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Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial(商业) music. It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk-rock”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions. It’s a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT __________________.

A. blues B. rock’ n ’roll C. jazz D. folk-rock

According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ___________ it is today.

A. much greater than B. much smaller than C. as great as D. as small as

Which of the following is TRUE?

A. No pop music is on a high musical level.

B. Much pop music is very artistic.

C. Pop music is highly artistic.

D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.

“It is a big industry” means that _______________.

A. it makes a lot of musical instruments (乐器)

B. it is a big musical and commercial business

C. the pop singers are very hard-working

D. pop music is on a very high musical level

The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s been gone for 17 years, his 21 still resonate（产生共鸣）. He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 22 .

One incident is 23 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of 24 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he’d done with so many people, he’d given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 25 , the guy didn’t deliver.

Dad’s outlook（人生观）on most things was “Live and let live.” In this case, however, his calmness 26 Terre and me, and we let him know it.

“How can you be nice to that man?” we said to him. “You’ve been so kind to him, and he’s not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?”

My father shrugged（耸肩）and said to us, “I do not bend my back with 27 . ”

I didn’t get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 28 . Holding a grudge（怨恨）doesn’t 29 the person you’re angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.

After my father died in 1991, a (n) 30 came from a fellow I’d had a quarrel with years before to 31 his sympathy. He wrote: “I thought I’d tell you how sorry I am 32 the loss of your father. I know he 33 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. ”

Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 34 . And then, because he’d 35

our disagreement, I recalled Dad’s inspiring words. “I am my father’s daughter,” I wrote. “And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”

A. lectures B. suggestions C. lessons D. pictures

A. forgive B. persuade C. forget D. excuse

A. vital B. obvious C. visual D. vivid

A. sister’s B. mine C. father's D. mother’s

A. in return B. in turn C. by return D. by turn

A. relaxed B. moved C. interrupted D. bothered

A. anger B. disappointment C. worry D. yesterday

A. reason B. word C. philosophy D. sentence

A. change B. hurt C. upset D. disturb

A. news B. letter C. message D. information

A. explain B. express C. produce D. present

A. in B. with C. about D. at

A. showed B. represented C. equaled D. meant

A. kindness B. sympathy C. understanding D. consideration

A. referred B. mentioned C. reminded D. retold

第二节　完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从36－55各小题所给四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A couple of years ago, a minister(牧师) in an American church got fed up with listening to the people in his church complaining. They were complaining about little 36 : the service(礼拜仪式) was too long, the service was too short; they didn’t like the choice of 37 they had to sing in church. He felt all this complaining was 38 everyone feel negative. So, he 39 to do something about it.

He gave the people in his church a(n) 40 : try to stop complaining for 21 41 .And not just about the church, about everything! He 42 gave each person in the church a purple bracelet(手镯) to wear on their wrists. The bracelet was to 43 them not to complain. 44 , after three weeks of not complaining, people said they felt happier. They 45 that the less they complained, the happier their lives became.

Complaining seems to be part of our human nature. Life, 46 , is full of difficulties. It is 47 to feel disappointed, irritated and unhappy at times. The real problem, 48 , comes when we take those negative inner feeelings and 49 them out loud. Somehow, it makes everything 50 . The more we complain, the worse we feel; the worse we feel, the more we complain. And it 51 everyone around us, too. It can become a virus of negativity.

Doctors say that complaining is aslo 52 for your health. They say that people who aren’t complainers are healthier, happier, have more friends and are more successful than people who complain all the time. So, 53 something ticks you off, like a rainy day or a bad meal, try 54 your tongue instead of complaining. It will be your contribution to 55 a world without complaints.

36. A.advantages B.places C.things D. opinions

37. A.songs B.activities C.words D.speeches

38. A.causing B.making C.forcing D.getting

39. A.expected B.suggested C.wished D.decided

40. A.challenge B.gift C.suggestion D.explanation

41. A.hours B.days C.weeks D.months

42. A.even B.only C.ever D.also

43. A.hope B.warn C.remind D.persuade

44. A.Surprisingly B.Fortunately C.Finally D.Clearly

45. A.described B.imagined C.discovered D.understood

46. A.above all B.after all C.as a result D.first of all

47. A.important B.strange C.possible D.natural

48. A.besides B.instead C.however D.otherwise

49. A.express B.perform C. give D.hand

50. A.better B.worse C.satisfying D.puzzling

51. A.benefits B.improves C.attracts D.affects

52. A.bad B.good C.necessary D.fantastic

53. A.although B.now that C.even if D.next time

54. A.taking B.holding C.opening D.using

55. A.changing B.damaging C.building D.declaring

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

When she was seven, we found out that Jenny had a few problems. Several ___36___ and many speech classes later, we found out that besides hearing, she also had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis（幼儿类风湿性关节炎）.

She could not put ___37___ on the heels of her feet, so she walked on tiptoe and when the pain became unbearable, I carried her.

All ___38___ grade school, and on into high school, Jenny suffered, yet never complained. She ___39___ a smile on her face, a song on her lips, and a(n) ___40___ and acceptance of others. I don’t remember her ever

___41___ self-pity. She ran when she could run. She played when she could play, and she danced when she could dance. And, when she could do ___42___ of these things, she took her medicine, and she waited until she ___43___.

Jenny never competed in a sport. She could not even take part in a gym class. Jenny continued to have one operation after another on her ___44___. Finally, her hearing improved to 60%, and she taught herself to ___45___ lips.

She was ___46___ popular and funny, attending every football game, and cheering the team on. She carried her pillow everywhere she went, so that she could ___47___ the pain, when she sat down. Then came her senior year. She would be considered for scholarships; however, school activities, especially ___48___, could often mean the ___49___ between receiving an award and losing out.

So Jenny came to a decision. She ___50___ the high school football coach to let her participate. She got her best friend to sign up with her. Finally the coach ___51___, saying, “If you miss one game, you are out!” So, Jenny became a member o the Garrett High School Football Team.

She carried bottles of water to her teammates. She did much preparation work for the team. She worked so actively that it ___52___ to be one of the best year for the Garrett High School Football Team, in its 25-year history.

When asked why he thought the team was winning all their games, even in the ___53___ of injury, one team member explained, “Well, when you’ve been knocked down, and you can’t seem to move, you ___54___ and see Jenny Lewis. It makes anything the rest of us may suffer seem pretty ___55___.”

36. A. trials B. examinations C. experiments D. treatments

37. A. control B. power C. strength D. pressure

38. A. through B. across C. over D. above

39. A. expressed B. wore C. took D. made

40. A. love B. admiration C. envy D. desire

41. A. speaking B. talking C. sharing D. voicing

42. A. nothing B. all C. none D. some

43. A. would B. could C. should D. might

44. A. ears B. legs C. arms D. mouth

45. A. see B. learn C. read D. hear

46. A. never B. totally C. occasionally D. seldom

47. A. struggle B. lose C. stop D. ease

48. A. grades B. relationships C. sports D. communication

49. A. importance B. difference C. chance D. choice

50. A. begged B. demanded C. required D. managed

51. A. gave out B. gave in C. held up D. held on

52. A. turned over B. turned out C. turned up D. turned in

53. A. sight B. fear C. risk D. face

54. A. looked down B. looked in C. looked up D. looked out

55. A. different B. worth C. difficult D. unimportant

“Cheese” — a metaphor (隐喻) for what we want to have in life，whether it is a job, a relationship, or money.

Each of us has our own __26__of what cheese is, and we want to __27__it because we believe it makes us __28__.

Once there lived four little characters. Two were __29__named Sniff and Scurry and two were little people named Hem and Haw.

Every morning, the mice and the little people __30_their running wear and went to Cheese Station C __31__they found their cheese. It was such a large store(仓库) of cheese that Hem and Haw __32__moved their homes to be closer to it.

One morning, Sniff and Scurry arrived at Cheese Station C and discovered there was __33__cheese. They weren’t surprised. __34__they had noticed the supply 35 cheese had been getting smaller every day; they were prepared for the result. They set out quickly to __36__new cheese.

Later that same day, Hem and Haw arrived. “What? No cheese! Who moved my cheese?” Hem yelled(叫喊). They went home that night __37__and discouraged.

The next day Hem and Haw __38__to Cheese Station C. But the situation hadn’t changed. Haw asked, “Do Sniff and Scurry know something we don’t know?” Hem __39__him and said, “What would they know? They are simple 40 and we are human beings. They cannot be __41__than we are.”

Haw suggested, “Maybe we should 42 talking about the situation and just to look for some new cheese.”

Haw decided to 43 Cheese Station C while Hem was more comfortable staying in the cheese less Station C.

Meanwhile, Sniff and Scurry went farther 44 they found Cheese Station N. They found what they had been looking for. It was the biggest 45 of cheese the mice had ever seen.

1.. A. feeling

B. idea

C. worry

D. hope

2.. A. get

B. avoid

C. follow

D. try

3.A. happy

B. angry

C. full

D. worried

4. A. humans

B. dogs

C. mice

D. cats

5. A. put in

B. took off

C. gave in

D. put on

6.A. where

B. that

C. which

D. what

7.. A. firstly

B. suddenly

C. finally

D. always

8.A. some

B. no

C. any

D. much

9.A. For

B. If

C. Though

D. Since

10.A. with

B. of

C. for

D. to

11.. A. search for

B. find

C. look after

D. discover

12.A. glad

B hopeful

C. unsatisfied

D. excited

13.. A. returned

B. left

C. walked

D. ran

14.A. smiled at

B. laughed at

C. thought of

D. praised

15. A. animals

B. cheese-lovers

C. thieves

D. Sniff and Scurry

16.A. more foolish

B. bigger

C. smarter

D. faster

17. A. start

B. stop

C. get

D. enjoy

18.A. leave

B. go

C. move

D. start

19. A. if

B. unless

C. when

D. until

20. A. store

B. factory

C. company

D. Home

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