Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments(乐器) are beautiful to all people everywhere.

Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios(收音机) with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers (扬声器) and play the 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, politics(政治), and activities of the American people. But most of the radio broadcast(广播) is music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout 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 national star.

Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common(平凡的)life of Americans. The other 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.In America, every student likes ______.

A. folk music B. country music

C. pop music D. western music

2.According to the passage, most of the car radio broadcast is ______.

A. sports B. the weather C. politics D. music

3.How many kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in the passage?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Music in America B. Music Listeners

C. Cowboys in America D. International Language

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As science developed rapidly in the direction of technology it supplies man a better and more comfortable _________ .Men will be working shorter and shorter hours, _________ housewives will also be able to have more free time. Can you _________ doing housework without a housewife ? Scientists believe this will _________ into realities in not very long time , and perhaps during your lifetime house-robots will take _________of housewives.

When I _________this kind of machine with housewives, some 90 percent of them replied _________ “How soon can I buy one?” The other 10 percent said,“ I would be terrified to see it _________ about my house.” But when I explained to them that it could be turned _________or stopped , they quickly realized that it was a_________ object.

In my own_________ we have found that the washing-up machine is regarded as a good _________in the room. There’s no greater _________ than to go to bed in the evening and _________ that the washing-up is being done downstairs after we are_________ .

Some families would _________ to have their robot slaves_________ all the downstairs housework after they were in _________ at night, while others would have it _________ in the mornings. But this would be entirely a matter of_________.

1.A. machine B. house C. life D. sleep

2.A. even though B. while C. however D. so

3.A. think B. enjoy C. infer D. imagine

4.A. turn B. be turned C. produce D. be produced

5.A. place B. places C. a place D. the place

6.A. discussed B. supplied C. helped D. sold

7.A. coolly B. immediately C. politely D. slowly

8.A. moving B. talking C. jumping D. playing

9.A. into B. on C. over D. off

10.A. terrible B. useful C. real D. future

11.A. home B. opinion C. future D. time

12.A. furniture B. pet C. hand D. person

13.A. trouble B. pleasure C. choice D. object

14.A. know B. feel C. notice D. find

15.A. home B. tired C. out D. asleep

16.A. use B. rather C. feel like D. like

17.A. to do B. doing C. do D. wash

18.A. work B. bed C. need D. house

19.A. to do B. doing C. done D. do

20.A. choice B. practice C. idea D. quality

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阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My friend Monty Roberts told me a story about a young boy. One day at school, the boy was asked to write a paper _________ what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven – paper _________ his dream of owning a farm. He put a great deal of his _________ into the paper and the next day he handed it in to his _________. Two days later he received his paper back. On the_________ page was a large red F with a _________ that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “_________ did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like _________ . Owning a farm requires a lot of money. There’s no _________ a young man could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “_________ you rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your _________ .”

The boy went home and _________ about it long and hard. Finally, after a week, he turned in the _________paper, making no changes.

Monty then said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my farm. I _________ have that school paper over fireplace.” He added, “The _________ part of the story is that two summers ago the same schoolteacher _________ 30 kids to camp out on my farm. When the teacher was _________ , he said, ‘Look Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream_________ . During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. _________ you had enough courage not to _________yours.”

Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what…

1.A. in B. at C. for D. about

2.A. giving B. taking C. describing D. making

3.A. opinion B. thought C. soul D. heart

4.A. classmate B. teacher C. father D. writer

5.A. front B. middle C. back D. last

6.A. word B. note C. paper D. letter

7.A. What B. Where C. Why D. How

8.A. you B. me C. him D. them

9.A. road B. way C. opinion D. idea

10.A. Now B. Although C. Since D. If

11.A. work B. idea C. grade D. advice

12.A. thought B. wrote C. spoke D. read

13.A. new B. same C. different D. second

14.A. never B. again C. even D. still

15.A. first B. biggest C. best D. most

16.A. brought B. took C. carried D. found

17.A. arriving B. leaving C. moving D. reaching

18.A. stealer B. maker C. lover D. leader

19.A. Unluckily B. Generally C. Finally D. Fortunately

20.A. take up B. make up C. give up D. break up

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