28、Are you tired after studying hard? American country music(美国乡村音乐) will take you away for a while. The guitars and songs will take you to the mountains and fields there.

Country is simple music. It talks of everyday life and feelings (情感). It's the "spirit (精神) of America", easy to understand, slow and basic (基本的).
  Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of the American countryside. Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops (庄稼) or death.
  _Rural_ life can be hard, so the words are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular. In the 1920s, country songs were played on the radio and were made into records (唱片).
  When people 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.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about country music?

A. It's fast and loud.      

B. It's usually about everyday life.
C. It started in the south of the US.

D. The words about rural life are often sad.

2. The underlined word "rural" probably means "_____".

A. of the city       B. of the countryside 

C. about work      D. about school
3. Country music is often played by ___.

A. the guitar  B. the piano  C. the violin   D. drum(鼓)

4. When were country songs made into records?

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

26、请以 The … I like best 为题，写一篇作文。

要求： 1. 将题目补全。如：The book I like best, The subject I like best,

The soccer player I like best 等。

2. 指出最喜欢的一个人或物，简单作以介绍，并给出喜欢的原因。

3. 字数80字左右。

25、

根据表格中的信息选择正确答案。

（   ）1. From the above, we know that this is _______.

 A. a notice           B. an advertisement              C. a postcard         D. a sign

（   ）2. If you take a tour to Hainan on June 23^rd, you will return on _______.

               A. June 26th        B. June 25th                 C. July 26th          D. July 25th

（   ）3. You can visit ________ main places if you take the tour.

               A.4                            B.5                              C.6                       D.7

（   ）4. The price of the tour doesn’t include_______.

               A. bus service      B. hotels                       C. plane tickets      D. meals

（   ）80. Which of the following is TRUE?

           A. You don't have to pay 650 yuan if you book the tour earlier.

           B. You can book the tour at 5 o’clock on Monday afternoon.

           C. You can book the tour at 5 o’clock on Saturday afternoon.

       D. You have to go to the office to book the tour.

24、这是一名中学生看到奥运会组委会招募志愿者的广告后，写给他们的一封信。请将这封信补全，注意每空一词。

Dear Sir and Madam,

  I read your  1  on the Internet yesterday, and I would like to work as a volunteer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

My name is Guan Ming, and I am 16 years old. I am now  2  in No.8 Middle School in Beijing.

I like English very much, and I can talk with  3  in English freely. Besides, I am  good at computer and sports.

Will you accept me _4  a volunteer? I hope to 5   from you soon. Thanks.

                                                                                                Yours,

                                                                                                       Guan Ming

23、       Sometimes I doubt(怀疑) whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to make money. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV. They never say, “ I love you.” It’s not their style.

       One day, my mother was sewing(缝) a quilt. I sat beside her.

       “ Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.

       “ What?” she replied, still doing her work.

       “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.

       She stopped her work and raised her head. Then she bowed her head and went on sewing.

       I thought I had hurt her. At last I heard my mother say: “Susan, look at this thread(线). Sometimes it appears(出现), but most of it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere, but it’s really there.”

       I listened carefully but I didn’t understand her until the next spring. My father suddenly got seriously sick. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.

       After they got back, she helped my father walk slowly down the country road every day. My father had never been so gentle.

       “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

       “Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently, “ I just like walking with your mom.”

       Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。（5分）

（   ）1. At first Susan thought maybe there wasn’t love between her parents.

（   ）2. Susan’s mother didn’t answer the question directly because she was very angry.

（   ）3. Her mother told her what love was and Susan understood it very well.

（   ）4. Her parents’ behavior made her understand her mother’s words.

（   ）5. Now she thinks that love only means flowers, gifts and sweet kisses.

22、Most people in the U.S. speak only one language, English. They do not learn to speak a second language. Languages are taught in high schools, but very few students learn to speak well. Why don't Americans speak other languages?

First, most Americans never travel to other countries. The United States is a very large country. Americans can travel a long distance and don’t leave the United States. They do not need to learn a second language.

Second, one of the countries next to the United States is Canada. Most people in Canada speak English. Some Americans live near Canada. They travel there often. But they do not have to learn a new language.

Third, many people in other parts of the world speak English. If Americans travel to other countries, they can speak English there, too.

Some Americans think that it is a mistake to speak only English. They believe it is very important to learn a second language. Maybe someday other Americans will agree. Then more people will speak a second language in the United States.

根据短文，将右栏内容与左栏搭配完成句子，并将字母编号填入题前括号内。

（   ）1. The mother language in the U.S.               A. almost everywhere in the world.

（   ）2. Most Americans                                        B. it’s necessary to learn a second

（   ）3. Languages are taught in high schools, language.

（   ）4. Americans can speak English                      C. but very few students learn to

（   ）5. Some Americans think that speak well.        D. is English.

                                                                               E. like to travel in their own country.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

（   ）6. Most Americans never learn to speak __________.

       A. English                                  B. to people in other countries

       C. fluently (流利地)                    D. a second language

（   ）7. Most Americans speak only English because __________.

       A. they can't learn other languages

       B. they never travel to other countries

       C. other languages are not important for them

       D. they don't have language classes in school

（   ）8. In other parts of the world,  __________.

       A. everyone speaks English          B. no one speaks English

       C. many people speak English      D. everyone speaks a second language

（   ）9. Some Americans think it is a mistake to __________.

       A. learn other languages              B. speak only English

       C. travel to other countries          D. go to school

（   ）10. We can know from the passage that most people in Canada__________.

       A. never travel to other countries as Americans

       B. speak only English, too

       C. also speak English

       D. do not like to learn a second language

21、Alexander Graham Bell was a British man who was a teacher to people who could not hear. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847 and went to school in Edinburgh and London. People who can not hear any sounds at all are called deaf people, and Alexander became interested in helping them to learn to speak. He taught people how to use their mouths to make the sounds needed for talking.

Bell’s family moved to Canada in 1870 and to the USA in 1871. For several years he taught the people who could not speak in Boston. But at the same time he was developing a way to use electricity to send the sounds of talking along a wire, and he made the first telephone in June, 1875. He worked hard in his workshop for six months with his helper Tom Watson. Finally, he spoke these famous words slowly into the telephone, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” and Watson came to him.

The telephone developed quickly in the USA over the next few years. The Bell Telephone Company started in 1877, and in 1878 the first telephone centre was built in New York. More than 150,000 people had telephones in their homes ten years later. Alexander Graham Bell was a kind man and spent much of his money and time during the rest of his life helping deaf people. In 1922 he died in Canada.

根据短文内容回答问题。

1. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born, in England or Scotland?

2. What was he interested in doing when he was in Britain?

3. When was the first telephone invented?

4. Did he stop helping the disabled when he became famous?

5. What do you think of the great inventor?

19、根据对话内容，在空白处填写适当的话语（话语可能是一个句子，也可能是一个短语或一个词），使对话完整。

(Li Lei and his classmates are in a museum. Now he is introducing an invention to a foreign student.)

Melissa: Look! This looks so interesting. There are dragons and frogs on it.

Li Lei:  Ah, it’s a great      1     of ancient China.

Melissa: Really?      2      was it invented?

Li Lei:  I think it was invented in Han Dynasty(汉朝).

Melissa:            3             ? 

Li Lei:  Guess!

Melissa: Was it used for holding water?

Li Lei:  No. It was used for testing earthquakes.

Melissa: Really? But how?

Li Lei:  Read this instruction, and            4           .

Melissa: Wow, it’s really        5      . The Chinese are great.