Everyone would like to be a millionaire , a person with a lot of money, but can you imagine having over $30 million and only being 20 years old? Britney Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old. She is a world famous film star with not only $30 million but also a $2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially (經(jīng)濟(jì)上) all her life. This year is a big year for Britney. She is now on a 31-day tour of the US and every concert is a sell-out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 people every time. It’s a tiring schedule but brings her a lot. When touring, she goes to bed around 1 a.m. and then has a lie-in until 1 p.m. the next day. Her philosophy (人生觀) is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fun.
Spears is not pleased with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to step into the movie business and try a bit of acting. She made an appearance in “Austin Power 3” this year and she is filming a teenage light play that will come out in March 2003. In this movie, she has a starring role.
For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic (熱心的) about it all. If her movies are successful, her money in the bank is sure to grow by another few million dollars but she does it for the love, not the money, as she herself tells the reporters .
小題1: We can infer (推斷) from the text that most millionaires are __________.
A．older than 20B．a(chǎn)round 20C．in their 30sD．in their 40s
小題2: The underlined word “you” in the first paragraph refers to __________.
A．a(chǎn) person in generalB．a(chǎn) special person
C．Britney SpearsD．a(chǎn) person interested in money
小題3: Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A．Though young, Britney can support her family now.
B．While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day.
C．The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney’s own story.
D．Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.
小題4:According to Britney Spears, she works __________.
A．to be a great actressB．for the enjoymentC．for moneyD．to be more famous

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
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A．stayB．keepC．holdD．pretend
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A．impossibleB．importantC．pityD．obvious
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A．havingB．a(chǎn)llowingC．showingD．declaring
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good   36   to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to   37   a story about parachute jumping（跳傘）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting   38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself   39  . Unluckily, I’m not good at any   40  , let alone（更不用說）parachute jumping.
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The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.   45  , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was   46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon   47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（鉤）a   48   from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49  after I jumped.
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A．wayB．chanceC．ideaD．value
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A．a(chǎn)skedB．invitedC．forcedD．taught
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A．readyB．upC．onD．a(chǎn)way
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Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to __16__.
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I have learned two things from this __31__. Maybe I was a fool for __32__ in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a __33__ pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away with what you have done, your conscience will __34__ up with you.
This reflects the saying, “Coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “__35__” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only one, or maybe twice.
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A．sayB．talkC．shareD．explain
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A．a(chǎn)sB．whileC．thenD．when
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A．lostB．tiredC．hungryD．a(chǎn)ngry
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    Mrs. Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade.
One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my same old tuna fish（金槍魚）sandwich and suddenly Mrs. Amatuli asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.
I was thrilled. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and we always carried our lunch and brought the bah back home to use again the next day. My sandwiches were either bologna（大臘腸）or tuna fish. It rarely varied beyond that.
You can understand my delight when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch.
When we finished lunch that day, Mrs. Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich.
Oh, I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my Mama that form now on I wanted tuna fish on Fridays. After my Mama understood why, she gladly fixed tuna fish for me on Friday. She even fixed it on brown bread because she knew Mrs. Amatuli liked brown bread.
From then on every Friday I cold get in line with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the ids complained about cafeteria food—it tasted divine to me!
I realize now that Mrs. Amatuli could have fixed herself a tuna sandwich of Friday. But she bought my sandwich because she saw a little girll who was thrilled over the simple act of having a hot lunch.
I will never forget her for her compassion and generosity.
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A．Lovely.B．Strict.C．Clever.D．Kind.
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A．her lunch was variousB．her family was very poor
C．her mother could prepare it at homeD．her teacher gave her a hot lunch
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A．she was CatholicB．Catholic ate meat on Fridays
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A．deliciousB．badC．typicalD．hot
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A．math, English, reading and handwriting
B．math, grammar, reading and writing
C．math, foreign language and writing
D．math, English and handwriting
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A．writing seems to be very important in the SAT
B．those who will go to colleges have to take the SAT
C．students should practice handwriting more often
D．in the computer age kids know how to write legibly
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C．Print penmanship carefully.D．Describe written word generously.
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On a hot summer day, a soft drink can really take away your thirst. At home, at school, in the park or at the movies—you can find one almost anywhere.
Carbonated(碳酸的)
You can see bubbles in these! Of all soft drinks sold, about 75 percent are carbonated. But be careful, carbonated soft drinks have lots of sugar and caffeine. Caffeine is not very good for you in the summer, because it takes water out of your body. And the sugar can make you overweight if you drink too much.
Fruit juice
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Energy drinks
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Bottled water
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Sports drinks
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A．Carbonated soft drinks.
B．Fruit juice.
C．Bottled water.
D．Sports drink.
小題2: If you have to stay up late, what kind of water may help you?
A．Fruit juice.
B．Energy drinks.
C．Bottled water.
D．Sports drink.
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A．They have funny names that sound very exciting.
B．They can recover the minerals lost in your sweat.
C．They can effectively get rid of your thirst.
D．They can take away your vitamins and minerals.
小題4:What’s the main purpose of the author writing this article?
A．To advise us to keep away from unhealthy soft drinks.
B．To teach us some useful ways of keeping healthy.
C．To make advertisements for the soft drink companies.
D．To tell us how to choose a suitable one from different drinks.

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It was several years since Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany. And now his army was marching into some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime(頂峰) of his career.
One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have great interest in the exhibits—inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into the room to salute(向-----敬禮) him.
“Well, well. You did very good work.” nodded Hitler in satisfaction. “I promise on my honor I’d satisfy you with whatever you want. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”
 “A sailor sailing the sea” one of the boys answered.
“Good. I’ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans.”(海洋)
“Ask for anything? What’d you wish to be if I were your father?” he asked a second boy.
“A painter as great as Rembruant.”
“Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter.”
When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy be frowned(皺眉), then quickly forced a smile, “There my boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews(猶太人), I’d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”
The boy looked straight at the man.
“An orphan(the child who has no parents).” he murmured.（嘟噥）
小題1: Hitler promised to satisfy(滿足) the children with whatever they want because       .
A．he wanted all the children to live a happy lifeB．he wanted to make a good impression on the children
C．he liked paintings very muchD．he liked all the children
小題2:Hitler frowned when he saw the sad-looking boy because       .
A．the boy was recognized to be a JewB．the boy didn’t come to the front to salute him
C．the boy didn’t want to ask for anythingD．the boy was sad-looking
小題3:Judging by what the boy said we can see that       .
A．the boy’s parents had diedB．the boy had no brothers or sisters
C．the boy hated Hitler very muchD．the boy wanted himself to be an orphan
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Hitler wanted to be the father of the children.B．The boy was both clever and courageous(勇敢的).
C．Rembruant was a great painter.D．Hitler did not like Jews.

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