The cartoon       , Snoopy, is very popular in China.

   A. writer          B. actor            C. character        D. designer

Are only clever and good-looking students happy in the school? Best-selling ___31___ Xiao Nizi (Nini) doesn’t think so.

 “___32___ has his own place in the sky." she said.  "We're all special in our own ways.”

Nini, from Hunan, writes stories about young people in the school. Her books, ___33___ Devils Kiss and Un-e on Midsummer’s Night, are very ___34___ with students.

In her stories, the main characters arc usually common girls who are neither pretty ___35___ smart. But they always win the love of a Prince Charming(白马王子)，or ___36___ successful stars.

"It’s not because of luck."' said Nini. ""They are ___37___ honest and they don't lie. They know what they arc good ___38___ and work hard to realize their dreams. "

Nini herself is like one of the characters in her stories. She was a shy girl at school. But she thought a lot and liked languages, and that made her ___39___ to be a writer. She hopes her stories ___40__ make more kids happy.

31. A. writer        B. reader         C. speaker

32. A. Nobody      B. Everyone      C. Someone

33. A. as           B. for example    C. such as

34. A. successful    B. popular        C. funny

35. A. nor          B. or             C. but

36. A. become      B. make          C. take

37. A. still          B. only          C. ever

38. A. at           B. for           C. with

39. A. deciding      B. to decide      C. decide

40. A. can          B. must         C. need

Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same___26___?

A new__27____—Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a __28_____ one day. They teach him to ___29___and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold___30___ at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.

  "___31___do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be____32______."

 The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to _____33_____their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.

Young audiences(观众)enjoy the story, and also the___34___in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very ___35 _____to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!

1.A.jobs    B.dreams   C.habits    D.hobbies

2.A.song     B.film   C.play      D.opera

3.A.writer   B.teacher    C.sportsman    D.musician

4.A.paint   B.write    C.run    D.drive

5.A.match   B.ring    C.medal  D.race

6.A.How   B.Why   C.When   D.Where

7.A.myself    B.different    C.alone    D.great

8.A.encourage   B.understand   C.criticize  D.inspire

9.A.light    B.clothes    C.skill    D.music

10.A.easy    B.difficult     C.important    D.necessary

The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was        years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution（污染）. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even       it. Man has polluted the        . The more people, the more pollution.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so       people. When the land was used up (用光), the river was not clean in a place,man went to       place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world       pollution is still the most serious, it’s bad for       things in the world.Many countries don’t le t people burn       for air in houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of       pollution. It’s caused by heavy traffic. People say it’s       to ride bikes. When you are       , there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bike. It’s not      bikes are expen sive or people are tired if they ride to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people       their bikes and go to work by cars,  then things are getting       . We should have special roads only for bikes and make it       difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes. 

1.A. hundred       B. hundreds of      C. hundred of      D. hundreds 

2.A. listen         B. listen to         C. hear of        D. hear 

3.A. moon          B. star               C. earth             D. sun 

4.A. lot            B. little             C. many             D. much  

5.A. others        B. the others       C. the other        D. another  

6.A. Air           B. Food              C. Water            D. Noise  

7.A. life           B. live              C. living            D. lives 

8.A. something bad              B. bad something  

C. something good              D. good something 

9.A. water           B. air             C. noise          D. white 

10.A. least           B. best            C. most             D. worst 

11.A. driving       B. biked           C. riding           D. ridden 

12.A. why             B. because          C. what              D. how 

13.A. put on          B. look at         C. put away        D. look up 

14.A. better and better              B. more and more  

C. worse and worse                     D. bigger and bigger 

15.A. quite            B. such              C. very               D. so

Beethoven was a great German _______.

  A writer             B artist                           C composer    D poet