题目内容
阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
One day before my final exam, my dad gave me a gift____1.____completely changed my life.
On that day I had ____2.____ argument with my friends and it was a hard time with my studies , too. I was ___3.____(real) under pressure. Then I noticed the gift. I opened it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was "THE SECRET". __4._______ , I was in no mood (心情) to watch it. I sat down to study, but the problems in my life-the fight, the sleepless nights and my poor health… Everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered if there was any. Just then, I saw the DVD again. May be it would be __5.______ (help). I turned 6. my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings .The story was so moving that all my problems were ____7.____ ( forget).
Thanks to my ___8.____ (father) gift "THE SECRET", I learned a lot. Everybody has __9.______ (difficult) in their lives. The important thing is that you should be brave enough to face them. Now I have started ____10.___ (get) on well with my studies and my friends. And I'm in good health, too. I often hear people say, “Wow! What a perfect life you have!”
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Country music is a kind of modern-day pop music, originated (起源) in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains. The singers usually play the guitar, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. Nowadays people use the violin, banjo, and slide-guitar as well.
The music at the very beginning was generally very smooth, beautiful and the phrasing structure (句法结构) also was simple. In the 1950s, American country music was about other things, for example, love and money. In the 1960s, songs were often full of anger, and some of them made fun of the political (政治的) leaders. During the 1990s, American country music became more and more popular. Song writers were no longer writing about the modern values of the USA—money, success or expensive things to buy. Instead they were writing once more about things that were usual for everyone.
Today country music has become a big business. It brings in a lot of money. Now, it has reached all parts of the States, from Los Angeles in the west to New York in the east. It remains much the same as before. One subject is “the good old days”. In “the good old days” people praised each other. They believed that the best things in life were free: sunshine, laughing, walks in the beauty of the country, friends and music.
Country music
Passage outline | Supporting details | |
Origins | the traditional music in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains | |
1. | guitars, violins, banjos, and slide-guitars | |
Subjects in different 2. | 1950s | 3. in love with somebody or losing a boyfriend or a girlfriend money was also thought to be important |
1960s | were often full of anger often played 4. on political leaders | |
1990s | feeling lonely in the modern world the value of having good friends | |
Today | remains much the same as before | |
For example, in “the good old days”, people praised each other and loved life in the 5. air. | ||