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Hip hop, or rap music as it's also called, started on the streets and in the clubs of New York City in the 1970s, but today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music, This kind of music has its roots in reggae,disco and funk music. Rapping, which speaking to the rhythm of the music,is an important part of this music. Young people rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.

Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip hop music is being played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why? There is a new school programme called "Flocabulary" where teachers use text books and hip hop CDs to help teach a variety of school subjects.  The lyrics of the songs include information on a subject students are studying, which makes learning easy and  Students and teachers are amazed at the positive effects it has had on exam marks. This is one teacher said: "I've used hip hop songs in class, and I've never seen students have such interests in history!  It's unbelievable  how students  remember what I teach it even encourages us to waste our own songs.

Blake Harrison, a high school student, first thought of the idea of Flocabulary. The word "Flocabulary" comes from the words "flow" and "vocabulary". "Flow" is a rap word for "style" or the way a rapper says the words of a song. How did he get the idea'? Well he realized he could remember the lyrics of a hip hop song very easily.  So, why not make lessons into songs'? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a composer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths .science and literature,which are now being used in schools with great success.

Paragraph One    Hip hop music started in New York City in the 1970s. It comes

                from reggae, disco and funk music.  1     

Paragraph Two    Rapping in schools is__2____ in the USA because of the programme

                Named "Flocabulary". The songs include information on a subject

                students are studying, which makes   3

Paragraph Three  A high school student named- 4___first had the idea of Flocabularv.

               Now he produces hip hop songs for many subjects in order to__5.


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Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But watching too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists find that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.

     Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people “couch potatoes”.

Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.

1. Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will       .

   A. learn language skills more easily 

B. be healthier

   C. find it hard to learn to read

D. eat less food

2. Kids learn language skills best by       .

  A. reading                                                                 B. talking

C. playing with others                                                  D. all of the above

3. While watching TV, what DON’T people do?

   A. Eat a lot of food.                                                   B. Have less time for reading.

   C. Hardly move.                                                     D. Focus on their work.

4. Which of the following is true?

   A. An American child will watch 12,000 fighting acts on TV a year.

   B. It’s good for kids to learn from fighting acts on TV.

   C. Watching too much TV is good for people’s health.

   D. It’s easy for kids who watch a lot of fighting shows to fight.

5. “Couch potatoes” are people who watch too much TV and become      

   A. thin                                                                     B. fit 

C. fat                                                                        D. strong

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