Four years ago, when Ted was sixty years old, he retired (退休). He had worked in a restaurant for thirty-three years. He left and returned to his home village. Then he bought a small piece of farm and planted a lot of apple trees on it. He takes care of them and this year there are plenty of apples in the trees. The old man is very happy.

But these days the old man has been worried. Nearly every night his garden is broken into and quite a few apples have been lost. So he decided to try his best to catch the thief himself. Last night, he sat in a tree and carefully watched who would come and pick the apples. Later at night, Mr. Ted was so tired that he went to sleep. Suddenly some noise woke him up. The noise came from a big tree. He went there quietly and saw a boy standing under the tree with a bag full of apples. At once he recognized it was Tom who lives just next to him.

“How can you do that, Tom?” the old man became angry and shouted, “I’ll tell your father about it!” But the boy wasn’t afraid about it. He looked up and called out, “Have you heard that yet, Dad? Mr. Ted has something to talk to you.”

1.When Mr. Ted was , he began to work in the restaurant.

A.four B.twenty-seven C.forty-three D.sixty

2.Mr. Ted planted lots of apple trees on the farm .

A.because he used to be good at planting apples B.as he liked the fruit very much

C.after he had already retired D.for apples were expensive

3.Mr. Ted sat in the tree .

A.to catch the thief B.to pick some apples

C.to take care of the trees D.to have a good rest

4.Mr. Ted shouted to the boy that .

A.he would send Tom to the police B.he would tell Tom’s father about it

C.he would wake Tom up D.he wanted Tom to pay for the apples

5.Where was Tom’s father?

A.He was at home B.He was on a business

C.He was in the apple tree D.He was on his bed

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events—love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells reallife stories and sounds the way people really talk, as life becomes more complicated(复杂的)it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country western, comes from two lands of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.

At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty four hours a day. English stars sing it in British and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

1.From the passage, we know that country music comes from________.

A.the Northeast and Midwest B.real-life stories in small towns

C.factories and army camps in the South. D.the Appalachian Mountains and the West

2.Before World War II, country music was popular mainly in________.

A.the South B.the North C.the Midwest D.the Northeast

3.During World War II, many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Midwest to ________.

A.study country music there B.work in the factory there

C.make country music popular D.teach local people country music

4.Country music is very popular in the USA today because________.

A.city people said it was low class B.it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

C.people could sing it in different languages D.it is about human feelings and loved by different people

5.The passage mainly introduce the ____of country music?

A.rhyme B.histroy C.beauty D.style

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