In the UK．Saturday evenings have always been a popular time for families to watch television together．One of the most popular programme genresis the talent show，partly because people of all ages are interested in it．
Early shows，like Opportunity Knocks （1965﹣1978），required people to vote （投票）for their favorite acts and performers，although in those days voting was done by postcard instead of by telephone，text，or over the Internet．Today，the success of television talent shows has reached a new level．Here are Ihe UK's top three TV talent shows：
The X Factor In this wonderful singing competition，performers have to face a celebrity judge panel （名人裁判组）before the public vote．Many excellent singers became popular because of it．The show is now made all over the world，from China to Colombia．
Strictly Come Dancing﹣The programme is so fantastic that it attracts many celebrities．They team up with professional （专业的）dancers and come to the dance floor to win the title of Strictly Come Dancing Champion．
Britain's Got Talent﹣In this modern﹣day version （版本）of Opportunity Knocks，the public can go and choose from many kinds of acts，from dancing dogs to ice skating．The prize is to perform for the Queen in the Royal Variety of Performance．
38．When did the show Opportunity Knocks begin？
A．In 1965．
B．In 1978．
C．In 2015．
D．K is not mentioned．
39．If a person loves a skating act，he or she may go to ．
A．Opportunity Knocks
B．Strictly Come Dancing
C．The X Factor
D．Britain's Got Talent
40．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
A．The winners of Britain's Got Talent can perform for the Queen．
B．If you want your dog to have a performance，you can go to Britain's Got Talent with it．
C．Opportunity Knocks is still on television now．
D．People of all ages enjoy TV talent shows in UK．
41．The underline word"genres"in the first paragraph means ．
A．lists
B．types
C．choices
D．expressions．
Let's share this article about the importance of family in our life． As soon as the man goes into the world， the first persons he meets are his family（1） （member）． The first person is the mother who has taken great pain to bring him to this（2） （beauty） world． Then is his father who is always there to look （3） him． Then come the brothers or sisters．
Family is the first place for a person（4） （learn） things in this world． He learns everything from his family from baby time till old age， He sees his family walking and then he tries to follow them． He sees his family talking and then he tries to repeat the words． He also（5） （slow） learns the basic communication among the people in the family． He learns how to love， （6） to do， when to go to bed， and how to get on with others well． This develops a kind of love among all family．
The family works like a chain． You know， kids know（7） （little） than other people， so they should learn from elders while elders depend on（8） （they） kids for a lot of things． When kids grow up， get married， have children， the circle repeats again． Your family always come to your help when you are in trouble． They always support you in different ways（9） it is on money or just on spirit． You can always share your problems with the family， and you always find a better way to solve your problems after（10） （discuss） them in the house．
Considering all these things， we can say family is one of the greatest gifts that God sends us．
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A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today's big ones． People will like this kind of small cars more and more． The car is as small as a bike but can（1） two people in it． Everybody can drive it， just like riding bike． Even children and old people can drive them to school and（2） ．
If everyone drives such a car in the future， there will be less （3） in the air． There will also （4） more space for all the cars in cites， and the street will have more space for people to walk． Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the （5） size．
The little cars of the future will cost much less （6） to own and to drive． And they can go only 65 kilometers an hour， so driving will be safer， too．
The cars of the future will be fine for（7） around a city， but they will not be useful for a long trip．
This kind of cars can save a lot of gasoline （汽油）．They will go 450 kilometers （8） needing to stop for more gasoline．
If big cars are still used along with the small of （9） ， two sets of roads will be needed in the future． Some roads will be needed for the big， faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small，（10） cars．
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There is an old saying， "Laughter is the best medicine． "Now people are using laughter to（1） their health all around the world． In some countries special centres for treating（2）____ with laughter have been set up and become popular． In 2003， a study showed that laughing helped the sick get better （3） than the usual treating ways． It made them relax， and（4） was helpful for their general health． Laughing helps us feel happier． And（5）___ say five minutes of laughing is as good for you as fifteen minutes in the sports hall． It also gives the body exercise．
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Some years ago， a big fire burned down a large part of a city． Lots of houses were broken． A rich lady met a little boy in the street． She called him and said， "Take this box， my boy， and do not lose it（1） I see you again．"
The boy took the box， and the lady turned back to search for something else． Just then many people were running around， and they couldn't see each other．
That night， the lady（2） in a friend's home outside the city．The next day she looked for the boy everywhere， but she couldn't hear anything of him．There were some very important（3） and all of her treasures in the box． The lady was very （4） because of losing them．
On the following night， someone found the boy lying on the ground with the box at a corner． He had been there for a long time（5） food． The boy was almost dead with hunger， but he never thought of leaving the box．
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There was a man who had four sons．He wanted his sons to learn not to judge（判断）things too （71） ．So he sent them to go and look at a pear tree that was far away in turn．The first son went in winter，the second in spring，the third in summer，and the （72） son in fall．
When they had all gone and come back，he asked them to describe what they had seen．The first son said there was （73） on the tree．The second son said it was （74） with green buds（花蕾）and full of promise．The third son said it was filled with flowers that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful．The last son （75） with all of them，he said it was full of fruit，life and harvest（收获）．The man then explained to his sons that they were all right，because they each had seen but one season in the （76） life．He told them that they cannot judge a tree，or a person，by only one season，they can only be judged at the end，when all the seasons are up．If you give up when it's winter，you will miss the promise of your spring，the （77） of your summer，the harvest of your fall．Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest．