Do you like football? If so, you can read the following passage and find that it is interesting. In almost every big university in the United States, football is a favorite sport. American football is different. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards（码）.
They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball the other team.
Each university wants its own team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favorite team. Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.
1. The passage talks about ___________.
A．football B．how to play football
C．American sports D．American football
2.Why is it difficult to move the ball? Because ___________.
A．ten yards is a long way
B．many men on the other team try not to let the ball come near
C．the playing field is very large
D．eleven men have to catch the ball one by one
3. If they _________, the teams will play on January 1.
A．receive six points
B．play eleven games in the season
C．are the best teams
D．move the ball to the end of the field
4. Many people come to watch football and they want their team to win. Which of the following is not their act?
A．Jumping. B．Dancing. C．Crying. D．Shouting.
Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding (婚礼) and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address (地址) Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
1.The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _______.
A．at the age of 13 B．before she got married
C．after they moved to new homes D．before the writer’s family moved away
2.They didn’t often write to each other because they _______.
A．got married B．had little time to do so
C．didn’t like writing letters D．could see each other on special time
3.There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she _______.
A．was in trouble
B．didn’t know Linda’s address
C．received the card that she sent
D．didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness
4.They haven’t kept in touch _______.
A．for about 40 years B．for about 27 years
C．since they got married D．since the writer’s family moved away
Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial(商业) music. It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk-rock”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions. It’s a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
1.All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT _________.
A．blues B．rock’ n ’roll C．jazz D．folk-rock
2.According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was __________ it is today.
A．much greater than B．much smaller than
C．as great as D．as small as
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．No pop music is on a high musical level.
B．Much pop music is very artistic.
C．Pop music is highly artistic.
D．Not all pop music is without artistic value.
The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the 21 person.
When I first knew Bill , back in 22 , he was one of the most carefree（无忧无虑）people I had ever 23 . He was always ready to have a party. He thought 24 of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 15 miles to see an old 25 he really liked.
Bill and I were in the same class in college, and 26 was never dull when he was 27 . With him there was one wild 28 after another. Sometimes I wonder how we 29 to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. 30 , I wasn’t even sure it was 31 . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 32 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 33 thing Bill cared about were possessions(财富). Now they seemed to be his main 34 .Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never 35 Bill changing so much. My image of him 36 the one I had formed 37 the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s 38 to expect people to remain the same, especially 39 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 40 the same way about me.
1. A．proper B．usual C．same D．right
2. A．childhood B．the army C．his thirties D．college
3. A．considered B．met C．supposed D．expected
4. A．most B．much C．nothing D．none
5. A．movie B．hospital C．man D．country
6. A．learning B．life C．work D．fun
7. A．in B．out C．around D．away
8. A．joke B．mistake C．chance D．adventure
9. A．managed B．continued C．decided D．hoped
10. A．First of all B．At first C．Now and then D．All the time
11. A．that B．him C．there D．us
12. A．thought B．spent C．argued D．talked
13. A．first B．next C．last D．only
14. A．interest B．event C．subject D．problem
15. A．forgot B．minded C．imagined D．liked
16. A．remained B．reminded C．suggested D．became
17. A．since B．from C．at D．till
18. A．unnecessary B．foolish C．common D．unusually
19. A．because B．that C．how D．when
20. A．discovered B．acted C．looked D．felt
The shop assistant finds it hard to satisfy the girl, for she is too ________ about clothes.
A．particular B．special C．especial D．curious
After the long journey, the three of them went back home,_________.
A．hungry and tiredly B．hungry and tired
C．hungrily and tiredly D．hungrily and tired
