I ________the bike for two weeks.

A．bought          B．have bought    C．have had

Our teacher told us that the sun  ________ bigger than the earth.

A．was       B．is                 C．are

If it ________rain tomorrow，we’ll play football．

A．won’t           B．isn’t             C．doesn’t

The girl is never late for school，________she?

A．isn’t      B．is．              C．doesn’t

Do you know the man ________ is talking to our teacher?

A．who      B．when            C．where

Li Ping didn’t go to school ________ she was ill．

A．until      B．so                C．because

    It was five to six P.m. Bill’s work for the day was almost finished，and now he had only one letter for Mrs. Green．It would take him half an hour to get to Mrs. Green’s home．So he would finish his day’s work much later．But he didn’t mind because Mrs. Green always 1 him in for a cup of tea when he had a letter for her．

    When Bill got into the gate of Mrs. Green’s house，he was surprised not to find her working in the  2．“She usually spends most afternoons there when the weather is fine．But…”He knocked hard at the door，there was no  3  ．Bill felt very strange about this because he know that Mrs. Green was always at home．“Perhaps she is  4  ，” he thought．At once he   5  into her house through an open window，and found Mrs. Green lying Oil the floor．He telephoned a doctor．Soon the doctor came…

1．A．helped                   B．put                      C．asked

2．A．factory                  B．post office            C．garden

3．A．answer                  B．noise                   C．sound

4．A．sorry                     B．ill                        C．happy

5．A．walked                  B．ran                      C．jumped

    Some day，little cars may take the place of today’s cars．If everyone  1   such a little ear in the future，there will be less pollution in the air；there will be more parking space in cities；the streets will be  2  crowded．The space now for one car of the usual size can hold  3  one little car．

    The little car will  4  much less to own and to drive．Driving will be  5  too，because these little ears can go only 50 kilometers an hour．

    The cars of the future will be fine for going  6  the city，but they will not be useful for going far away．The little car needs only two batteries(电池)一one battery for the motor，and  7  for the horn and the lights．

    If we want the big cars to  8  along with the small ones，we will need to  9   two kinds of roads．Some roads will be used  10   the big fast cars，and other roads will be needed for the small，slower ones．

1．A．drives                    B．sits                             C．makes

2．A．more                     B．1ess                           C．fewer

3．A．fewer than             B．1ess than                      C．more than

4．A．pay                       B．spend                         C．cost

5．A．faster                    B．harder                         C．safer

6．A．over                      B．around                        C．from

7．A．another                  B．the others                    C．the other

8．A．make                     B．get                             C．let

9．A．build                     B．put                             C．find

10．A．to                        B．as                               C．for

    There are many advantages of becoming a professional musician．The biggest advantage is being able to do something you love．You will have the chance to travel to many different places and meet a lot of different people．That will open up your eyes．

    However，there are also disadvantages of being a professional musician．One of the biggest disadvantages for most musicians is that they don’t always have enough money．Most of the time，you will be looking for jobs．Sometimes you won’t be able to find a good job．Another disadvantage is the place you live in．If you want to be a musician，you usually have to move to an area that has a lot of jobs，such as New York City．The cost of living in these areas is usually very high．The third disadvantage is that you can’t have a stable family life．Different jobs will take a musician to different places，so most musicians are unable to have a regular family．

1．The advantages of being a professional musician include all the following EXCEPT ________．

   A．making a lot of money all the time

   B．doing something you like

   C．meeting a lot of different people

   D．traveling to many different places

2．Which is NOT a disadvantage of being a professional musician?

   A．Not always having enough money．

   B．Being unable to have a stable family life．

   C．Having the chance to meet many different people．

   D．The high cost of living in big cities．

3．What does the underlined word “stable” mean in Chinese?

   A．幸福的           B．稳定的         C．健康的         D．坚定的

4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A．The biggest advantage of being a musician is being able to live in big cities．

   B．Most musicians are unable to have a regular family life because they enjoy traveling．

   C．It’s difficult for some musicians to find a good job sometimes．

   D．The author doesn’t want to be a musician at all．

5．The author mainly tells US ________ in the passage．

   A．how to become a professional musician

   B．why people want to become professional musicians

   C．not to become professional musicians

   D．becoming a professional musician can also have problems

    Kate and Peter like sports．In summer they swim and in winter they ski．They want to ski this weekend．but they don’t know about the weather．It’s 7：30 now．They are listening to the weather report：“Friday is going to be cold and cloudy，but it’s not going to rain．It’s going to snow on Friday night．Saturday and Sunday are going to be cold and sunny．”Now Kate and Peter are going to have a good weekend in the mountains．

1．Kate and Peter want ________________________________________________．

2．In summer they often ________________________________________________．

3．They aye ________________________________________________ now．

4．It’s  ________________________________________________ on Saturday and Sunday．

5．Kate and Peter are going to ski ________________________________________________．