27、This is a picture of a family．The father’s name is Rex．He is forty-four．The mother’s name is Linda．She is forty-one． They have a son of fifteen and a daughter of sixteen They are Ned and Rose． They are students in No．6 Middle School（中學(xué)）．Linda is a musician. Rexis a teacher．

1．What picture is it? It's a picture of a___________．

      A．father               B．city                  C．class              D．family

2．How old is the mother?

      A．Forty-four．       B．Forty-one．        C．Forty-seven．       D．Forty-eight．

3．What's the father? He's a

     A．runner             B．student             C．musician           D．teacher

4．How old is Rose?

      A．Fifteen．           B．Sixteen．          C．Seventeen．        D．Eighteen.

5．How many people are there in the family?

       A． Three．         B． Four．          C．Five．        D．Six．

26、Ken：Are you OK, Ming?

  Ming：No, I'm not．It's Tuesday and I have biology．

  Selina：And you don't like biology?

  Ming：No，it's boring．

  Ken：So what's your favorite subject?

  Ming：Oh, history! It's such fun.．I love Friday because we have history in the morning．How

       about you, Selina?

  Selina：Art, I guess．It's really relaxing．

  Ming：When do you have art?

  Selina：On Monday and Wednesday．How about you, Ken? What's your favorite subject?

  Ken：Science．It's really interesting．I have science class this afternoon．

1．Why is Ming not OK?

    A．Because be doesn't like science, he thinks it's boring．

    B．Because It's Tuesday and he has biology．

    C．Because It's Tuesday and he has art．

    D． Because It's Friday and he has biology．

2．What's Ming's favorite subject?

      A．History              B．biology                C．a(chǎn)rt                  D．science

3．What days does Selina like?

    A． Monday and Wednesday．                   B．Monday and Tuesday．

    C．Thursday and Friday．                       D．Tuesday and Friday．

4．What subject does Selina think is really relaxing?

      A．Art                 B．History              C．Science              D．biology

5．Which is TRUE（正確 ）?

      A．Ken is OK on Tuesday．                         B．Selina is OK on Tuesday, too．

     C．Ming is OK on Tuesday．                        D．Ken ,Selina and Ming all like art．

24、1. 你今天買或是不買都沒(méi)有關(guān)系。

It                   whether you buy it today or not.

2. 我們習(xí)慣用筷子吃飯。

We                            eating with chopsticks. 

3. 請(qǐng)你幫我做飯好嗎？

Would you mind                            the cooking? 

4. 他們來(lái)到這兒已經(jīng)兩個(gè)小時(shí)了。

23、Bamboo is one of nature's most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a k  1   of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the g  2  , but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 meters （4 feet） in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost e  3   in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo. 

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters（厘米） wide w  4   others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.  

Bamboo has been used to make many things s  5   as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for h  6   of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting （支撐） new buildings and bridges while they are being b  7  . 

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water b  8   they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes （管子） help poor farmers bring water to their t  9   fields without s  10   a lot of money.

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（決定）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．參賽者              B．評(píng)委                 C．觀眾                 D．主持人

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

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

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

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

4. 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.