Pop music is very popular with American students. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with ears buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive along the street.
Older people listen to music on the car radio as thery drive to work. They also listen to the news, sports information, the weather, and programmes about life in American. Most of the radio programmes play music.
Pop or popular music singers can make a lot of money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations play. Once the singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. If a lot of young people like their music, they become national stars. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, there are always many yung people who want to meet him or her.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One kind is called folk（民间的）music. Folk music tells stories about the life of common people. Another kind is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys（牛仔）would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
(1)From the passage we know that country music is about the ________.
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．life of common peopleB
．country life an love storiesC
．life of cowboysD
．school life in America(2)________ kinds of music are mentioned in this passage.
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A ．Two |
B ．Three |
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C ．Four |
D ．Five |
(3)When pop singers ________, they become national stars.
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．make a lot of moneyB
．make a CD or tapeC
．are liked by a lot of young peopleD
．sing on the radio(4)Which of the following is true according to this passage? ________.
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．Most adults in America like pop musicB
．Students in America with cars like to listen to music while drivingC
．Older people listen to music all the time while drivingD
．Everyone wants to meet pop singers(5)What would be the best title for this passage?
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A ．American Music |
B ．Pop Music |
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C ．History of Music |
D ．Western Music |
Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps more people listen to the radio.
The TV is, of course, more useful than the radio. On TV you can see and hear what is happening in the world.
Now radio is still with us. And the number of listeners is becoming larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor
（半导体） radio. A transistor radio is sometimes very small. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or on your bike when you go to work. It is better for blind people （盲人）. The sight （视力） of many old people is not good enough to watch TV. Then when people are working, they can't watch TV But they can listen to music or news over the radio. What's more,radio is much cheaper than TV.(1) Radio and television ____.
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A ．are both widely used |
B ．are both expensive |
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C ．have been changed a lot |
D ．are used for learning things |
(2) Radio and television are quite useful because you can ____.
A
．see what is happening in the worldB
．hear what is happening to the worldC
．know what the world is likeD
．see what the people on the earth are doing(3) The number of listeners is becoming larger because
A
．the radio is easy to carryB
．the radio is good for blind people and many old peopleC
．the radio can be used at any timeD
．the reason is A,B and C(4) ____ when you are on the bus or bike.
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A ．Radio can be watched |
B ．TV can be watched |
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C ．Radio can be used |
D ．TV can be used |
(5) Radio is used a lot because ____.
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A ．it costs less than TV |
B ．it costs more than TV |
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C ．it is not so cheap as TV |
D ．people can't know the news on TV |
Jim is in a drawing class. The teacher is teaching them how to draw mountains
（山）. Jim likes to draw, but he isn't good at drawing mountains. He looks at David's drawing. David's mountain is very high. He looks at Wei Hua's drawing. Her mountain is higher than David's. Jim then looks at Lin Tao's mountain. His is the highest of all. Jim thinks he doesn't like high mountains, but he doesn't know what to draw. He decides to look at some more drawings. Jim looks at Lucy's mountain. Her mountain is small. Lily says, “Look at mine, Jim. “ Lily's mountain is smaller than Lucy's. Jim wants to look at one more mountain. He looks at Liz's. Hers is the smallest of the three. Jim looks at the teacher's mountain on the blackboard again. He starts to draw. At the end of the class （在课结束之前） the teacher takes out three drawings. He says, “David's drawing is good. Lily's is better than David's, but Jim's is the best of all.”(1) Jim is ____.
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A ．sleeping |
B ．talking |
C ．drawing |
D ．singing |
(2) Wei Hua's mountain is ____ than David's.
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A ．high |
B ．higher |
C ．highest |
D ．much high |
(3) Lucy's mountain is ____ than Lily's.
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A ．bigger |
B ．smaller |
C ．higher |
D ．taller |
(4) ____ mountain is the smallest.
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A ．Lucy's |
B ．Lily's |
C ．Liz's |
D ．Nobody |
(5) ____ draws best.
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A ．David |
B ．Lily |
C ．Lucy |
D ．Jim |
(1) If you are now at Xizhimen and your train leaves in 20 minutes, which way will you choose?
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A ．By subway. |
B ．By bus. |
C ．By taxi. |
(2) You work for a British company in London and your boss telephoned you at9 am from Rome and ask you to go there before 5 o'clock in the afternoon, but you have to pay the fare by yourself. Which way will you chose?
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A ．By plane. |
B ．By train. |
C ．By bus. |
(3) What's the most comfortable way to go to Tianjin from Shanghai?
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A ．By plane. |
B ．By train. |
C ．By ferry. |
(4) If you and your parents are on a trip and the last city you are going to visit is Tianjin, and you still have plenty of time and want to have a view of the sea, which way will you choose?
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A ．By plane. |
B ．By ferry. |
C ．By train. |
Dick is seven years old, and his sister Mary is five. One day their mother takes them to their aunt’s house to play and then she goes to town to buy something.
The children play for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives him a nice cake and a knife and says to him,
“Now here’s a knife, Dick, cut this cake into two pieces and give one piece to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentlman（有礼貌的人）”.“Like a gentleman?”Dick asks.“How do gentlemen do it?”“They always give the bigger piece to the other.”answers his aunt at once.“Oh.”says Dick. He thinks about this for a moment. Then he takes the cake to his sister and says to her, “Cut this cake in half, Mary.”
(1) Their mother takes them to their aunt’s home ________.
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．because they all go there for lunchB
．and then she stays with themC
．and then she leavesD
．and then their aunt goes town(2) Who looks after the children?
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A ．Their mother. |
B ．Their aunt. |
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C ．No one. |
D ．Themselves. |
(3) How many cakes are there for children?
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A ．Two. |
B ．Only one. |
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C ．Only half a cake. |
D ．Three. |
(4) A gentleman always thinks about ________ first.
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A ．others |
B ．himself |
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C ．nobody |
D ．his sister |
(5) Dick ________.
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A ．gives a bigger piece to his sister |
B ．does it like a gentleman |
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C ．thinks about his sister first |
D ．doesn’t do like a gentleman |
根据表格提供的信息，选择最佳答案
(1)________ isn't the Candidate City.
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A ．Ottawa |
B ．Paris |
C ．Istanbul |
(2)How often do Candidate Cities hold journalist meetings on July 12?
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A ．Every 90 minutes. |
B ．Every 45 minutes. |
C ．Every 15 minutes. |
(3)________ is the design
（图案）of France.[
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A ．Picture 2 |
B ．Picture 3 |
C ．Picture 4 |
(4) The Candidate Cities will give descriptions ________.
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A ．on July 12 |
B ．on July 11 |
C ．on July 13 |
(5)The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in _______.
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A ．Osaka |
B ．Beijing |
C ．Toronto |