Jerry Green went to spend a year at the South Pole Station (南极站)as the only doctor in 1998 when she 47. While working at the station that March. she discovered that there was a hard lump (肿块) in her stomach. She knew it was cancer, but she wasn’t able to go to a doctor for help. She couldn’t leave the station for the next seven until the snow thawed. Dr. Green didn’t wait for the death. But decided to fight against the cancer. She tried to about the lump to a hospital in the United States. The doctors said it was cancer. Without the proper wouldn’t live for long. Soon a USA airplane came to provide her with some help. She started her own treatments(治疗)after getting instructions from American doctors. She finally spent the long winter there before she returned home that October .Since then, she had become a incubus in support of cancer charities. She also wrote a best-selling book called Ice Bound.
Sadly, Dr. Green’s cancer finally returned. She died on June 23.2009.
【小题1】Jerry Green discovered that she bad a bard lump in her stomach in       .
A. March.1998      B. May. 1998      CJune.2009   D. July,2009
【小题2】What does the underlined word" thawed "mean in Chinese?

Jerry Green went to spend a year at the South Pole Station (南极站)as the only doctor in 1998 when she 47. While working at the station that March. she discovered that there was a hard lump (肿块) in her stomach. She knew it was cancer, but she wasn't able to go to a doctor for help. She couldn't leave the station for the next seven until the snow thawed. Dr. Green didn't wait for the death. But decided to fight against the cancer. She tried to about the lump to a hospital in the United States. The doctors said it was cancer. Without the proper wouldn't live for long. Soon a USA airplane came to provide her with some help. She started her own treatments(治疗)after getting instructions from American doctors. She finally spent the long winter there before she returned home that October .Since then, she had become a incubus in support of cancer charities. She also wrote a best-selling book called Ice Bound.

　　 Sadly, Dr. Green's cancer finally returned. She died on June 23.2009.

1.Jerry Green discovered that she bad a bard lump in her stomach in       .

A．March.1998       B．May. 1998         C．June.2009         D．July,2009

2.What does the underlined word" thawed "mean in Chinese?

A．形成             B．堆积             C．融化             D．覆盖

3.When did she start her own treatments?

A．After searching the Internet.

B．After getting instructions from American doctors.

C．After hearing from her paw law

D．After becoming a member in support of cancer charities.

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Dr. Green decided to give up the treatments.

B．She sent the information about the lump to a hospital in the United Stales.

C．She wrote a book called Ice Bound.

D．Dr Green died of cancer.

5.What does the writer feel about Dr. Green's death?

A．exciting           B．Happy.            C．Sad              D．Pleased

In the United States, sixteen, eighteen, and twenty-one are important ages in a person’s life. There are no special celebrations for these birthdays, but each is a time when a person can do new things to mark their transition(转变) into adulthood.

After turning sixteen a person can work, get a driver’s license and leave home. Many high school students learn to drive and get part-time jobs soon after celebrating their sixteenth birthday.

At the age of eighteen a person in the United States can vote and smoke, but they are prohibited from going into nightclubs, buying wine or gambling(赌博) until they are twenty-one.

In many Latin(拉丁的) cultures, a young woman’s fifteenth birthday is important. At this age, she is regarded as an adult. To mark this special day, families with teenage daughters have a celebration called a Quinceanera. The day begins with the young woman and her family going to church. Later, there is a party and many guests are invited.

In Japan, young people became adults at twenty. At this age, they can legally(合法地) vote, drink wine and smoke. The second Monday in January is a national holiday called “Coming of Age Day”. On this day, twenty-year-old celebrates by first going to church to pray with their families. Later, they listen to speeches given by city and school leaders. Afterward, they may celebrate with family or friends late into the night.

In some countries, birthday celebrations continue through adulthood. Some people celebrate their fortieth and fiftieth birthdays, or their retirement(退休) year, with a huge party.

1. In the United States, age sixteen marks the time when you can ___________.

  A. vote and drive    B. drive and get a job   C. drink wine and smoke  D. go into nightclubs

2.Which of the following is not the turning point in a person life in the USA?

    A. The 15^th birthday.    B. The 16^th birthday.  C. The 18^th birthday.  D. The 21^st birthday.

3.What is the meaning of the word “prohibit”?

    A. 允许             B. 禁止             C.  终止          D.  停止

The definition of pop music is always changing. Whatever, the most popular music at the time is called  1  music.   2 the early 1900s in America, the popular music was called Ragtime. People played it on piano and was very fast. Some of the songs had   3 and were easy  4 . Some of the songs were only music but were easy to dance, too. In the 1920s, a style called “crooning” was popular. Men sang it with a very gentle voice. In the 1930s and 1940s, “jazz” became popular. Jazz is often fast and people usually play it with a piano and horns.
It wasn’t stopping  5 the 1950s when people created “rock and roll”. Elvis Presley is called the “King of Rock and Roll”. He had many popular songs throughout the years. Rock music changed as the years went   6  . Some different kinds of pop music in the 1960s were called Motown and beach music. In the 1960s, there was also a movement in the United States called the British Invasion. That was when the group The Beatles  7 popular. They were one of the most important  8  in American music history.
Today, pop music can be Hip Hop, Rap, R & B, or Country. American young people  9 like listening to pop music. People   10 as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears are some of the most well-known singers.