5. Ann has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks they’re exciting places. It’s hard work but she isn’t lazy. You have to work on Saturdays and Sundays but you get other days off. It’s not very well-paid, but who cares about money?

Why does Ann want to get the job in the restaurant?　

A. It’s an easy job.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The pay is good and the food is free.

C. She thinks it would be fun.　　　　　　　　　　 D. You get long holidays.　

　(20) 1. B　 2. A　 3. C　 4. D　　 5. C

Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Nanjing Sunshine Secondary School. The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价). He draws faces to show his progress：

4. Man: I’m looking for a room to rent. It doesn’t matter how big it is. I don’t care what colour the walls are or how old the furniture(家具)is. I’ve got to study for my exams, so the house must be quiet and near the school.

Girl: There are some advertisements for rooms in the paper. What about this one?

Man: Yes… Yes… that’s all right. Oh, dear, no, I don’t think it would do.

What’s wrong with the room in the advertisement about rooms?

A. It’s too small.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　B. The walls are the wrong colour.

C. The man likes old furniture better.　 　 D. It’s too noisy.

3. Tom: There’s a new football team standing in the village, Mum. I’m old enough to play in it. We stop school at half past three, so I’d have plenty of time.

Mum: Well, I suppose you could do your homework later. But look, Tom, you haven’t read the advertisement carefully. You can’t possibly play for this team.

Why can’t Tom play for the new football team?

　　 A. He’s not old enough.　 　　　　　　　　　 B. Tom hasn’t read the advertisement carefully.

　 　C. School stops too late.　 　　　　　　　　　 D. He has to do his homework

2. Man: Why don’t we rent(租、借)one of the Seaview Holiday Flats for our holiday, Mary? They sound just as good as the Seaview Hotel, and it would be much cheaper.

Mary: There’s one big difference between the holiday flats and the hotel. The hotel would be much less work.

Why would Mary rather stay at the hotel?

　　 A. They wouldn’t have to cook.　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It’s not so expensive.

　　 C. She would enjoy the beautiful gardens.　　　　　 D. It’s near the sea.

1. The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr Brown wants to live in the north of town near his workplace. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. The Browns’ children don’t care what the house is like as long as (只要)the garden is big enough.

Why didn’t the Browns buy the house in the advertisement?

A. it was on the wrong side of the town.　　　　　　 B. There weren’t enough bedrooms.

C. There was no dinning room.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. The garden was too big.

5. This passage mainly tells us that _________.

A. pop stars are not rich in fact

B. young people had better not be pop stars　

C. there are many young people wanting to be pop stars

D. pop stars don’t have an easy life as they seem to have

(19)1. B　 2. A　 3. D　 4. A　 5. D

(20)

Read the following six advertisements and answer the questions for each of them.

HOUSE FOR SALE.

Comfortable family home with large garden on north side of town.

Three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom.

Offer over $ 35,000

Boys and girls wanted to play in local football team. Aged 9--13

Meet in Green Park on Fridays at 3 p.m.

4. The band did _________ in the rehearsal (彩排) in the night’s show.

A. better in the show than 　　　　　　　　B. worse in the show than

C. in the show as bad as 　　　　　　　　D. not tell us how the band did

3. The pop star felt ________ after the performance.

A. tired　 　　　　　B. excited　　　 　　C. sad 　　　　　　　D. both A and B

2. According to the chart, the pop star was good at _________.

A. singing　 　　　　B. dancing　　 　　　C. making faces　 　　　D. playing the piano

1. The pop star went back to the hotel _________ on Feb. 10, 2006.

A. once　 　　　　　B. twice 　　　　　　C. three times　　　 　　D. four times