25、The shopkeeper did not want to sell for he thought was not enough.
A．where B．how C．what D．which
24、The little boy burst .
A．out cry B．into being cry C．out crying D．into crying
23、
We invite you to join us this summer for the First ePals Conferencel
Dear ePals Community Member, ePals will hold its first conference for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston. Our one-day event is a pre-conference of Alan.November’s Building Learning Commurities 2008 Conference. Come see how ePals, the Internet’s largest social learning network, cantransform your classroom, school and district with our award-winning, safe and protected School M@ilTM and SchoolBlogTM offered at no cost.ePals team members, expert teachers and instructional technology directors will share their experiences using the ePals Global Community to build 21st Century skills in the classroom.
Among the speakers are:
? Tim DiScipio, co-founder of ePals, sharing the vision for global collaboration and corporate partnerships with National Geographic, the classmate PC powered by Intel, and the XO from One Laptop Per Child
? Dr. Kari Stubbs on "ePals 101: Where and How to Start Using Global Collaborative Tools in Project-based Learning." Dr. Stubbs led the Enhancing Education Through Technology （EETT） initiative in Kansas before joining ePals as director of professional development.
? Dr. Rita Oates on "Accomplishing the New NETS Standards for Students with ePals Tools and Activities." Dr. Oates formerly was in charge of ed tech in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
? Dr. Laurie Henry, University of Kentucky, talking about literacy（读写能力） issues in the online world
? Dr. Shelia Gersh, City Colleges of New York, sharing her ePals project as an example of a successful 21st century online educational experience
? Carol Bar, teacher at Blue Valley High School（KS）, "Blogging for Language Acquisition"
? Adina Popa, teacher at Potowmack Elementary （VA）, will speak about schoolwide use of ePals and video conferencing to other classrooms
? Several district tech directors talking about best practices in implementation（安装） and use in their districts for safe and protected student email and blogs
? Other classroom teachers sharing their experiences for instructional success in the online community and using free, safe and protected online tools from ePals
Register and get more information at www.epals.com/conference
1．The letter is written to _______.
A．attract more customers
B．answer readers’ questions
C．inform related people of a conference
D．recommend some teachers
2．From the text we can learn that ______.
A．the July 15 conference is just a pre-conference
B．the July 15 conference will last till November
C．BLC08 will be set up at the July 15 conference
D．the BLC08 Conference will be held this summer
3．________ will talk about his/her experiences in using the ePals and video conference in classrooms at school.
A．Tim DiScipio B．Dr. Laurie Henry
C．Adina Popa D．A tech director
4．It can be inferred from the text that ePals here _______.
A．refer to those who keep in touch with each other through email
B．is in fact a software for online language study
C．is an expensive tool for language learners on the Internet
D．refer to all the language teachers who globally communicate with each other
22、
JAMES Brown, the legendary US singer known as the “Godfather of Soul”, died Christmas morning, 2006. he was 73.
Brown was one of the major musical influences of the last 50 years. He provided the basis for much of black music and most of pop music with his early hits like. “Please, Please, Please”. He essentially created funk（“疯客”音乐）with mid-1960s songs such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag". It won him a Grammy Award as best rhythm-and-blues song, and it was only the beginning of Mr. Brown's rhythmic breakthroughs. His rapid-footed dancing inspired Michael Jackson and Prince. Rap stars of recent years, such as Fat Boys and Public Enemy, have all borrowed his lyrics and rhythms.
Brown's songs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as "Hot Pants" and "Make It Funky", mixed the sophistication（复杂） of jazz-style arrangements with raw funk. With these songs, Brown established himself as the godfather not just of soul, but of all subsequent styles of dance music: funk, disco, hip hop.
"He made soul music a world music," said Al Sharpton, who toured with Brown in the 1970s and imitates his hairstyle to this day. "What Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach（巴赫, 德国作曲家） was to classical music. He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music."
Amid the civil rights movement of the 1960s Mr. Brown used his fame and music for social messages. He released "Don't Be a Dropout" in 1966 and met with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to promote a stay-in-school initiative. Two years later "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" insisted, "We won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve."
1．The passage is mainly about _______.
A．black music in the US
B．James Brown's unique music styles
C．James Brown's contribution to American music
D．great musicians in the US in the last 50 years
2．The author intends to tell us by the last paragraph that ______.
A．James Brown was proud of being a black
B．James Brown was also active in political movements
C．the then Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was one of Brown's fans
D．no children dropped out of school because of James Brown's social influence
3．Which of the following indicates that Brown's career began to take off?
A．His rapid-footed dancing.
B．His three years in prison.
C．His tour around the country with Al Sharpton.
D．His mid-1960s songs such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".
4．James Brown has influenced all American music types EXCEPT ______.
A．classical music B．rhythm-and-blues
C．Rap D．hip hop
20、We live in a world that is changing fast, one changes come at what seems to be an ever-increasing pace.
A．that B．which C．where D．whose
19、 I’m into the video game, it’s hard to think of anything else. All my focus is on finishing the story line.
A．Unless B．Once C．Whether D．Although
18、With the country’s population increasing to 1.3 billion, many of China’s rivers, including the legendary Yellow River, .
A．is drying up B．will be drying up C．had dried up D．are drying up
17、The manner in which a telephone is answered gives the image of the organization, so_____polite and pleasant when answering the telephone.
A．being B．be C．to be D．having been
16、The plane must be ready within half an hour. There should be no in sending the blood and medicine to the injured people.
A．hurry B．delay C．time D．wait
