题目内容
Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.
Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.
Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of famers .They talk about love, crops or death.
The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.
When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.
John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song “Take Me home, Country Roads” is well-known and people still play it today.
1.Country music is usually about _______.
A. everyday life and feelings
B. farmers’ feelings
C. the lives of workers
D. the lives of farmers
2. People began to make country song records _______.
A. in the 1920s B. in 1920
C. in the 1970s D. in 1970
3. Why did Country music become popular in America?
A. Because city people liked the music.
B. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change. C. Because country music talked about city people’s lives.
D. Because country music developed in the Southern Africa
4. Who is famous for the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?
A. A farmer in the countryside.
B.A person who moved to towns
C. John Denver.
D. John Denver’s brother
AABC
【解析】略
—Are you in a hurry?
—No, in fact I’ve got plenty of time. I_______wait.
A.must |
B.can |
C.need |
D.should |
The first day of school we were interested to get to know a new classmate.I looked around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I found a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said,“Hi ! I’m Rose.I’m 87 years old.Can I give you a hug?”I laughed and I heartily responded,“Of course!”
“Why are you in college at such a young,innocent(天真无邪的)age?”I asked.
She jokingly replied,“I’m here to meet a rich husband,get married,have children, and then travel around.”
“Not seriously,”I asked.I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she told me.We became instant friends.
Over the year,Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she easily made friends wherever she went.She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students.
At the end of the semester,we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.Here are the secrets to staying young.You have to laugh and find humor every day.You’ve got to have a dream.When you lose your dreams,you die.Unfortunately we have many people like this walking around?”she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.Anybody can grow older.That doesn’t take any talent or ability,”she added.“But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change.Have no regrets.The elederly usually don’t regret what they did,but rather things they did not do.”
One week after graduation that year,Rose died peacefully in her sleep.She taught us by example that__________________.
1.Why was Rose in college at 87? Because .
A.she wanted to meet a rich husband |
B.she wanted to get married and have children |
C.she wanted to travel around |
D.she dreamed of having a college education |
2.According to the passage,Rose loved to do the following EXCEPT .
A.dress up |
B.enjoy the attention from the other students |
C.play football |
D.make friends |
3.According to what Rose said,we can know that to stay young you must not .
A.laugh |
B.be humorous |
C.have a dream |
D.lose your dream |
4.According to the last paragraph but one we know .
A.growing older is quite different from growing up |
B.growing older needs talent |
C.growing up doesn’t require ability |
D.the elderly usually have no regrets |
5.Which of the following can be used to fill in the blank at the end of the passage?
A.where there is a will, there’s a way |
B.never too late to learn |
C.Study hard and you will be young |
D.never too late to be all you can possibly be |