25、Many young people want to be pop stars．Pop stars are rich．Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life．In fact, they have very hard lives．They spend much of their time on travel．Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars．The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star．

1． According to the chart, the pop star was a ________．

A． singer               B． dancer              C． player               D． pianist．

2． According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______．

A． 6:30                  B． 7:00                    C． 7:30                D．:8:00

3． How long did he spend on his way to the place for his performance?

A． One hour．                              B． Two hours．

C． four hours and three quarters．               D． One hour and a quarter．

4． At the radio station, the pop star ________．

A． showed fans how to become famous          B． gave a performance on the air

C． met fans and signed for them                            D． told people how he lived his life

5． From this passage we get to know that ________．

A． not all people like pop stars                        B． pop stars have their own bands

C． fans are troublesome for pop stars                     D． to be a pop star is not all fun

24、When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan． Many of our new neighbors weren’t very welcoming．Some of them said angrily that we should return to where we came from．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from school．

Most of my teachers simply took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated, but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me just like anyone else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a chance to show that I was clever．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me think for myself．She always wanted to know what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She expected me to have my own idea．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real key to education．

One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me．The eraser hit me right on the hand and sent my pencil flying．The whole class were very surprised at first, then started laughing．This event became famous in the school and, because it happened to me, the students wanted to get to know me．So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target（靶子）, and how I became just another kid in school．

1． The author and his family were not welcomed by the local people because ________．

A． they returned from another country            B． they had different skin colour

C． they spoke a different language                   D． they moved to a wrong place

2． From the end of the first paragraph we know that ________．

A． children are more friendly to strangers

B． American schools are not safe for kids

C． children often follow their parents’ behavior

D． fighting each other is part of children’s nature

3． At school most of his teachers ______ the author．

A． were cold to    B． didn’t notice     C． threw things at   D． got angry with

4． Miss Bean respected the author by ________．

A． giving him chances to answer questions      B． hitting him with a eraser

C． giving him extra lessons                             D． treating him as one of her students

5． To Miss Bean the most important thing for a student is to ________．

A． pay close attention to what the teacher says

B． learn to think and have one’s own idea

C． keep silent and unnoticed in class

D． get special attention from the teacher

22、Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve Paul saw a dirty and poorly-dressed boy walking  1  his shining car．“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked．

Paul told him how he got the car and the boy was  2 ．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…” he said, without  3  his sentence．Paul thought the boy wished he had a  4  like that． But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly． “I wish,”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”

Paul looked at the boy in surprise．He invited him to take a  5  in his car and the boy agreed happily．After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes  6 ，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？”

Paul smiled a little．He thought the boy wanted to  7  his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong  7 ．The boy ran back into his house, and after a short while came back with his disabled brother in his arms．

He  9  him down on the step and pointed to the car．“There she is, Buddy, just like what I told you upstairs． His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t  10  him a cent． Some day I’m going to give you one just like it．”

1． A． inside              B． around            C． through            D． across

2． A． interested           B． excited             C． satisfied            D． surprised

3． A． finishing           B． understanding       C． hearing             D． checking

4． A． car               B． brother            C． sister               D． family

5． A． seat               B． rest              C． ride              D． picture

6． A． watering            B． shining           C． wondering          D． shaking

7． A． frustrate            B． shock             C． remind              D． show

8． A． either               B． too             C． again                 D． instead

9． A． sat                 B． dropped          C． let                  D． kept

10． A． pay               B． cost              C． bring                D． return

21、根据下面的对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出最佳选项，选项中有一个为多余选项。

M:  Oh, hi, What is your name again? Since this is only the 2^nd day of school, I can’t remember  the students’ names yet．

W: _________1_______I have a hard time remembering names myself．

M: Uh, Karen, right?

W: ________2________My mom’s name is Karen．

M: Nancy, Okay． I think I heard you were from England．

W: Well, I was born there, but my parents are American． I grew up in France．

M:  ______3_________

W:  But then we moved here when I was nine．

M:  ________4________

W:  Well, he is a college professor, and he is in Scotland at the moment．

M:  How interesting! What does he teach?

W:  Oh, I have no idea．______5_______He teaches chemistry．

20、We can see _____ full moon on the evening of August ____ 15th every year．

A． the； a             B． a；a                C． a；the              D． the；the

19、Elephants, pandas and ________  are animals．

A． chicks               B． ducks           C． penguins               D． dolphins

18、After the rebuilding our school is becoming  _______________．

A． more and more beautiful                 B． more beautiful and beautiful

C． beautiful and beautiful                    D． the more beautiful

17、The school days are busy enough, yet the Taylors try hard to fit as much as possible _____ their kids’ lives．

A． in        B． into         C． on        D． at

16、She can speak little English _______she dare to talk with foreigners．

A． so           B． or             C． as            D． but