5. His grandparents want _______(see) him as soon as possible.

4. He can’t stand _________(wait) long time for the bus.

3. I feel like __________(do) something fun this weekend.

2. They don’t mind _________(spend) long time ________(watch) basketball games.

1. The boy students like ________(play) basketball.

(D)

　 Many places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find w　　 to turn salt water into fresh.

Why aren’t there many factories like the Symi factory? In some places, the Sun isn’t hot e　　　 , or it doesn’t shine every day. In these places, other ways of heating sea water can be u　　 . These ways cost more money, but they work farther than the Sun. By boiling sea water with h　　　　 heat, a lot of fresh water can be made quickly.

But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried. One way is f　　　 　　　. The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the pieces of ice are taken out.

Which way is the best? The one that gives the most water for the l　 　　money. It may be a d　　　　　　 way for each place.

(C)

　 If you will go to a　　　　　 country, you must knows some of the customs of that country. There is a famous English s　　　　　 　, “When in Rome, do as Romans do,” this is certainly a piece of good a　　　　 　for you in a strange country. You must try to know as m　　　 as possible about what foreigners do. It will be a great h　　　　 when you stay there.

(B)

Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.

Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the younger people wants to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or coungry music.

Answer the following questions:

1. How many kinds of music are mentioned in this passage?　　 ________________________

2. When do the pop singers become national stars?　 When they __________________________

3. What is country music about?　　　 It is about ____________________________________

4. How do students with cars listen to music?　 ______________________________________

5. Do adult drivers in America like to listen to music all the time while driving?　 ___________

6.How do pop or popular music singers make much money? ____________________________

(A)

　 People use umbrellas when it rains. However, the umbrella was not invented to keep off water when it rained. It was first used to keep off the sun.

　 Nobody knows who first invented it, but it was used long, long ago. At that time, in some places ordinary people were not allowed to use the umbrella. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella to keep off the Sun. But the Romans were the first to use it to keep off rain.During the Middle Ages, people stopped using the umbrella. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century.

　 By 1680 the umbrella appeared in France and later on in England.

　 By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used to keep off rian all over Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in shape during all this time though they have become much lighter in weight.

　 In the twentieth century, women’s umbrellas began to be made in all kinds of colours.

1.(　 ) It is a long time since the umbrellas to prevent themselves from rain.

2.(　 ) People invented umbrellas to prevent themselves from rain.

3.(　 ) The Italians used umbrellas before 1600.

4.(　 ) The umbrellas appeared in France in the late seventeenth century.

5.(　 ) Women’s umbrellas changed less than men’s.

6.(　 ) Today’s umbrellas are generally lighter thyan those hundreds of years ago.

10.Some dinosaurs were fiercer than others. (同意句)

　 Some dinosaurs were not ________　 _________　 ______ others.