A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. H er home was in the country, but she didn’t want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening, because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were these words: “Four hours from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “Before 5:00 p.m. I get 10 shillings (先令)an hour and after 5:00 p.m. 15 shillings.”

( )1. The actress bought a house in the center of the city because .

A. she liked to live in the busiest place

B. she didn’t like to live in the country

C. she wanted to work harder than before

D. she didn’t want to live in old house

( )2. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress .

A. gave him two tickets for her show

B. sang and danced for four hours

C. decided to give him 3 pounds

D. invited him for a big dinner

( )3. The actress got the painter’s bill .

A. to ask for the money of his painting work

B. to ask her to pay for his watching her show

C. in which he showed his thanks for the tickets

D. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction

( )4. It can be learned from the text that one pound is shillings.

A. 10 B. 12 C. 15 D. 20

( )5. What kind of man was the painter?

A. He was a careful man.

B. He was a poor man.

C. He was not friendly to others.

D. He knew little about music and dance.

四、口语交际 (共30分，每小题3分)

(一)根据实际情况或想象，回答下列问题。将答案写在题号下相应的横线上。

1. What is your favourite TV programme?

2. When do you watch it?

3. Do you spend much time on TV?

4. How long do you usually spend on the programme?

5. What do you think of the programme?

(二)根据上下文补全对话，将所缺少的内容写在相应的横线上。

Tony: Hi, Lucy. Did you see “Jay’s concert” on TV last night?

Lucy: Were they on? I didn’t know about it. ?

Tony: I think it’s fantastic. I clapped and cheered for Jay all the time last night. I heard that ___________________________________ Beijing Theatre next Sunday.

Lucy: Is he really coming to Beijing to give a concert? Let’s go and get some tickets.

Tony: _ __________________________. There was also an interview with him, too.

Lucy: What did he say?

Tony: He said he would make a new film and hoped _________________________________ .

Lucy: I’m sure people will like it. When will his new film be on?

Tony: He said ____________________________________________________.

Lucy: Next month? I’m looking forward to seeing it now.

五、完成句子(共15分，每小题3分)

根据中文提示完成句子，将所缺少的内容写在相应的横线上。

1. 汤姆的父母说在孩子上中学时除了学习他们什么都不用担心。

Tom’s parents said except st udy when their child was in the middle school.

2. 在他们看来，摇滚乐能使他们兴奋，所以如果他们困时，常听摇滚乐。

，rock music so they often listen to it if they are sleepy.

3. 尽管医生建议杰克在家休息一周，但是他仍继续上班。