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Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely (及时地) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident (信心) in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes," Failure is the mother of success".

Attitude (态度) decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

1. People sometimes complain_______.

A. life is tiring

B. their studies are successful

C. the sky is always dark

2. According to the passage, in school,_______.

A. the students don't like their lessons

B. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs

C. the teachers don't like their teaching

3. When we face failure, we_______.

A. shouldn't give up hope

B. must be confident in ourselves

C. Both A and B

4.If there is a timely rain,_______.

A. farmers can't have a good harvest

B. you can listen to a concert

C. crops in the fields will grow better

5. The best title for this passage is _______.

A. Smile and the World Smiles to You

B. Complaining about life

C. Failure is the Mother of Success

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Blues, a type of music, developed during the late 19th century in the United States. It was started by African American performers. We can say blues music started around 1890, though we don’t have many records about the early history of blues.

The first publication(发行) of blues sheet music was Hart Wand’s “Dallas Blues” in 1912. Then W.C.Handy’s “The Memphis Blues” followed in the same year. The first recording by an African American singer was Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” in 1920.

World WarⅡmarked the changing from acoustic(原声的) to electric blues and great opening of blues music to many people, especially some white listeners.

During the 1930s, the blacks travelled north towards Chicago. They brought with them blues music, and soon the sound of it filled night clubs in the city. Chicago became the center of blues music. A new type of blues was made—Chicago blues and it was more powerful than all types before.

Blues music became even more popular in the late 1950s. In 1958 the Kingston Trio recorded the number 1 hit, Tom Dooley, which was ranked(排名) first at American folk songs ranking list. For eight years, from 1958 to 1966, the Newport Fork Festival introduced folk and blues music to the white American people. Finally, it became popular among the whites.

After this time, blues was fast merged(融合) with rock music to form the rock blues bands of the 1960s and 70s. The Rollings Stones, John Mayall, Led Zeppelin and others were all famous for their blues music. Blues also directly or indirectly influenced most of popular music during the 20th century, such as jazz, rock, and R&B.

Topic: The 1. of Blues Music

Beginning

● African American performers 2. blues around 1890 and it developed during the 3. 19th century in the United States.

4.

● “Dallas Blues” is the first blues sheet music published and “Crazy Blues” was the first 5..

● Blues has 6.from acoustic to electric since World WarⅡand many people, especially some white listeners got to know about it.

● During the 1930s, Chicago blues was made as a new type of blues which was the 7. powerful in the area.

● Blues became popular among the whites after being 8. by the Newport Fork Festival in the late 1950s .

Influences

● The rock blues bands of the 1960s and 70s are 9. for their blues music and they merged blues with rock music.

● Most of popular music,10.jazz, rock, and R&B, was also influenced by blues.

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