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（裁判）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 Hunan TV also have this kind of program. And we can see Super Girl’s Voice and Super Boys’ Voice on TV.

41. What does the underlined word “contestants” mean?_____________　　　　　

　 A. 參賽者　　 B. 評委　　　　　　　 C. 觀眾　　　　　　　 D. 主持人

42. How many times has American Idol been on TV?_____________.

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

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

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

44. Which of the following TV stations is not mentioned in the passage?_____________.

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

45. 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.

Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I sleep late and Mom shout at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal（粥）. I decided to have some toast（烤面包）instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.

When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on（彌補）the schoolwork I had missed.

After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.

36. What happened to the writer on this bad day?

　 A. The writer argued with his parents.　　　　　　　　 B. The writer heard some terrible news.

　 C. Many small things went wrong.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Part of the writer’s house was on fire.

37. When did the writer’s bad day begin?

　 A. In the morning.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. At school.

　 C. At lunchtime.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In the afternoon.

38. What did the writer do after he went home?

　 A. He did some homework.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. He made a telephone call.

　 C. He made fun with his friend.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. He was tired, so he went to bed.

39. When you “burn” something, you ___________________.

　 A. cook it too long　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. eat it too fast

　 C. give it to others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. make it very well

40. According to the passage, we can know _______________.

　 A. the writer fell off from his bike B. the writer went to school

　 C. the writer got up early in the morning D. the writer left his homework at home

Jennifer was sitting on the beach. After all she had been through, it was just what she needed. “It’s getting   21  ,” she thought. “I should go home.”

She wanted to know how her  22   would react（反應）, when she   23   home after the three days she was missing.

It was really dark when she finally reached her front door. It seemed different to her.  24  had taken care of the outside garden for  25   days. She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything   26  and tidy. She couldn’t understand what was going on.

She entered the  27  . First, she went into the kitchen   28   she saw a note written by her father.  29  said, “Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am out searching.” Ellen was her mother, but where was she?

She went to her parents’ room. She found her there. Her  30   was lying on the bed, fast sleep. Her face looked so   31  , as if she hadn’t slept for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up   32   she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.

When Jennifer  33  , something was different: she wasn’t in her mother’s room any more and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away  34  . She was on her own bed.

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice ask, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you  35   us all very, very scared.”

21.  A. early                B. late                   C. warm                D. angry

22.  A. father               B. mother                     C. parents              D. teachers

23.  A. got                  B. left                    C. wanted              D. missed

24.  A. Everybody        B. Somebody         C. Anybody           D. Nobody

25.  A. many               B. lots of               C. a few                D. much

26.  A. clean                B. dirty                  C. quiet                 D. busy

27.  A. school              B. room                 C. house                D. library

28.  A. what                B. when                C. who                  D. and

29.  A. They                B. It                      C. He                    D. She

30.  A. mother             B. father                C. friend                D. sister

31.  A. happy                     B. tired                  C. scared               D. relaxed

32.  A. and                  B. so                     C. but                   D. although

33.  A. got up              B. woke up            C. put up               D. clean up

34.  A. out                  B. on                     C. of                     D. in

35.  A. had                  B. let                  C. made             D. gave

The story is too _______,why are you so _________ in it?

　 A. boring / interesting 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. bored /interesting

C. boring/interested 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. bored/interested

 ____ number of students are coming to us, do you know ____ number of them?

    A. A /the                     B. the/a              C. A/a                D. The/the

If someone laughs at you, you should_______. In this way, you won’t feel stressed.

　 A. shout at him B. hit him C. pay no attention to him D. laugh at him

 I never doubt ______ I am enough clever.

    A. that                      B. whether        C. weather                 D. if

 They just don’t know _________________.

A. how to say in English                   B. what to deal with it

C. how to do with it                      D. what to call the man

_____________ we_____________ up with some other ways to solve this problem?

A. Should; to come B. Ought; to come　　　　

C. Ought; come　　 　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. Should; coming

It’s reported that CCTV 3_____________ the concert to be held this weekend.

A. will cover live　 　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. would cover live

C. will be covered live　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. would be cover live