It is interesting to go on a trip to another country, but sometimes there are problems when we don’t  1  the language (语言)very well. It may be  2  for us to talk with the people there. We may not know  3  to use the telephone in the country we are visiting. We may get off the bus at the wrong place  4  we can not understand what the conductor (售票员)says. We may not know how to buy the things we need in a  5  . In a foreign country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide how  6  to tip (给小费)waiters or taxi drivers When we have difficulty, we might not know how to ask for  7  . It is not pleasant to have an experience (经历)like that.   8  a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to say. We  9  to enjoy (喜欢)our life in the country, and then we may be  10  to leave. That’s almost the same experience to everyone who is visiting another country.

  (  )1A. read         B. write          C. know           D. spell

  (  )2A. nice         B. difficult        C. boring          D. relaxing

  (  )3A. how        B. why           C. where          D. who

  (  )4A. because       B. that            C. so             D. then

  (  )5A. school       B. hotel           C. store          D. hospital

  (  )6A. often         B. many   &nRbsp;        C. soon          D. much

  (  )7A. question       B. example        C. help           D. survey

  (  )8A. Before       B. After          C. For            D. In

  (  )9A. want        B. wish           C. need          D. start

  (  )10A. sorry       B. happy           C. relaxed         D. tired

 

The definition of pop music is always changing. Whatever, the most popular music at the time is called 26  music.  27 the early 1900s in America, the popular music was called Ragtime. People played it on piano and was very fast. Some of the songs had  28 and were easy 29 . Some of the songs were only music but were easy to dance, too. In the 1920s, a style called “crooning” was popular. Men sang it with a very gentle voice. In the 1930s and 1940s, “jazz” became popular. Jazz is often fast and people usually play it with a piano and horns.

It wasn’t stopping 30 the 1950s when people created “rock and roll”. Elvis Presley is called the “King of Rock and Roll”. He had many popular songs throughout the years. Rock music changed as the years went  31  . Some different kinds of pop music in the 1960s were called Motown and beach music. In the 1960s, there was also a movement in the United States called the British Invasion. That was when the group The Beatles 32 popular. They were one of the most important 33 in American music history.

Today, pop music can be Hip Hop, Rap, R & B, or Country. American young people 34 like listening to pop music. People  35 as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears are some of the most well-known singers.

26. A. rock     B. jazz      C. country       D. pop

27. A. On      B. At       C. In       D. Between

28. A. words   B. fan       C. grammar  D. sentence

29. A. dance       B. dancing   C. to sing       D. sang

30. A. until     B. when     C. while     D. in

31. A. in       B. by       C. to           D. with

32. A. become  B. became   C. becomes  D. to become

33. A. singer    B. music     C. songs     D. bands

34. A. especially B. fast      C. very      D. not

35. A. so      B. see       C. example   D. such

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