Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的)drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmers are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national(国家的) star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk (民间)music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is western or country music. This was started by cowboys(牛仔)who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the 1ove between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。What kind of music are mentioned in this passage?
| A．Pop, folk, country and western music. |
| B．Pop, folk and classical music. |
| C．Pop, folk and country music. |
| D．Pop, country and western music. |
When do the adult drivers always listen to music ?
| A．when they drive the car. |
| B．when they drive to work. |
| C．any time they want. |
| D．when they want to sing along with. |
From the passage we know that __________.
| A．music is very important to Americans’ life |
| B．cowboys only like country music |
| C．different people like different kinds of music |
| D．both A and C |
Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
| A．Few students in America like popular music. |
| B．Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving. |
| C．Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving. |
| D．Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go. |
What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．American Music. | B．Fold Music. |
| C．Pop Music. | D．Cowboys and their Country Music. |
A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft(救生艇) in the seas of Central America after their boat sank.
Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales. “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water.
For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water — two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw(生的). Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.”
About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldn’t stand up.
So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over.Bill and Simone were traveling _______ when they met some whales.
| A．in a life-raft | B．in Miami |
| C．in Simony | D．in Panama |
The whales hit the side of the boat, and then _______.
| A．they brought in a lot of water |
| B．they broke the side of the boat |
| C．they pulled the boat |
| D．they went under the water |
During their days at sea, _______ saved their lives.
| A．tins of food and bottles of water |
| B．a fishing-line and a machine |
| C．whales and sharks |
| D．Twenty passing ships |
When they saw the fishing boat which later picked them up, _______.
| A．they were too happy to stand up |
| B．they couldn’t wait to climb onto the boat |
| C．their life-raft was beginning to break up |
| D．they knew their two months at sea would be over |
The Round Bird is not like any other birds. He has a big round body but with little wings. He can not fly but he expects to play with other birds in the sky. Every day and in many ways, he tries to fly. And he tries again and again. But nothing works. Then he thinks it will be better use the tree. It is very hard for a little bird to do so, but he climbs up the tree! The Round Bird really wants to learn to fly. A few minutes later, he sits on a branch and gets ready to jump and flap his wings. He practices many times and flap some more, but they don’t work! In the end, he climbs down the tree and starts thinking seriously.
After thinking for a long time, he knows that although he really wants to fly and tries hard, there are some birds are not able to do. He can’t fly because of his body and his little wings. But he knows that there are still some things he is able to. Then the only job for the Round Bird is to find those special things that only special birds like him can do.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The Round Bird has little wings |
| B．The Round Bird can fly with other birds. |
| C．The Round Bird can fly if he tries hard. |
| D．The Round Bird can not climb up the tree. |
What’s the Round Bird like?
| A．Beautiful and friendly. |
| B．Lazy but funny. |
| C．Hard-working and good at thinking. |
| D．Smart but lazy. |
Which of the words had the same meaning as “flap”?
| A．Swing. | B．Break. | C．Nod | D．Show. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Every bird can fly. |
| B．We can make our dream come true if we try hard. |
| C．We should think twice before we do something. |
| D．We should find the most suitable (适合) things for us to do. |
Here are some important events in August in Britain.
| Great British Beer Festival Tue.3 Aug—Sat.7 Aug London Drink, music and other entertainments. This is held at Earls Court. http:// www.gbbf. org |
Edinburgh International Festival Fri. 13 Aug – Sun. 5 Sep. Edinburgh A festival of classical music, operas and dances in Edinburgh http://www.eif.co.uk |
| Bristol International Balloon Festival Thur.12 Aug— Sun. 15 Aug. Europe’s largest hot-air balloon festival, with over 100 balloons taking part. http:// www. Bristolfiesta.co.uk |
Summer Bank Holiday Mon. 30 Aug. A public holiday in English, Wales and Northern Ireland. People take trips or short vacations during the holiday. For more: travel/transport |
How long does Great British Beer Festival last?
| A．4 days. | B．5 days. | C．24 days. | D．1 day. |
If you are in the UK at the end of August, you can probably take part in __________.
| A．Summer Bank Holiday |
| B．Great British Beer Festival |
| C．Edinburgh International Festival |
| D．Bristol International Balloon Festival |
What is Bristol International Balloon Festival about?
| A．Food. | B．Music | C．Balloons. | D．Vacations. |
Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?
Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.
She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!
Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!
Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”
Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.
Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.
Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.
“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.Alexis Martin is a girl who .
| A．has many hobbies | B．has a high IQ |
| C．is good at telling stories | D．likes reading |
According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as .
| A．158 | B．159 | C．160 | D．101 |
Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at .
| A．the age of 2 | B．the age of 1 |
| C．one and a half years old | D．the age of 3 |
What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?
| A．She would refuse to listen. |
| B．She would try to recite it. |
| C．She would correct him. |
| D．She would laugh at it. |
Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?
| A．She is accepted by the Mensa Club. |
| B．She has made a lot of friends. |
| C．She learned to read at the age of 2. |
| D．She learned a foreign language by herself. |
Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.
‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Dongtai. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?
‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!
‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’
I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?
| A．Because he could not speak English. |
| B．Because he did many unlucky things. |
| C．Because he understood British customs. |
| D．Because he went shopping in England. |
What do many British people think of spiders?
| A．They are afraid of them. |
| B．They keep spiders as pets. |
| C．They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses. |
| D．They think some kinds of spiders are lucky. |
What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?
| A．Excited. | B．Satisfied. | C．Afraid. | D．Happy. |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Thirteen is an unlucky number in England. |
| B．It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England. |
| C．For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck. |
| D．People never give purses as presents in England. |
How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?
| A．5. | B．6. | C．8. | D．10. |
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