(    ) 14. What will Allen and his classmates do on Friday?

A.    They  will decorate their classroom.

B.    They will buy presents for their parents.

C.    They will sing to thank their parents.

D.    They will welcome a new music teacher.

(    ) 15. Why does Allen’s mother feel nerv ous?

A.    Allen does not do well at school.

B.    She is afraid of talking to teachers.

C.    Allen’s f ather is going to school, too.

D.    She has to sing a song in front of the class.

(D)

The moon looks bigger than the stars at night. But in fact, it is smaller than any of them. The moon looks big to us, because it is closer to us than any star. The moon goes around the earth. It makes one trip about four weeks. The moon is a round ball and looks beautiful. Don’t you think so?

Now peo ple know quite a lot about the moon. There is no air or water on the moon so there are not any trees or animals, or people on the moon. The moon gets its light from the sun, but some places on the moon are quite dark. Then days on the moon get hotter than boiling(沸腾的) water. The nights get colder than the North Pole(北极) on the earth.

(    ) 16. People know quite ______ about the moon now.

A. a few      B. a lot       C. little        D. some

(    ) 17. The moon i s _______ to the earth than the sun.

A. farther     B. far        C. close       D. closer

(    ) 18. The moon makes one trip round the earth in about _______.

A. a week     B. four weeks  C. a year      D. 24 hours

(    ) 19. There is _______ on the moon.

A. not anything               B. no river

C. no air or water             D. no hill

(    ) 20. The sun _______ to the moon.

A. gets light   B. gives light   C. gives air    D. gets air