20、There are many advantages（优势）of becoming a professional musician．The biggest advantage is that you can do something you love．You will have the chance to travel to many different places and meet different people．That will open up your eyes．

However, there are also disadvantages of being a professional musician．One of the biggest disadvantages for most musicians is that they don' t always have enough money．Most of the time, they always look for jobs．Sometimes it is not easy for them to find a good job．Another disadvantage is the place they live in．If you want robe a musician, you usually have to move from a city to another where there are more job chances．However, not every musician can afford the high cost of living in big cities．The third disadvantage is that they can't have a stable family life．Different jobs will take a musician to different places, so most musicians are unable to make a regular（正常的）family living．

1．The advantages of being a professional musician include all the following EXCEPT     ．

A．making a lot of money all the time     B．doing something you like

C．meeting a lot of different people                   D．traveling to many different places

2．Which is NOT a disadvantage of being a professional musician?

A．Opening up one's mind．

B．Being unable to have a stable family life．

C．Not always having enough money．

D．The high cost living in big cities．

3．What does the underlined word "stable" mean in Chinese?

A．安静的                   B．稳定的                   C．健康的                   D．坚定的

4．From this passage we know               ．

A．the biggest advantage of being a musician is that you can live in big cities

B．most musicians can' t have a regular family life because they enjoy traveling

C．it's difficult for some musicians to make a usual living sometimes

D．the author doesn't want to be a musician at all

5．The author mainly tells us                 in the passage．

A．becoming a professional musician can also have problems

B．why people want to become musicians

C．not to become professional musicians

D．how to become a professional musician

18、I didn't buy the telephone yesterday．I don't like it's color．             , it's too expensive．

A．But            B．Besides         C．Instead         D．Except

17、The story is                 , so I'm                 in it．

A．interested, interested                             B．Interesting, interesting

C．interesting, interested                            D．Interested, interesting

16、I get annoyed when people                  in line．

A．cutted        B．To cut         C．Cutting           D．cut

15、Talking loudly in public places is                ．

A．polite          B．unpolite              C．dispolite               D．impolite

14、Your radio is too loud, please               ．

A．turn it down             B．turn it up            C．turn down it              D．turn up it

13、--How long have you been skating?

-- I've been skating               ．

A．for two years ago                             B．since two years ago

C．two years after                               D．since two years later

12、Will you          when someone cut in line?

A．get annoyed                                 B．get annoying

C．to get annoyed                                D．to get annoying