When we visit another country, differences in music and dance are   36   some of the first things that we notice. Every culture has   37   its own types of music and dance, which are very different from those of other societies.

   Each type of music usually has a distinctive rhythm and a special sound,   38   on the kinds of instruments that are used to produce it. The most common type of instruments are  39   instruments, such as guitars and violins; wind instruments, including horns and flutes. Many different kinds of musical sounds   40   be created by using different combinations of instruments.

   The human voice is a very special kind of instrument,   41   it can produce a great number of different sounds with different   42  , ranging from loud to soft. Singing is very popular in most cultures because it allows us to   43   words and ideas with music.

   Societies coordinate（使协调） body movements with musical rhythms to create   44  . Sometimes people dance for fun and individual expression. Dances can also be used to   45   ideas to an audience. Hawaiian dancers,   46  , use arm and hand movements to express the meaning of a song. In the same way, many societies use dances in religious ceremonies   47   to tell about important events.

   Music and dance are passed from one   48  to another and thus become a permanent part of the society and   49   culture. Of course, as cultures come   50   contact with each other, the music and dance of one society may be accepted by other societies, or the different styles may be combined to   51   a new kind of music or dance. Some Latin American music, for example, has taken   52   from Indian cultures and mixed them with those from European and African cultures.   53  , popular music from England and the US can be heard in countries   54   the world,   55   it has had an influence on musical tastes, especially among young people.

A. unlikely                 B. probably                  C. likely                D. surely

A. installed             B. developed                 C. meant               D. established

A. depending              B. relying                            C. playing             D. resting

A. thread                   B. cord                         C. string                D. band

A. can                    B. might                      C. must                 D. should

A. when                     B. since                        C. after                 D. although

A. heights                  B. sizes                        C. volumes            D. tones

A. express                  B. explain                     C. provide             D. compose

A. sounds                   B. songs                       C. dances               D. moves

A. give                    B. perform                   C. translate            D. communicate

A. for example          B. such as                     C. that is               D. on the contrary

A. just                         B. as                            C. or                     D. only

A. country                B. people                      C. generation         D. time

A. their                    B. the                           C. form                 D. its

A. to                        B. into                         C. for                    D. with

A. join                     B. show                        C. become             D. form

A. advantages           B. styles                       C. features             D. origins

A. However              B. On the contrary         C. Besides             D. Similarly

A. over                    B. across                      C. through             D. along

A. where                  B. when                       C. which               D. what

When my daughter Kelsey was a child, she loved to join me in the garden. To 36 chaos(混乱)in my own garden beds, I provided her with a space of her own, so Kelsey’s Corner was born. There she was 37 to dig and plant as she wished. Over time, that small piece of land grew into a favorite place in the 38.
As she approached high school, Kelsey took her 39 off the garden. I didn’t 40 to accept this change. It seemed acceptable that something as boring as working in the dirt gave way to the mystery of a(n) 41 social life, so I began to take care of the space. Even so, I knew it always would be Kelsey’s Corner.
Now my daughter is eighteen and is in the 42 weeks of her high school career. Our mailbox is filled with college admission materials, 43 me that the world has come for this young lady and that she will soon answer its 44. Kelsey is looking forward to her wonderful college life 45 her mother and I are anxious about the coming life 46 our daughter around.
Kelsey’s Corner seems extremely deserted in this early spring 47 Kelsey’s leaving. One morning, when I 48 past Kelsey’s Corner, I noticed some green seedlings had 49 at the foot of some dead stalks(秆).
It’s 50 that life is a cycle. Kelsey’s leaving is 51 one point on the cycle. Now the life wheel will roll with Kelsey as she 52 into her adult life.
Let her live as she will and let her 53 when she can, and whether she comes alone or in 54, she will be welcome home. I’ll take care of Kelsey’s Corner faithfully. It will also cycle annually, rolling on towards a 55 stage of our lives, one that promises a rich harvest.

When we visit another country, differences in music and dance are   36   some of the first things that we notice. Every culture has   37   its own types of music and dance, which are very different from those of other societies.

   Each type of music usually has a distinctive rhythm and a special sound,   38   on the kinds of instruments that are used to produce it. The most common type of instruments are  39   instruments, such as guitars and violins; wind instruments, including horns and flutes. Many different kinds of musical sounds   40   be created by using different combinations of instruments.

   The human voice is a very special kind of instrument,   41   it can produce a great number of different sounds with different   42  , ranging from loud to soft. Singing is very popular in most cultures because it allows us to   43   words and ideas with music.

   Societies coordinate（使协调） body movements with musical rhythms to create   44  . Sometimes people dance for fun and individual expression. Dances can also be used to   45   ideas to an audience. Hawaiian dancers,   46  , use arm and hand movements to express the meaning of a song. In the same way, many societies use dances in religious ceremonies   47   to tell about important events.

   Music and dance are passed from one   48  to another and thus become a permanent part of the society and   49   culture. Of course, as cultures come   50   contact with each other, the music and dance of one society may be accepted by other societies, or the different styles may be combined to   51   a new kind of music or dance. Some Latin American music, for example, has taken   52   from Indian cultures and mixed them with those from European and African cultures.   53  , popular music from England and the US can be heard in countries   54   the world,   55   it has had an influence on musical tastes, especially among young people.

1.A. unlikely                        B. probably                         C. likely                       D. surely

2.A. installed                 B. developed                      C. meant                    D. established

3.A. depending                  B. relying                             C. playing                   D. resting

4.A. thread                         B. cord                                 C. string                     D. band

5.A. can                          B. might                             C. must                       D. should

6.A. when                            B. since                                C. after                       D. although

7.A. heights                        B. sizes                                C. volumes                 D. tones

8.A. express                       B. explain                            C. provide                  D. compose

9.A. sounds                         B. songs                               C. dances                            D. moves

10.A. give                            B. perform                          C. translate               D. communicate

11.A. for example             B. such as                            C. that is                    D. on the contrary

12.A. just                       B. as                                     C. or                            D. only

13.A. country                     B. people                             C. generation            D. time

14.A. their                           B. the                                   C. form                       D. its

15.A. to                                B. into                                  C. for                           D. with

16.A. join                    B. show                                C. become                 D. form

17.A. advantages              B. styles                               C. features                D. origins

18.A. However                   B. On the contrary            C. Besides                  D. Similarly

19.A. over                           B. across                             C. through                 D. along

20.A. where                        B. when                               C. which                     D. what

When you go shopping，you are given at least one plastic bag to carry what you’ve bought.They are so common that we don’t often give them a second thought.But the beginning of the end may have come for the plastic bag.

A small town in Tasmania，an island off the south coast of mainland Australia，is making itself an environmental role model (模范) by becoming the country’s first plastic­bag­free town.

Since April 28，Coles Bay’s population of 175 and its tourist shoppers have been using reusable paper or cloth bags to carry their shopping.

Coles Bay sits on the edge of the beautiful Freycinet national park.Around 180,000 tourists pass through the town and the park every year.

Ben Kearney，a local businessman who supports the bag ban，said it would cut the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife who try to eat the plastic.

“Most of the business here comes from the tourism and that’s all based on the environment，so people were pretty supportive.”he said.

Every year Australians use more than 6 million plastic bags.More than half of these come from supermarkets.Since_it_takes_years_for_the_bags_to_biodegrade_(生物分解)，tens_of_millions_end_up_polluting_the_environment.They kill about 100,000 seabirds and animals，which mistake the bags for food，every year.

Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting down on their use of plastic bags.Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee (费) like that in Ireland.There，since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each，their use has been cut by 90 percent.

Pollution caused by plastic bags is a big headache for countries all over the world.As early as 1999，Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used.This was to encourage them to be used again and again.In China’s capital alone，an average of 6 million plastic bags are used every single day.

36．What’s meant by“the beginning of the end may have come for the plastic bag”in the first paragraph?

A．It’s possible for the war against plastic bag use to have been started.

B．It’s likely that plastic bag use has been stopped.

C．It won’t be long before an end is put to plastic bag use.

D．Once started，plastic bag use will never end.

37．We can know from the passage that Coles Bay________.

A．is a small coastal city

B. is a place where you can see far more visitors than natives

C. was the first to offer plastic bags to shoppers free of charge

D．is a place where reusable plastic bags are used

38．According to Ben Kearney，the natives welcome the change in bag use because they________.

A．need to make money

B．are short of energy supply

C．don’t want to waste money

D．want to do something good for mankind

39．Judging from the underlined sentence in the Paragraph 7，“end up doing sth.” means“________”．

A．stop doing sth.                                     B．begin doing sth.

C．do sth.as a result                                  D．disappear while doing sth.

40．Which country or area is more polluted by plastic bags than the others?

A．Ireland.                                              B．Mainland Australia.

C．Coles Bay.                                          D．Beijing.

  On the top of a tree which had lost all its other leaves．two still remained hanging from one branch：Ole and Trufa. For some reason unknown to them，Ole and Trufa had 36 all the rains and winds. But Ole and Trufa believed the answer 37 in the great love they bore one another. One leaf can do  38  for another when the wind blows，the rain pours,    39  ，Ole encouraged Trufa at every opportunity

  At times during cold and stormy nights，Ole would   40  ：“My time has come，Trufa，but you hang on!”

  “What for?” Trufa asked．“Without you，my life is  41  ．If you fall，I’11 fall with you.”

  One day Just as Trufa spoke these words，what they two had  42 all these months happened-a wind came up and tore Ole 43 from the branch. Soon Ole disappeared from sight and Trufa was left all alone on the tree．

     As long as it was still day, Trufa managed somehow to   44  her sorrow. But when it grew dark and cold, she  45  despair. Somehow she felt that the blame for all the leafy  46  was laid on the tree. Leaves fell, but the trunk stood tall, and   47  rooted in the wood. No wind, or rain could  48  it.

     One night, Trufa dozed off. The next morning, to her   49   , she found that she was no longer  50  on the tree. The wind had blown her down while she was asleep. She  51  now that she wasn't just a leaf that 52 the wind, but that she was 53 of the universe.

     Next to her lay Ole, and they   54   each other with a love they hadn't been aware of before. This wasn't a love that depended on chance, but a love as powerful and   55   as the universe itself.