There are many advantages of becoming a professional musician. The biggest advantage is being able to
do something you love. You will have the chance to travel to many different places and meet a lot of 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, you will be looking for
jobs. Sometimes you won't be able to find a good job. 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
family life. Different jobs will take a musician to different places, so most musicians are unable to have a
regular family.

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 tike
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.Not always having enough money.
B.Being unable to have a stable family life.
C.Having the chance to meet many different people.
D.Tile high cost of living in big cities.

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

A.幸福的
B.穩(wěn)定的
C.健康的
D.堅(jiān)定的

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.The biggest advantage of being a musician is being able to hive in big cities.
B.Most musicians are unable to have a regular family life because they enjoy traveling.
C.It's difficult for some musicians to find a good job sometimes.
D.The author doesn't want to be a musician at all.

5.The author mainly tells us ______ in the passage.

A.how to become a professional musician
B.why people want to become professional musicians
C.not to become professional musicians
D.becoming a professional musician can also have problems

      Hi! My name is Jack. I'm (1)A           . I'm from New York. Now I'm a (2)s           in China. I like
Beijing (3)O           very much. I think I can (4)l            a lot about Chinese (5)h            from it. So I
often go to watch it on (6)w            with my Chinese friends. I (7)f            in China young people don't
like it. I also like Chinese (8)a            movies, too. I (9)r            like the actor Jackie Chen. He is funny
and he is also a very (10)s            actor in the world.

       In Britain, cars, buses and bikes must keep to the left of the street. If a person
wants to cross the street, he must be very careful. Before he crosses a street, he has
to stop and look to the right side first and then the left. But in China, we look to the
left first.
      When visitors are in London, they should learn how to take buses and underground
trains (地鐵). The most important of all, they must know in which direction they are
going and which bus or underground train they should take. At the bus stop they should
wait for their buses to come. As soon as they get on a bus, they must pay their fares
(車費(fèi)).

     Martin and Jillion are having their lunch in a restaurant (餐館). Martin's and Jillion's cars
are outside the restaurant in the car park. Jillion is looking through the window at the cars
and scooters (摩托車). 
     "I think scooters are       1     (good) than cars," she says.
     "They only want a little petrol (汽油), so they are     2     (cheap). And I think they are 
    3     (easy) to drive."
     Martin laughs. "Oh, cars are more expensive (貴的), that's true," He says. "but they're
not     4   (difficult) to drive. And think! Cars are     5    (big) than scooters, so they take
more people. They're     6     (big), but they're quiet. My car is     7    (quiet) than a scooter
or a bus or a plane or a train. Cars are      8   (quiet),  and they are    9     (safe) and    10    
(warm)."
1.______2.______3.______4.______5.______
6.______7.______8.______9.______10.______

      How do you know the weather? We learn it on the radio and TV every day. Different
countries have different kinds of weather. For example, the weather in Australia is different
from that in North China because the seasons in Australia are the opposite. Its summer is
from December to February. But in North China it's winter at this time. And in Australia
winter is in June, July and August. So when it's spring in North China, it's autumn in Australia.
When you visit the country, you'd better choose (選擇) the best time.

1. How do we know the weather?

A. We learn it from a letter.
B. We can see it by ourselves.
C. We learn it on the radio and TV every day.
D. We should learn more books every day

2. When winter lasts from December to February in North China, the Australian season is _____.

A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter

3. When it's _____ in Australia, it's in _____ North China.

A. spring; autumn
B. autumn; summer
C. summer; spring
D. spring; summer

4. You can go _____ in Australia when it is winter in China.

A. skating
B. swimming
C. playing in the snow
D. to see snow

5. When you are visiting North China when Australia is in summer, you'd better____.

A. listen to the weather report
B. take enough warm clothes
C. help them with the harvest
D. go swimming or boating in the lake or river