Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states．They wanted to buy lottery tickets．The tickets cost only ﹩0．9 each．But that small spending could bring them a reward of ﹩90 million．That was the second largest lottery jackpot（积累奖金）in history．
More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing．Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80．The chance of winning was one in 9．6 million．But that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales．In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second．
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action．Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people．It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have．
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized（合法化的） gambling．Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets．There are also many addicts who take the game seriously．They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets．Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit．
Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes．The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens．But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice（恶习）, under the name of social progress．No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans．
1.The main idea of the passage is that ．
A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them
B．playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market
C．a lot of people buy lottery tickets, but lotteries cause disagreement
D．lotteries are just legalized vice
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra tax．
B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress．
C．Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them．
D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market．
3.In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling ．
A．$1.62million B．﹩90million C．﹩9.6million D．﹩87million
4.People who are addicted to playing lotteries should ．
A．join a club B．kick the habitw.
C．win the Pennsylvania D．save every cent
Think of some of your favorite singers. When you listen, they can make you happy or sad, peaceful or angry. They can make you relax or want to get up and dance. Gifted singers have the power to affect us in many ways—emotionally, physically and mentally.
But becoming a great singer isn’t as easy as listening to one. It takes practice, devotion and strong lungs! Just ask the well-known American opera（歌剧）star Carol Vaness.
At the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she often sings, Carol’s voice must be loud enough to be heard by four thousand people. It must reach every person in the theater, without a microphone, even when she’s singing softly. The reason Carol can project her voice that far is the way she breathes.
“When you breathe, it’s like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,” Carol explains. “You have to take a lot of air into your lungs.”
According to Carol, the main difference between pop singing and opera is “how you breathe, how much air you take in, and how you control it coming out. Regular singing is more like speaking, and it’s lot softer. When I sing for children, they’re often surprised by how the vibrations strike their ears—like waves on a beach, ”Carol says. “In opera, the air doesn’t just go out of your mouth—it vibrates in your chest，the way a guitar vibrates when it’s played.”
Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten, Carol has loved music. As she got older, she decided to become a music teacher. When she went to college, she took singing lessons as part of her studies. Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano voice-the highest singing voice for women.
Carol decided to make opera her goal, not only because she loved to sing but also because she loved the drama. Opera is a play in which the characters sing the words instead of speaking them. The stories of opera can be tragic or comical. They can be personal stories about two people falling in love or grand stories about kings and queens who lived long ago. As the characters in an opera sing, the emotions（情感）expressed by words and music come to life.
Today, Carol performs throughout the United States and Europe and she has song for almost twenty years. But she has never forgotten where she started singing in the first palace.
“Put your heart into your singing and enjoy it,” says Carol, “because singing is a great joy. That’s why I sing. In fact, that’s why everybody sings.”
1.According to the passage, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City .
A．is a five-story building B．can seat 4,000 people
C．has no microphone in it D．can project the singer’s voice
2.What is the best title for this passage?
A．Opera Singing and Pop Singing B．The Way an Opera Star Sings
C．An Opera Star D．Singing without a Microphone
3.Which statement is true?
A．A pop singer’s lungs are usually stronger than those of an opera singer’s
B．Opera singing is more like speaking.
C．A pop singer takes in much more air than an opera singer when singing.
D．An opera singer breathes differently from a pop singer when singing.
4.From the passage you can conclude all the following EXCEPT that .
A．Carol once learned to play the piano
B．Carol worked as a music teacher
C．Carol has been singing opera for 20 years or so
D．Carol is popular with Americans and Europeans
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Love in a Box
When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I 36___ at dinner table, “MY teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.
Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.
What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box 37 my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my 38 .
All Saturday I waited 39 and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I 40 an enquiry about the box might 41 anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that 42 trouble.
Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful 43 of different kinds. A (n) 44 shoebox rested on top of it. 45 flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started 46 your project.”
In the next hour my father 47 the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts 48 to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a 49 smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.
I answered him with a hug.
But inside, ___ 50 ___ danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much ___ 51 ___ to me, for his world consisted of work only.
The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time 52_____m
On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to __53 __. The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside.
The valentine box became a symbol of his love that __54__ through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none __ 55 __ compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.
36．A．announced B．appeared C．served D．sat
37．A．and B．however C．or D．so
38．A．design B．plan C．idea D．project
39．A．sadly B．anxiously C．disappointedly D．patiently
40．A．found B．realized C．knew D．imagined
41．A．start B．cause C．mark D．produce
42．A．invited B．took C．saved D．had
43．A．boxes B．gifts C．paper D．food
44．A．new B．big C．attractive D．empty
45．A．Relaxation B．Relief C．Cheer D．Calm
46．A．by B．at C．in D．on
47．A．folded B．packed C．changed D．pressed
48．A．joined B．attached C．linked D．connected
49．A．slight B．brief C．broad D．confident
50．A．joy B．fun C．interest D．amusement
51．A．money B．time C．support D．hope
52．A．reached B．set C．spent D．came
53．A．accept B．respect C．admire D．recognize
54．A．carried B．kept C．spread D．lasted
55．A．ever B．even C．yet D．still
It was several minutes before I was ______of what was happening.
A. aware B. accused C. tired D .a shamed
Tom, who is always
shy in public, has made some friends at school, ______ has pleased his parents.
A.
who B. where C. that D. which
Tony
tells me he is likely to win the match, and ______ he wins, he will treat us to
a meal.
A.
that B. that if C. if D. unless
