When are you an adult (成年人)？
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡相应位置。

A man died and was on his way to another world，either Heaven or Hell (地狱)．He saw a very beautiful palace halfway and the owner of the palace asked him to 36 in the palace．

The man said，“I have been working hard　 37 my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work．”

The owner of the palace said，“If so，there is nowhere else 38 than here for you．There is enough delicious food in my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone 39 you．Moreover，nothing needs to be done by you．”Then，the man stayed in the palace．

At the beginning，the man felt very 40 ，eating and sleeping，without thinking about other things． 41 gradually，he felt a bit lonely and bored．So he went to the owner and said，“It’s too boring to live by just eating and sleeping every day．Now I have no 42 in this kind of life any more．Could you please help me find a job?”

The owner replied，“ Sorry，there is no 43 here at all．”

After another several months，the man could not 　44 his present life and went to the owner again and said，“I really can not stand this sort of life any more． 45 you do not offer me a job，I would like to go to hell instead of living here．”

The owner of the palace laughed loudly and then said，“Do you think it is Heaven here? It is actually Hell! ”

36．A．play　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．rest　　　　　　　　　　 C．stay　　　　　　　　 D．visit

37．A．to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．during　　　　　　　　 C．at　　　　　　　　　 D．for

38．A．better　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．nearer　　　　　　　　 C．safer　　　　　　　 D．funnier

39．A．paying　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．serving　　　　　　　 C．stopping　　　　　 D．guiding

40．A．happy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．lonely　　　　　　　　 C．surprised　　　　 D．sad

41．A．But　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．And　　　　　　　　　　 C．Or　　　　　　　　　 D．So

42．A．confidence　　　　　　　　　　　 B．trouble　　　　　　　　 C．interest　　　　　 D．doubt

43．A．job　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．food　　　　　　　　　 C．fun　　　　　　　　　D．worry

44．A．enjoy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．imagine　　　　　　　 C．believe　　　　　　 D．stand

45．A．Though　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Until　　　　　　　　　 C．When　　　　　　　　D．If

Mr. Strong is a London taxi driver. The following talk is given by him.

“I have been a taxi driver     36     nearly ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night,     37     there is too much traffic during the day. I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon, and I usually     38    between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.”

“Some     39     things happened late at night.     40     day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her     41      . So I waited in the car    42      she climbed in through the windows.”

    “I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out    43      was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to     44     in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.”

    “Luckily the woman came downstairs. She     45     have gone to sleep and forgotten me and the dog!” 

1.A. in                 B. for                    C. before               D. after

2. A. if                 B. so                     C. though              D. because

3.A. go home        B. go shopping       C. do sports           D. do housework

4. A. sad              B. good                 C. strange              D. disappointing

5. A. The other  B. Another             C. The others        D. Other

6. A. money          B. bag                  C. box                   D. key

7.A. until              B. while                C. since                 D. as soon as

8. A. what             B. which               C. who                  D. that

9. A. drive            B. walk                 C. climb                D. run

10.A. will             B. can                   C. may                  D. must

Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day. The same  36  is going on at school now.     37   it seems that doing weekend home-work is    38   problem for the modern students.

        All the students should agree that weekend homework should be canceled.  It's   39    for them to study at school five days a week.  They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, how can they find   40   to help around the house, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreations  (????), or just have    41 _ at home? Because of these other activities, the homework can't be finished until   42  .  So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are   43  and often threaten (??в) to fail whole class of students because they know nothing about the   44  .  If there were no weekend homework for the students to do, they would be happy to go to school on Monday _ 45  _ having a good rest and to learn what the teachers teach.

1.A. thing     B. school     C. class      D. homework

2.A. Also        B.  But       C. Still    D. Though

3.A. no      B. another    C. one       D. other

4.A. not enough B. enough    C. no good    D. nouse

5.A. friends    B. time      C. places      D. money

6.A. a rest    B. an exam    C. a lesson    D. a picnic

7.A. Monday afternoon        B. Saturday afternoon

          C.  Friday night           D.  Sunday night

8.A. pleased   B. sorry      C. unhappy    D. not worried

9.A. lesson    B. games     C. interests    D. activities

10.A. until     B. when      C. before     D. after