题目内容
How Did the States Get Their Names?
People who visit the United States sometimes don't know ___(1)___ the states got their names. Some of the most interesting names came ___(2)___ American Indian languages. For example, Illinois ___(3)___ for the Indians who used to live in that part of the country. In their language, Illinois means“Brave Men”. Connecticut means“At the Long River Mouth”in the language of the Indians who used to live there.
Twenty-five of the states have Indian names, but other names ___(4)___ from different languages. Georgia and Pennsylvania have names from the Latin language
(拉丁文). Florida and Golorado ___(5)___ Spanish people. States, like New Hampshire and New Jersey were named after places in England.The two ___(6)___ states have names which didn't come from ___(7)___ of those languages. Hawaii ___(8)___ its name from a word in the Hawaiian language, meaning “Homeland”. Alaska was named ___(9)___ the Russians and ___(10)___ the Americans in 1867.
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(1)A .how |
B .what |
C .when |
D .whether |
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(2)A .to |
B .from |
C .of |
D .through |
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(3)A .names |
B .named |
C .was named |
D .is naming |
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(4)A .got |
B .hear |
C .comes |
D .were taken |
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(5)A .named for |
B .were named by |
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C .comes from |
D .get from |
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(6)A .new |
B .newest |
C .newer |
D .the newest |
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(7)A .any |
B .some |
C .the any |
D .other |
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(8)A .receive |
B .get |
C .got |
D .getted |
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(9)A .from |
B .for |
C .with |
D .by |
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(10)A .sold |
B .bought |
C .was sold |
D .was bought by |
解析:
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(1) 人们不知这些州如何得名。(2)come fron “来自”。(3)be named “被命名”。(4)be taken from “取自”。(5)be named by “由……命名”。(6) 最新成立的两个州的名字不是由这些语言中得来的。(7)any 表“任何”。(8)get…from “从……得到”。(9)be named by “由……命名”。(10) 由题意可知。 |
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Hip hop or rap (说唱) music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .
Rapping in class.
Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”
Whose idea was Flocabulary?
Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学). They are now used in schools with great success .
【小题1】Rap music started _____ in New York city .
| A.in the 1970s | B.In a high school |
| C.in the 19 th century . | D.In a music class . |
| A.Write rap music . | B.Sing a song by talking |
| C.Remember the words of a song . | D.help teach some school subjects. |
| A.bad | B.good | C.final | D.direct |
| A.maths | B.science | C.history | D.literature |