题目内容
Do you love American country music? If you do, come to Nashville.It’s the home of American country music.
Nashville is the capital of the state Tennessee.Here you don’t have to go to the big auditoriums (音乐厅) to enjoy the country music.In the open air restaurants or on the streets, you can always hear the beautiful and sweet sounding folk music.All the singers are young and they play their guitars while they sang.The songs they sing are so touching that, if you listen attentively, you can feel they are singing with their souls rather than with their voices.
Shops selling music records and tapes can be found everywhere in Nashville.Many records are made by famous singers and they are sent to many countries all over the world.
The folk songs most of the singers sing come from the rural areas in the southern United States.The songs often describe the situations of those days and the feeling of the country people.They often sing in praises of heroism and true love.
1.The passage is mainly about ______.
A.Nashville B.the country music
C.pop singers D.American young people
2.From the passage we know that Nashville is ______.
A.a village B.a small town C.a capital city D.a big city
3.To enjoy the country music, you can go to ______.
A.the big auditoriums B.the open air restaurants
C.the streets D.all of the above
4.What is the meaning of the underlined word “heroism” in the last paragraph?
A.乐观主义 B.英雄主义 C.爱国主义 D.社会主义
5.According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.The folk songs can impress you deeply.
B.Not all records are made by famous singers.
C.The folk songs are sung only in praises of true love.
D.Shops that sell music recorders and tapes can be found everywhere in Nashville.
DCDBC

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world?
That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners -- some in electronic form -- to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more time out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: "Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people's time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time.
To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these societies, people don't try to control time, but to experience it. Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time -- like money -- slips all too easily through our fingers. And time -- like the weather-- is very hard to predict. Nevertheless, time is one of life's most precious gifts. And unwrapping it is half the fun.
【小题1】What’s the main topic of this passage?
A.What is time? |
B.How to control time? |
C.Make good use of time. |
D.Time among Americans. |
A.protect | B.develop | C.produce | D.assist |
A.Americans often carry a clock with them. |
B.Americans can not predict the time. |
C.Americans can take control over time. |
D.Americans often make full use of time. |
A.Americans have more time than others. |
B.by using pocket planners, people can have more time. |
C.for informal meeting, Americans often arrive 30 minutes earlier. |
D.Americans often attend seminars, because they want to use time better. |
--- Do you love teaching, Miss He?
--- I fell in love with teaching in 2000. I ________ for twelve years by this summer.
A.will teach |
B.would have taught |
C.has been teaching |
D.will have been teaching |