题目内容
Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 1 in high school.
2 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员).She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 3 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 4 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 5 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 6 ,she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 7 .She moved on to English and history, and was 8 to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 9 math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 10 .Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 11 as Jenna.“I’m sorry, but we have enough 12 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.”Jenna smiled 13 and left.“Why is high school so 14 ?”she sighed.
Later in 15 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 16 .By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 17 at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 18 .High school was just as her mom had said:“You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 19 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 20 fish you can be.”
1. A. processes B. decisions C. challenges D. exercises
2. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
3. A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting
4. A. editor B. bosses C. candidate D. judge
5. A. jumped B. sank C. stopped D. raced
6. A. strange B. happy C. awful D. lonely
7. A. struggling B. improving C. working D. complaining
8. A. ashamed B. disappointed C. shocked D. relieved
9. A. put up B. prepare for C. worry about D. give up
10. A. committee B. newspaper C. radio D. team
11. A. enthusiastic B. artistic C. sympathetic D. realistic
12. A. speakers B. readers C. cheerleaders D. writers
13. A. widely B. weakly C. excitedly D. brightly
14. A. similar B. ordinary C. different D. familiar
15. A. physics B. history C. English D. math
16. A. pleasure B. hope C. trouble D. sorrow
17. A. fit in B. look out C. stay up D. get around
18. A. swim B. try C. ask D. escape
19. A. in return for B. in case of C. in terms of D. instead of
20. A. slimmest B. smallest C. best D. gentlest
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Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast(广播). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a pop star.
There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
1.________ kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in this passage.
A.Two |
B.Four. |
C.Three |
D.Five |
2.When pop singers ________, they are regarded as pop stars.
A.become popular with their fans |
B.make a CD or tape |
C.make much money |
D.are wanted to sing on the radio |
3.From the passage we know that country music is about ________.
A.the common life of Americans |
B.the life of cowboys |
C.the country life and love stories |
D.the school life in America |
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.Western Music |
B.Popular Music |
C.History of Music |
D.American Music |