Question

It was August 2nd, 1927. The news had spread ______ .

A man named Craig Pierce was coming to the city of Bristol. He wanted to make recordings of local people singing and playing musical instruments. And he said he would ____ fifty dollars for each song recorded. That was a huge ____ in those days. Many people came to Bristol that day to ____ for Mr. Pierce. But one group seemed to have just the sound that he was ____. They were a man named A.P. Carter，his wife Sara，and her cousin Maybelle. They ____ themselves the Carter Family.

Their first recordings were sent to _____ throughout the United States. Many listeners were ___ at what they heard. Instead of classical or jazz songs that radio stations usually played，a new ___ was born. The Carter Family sounded ____ . They did not sound ____ they had taken music lessons. But it did not matter. The people in poor rural areas thought they sounded just like their ____ .

The Carters sang songs about living in the mountains of Virginia，Tennessee，and North Carolina. They sang about the _____ of a young man for a special girl. They sang about the beauty of nature. They sang about death and sadness. And they sang religious songs that told of the hope for a(an) ____ life after death.

A.P. Carter sang in the group and also searched for ____ songs. He often traveled long ____ to small towns in the southeastern United States. He wanted to hear the songs that ____ people sang in their communities. He wrote down the words but kept the music in his ____. When he returned home, he helped Sara and Maybelle fit them to the Carter Family musical ____. The Carter Family soon became popular. Within three years, the Carter Family sold 300,000 recordings.

Life is like a stage, on which gold will _____.

1.A. wide B. fast C. well D. short

2.A. bring B. take C. lend D. pay

3.A. sum B. celebration C. money D. instrument

4.A. wait B. listen C. play D. learn

5.A. looking for B. looking after C. picking up D. picking out

6.A. asked B. called C. wished D. showed

7.A. rural areas B. big cities C. radio stations D. families

8.A. surprised B. good C. slow D. annoyed

9.A. story B. singer C. song D. sound

10.A. interesting B. great C. appealing D. different

11.A. in case B. as if C. even if D. as long as

12.A. teachers B. farmers C. neighbors D. owners

13.A. beauty B. love C. respect D. description

14.A. bitter B. early C. worse D. better

15.A. new B. modern C. same D. exact

16.A. directions B. distances C. places D. trains

17.A. talented B. famous C. local D. old

18.A. diary B. memory C. songs D. stories

19.A. style B. program C. show D. concert

20.A. develop B. distinguish C. shine D. change

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