I often think about my future and talk about it with my friends. I want to know what it would be like.

Now I am a middle school student. It is impor?tant for me to listen to our teacher carefully in class. When I finish middle school, I will take the entrance examination (入学考试)to college. I'd like to study law. It is something that interests me and it will be helpful for my work. Because I want to be a lawyer in the future.

I don't know what my family will be like in the future. I would like to have a big house in New
York. I hope that one day I will get married and have four children―two boys and two girls. When I
have time, I will play and travel with them by car.
(       )26. The writer often thinks about his____ .

A. parents              B. future

C. job                 D. friends

(       )27. The writer's ambition is to become a in the future.

A. teacher                    B. writer

C. lawyer                  D. doctor
(       )28. The underlined word "law" means____ in Chinese.

A.法律    B.管理    C.政治    D.新闻

(       )29. The writer mainly talks about his future _______  in the last paragraph.

A. wife    B. job      C. family D. car

(       )30. What's the best title for the passage?

A.  My Plans for the Future

B.   The Real Meaning of Life

C.   Education and Life

D.  Job and Family

In the United States, "hitting the books" means studying a subject with great effort.

One of the great challenges for students 16 taking tests. Students 17 long hours preparing for a test. They read all their books carefully, and then read them 18 ， and a third time. They pre?pare for 19 possible question. They study every night. They are "hitting the books".

In the United States, most children go to school 20 they are five years old. Public education is free and most children go to schools near their homes. School in these early years is 21 The children learn to read and write, but they also play?games and go on trips. There is no reason 22 such an early age for them to hit the books.

This situation changes as children become older. The subjects become more difficult. Students must

23 world history, algebra(代数)and the life sci?ences. Tests become more common. Pressure 24 to hit the books, study hard, and advance(升级). 25 ， most students only really begin hitting the books for long hours when they reach high school.

Knowledge is a prize that is not easy to gain. 

(       )16.   A.   are     B.   is     C.  were     D. was

(       )17.   A.  cost   B.  take C.   spend    D. pay

(       )18.  A.  a first time      B.  a second time 

           C.  a third time     D.   a fourth time

(       )19.   A.   all      B.   no    C.   few     D. every

(       )20.  A. when  B.  since C.  for       D. that

(       )21.  A.  boring     B. difficult C.   fun      D. strange

(       )22.  A.  at      B.  on    C.  in D. for

(       )23.  A.   look for B.  learn about C. set up      D.   hear of

(       )24.  A.  is growing      B.   is disappearing C.  is falling    D.  is going

(       )25.  A.  Although     B. Even C.  However     D. Whatever

(       )15.   I want to be a newspaper reporter because I  ________ talking with all kinds of people.

A.   want B.  enjoy C.   hope D. think

(       )14.   She is going to take ________ lessons because she wants to be an actress.
A.   music             B. dancing

C.   acting             D. piano

(       )13.  The kid was too tired  ________.
A.   running         B. run

C.   to run           D. runs

(       )12.  ―Do you make your plan for your vaca?tion?

―Of course, I  ________ to Hong Kong to go shopping. I hear things are cheaper there.

A.   went          B. am going

C.   was going       D. goes

(       )11.  I am learning  ________ a car though it is not easy for me.

A.   drive           B. driving

C.   to drive          D. drives

(       )10.  She's going to the mall some clothes this Sunday. ________

          A.   to buy           B. buy

C.   buying           D. buys

(       )9. ―  ________are you going to be an explorer?

―I'm going to exercise a lot and read more books.

        A.  Why   B.   How  C.  What D. When

(       )8.  The message had to do ________ the singer.

A.  with   B.   in       C.  of       D. at