1．American Idol is a TV show and annual American singing competition.which began its first season on——青夏教育精英家教网——

1．American Idol is a TV show and annual American singing competition，which began its first season on June 11，2002．It is based on the British show Pop Idol，in which thousands of young singers，aged 16-28，audition（试演）for the chance（16）to be chosen （choose） as the new singing idol．The program seeks to discover the （17）best （good） young singer in the country through （18）a series of nationwide auditions．
Auditions （19）are held（hold） in key cities around the country，with judges removing some contestants（选手），（20）until there are only 30left．These 30compete，on air，and the viewing public votes for （21）their three favorites each week，over the course of the next three weeks．Those nine contestants，along（22）with one"wild card"chosen by judges，continue on to the next stage of the competition，（23）whichtakes place over several weeks．The outcome of the latter stages of this competition is wholly determined by public voting．There are three judges assessing the contestants'
（24）performances（perform） in order to facilitate（推动） the voting．
Of these ten，two winners are chosen to appear in a live half-hour telecast（电视广播）the following evening to compete （25）for a top-dollar record deal．

20．Only when the war was over ____ return to his hometowns．（　　）

	A．	have the soldiers		B．	the soldiers
	C．	the soldiers did		D．	did the soldiers

19．Much to our surprise，not a single word about himself _____ in the class meeting last Monday．（　　）

18．The Olympics Games is a great international sports festival，（76）whichalmost every nation sends teams of selected athletes to take part in．（77）Boththe Summer and Winter Olympic Games take place（78）everyevery four years．In 2008，the 19^th Olympic Games was held in Beijing．It was the（79）third（第三）time that the Summer Olympic Games had taken place in Asia．Athletes（80）from204 National Olympic Committees（81）competed in 28sports and 302events The Chinese team won 51gold （82）medals，ranking first of all the countries present．Proudly，we Chinese（83）managedto make the 29^th Olympic Games the best ever．The（84）friendly（友好的）people and amazing（85）culture（文化）of China left a deep impression on athletes and sports fans from all over the world．

17．Only when the countries in the Middle East are no longer at wat_____able to live a peaceful life．（　　）

	A．	will the people over there be		B．	the people over there will be
	C．	are the people over there		D．	the people over there be

16．Malaysian Prime Minister announced that none of the 239people on Malaysia Airline flight MH370had survived．

15．Children always have the curiosity to know everything．

14．Paul Lucas can often be seen walking around the city of San Francisco．Sometimes people are surprised to see him walking（16）withoutany shoes or socks，（17）butLucas doesn't mind at all．（18）Helikes to walk barefoot，and so do 640 other members of Dirty Sole Society，the club that Lucas（19）started（start） years ago．Lucas'idea for this is to encourage others to live（20）freely（free）---free of shoes．
According to Lucas，the barefoot life has many advantages．（21）Themost important is simply that it feels good．He also says（22）thatwalking barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by touching it with your feet．（23）Inaddition，the feet do not smell so much because they stay dry，（24）walking（make） it hard for bacteria to grow．And，of course，walking barefoot keeps your feet in good shape，so it's actually（25）healthier（healthy） than wearing shoes．

13．In recent years，with the development of the Internet，more and more people would like to use Web Language in writing and communication．Some people even speak Chinese mixed（16）withEnglish letters，so our class have had a discussion about（17）whetherwe should use Web Language.40% of the students hold the view（18）thatit is kind of ridiculous and hard to understand and in their opinion，using Web Language not only has bad effects（19）onlearning English，but also（20）makes（make） the Chinese language less standard and pure，（21）finally（final） ruining our mother tongue．However，the（22）others/rest，60% of our class，are fond of the Web Language for the reason that it is simple，convenient and helpful in expressing（23）themselvesand what's more，it makes the language more interesting．In my opinion，it's not（24）agood habit to use the Web Language．It may be popular as some people think，but you may also make yourself（25）misunderstood（misunderstand）．

12．While thousands of college students headed for warm climate to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes，seven local students had other plans．
The Northern Essex Community College （NECC） students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring reak in New York City，helping repair an area （61）destroyed （destroy） by the hurricane．
"I wanted to see for myself what happened，"said Terry．"I couldn't imaginewhat（62）it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the（63）powerful（power） effect the hurricane had on those people．I wanted to do something，to understand their feeling of helplessness．"
The group headed into Brooklyn's Red Hook district，which was hit hard by the hurricane．There they met people from other parts of the country，（64）whohad also volunteered to help．Together，those volunteers and the NECC students（65）worked（work） to clear rubbish out of a three-story building．They put on protective suits and gloves（66）beforethey entered the building．
Inside the building，the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building （67）lying（lie） all over the place．
The students returned to school with （68）asense of achievement，a feeling that（69）theyhelped people in need．I was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover，and this left the deepest impression（70）onthe students．

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