My favourite sport is basketball because it is very exciting. I like basketball because the NBA stars play very well. Basketball is very cheap and it is a good sport for our health. We can grow taller if we play basketball often. Also it keeps me healthy. I play basketball three times a week. Most often I play it in my school. I often play it with my friends or I may play it myself. I feel very happy when I play basketball at school with my classmates. Sometimes I play basketball in the playground near my home. Basketball is very easy to play. If you play basketball very well, you can join the basketball team . If you win the basketball competition, you will have the prize. You may become a famous basketball star.
【小題1】I like basketball best because it’s _______.

A．cheap

B．exciting

C．good

D．famous

【小題2】How many times do I play basketball every week?

A．five

B．three

C．four

D．six

【小題3】I often play basketball _________

A．myself

B．with my friends

C．with my cousins

D．with my parents

【小題4】Why do I like basketball?

A．Because it’s cheap	B．Because it’s good for health
C．Because the NBA stars play very well	D．A, B and C

【小題5】The best title(標題) for the passage is ______-

A．Basketball player	B．My favourite sport
C．Basketball star	D．My favourite basketball star

My favourite sport is basketball because it is very exciting. I like basketball because the NBA stars play very well. Basketball is very cheap and it is a good sport for our health. We can grow taller if we play basketball often. Also it keeps me healthy. I play basketball three times a week. Most often I play it in my school. I often play it with my friends or I may play it myself. I feel very happy when I play basketball at school with my classmates. Sometimes I play basketball in the playground near my home. Basketball is very easy to play. If you play basketball very well, you can join the basketball team . If you win the basketball competition, you will have the prize. You may become a famous basketball star.

1.I like basketball best because it’s _______.

A．cheap

B．exciting

C．good

D．famous

2.How many times do I play basketball every week?

A．five

B．three

C．four

D．six

3.I often play basketball _________

A．myself

B．with my friends

C．with my cousins

D．with my parents

4.Why do I like basketball?

A．Because it’s cheap	B．Because it’s good for health
C．Because the NBA stars play very well	D．A, B and C

5.The best title(標題) for the passage is ______-

A．Basketball player	B．My favourite sport
C．Basketball star	D．My favourite basketball star

 

閱讀短文，按要求完成短文后的各項任務。（本大題共5小題，滿分10分）

There are many advantages and disadvantages for being a musician.

The biggest advantage is being able to do something you love. (1)You will have the        chance to travel to many different ______ and meet a lot of different ______. That will open up your eyes.

However, there are also disadvantages of being a professional(專業(yè)的) musician. (2)One of the biggest disadvantages for most musicians is that they don’t always have enough money. Most of the time, you will be looking for jobs. Sometimes you won’t be able to find a good job easily. Another disadvantage is the place you live in. If you want to be a musician, you usually have to move to an area that has a lot of jobs, such as New York City. The cost of living in these areas is usually very high. The third disadvantage is that you can’t have a stable（穩(wěn)定的） family life. Different jobs will take a musician to different places, so most musicians are unable to have a regular family.

1.在(1) 空白處分別填入一個適當?shù)脑~使句意完整、上下文通順。

2.將(2)處的英文翻譯成中文

3.在文中找出與It’s difficult for some musicians to find a good job sometimes.的同義句：

4.回答問題：How many disadvantages for being a musician are there in this text?

5.寫出文中最能表達該短文主題的句子。

 

Young people are often u     (1) when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t u     (2) them. They don’t often think their parents are friendly to them, and they are never g     (3) a free hand.

Parents often find it difficult to w    (4) their children’s trust（信任）and they seem to forget how they themselves f    (5) when they were young.

For example, young people like to do things w     (6) much thinking. It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can do with any difficult things. Older people worry more e    (7). Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed.

When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better s    (8) if you ask before you really start doing it.

If you plan to c    (9) your life, you’d better try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high s    (10) of responsibility(責任), they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.

There are many advantages（優(yōu)勢）of becoming a professional musician．The biggest advantage is that you can do something you love．You will have the chance to travel to many different places and meet different people．That will open up your eyes．

However, there are also disadvantages of being a professional musician．One of the biggest disadvantages for most musicians is that they don' t always have enough money．Most of the time, they always look for jobs．Sometimes it is not easy for them to find a good job．Another disadvantage is the place they live in．If you want robe a musician, you usually have to move from a city to another where there are more job chances．However, not every musician can afford the high cost of living in big cities．The third disadvantage is that they can't have a stable family life．Different jobs will take a musician to different places, so most musicians are unable to make a regular（正常的）family living．

1．The advantages of being a professional musician include all the following EXCEPT     ．

A．making a lot of money all the time     B．doing something you like

C．meeting a lot of different people                   D．traveling to many different places

2．Which is NOT a disadvantage of being a professional musician?

A．Opening up one's mind．

B．Being unable to have a stable family life．

C．Not always having enough money．

D．The high cost living in big cities．

3．What does the underlined word "stable" mean in Chinese?

A．安靜的                   B．穩(wěn)定的                   C．健康的                   D．堅定的

4．From this passage we know               ．

A．the biggest advantage of being a musician is that you can live in big cities

B．most musicians can' t have a regular family life because they enjoy traveling

C．it's difficult for some musicians to make a usual living sometimes

D．the author doesn't want to be a musician at all

5．The author mainly tells us                 in the passage．

A．becoming a professional musician can also have problems

B．why people want to become musicians

C．not to become professional musicians

D．how to become a professional musician