10．Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is ——青夏教育精英家教网—

10．Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events-love，sadness，good times，and bad times．It tells real-life，stories and sounds the way people really talk．As life becomes more complicated（复杂），it is good to hear music about ordinary people．
Country music，sometimes called country-western，comes from two kinds of music．One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States．The other is traditional cowboy music from the west．The singers usually play guitars，and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars．At first city people said country music was low class．It was popular mostly in the South．But during World War II，thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories．They took their music with them．Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps（军营）in the South．They learned country music．Slowly it became popular all over the country．
Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada-in small towns and in New York City，among black and white，and among educated and uneducated people．About 1，200radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day．English stars sing it in British English，and people in other countries sing it in their own languages．The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world．

33．It can be learned from the passage that country music comes fromC．
A．the Northeast and Midwest
B．factories and army camps in the South
C．the Appalachian Mountains and the West
D．real-life stories in small towns
34．Before World War II country music was popular mainly inA．
A．the south B．the north
C．the Midwest D．the Northeast
35．During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid-west becauseC．
A．they wanted to take music with them
B．they wanted to make other people like country music
C．they wanted to work in the factories there
D．they wanted to make country music popular．

9．听第7段材料．回答第8至9题．
8．Who ate at the restaurant last night？
A．The man．B．The woman．C．Jerry．
9．What's the man's problem？
A．He had a cold．B．He was sick．C．He was exciting．

8．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
Dear Sir or Madam，
I've learned from the newspaper that your company is looking for a receptionist．I'm very interesting in the job and I'd like to apply to the position．
First of all，allow me to introduce myself．I have just graduated from senior high school and taken the College Entrance Examination．I want to find out a part-time job in the summer．I'm 18years old and have good knowledge of English，especial in terms of speaking and listening．In fact，I win the first prize in the English speech competition hold in our school last year．Besides，I'm quite easy-going but therefore very popular among my classmate．
I sincerely hope you can give us a chance．I'm looking forward to your early reply．
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua．

7．Do's And Don'ts Of Donating
Giving up your unused or unwanted stuff is a great way to make space in your home for the items that you do enjoy on a regular basis．（36）D   Here are 4 do's and don'ts of donating your belongings．
    Do Prep Your Clothes
You've thoroughly cleaned out your closets and drawers，and have a mountain of clothing waiting to be donated．Before you bag up these pieces，examine each one to ensure that they're in good condition．Make sure all buttons are fastened，and that you can't see any dirty spots．（37）G
Don't Donate Damaged Items
The number one rule of donating your stuff is to make sure that it's in good，useable condition．Don't donate clothes or furniture with rips（裂口）or stains，chipped dishes，or books that are missing pages．（38）A   Find a local company that will recycle these items instead．
Do Donate More Than Just Clothes
（39）F  Stuffed animals，framed pictures，unused candles，small power tools，sports equipment，ornaments，baskets，blenders，dishes，glassware，utensils，silverware，pots and pans，curtains，blankets，toasters，mixers，pillows，towels，bed sheets，bikes，and exercise equipment are pretty popular donations．
（40）C
With a little common sense it's easy to figure out items that are ideal for donation．But unfortunately some people will throw away the contents of their home without a second thought．As a gentle reminder，it's never a good idea to donate car parts，flammable products，construction materials，weapons，or explosives．

A．Nobody wants to take over your damaged belongings
B．Food donations are always in need
C．Don't Even Think of Donating These Items
D．Not sure where to start？
E．Don't Donate Large Appliances
F．Clothes aren't the only household items that can be donated
G．Wash the items to make them fresh and ready for their new owners．

6．听第7段材料，回答第8、9题．
8．Where does the conversation probably take place？
A．In a lab．B．In a store．C．On the playground．
9．What will happen most probably according to the conversation？
A．The man will play tennis with woman on Thursday．
B．The man will go to the basketball game alone．
C．The woman will to to the game with the man．

5．假定你是李华，你校学生会近日将举办中国传统文化展会（The Traditional Chinese Culture Fair）．请给你的外教Mr．Smith写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加．邮件的内容包括：
1．展会的时间和地点：本周五下午2：00--5：00，本校艺术中心；
2．展会宗旨：让更多的人了解中国优秀的传统文化；
3．展示内容：书籍、图片、实物等．
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．

4．假如你是李华，你的笔友Peter给你发来一封电子邮件，信中提到他不久前去法国留学，很不适应那里的生活．请你根据以下要点用英语给他写一封建议信．
1．尊重当地的风俗习惯；
2．与法国学生多交流；
3．积极参加各项活动；
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数；
4．请勿出现真实姓名与学校名．
Dear Peter，
How nice to hear from you again!-----
Yours，
Li Hua．

3．A．Therefore，what economists try to do is to persuade people to reduce missed opportunities to save the cost．
B．For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily be doing another，or be sleeping or watching a film．
C．The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something，so we look to maximize the return we get on our investment of time．
D．We should weigh the choices of opportunities，learning to give up for better ones and obtaining what we want besides profits．
AB．For economists，every decision is made by knowledge of what one must forgo-in terms of money and enjoyment-in order to take it up．
AC．Yet，in a sense it's human nature to do precisely that-we assess the advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time．

However wealthy we may be，we can never find enough hours in the day to do everything we want．Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost，which simply refers to whether someone's time or money could be better spent on something else．
Every hour of our time has a value．（92）BEach of these options has a different opportunity cost-namely，what they cost us in missed opportunities．
Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium．Why not，you might reason，watch the game from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends？This-the alternative use of your cash and time-is the opportunity cost．
（93）AB．By knowing precisely what you are receiving and what you are missing out on，you ought to be able to make better-informed，more reasonable decisions．Consider that most famous economic rule of all：there's no such thing as a free lunch．Even if someone offers to take you out to lunch for free，the time you will spend in the restaurant still costs you something in terms of forgone opportunities．
Some people find the idea of opportunity cost extremely discouraging：imagine spending your entire life calculating whether your time would be better spent elsewhere doing something more profitable or enjoyable．（94）AC．
In the business world，a popular phrase is"value for money．"People want their cash to go as far as possible．However，another is fast obtaining an advantage："value for time．"（95）C．By reading this passage you are giving over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities，such as sleeping and eating．In return，however，this passage will help you to think like an economist，closely considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions．

2．Charles Dickens'novel A Tale of Two Cities is set in the years before and during the French Revolution （1789-1799）．During its course，French revolutionaries brought down the empire and established a republic of free and equal citizens．
In reading the work，one sees that Dickens distorted some details of the French Revolution．At the beginning，Dickens notes that，in 1775，France was busy spending money．This mention of France's spending touches briefly on what is perhaps the major cause of the French Revolution．Before the revolution，the government often borrowed money because it spent more than it raised in taxes．The increased spending and borrowing made many people's blood boil，yet Dickens focused instead on the nobility's oppression and exploitation of the working class，including peasants，as the causes of the revolution．
The Marquis，one of the book's characters，ill-treats and kills many people．Thus，he represents the nobles who mistreat the lower classes．One reviewer criticized this picture as an unfair representation of French society in the mid-1700s．The reviewer pointed out that the government would have punished nobles who mistreated or murdered．Nobles may have been guilty of other evils，however，such as not feeding the starving masses after bad weather ruined crops in 1789．
Dickens'account of the storming of the Bastille fails to mention that the gang that stormed the prison was looking for bullets and bombs to use in defense against a possible attack by the king's troops．Dickens does include some accurate details，however，such as the crowd's finding only seven prisoners and freeing them and the pack's executing （处决） the prison administrator and sticking his head on a post．The scene that the women knit （编织） as they watch the executions may seem to be an odd detail，but actually many women did knit stockings for the war effort as they watched the killing machine at work．
Dickens'descriptions of the steady stream of sentenced people into prison and the carts taking them to their deaths give readers some idea of the frequency with which officials jailed and executed people during the Rule of Terror，which lasted about a year．During the Terror，the government jailed about 250 thousand people，tried （审判） and killed about 17 thousand，and executed about 12 thousand without a trial．Those executed included people who opposed the revolution，people who offended the revolutionaries，and even some revolutionaries．About 15percent were members of the ministry or nobility．

88．What does the word"distorted"in Paragraph 2most probably mean？D
A．Discussed．B．Revealed．C．Provided．D．Twisted．
89．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？C
A．A wild crowd rushed into the Bastille to fight with the royal soldiers．
B．The nobles'mistreating and killing people is the main cause of the revolution．
C．About thirty thousand people lost their lives in the course of the Rule of Terror．
D．Women were forced to work for the war supplies while watching people killed．
90．What can be inferred from the passage？B
A．Dickens was once among the revolutionaries storming the Bastille．
B．There was an extreme disorder and horror during the revolution．
C．Nobles of those days in France were loaded with heavy social responsibilities．
D．Classic literary works may serve as history textbooks to a great degree．
91．Which of the following might be the best title of the passage？D
A．The Collapse of the French Empire
B．Unknown Facts during the Rule of Terror
C．Dickens'Description of the French Revolution
D．A Critical View on A Tale of Two Cities．

1．It was two months before the young manmastered （master） the skill of running the machine introduced from Germany．

0 141338 141346 141352 141356 141362 141364 141368 141374 141376 141382 141388 141392 141394 141398 141404 141406 141412 141416 141418 141422 141424 141428 141430 141432 141433 141434 141436 141437 141438 141440 141442 141446 141448 141452 141454 141458 141464 141466 141472 141476 141478 141482 141488 141494 141496 141502 141506 141508 141514 141518 141524 141532 151629

试题分类