（2014 贵阳）Hip hop, or rap music as it's also called, started on the streets and in the clubs of New York City in the 1970s, but today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music, This kind of music has its roots in reggae，disco and funk music. Rapping, which means speaking to the rhythm of the music，is an important part of this music. Young people rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.

   Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip hop music is being played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why? There is a new school programme called "Flocabulary" where teachers use text books and hip hop CDs to help teach a variety of school subjects.  The lyrics of the songs include information on a subject students are studying, which makes learning easy and  Students and teachers are amazed at the positive effects it has had on exam marks. This is one teacher said: "I've used hip hop songs in class, and I've never seen students have such interests in history!  It's unbelievable  how students  remember what I teach it even encourages us to waste our own songs.

   Blake Harrison, a high school student, first thought of the idea of Flocabulary. The word "Flocabulary" comes from the words "flow" and "vocabulary". "Flow" is a rap word for "style" or the way a rapper says the words of a song. How did he get the idea'? Well he realized he could remember the lyrics of a hip hop song very easily.  So, why not make lessons into songs'? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a composer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths .science and literature,which are now being used in schools with great success.

Paragraph One	Hip hop music started in New York City in the 1970s. It comes from ____1____, reggae, disco and funk music.
Paragraph Two	Rapping in schools is__2____ in the USA because of the programme named "Flocabulary". The songs include information on a subject  students are studying, which makes ____3____.
Paragraph Three	A high school student named ___4__ first had the idea of Flocabularv. Now he produces hip hop songs for many subjects in order to __5_.

1.制作风筝             _______________________ 

2.放风筝              _______________________ 

3.弄清楚；查清楚         _______________________

A:Hello!I haven't seen you ___1___ a long time.

B:Hello!How are you ____2___?

A:Fine.Oh,your shirt looks so nice.What's it ____3____ _____4____?

B:It's ___5____ ____6____ silk.

A:Where ____7__ it ___8___?

B:It ____9___ ____10___ in Hangzhou.

A:Yes,I know.Hangzhou is ____11___ ____12____ its scenery and silk.

B:By the way,______13______ you ever _____14_____ ___15_____ Hangzhou?

A:No,never.I hope I can visit there some day.

B:I'm sure you will.

1.___________     2.__________     3.___________    4.___________

5.___________     6.__________     7.___________    8.___________

9.___________     10.__________     11.___________   12.___________

13.___________    14.__________     15.___________  

(   )5.--What languages ________ in that country?

     --German and Englishi.

    A.are speaking                  B.are spoken

    C.speak                       D.is spoken

(   )4.--Why not go to the International Kite Festival in Weifang?

     --______.

    A.Thank you                    B.Sorry to hear that

    C.It doesn't matter               D.Sounds interesting

(   )3.I like flowers.I hope to study at a school _______ many flowers and trees in it.

    A.in                         B.with

    C.on                         D.by

(   )2.Everyone was _________ when they heard the ______ news.

    A.exciting;exciting               B.excited;exciting

    C.exciting;excited               D.excited;excited

(   )1.Many children are left alone in the countryside.Let's try our best ______ them.

    A.help                       B.helping

    C.to help                     D.helps

5.This skirt is very ________ (color) and my sister likes it.

4.This coat ________ (make) of cotton.