Singing songs is fun, but is it also useful? For learning English pronunciation(发音), Mr. Joe thinks songs are the most useful way to learn. At the same time, you can learn some new words and phrases while singing songs. Mr. Joe has used songs to help himself learn French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. You should do the same.

Some words used in songs are not everyday English, so you have to be careful how you use song lyrics(歌词)when you speak. Most words and sentences are very useful. You don't have to sing songs aloud if you are shy, but after learning a song you should be able to follow the words without looking at the lyrics. When you can do that, you have learned something that you will never forget!

Some good songs to listen to are from the Beatles, John Denver and the Carpenters. Their songs are not too fast and the lyrics are close to normal spoken English. Just for fun, you can try Mr. Joe's favorite singer, B.B. King. His songs are not easy at all! If you can understand even 80% of "Why I Sing the Blues", you are a very advanced student.

If you become good at singing English songs, you can try to go to karaoke and sing with your friends. When you are able to sing a song in another language, even if you don't sing so beautifully, you will really impress(给......深刻印象) other people!

1.Which is Mr. Joe’s mother language?

A. French. B. English.

C. Chinese. D. Japanese.

2.Singing English songs can help us, EXCEPT______.

A. pronounce correctly B. remember new words

C. learn English D. sing songs better

3.The underlined word "advanced" in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by______.

A. careful B. excellent

C. kind-hearted D. lazy

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. English Songs.

B. The Famous Band-The Beatles.

C. English Songs helps English Learning.

D. How to Learn English.

Better think twice before choosing a password for e-mail, online bank or shopping. Simple passwords are easy to be stolen(被偷).

A password is like a key to your home. If someone steals(偷) it, he’ll get chances to steal something else. We use passwords everywhere in our life. We are so used to passwords that we don’t pay any attention to(注意) them until we lose or forget one.

A study of 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular website showed that people often do the easy thing. It found that 16 percent took a first name as a password. Another 14 percent used the easiest keyboard combinations(键盘组合) such as 12345678 or QWERTY. 5 percent of the stolen passwords were names of television shows or stars popular with young people. 3 percent of the passwords expressed feelings like “I don’t care”, “whatever”, “I love you”, or their opposite(反义词), “I hate you”.

Robert Graham, who did the study, advises people to choose a password that is longer than eight characters(字符) with one capital letter(大写字母) and one symbol(符号).

Of course, safe passwords don’t mean those hard to remember. Forgetting your password is sometimes a big headache for you. Maybe, the best password is easy for you and hard for others.

1.The underlined word “password” in Paragraph 1 means________.

A. 标志 B. 护照 C. 密码 D. 口诀

2.About 40 percent of passwords are easily stolen because the users often do_____ things.

A. easy B. busy C. careful D. good

3.Which of the following passwords is the safest(最安全)?

A. 123456 B. ZXCVBN C. wy64*0Mv D. I hate you

4. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A. Took a first name as a password.

B. Passwords were the names of television shows or stars.

C. The reasons that the passwords are easily stolen.

D. The best password is easy for you.

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