题目内容
The Way That Some Last Name StartedYou have a first name to tell you who you are. You have a last name to tell which family you are from.
But a long, long time ago, people didn't have last names. Later they had to invent last names because there were too many Charlies, too many Roberts, and too many Marys. People started to ask, which Charlie? Which Robert? Which Mary?
So if a Charlie was a carpenter(木匠), he became Charlie Carpenter. If a Robert was a son of Peter, he became Robert Peterson. If a Mary lived near the woods, she became Mary Woods.
This is the way that some last names started long, long ago.
1．One's last name can also be called the ________ .
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2．A long, long time ago, people didn't have last names because ________ .
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A．they didn't know how to invent last names
B．they didn't want to make their names too long
C．there was not a need
D．they were living in one big family
3．What was the first name of David Johnson's forefather (祖先)?
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4．Which of the following last names was invented by place?
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5．Which of the following last names was invented by job?
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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 1970s | B．In a high school |
| C．in the 19 th century . | D．In a music class . |
| A．Write rap music . | B．Sing a song by talking |
| C．Remember the words of a song . | D．help teach some school subjects. |
| A．bad | B．good | C．final | D．direct |
| A．maths | B．science | C．history | D．literature |
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