Hip hop or rap (说唱) music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of  hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the  rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .
Rapping in class.
Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”
Whose idea was Flocabulary?
Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学). They are now used in schools with great success .
【小题1】Rap music started  _____ in New York city .

A.in the 1970sB.In a high school
C.in the 19 th century .D.In a music class .
【小题2】From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _____ .
A.Write rap music .B.Sing a song by talking
C.Remember the words of a song .D.help teach some school subjects.
【小题3】The underlined word  positive  in paragraph 2 most probably means _____ 
A.badB.goodC.finalD.direct
【小题4】Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _____ .
A.mathsB.scienceC.historyD.literature

I found out that sometimes doing someone a favor could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me said something to me, but I didn’t understand. So I got closer to her and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers could not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test paper had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the classroom when all the other students were out. Then she began to talk to me about honesty and emphasized(重点强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had talked to me about all those things.
The next day, I realized that the teacher thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but she said it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen when she talked to me after the test. She continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案(10分)
【小题1】The story took place exactly      .
A、in the teacher’s office
B、in the classroom
C、in the playground
【小题2】Why did the boy get close to his classmate during the test?
A、Because he wanted to borrow a pen from his classmate.
B、Because he wanted to copy his classmate’s answers.
C、Because his classmate wanted to borrow a pen.
【小题3】When the teacher saw all this, she asked the boy        .
A、to go on writing his paper
B、to stop taking the exam
C、to stay in the classroom
【小题4】The underlined word “cheated” means “       ” in Chinese.
A、睡觉                     B、玩耍               C、作弊
【小题5】The boy realized the teacher made a mistake      .
A、the next day
B、when the teacher talked to him
C、on th e day of the test

请仔细阅读第56-60题中的个人信息情况说明,然后从A到F的六个选项中选出最适合每个人的游戏。其中有一项是多余。

56. Mrs Liu will take her daughter Kitty to go on a trip next month. She wants Kitty to choose the place . But Kitty is too young to know the cities ,so Mrs Liu finds a game to help her .

57. Peter isn’t good at geography ,and he doesn’t like spending time on it . His parents want to help him. They have a good idea anf make him interested in geography through games .

58. Mike likes rafting . He goes rafting almost every month . Even when he plays games ,he plays the one about rafting .

59. Lily is a five-year-old girl . She is very clever and likes remembering different flags Although she is young ,she can recognize lots of flags of different countries .

60. Tom likes playing computer games . And his favorite are the boat race and the car race .

Number

                        Games

A

Rafting Game

Want to prove you are the best at rafting . Don’t look down on the game . It’s easy to play but hard to master .

B

Christmas Game

Use your candy cane to stop the salespeople from bothering you on Christmas morning . You have one minute .

C

Photos of the world

Great ideas of where to go next ,as well as a fun online album of famous places of interest .

D

Amazing Race

If you are in a car race around the world ,how close can you come to your target ? Find it out in this game .

E

Traveler IQ

Do you th ink you know the world well ? Try to find the places on the map in this fun test .

F

Flags of the World

Do you know the colors ,symbols or the shapes of different countries’ flags ? Well ,even if you think you know much about flags, this game is a great test for you .

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