C. Lamine was found ten days after he left his parents.
D. Lamine had made some new friends and went to a park with them.