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 buy cars with large speakers 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, weather and the life of American people .Most of the radio programs are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money .They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places .Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape .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.
There are other kinds of music that are important to 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 love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
【小题1】__ _ kinds of music are mentioned in this passage .
A. Two   B. Three    C   Four     D .Five
【小题2】When pop singers ___ ___, they will become national stars.
A make much money                   B. make a CD or tape
C .are loved by all the young people   D. are wanted to sing on the radio
【小题3】From the passage we know that country music is about the ___ ___.

A.common life of Americans B.country life of and love stories
C.life of workersD.school life of in America
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A.all students in America like popular music .
B.students with cars in America don’t like to listen to music while driving
C.Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving
D.Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.
【小题5】What would be then best title for this passage ?
A.American music B.Pop music C.History of music D.Western music

Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance.  After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar , and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.     

Jason Swencki?s son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone."   Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.      

These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity?慈善机构?, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.      

Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar one of Rockstar's original members. "But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now."

1.Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?

A.He needs to go to the doctor every day.

B.He studies the leading cause of diabetes

C.He has a positive attitude to this disease.

D.He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

2.Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for _________.   

A.diabetics to communicate                 B.volunteers to find jobs

C.children to amuse themselves              D.rock stars to share resources.

3.According to the text, Kody ______.

A.feel lonely because of his illness

B.benefits from diabeticrockstar.com

C.helps create the online kid’s forums

D.writes children’s stories online

4.What can we learn about Fight It?

A.It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.

B.It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.

C.It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.

D.It owns a well-known medical website.

5.The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ______.

A.works full-time in a diabetes charity

B.employs 22 people for his website

C.helps diabetics in his own way

D.ties to find a cure for diabetes

 

Rome had the Forum. London has Speaker's Corner. Now always–on–the-go. New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.

Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. Just talk.

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, "Talk to Me." they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.

They don't collect money. They don't push religion. So what's the point?

"To see what happens, said Liz. " We simply enjoy life with open communication."

Shortly after the September 11,2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.

"It started as a crazy idea, "Liz said." We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything."

Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went.

Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease. "That was very heavy on my mind," Marcia said. "To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good," she explained.

To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.

They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they'll consider.

1.What did Liz and Bill start doing after September 2001?

A.Chatting with people.

B.Setting up street signs

C.Telling stories to strangers

D.Organizing a speaker's corner

2.What they have been doing can be described as_________.  .

A.pointless

B.normal

C.crazy

D.successful

3.Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?

A.They knew Liz and Bill very well.

B.They happened to meet the writer of the text.

C.They organized the get-together in the city park.

D.They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.

4.What will Liz and Bill do in the future?

A.Go in for publishing.

B.Do more television programs.

C.Continue what they are doing.

D.Spend more time reading books.

5.How do they like the idea of writing a book?

A.They have decided to wait a year or two

B.They will think about it carefully

C.They agreed immediately

D.They find it hard to do that

 

One silly question I simply can’t stand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action—a man on the go, walking along the streets, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right,” but you have put a bug  in his ear—maybe now he’s not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked(忽略) that morning. It starts worrying him a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else “How do you feel?” Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask “How do you feel?” if you’re visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to take a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s silly to ask him that silly question. When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him. “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age”, he said, “either you feel all right or you’re dead.”

1.According to the writer, greetings such as “How do you feel?” _______.

A. show one’s consideration for others    

B. are a good way to make friends

C. are proper to ask a man in action           

D. generally make one feel uneasy

2.The question “How do you feel?” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of  _______.

A. a man working at his desk   

B. a person having lost a close friend

C. a stranger who looks somewhat worried

D. a friend who is ill

3.George Bernard Shaw’s reply in the passage shows his _______.

A. cheerfulness                                B. cleverness   

C. ability                                    D. politeness

4.“You’ve put a bug in his ear” means that you’ve _______.

A. made him laugh                           

B. shown concern for him

C. made fun of him                       

D. given him some kind of warning

 

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have given $500,000 to help the town of Joplin —a town near the Mississippi River, where Pitt’s mother went to school recover from a huge tornado (龙卷风)that struck on May 22, 2011.

The couple made the donation through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation on Thursday to help rebuild the town of Joplin after about 30% of the buildings were destroyed by the tornado. Over 150 people were killed.

“The Joplin community faces great challenges ahead,” said Brad. "Having spent most of my childhood there, I know these people to be hardworking, humble and especially resilient.

“The locally based Community Foundation of the Ozarks will be working shoulder to shoulder with these Joplin citizens for long to rebuild their lives. We, too, hope to further help with these rebuilding efforts.”

“Last year 42 million people worldwide were hurt by natural disasters,” added Angelina. “So often, these disasters seem far away; but now, the need is right here at home for thousands of people. Our hearts go out to the families in Joplin who have lost so much.”

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks was founded in 1973 and has since grown to include 43 branch community foundations. The Foundation’s task is to improve the quality of life in the Missouri Ozarks area through resource development, community grant making, working together, and public leadership.

“We had a call in the first day or two afterward from an organization representing them,” said Brian Fogle, president of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. "They made several calls afterwards, but we learned that they made a donation.

1.Where did the disaster most probably happen?

A.in Britain

B.in the USA

C.in Australia

D.in China

2.Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated $500,000 after the disaster_______.

A.by post

B.in the flesh

C.through a foundation

D.through the local Red Cross

3.The best title for the passage is______.

A.A disaster by a huge tornado in Joplin

B.Rebuilding efforts after the disaster

C.The Community Foundation of the Ozarks

D.A donation from the Pitts

 

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