21、 

American Idol is a singing competition on TV in America. There is one competition every year. People usually watch the show on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. American Idol is also televised on Fox and CTV in Canada. Its first season was on June 11^th, 2002. Until now, it has altogether 7 seasons. This program is to find the best singer in the country by a series of competition. Audience determines（决定）the result of every competition on the stages through public voting（投票）by telephone. There are also three judges beside the stages. They watch the performances of the contestants. Then they give some suggestions to the contestants. All the contestants must be American citizens. They must have full-time jobs. In the first three seasons, they had to be 16 to 24 years old. Since the fourth season, the upper age limit has been 28 years old. So it attracts different ages of audience. Some TV stations like Human TV also have this kind of program. And we can see Super Girl’s Voice And Super Boys’ Voice on TV.

1. What does the underlined word “contestants” mean?             

A. 参赛者                    B. 评委               C. 观众                D. 主持人

2. How many times has American Idol been on TV?           .

A. Once             B. Seven times.   C. Three times.    D. Four times.

3. What’s the age limit of American Idol now?          .

A. 13—18           B. 16—30        C. 15—36       D. 16—28

4. Which of the following TV station is not mentioned in the passage?           .

A. FOX             B. CTV          C. CCTV        D. Hunan TV

5. Which of the following is TRUE?           .

A. American Idol is showed only in America.

B. American Idol was first shown on July 11^th, 2002.

C. American Idol judges beside the stages. 

D. American Idol is a program similar to Super Girl’s Voice.

20、Old Morrison was now seventy. He was a rich man. He decided to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved (值得) his help.

He asked his son to place a very large stone in the center of the main road in the town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man, but he didn't try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around it and continued his way. Another man came along and did the same thing. Then another came and then another. All complained about the stone in the center of the road but no one did anything to remove it. Later in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, “The night will be coming soon. Some neighbors will come along in the dark later and fall over the stone.”

The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to remove it. How great was his surprise at last when, under the stone, he found a bag of money and a piece of paper with the words: "This money is for the first honest man who removes this stone from the road."

1. Old Morrison          .

A. is rich but miserly(吝啬的)                           B. wanted to find a young man

C. likes walking with a cow                              D. is a seventy years old man

2. Old Morrison wanted to          .

A. give all his money to his son

B. do something good for the people in the town

C. get his daughter to marry the young man

D. get the villagers into trouble   

3.     is the first person who gave up moving the stone away from the center of the road.

A. An old man who was with his cow            B. Mrs. Morrison

C. A young man                                               D. Old Morison's son   

4. Why did old Morrison hide behind the tree?             

A. Because he was afraid that someone would take the money under the stone away.

B. Because he wanted to see how many people would pass around the stone.

C. Because he was waiting the young man to come.

D. Because he wanted to see if the people of the town deserved his help.

5. The young man tried his best to remove the stone          .

A. to get the money under it

B. to show how honest he was

C. to help others avoid the danger of falling against it

D. to let old Morrison know the people of the town deserve his help

18、从方框内选择恰当的句子完成对话，有两个多余选项。

A: Can I help you, sir? 

B: Yes, please. I want to buy a pair of sports shoes.

A: (1)          

B: Size Ten or Eleven.

A: OK! （2）           

B: Well, they are nice. (3)            

A: They are made of leather.

B: (4)           

A: Two hundred and thirty-eight yuan.

B: (5)           . How about two hundred and twenty?

A: Two hundred and twenty? Err…all right.  You can take them. 

17、I’m sure I’ve seen him        , but I can’t remember the right place.

A. everywhere               B. anywhere         C. nowhere         D. somewhere

16、They arrived        Sydney        a midsummer’s morning.

A. at, on        B. in, in           C. in, on       D. at, in

15、Although the alarm clock went       , my friend didn’t wake up.

A. off            B. on          C. out                D. quiet

14、I’m        thirsty. Please give me something        .

A. a bit of, drink                        B. kind of, to drink

C. a little, drinking                     D. kinds of, to drink

13、Many famous movie stars attended the news briefing (新闻发布会),        Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

A. include           B. includes          C. included          D. including