---- ____ have you stayed in New York? 

---- For about two weeks.

A．How soon          B．How often         C．How long             D．How far

There ____________ an interesting cartoon on CCTV- 6 at seven thirty this evening.

A．is going to have         B．is going to be         C．will have         D．will to be

---- I haven’t seen Grace for a long time.    

---- I haven’t seen her, _____.

A．other        B．too         C．either        D．instead

__________ we plant, _________our city will be.

A．The more trees, the beautiful           B．The less trees, the more beautiful

C．The more trees, the more beautiful      D．The less trees, the beautiful

---- Shall we stay at home watching TV tonight?

---- No, I’d like __________ and see a movie.

A．to go       B．go        C．went          D．going

If you ___________ in the exam, you will let your parents down.

A．fall        B．will fall       C．fail          D．will fail

The farmer keeps ___________ cows on his farm. 

A．hundred       B．hundred of        C．hundreds           D．hundreds of

---- All the students in Class One went to the cinema ________ Li Ping. Why?

---- Because he had a stomachache.

A．besides        B．without         C．except        D．beside

Now satellites are  1  to forecast（预报）the weather. They are in space, and they can    2  any part of the world．The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）， 3 this is where the weather forms（形成）. They send these  4  to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world．From the pictures, the scientists can often say 5    the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier  6 . Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the    7    on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great    8    to the meteorologists.    9 __satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may     10    forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.

1．A．help              B．to help         C．helped               D．helping

2．A．reach             B．arrive          C．get                  D．go

3．A．so               B．because        C．even                D．and

4．A．satellites          B．pictures        C．weather              D．space

5．A．that              B．for            C．where               D．how

6．A．it                B．one            C．ones                D．them

7．A．clouds           B．weather        C．pictures              D．trees

8．A．report           B．luck            C．helpful               D．help

9．A．Before           B．After           C．Since                D．If

10．A．can           B．be             C．be able to            D．could

This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne （《友谊地久天长》）. It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.

The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published （出版） in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.

The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version （译文） you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

1．This passage is from__________________.

A．a newspaper.   B．a magazine.    C．a TV program.    D．a radio program.

2．________________ is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us.

A．Robert Bums.                                      B．The Washington Saxophone Quartet.

C．Buddy Thomas.                                   D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

3．From the passage, we know that The song Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA _       

A．On New Year’s Eve.       B．On Christmas Eve.  C．On weekends. D．On holidays.

4．The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared ___________

A．In 1790.              B．In 1793.          C．In 1796.       D．In 1799.

5．The song Auld Lang Syne is about ____________.

A．the history of Scotland             B．an old Scottish poet

C．the need to remember old friends             D．the wishes to the radio friends