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（精神） 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（庄家） 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.

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1.Country music is usually about _______.

A. students’ feelings B. farmers’s feelings

C. the lives of workers D. crops

2.Country music developed ________.

A. in John Denver’s city B. in the Southern United States

C. in the Northern United States D. the United States

3.People bagan to make country song records _______.

A. in the 1920s B. in 1920 C. in the 1970s D. in 1970s

4.Why did Country music become popular in America?

A. Because city people liked the music.

B. Because people in the city moved to the countryside.

C. Because country music talked about city people’s lives.

D. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.

5.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. Denver John.

John is an American boy. His family is in China now. John likes chocolates(巧克力) very much. But his mother doesn’t give him any. She thinks they are not good for him. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves him very much,  and sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets John eat them. She wants to make the old man happy. One Sunday evening John says in his room,  “Please,  God (上帝). Make them give me a big box of chocolates tomorrow. It’s my eighth birthday. ” His mother says，“God can’t hear(听见）you,  my boy. ” “I know,  but my grandfather is in the next room. He can hear. ”
【小题1】John likes _____ very much.

John was sad. Nothing could make him      . "I don't want to go to school today." "Come on, sleepy head. Let's go for a       ”said his mum.

    When they walked down the street, his mum said, "John, do you see the      in Mr. Butler's garden? Would you like to sniff(嗅)them?

    "     "，said John.

    "But I want to. Come with me", His mum sniffed the flowers. "Oh, these flowers     me my son should(应该)be happy, and they also tell me my son should go to       .”

    "Aha, mum, you are joking(开玩笑).How can flowers     ?”laughed John.

    They walked on. "Perhaps we can have a dog cat cow chicken sheep ice cream," said his mum.

    John      again. "Don't be so silly(傻的)，Mum. That sounds(听上去)     . You can't have that kind of ice cream."

    John kept smiling from that moment. Mum felt happy now that John was happy. John thanked his mum very much to make       happy. He thought his mum was great.

1.A. cry                    B. clever C. angry            D. happy

2.A. walk            B. rest    C. talk             D. show

3.A. dogs       B. trees          C. flowers        D. grass

4.A. Yes                    B. No    C. Sure           D. Why

5.A. think       B. tell    C. ask    D. hope

6.A. work       B. bed             C. school        D. movies

7.A. read            B. write            C. listen          D. speak

8.A. laughed           B. cried          C. shouted       D. talked

9.A. interesting        B. strange        C. fun              D. great

10.A. him       B. her             C. them          D. he

John is an American boy. His family is in China now. John likes chocolates(巧克力) very much. But his mother doesn’t give him any. She thinks they are not good for him. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves him very much,  and sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets John eat them. She wants to make the old man happy. One Sunday evening John says in his room,  “Please,  God (上帝). Make them give me a big box of chocolates tomorrow. It’s my eighth birthday. ” His mother says，“God can’t hear(听见）you,  my boy. ” “I know,  but my grandfather is in the next room. He can hear. ”

1.John likes _____ very much.

A．reading books      B．eating            C．chocolates         D．God

2.John comes from _____ .

A．China            B．America           C．Canada           D．England

3.What day is John’s birthday?

A．Sunday.           B．Monday.          C．Tuesday.           D．Saturday.

4.Who sometimes buy some chocolates for John?

A．His mother.        B．God.              C．His grandfather.     D．Himself.

5.Where’s John’s grandfather on that day?

A. In the factory. B. On a farm.   C. In the U. S. A.      D. In the next room.