【正文】 B. wide。 a large number of knowledges D. widely。 the 1990s B. Fiveeighths。 1990s D. Fiveeighth。（本大題共 10 小題，每小題 1分，共 10分） SAN FRANCISCO CELEBRATIONS Some of San Francisco’s many celebrations, like the Fourth of July (. Independence Day), are very American。（本大題共 13 小題，每小題 2分，共 26分） A Babysitter Wanted Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter for our son. He is five years old. Hours are 3:00 . to 6:00 . from Monday to Friday. Sometimes you have to work on the weekend. Pay is $10 each hour. For the job, you will: Watch my son Read to him Play with him You will work at our house. We live in Fourth Road, near Fashion Clothes Store. Please call Heather on 0423498892. 25. What will the babysitter do on Friday? A. He won’t work. B. He will read books by himself. C. He will live there. D. He will work for three hours. 26. If the babysitter works for a week, how much will he get at least? A. $180. B. $150. C. $50. D. $10. 27. The above advertisement is most probably taken from a (an) ________. A. travel guidebook B. educational map C. service newspaper D. science magazine B It is most difficult for parents to decide whether to have a second child or not. It is often heard that a single child is likely to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk to or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of his age. Some parents feel sad about making the decisions to have only one child. But the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in the UK. In Japan, the average(平均 ) number of children born per family had gone down to by 1996. For some singlechild parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be overwhelming. They don’ t have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, money is their first consideration. Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families as the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 reaches around $160,000. 28. According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonely? A. Because his parents don’ t love him. B. Because he doesn’ t have holidays. C. Because he doesn’ t have a brother or a sister to talk to or play with. D. Because there are other children in the family. 29. What does the underlined word “ overwhelming” mean in the last paragraph? A. 壓倒 一 切 的 B. 寬松的 C. 流行的 D. 充足的 don’t p arents choose to have a second child? A. The cost of supporting a child is so high. B. Parents are too busy working every day to share their time and energy with more children. C. Some parents can’ t still get their first child’ s agreement. D. Both A and B. C After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed. During the ninemile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎縮癥 ).When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a goldmedal power lifter, and I knew about overing(克服 )difficulties and going for my dreams. I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he plain or ask, “Why me? ” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Clearly, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me. When we finished talking, I pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overing difficulties than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You won that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.” Last summer I received a letter fro