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 real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated(复杂), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country-west, comes from two kinds 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(军营)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 English, 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.It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from .

A. the Northeast and Midwest

B. factories and army camps in the South

C. the Appalachian Mountains and the West

D. real-life stories in small towns

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 because .

A. they wanted to take music with them

B. they wanted to make other people like country music

C. they wanted to work in the factories there

D. they wanted to make country music popular

4.Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because .

A. city people said it was low class

B. people could sing it in many different languages

C. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Country music is about human feelings and events.

B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C. Country music is popular among city people today.

D. City people didn’t like country music at first.

Nancy is reading an e-mail from her friend Jack. She is very _______ to get the e-mail .

Jack writes about his school ______weekends. Jack likes his school very much. Nancy likes her school ,______. Jack’s school is very big and he likes his classroom. The ______and chairs are new. There are lots of pictures _____ the wall. They clean the classroom every day.

The teachers are nice and his _____are friendly. He loves______because he can learn a lot about the world. He also loves______.he is good at playing football. He plays it with his_____ after school. He is in the school______team. He says he has a good time at school.

Jack doesn’t______to school on Saturdays and Sundays. He gets up______at six on Saturday. He goes jogging in the park for half________ Then he eats his______. After that, he helps his mother with housework. At eight he begins to do his homework. He has lunch in a fast food restaurant. In the_____, he goes shopping with Mum. Sometimes he plays computer games or chats with his friends on the Internet in the evening. He enjoys his weekend very much.

1.A. beautiful B. hungry C. happy D. sad

2.A. for B. to C. at D. in

3.A. also B. again C. too D. very

4.A. desks B. schoolbags C. pencils D. pens

5.A. in B. on C. near D. at

6.A. subjects B. books C. classmates D. students

7.A. drawing B. swimming C. dancing D. reading

8.A. sports B. trees C. animals D. hobbies

9.A. teachers B. parents C. friends D. brothers

10.A. basketball B. football C. music D. volleyball

11.A. like B. play C. go D. have

12.A. early B. late C. before D. after

13.A. a year B. a month C. an hour D. a day

14.A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. dinner

15.A. day B. hour C. afternoon D. morning

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根据短文内容,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Kevin sat at the desk in his study, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I don’t know what to ,” he complained to his dog, who was asleep at his feet. Kevin was talkative when speaking to his friends, yet he had finding words he had to write.

By bedtime Kevin had drawn a picture of his dog smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches(树枝) blowing in a high wind. He had also written a asking his friend to go to the movies on Saturday. he had not written a single word of his story.

On Wednesday, Mrs Scott, Kevin’s English teacher, asked the class to the first draft() of their stories. Kevin had to turn in the only work that he had—the page with his name, the , and the note.

Kevin wasn’t when Mrs Scott asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what said to him. “Kevin, this is a fantastic story—the dog, the movie, the tree in the . I can’t wait to find out how they all fit together. I think you have the idea of a story there. Look at your note and the pictures and try to see a story comes to you.”

That night Kevin sat at his desk, and this was what he wrote: “One Saturday Tom went to meet his friend at the . it looked as if it might rain, so Tom his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in. The noise of the wind like Tom’s dog Spotty. Spotty really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Tom saw Spotty running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was full of blame(责备). Tom felt because he had left Spotty outside. He turned and headed home with Spotty. Tom let Spotty in the door just and the rain started to pour down.”

Kevin had a story after all. The last thing he did was to write his name at the top of the page.

1.A. talk about B. worry about C. write about D. care about

2.A. trouble B. fun C. help D. experience

3.A. report B. notice C. letter D. note

4.A. And B. But C. So D. Or

5.A. hand in B. hand out C. take in D. take out

6.A. photos B. maps C. writings D. drawings

7.A. cheerful B. surprised C. scared D. satisfied

8.A. I B. you C. he D. she

9.A. wind B. rain C. snow D. fog

10.A. when B. why C. if D. where

11.A. theatre B. cinema C. bank D. museum

12.A. carried B. lost C. sold D. hid

13.A. looked B. felt C. sounded D. acted

14.A. energetic B. angry C. guilty D. curious

15.A. smoothly B. proudly C. hurriedly D. properly

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