While traveling in Russia,Ed Jackson ran short of(缺少)money. So he wrote t 1     his brother,asking for $500. “Send the m 2      by telegram(电报)to the bank here, ”he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3      the bank. He s 4      his passport (护照)to the bank clerk. “Nothing has come for you,Mr Jackson,” he was told.

This went o 5      for three weeks,and Mr Jackson got very w 6     . He then phoned his brother,asking w 7      the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8     .

That evening Ed Jackson was arrested(逮捕)for failing to p 9      his hotel bill. He tried to tell the police what his problem was,but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10      to the police station for fifteen days.

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6.        7.        8.      9.       10.       

Popular mu§ic in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class,after class,and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.

Adult(成年的)drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports,the weather,and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country,young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national(国家的)star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk (民间) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys (牛仔)who 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.        kinds  of  music  are  mentioned(提到)in this passage.

A. Two     B. Three  C. Four     D. Five

(   ) 2. When pop singers        , they will become national stars.

A. make much money     B. make a CD or tape

C. are loved by all the young people D. are wanted to sing     on the radio

(   ) 3. From the passage we know that country music is about the        .

A. common life of Americans     B. country life and love stories

C. life of cowboys     D. school life in America

(   ) 4. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A. Most students in America like popular music.

B. Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving.

C. Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving.

D. Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.

(   ) 5. What would be the best title(标题)for this passage?

A. American Music     B. Popular Music

C. History of Music     D. Western Music

 Live Music—Late Night Jazz(爵士乐)

Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis,the famous trumpet player(号手). He is known to play well into the early hours,so you won’t want to get sleep.

PLACE： The—Jazz Club  DATES: 15 〜23 June

PRICE(价格).. ¥100 〜¥150  TIME： 10 p. m. till late!

TEL: 4668736 

Scottish Dancing

Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given. PLACE： Jack Stein’s  DATES： 10 〜20 May

PRICE ： ¥ 150  TIME: 7 〜10 p. m.

TEL： 4021877 

Shows—Anhui Museum

There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.

PLACE ： Anhui Museum  TIME ： Monday 〜Friday

PRICE ： ¥60 ( ¥30 for students) 9 a. m. ~ 5  p.  m.

TEL： 4886888  Weekends

DATES ：1Mar.〜30 Jun. 9 a. m.〜9  p.  m.

Your pen-friend is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this E-mail (电子邮件)to tell him something about the hotels(旅馆).

(   ) 1. If you want to watch dancing，you can call        .

A. 4668736     B. 4021877  C. 4886888     D. 4686788

(   ) 2. You can see the whole of Chinese history at        in  April  in  Anhui Museum.

A. 3 p. m. every day  B. 9 p. m. from Monday  to Friday

C. 7 a. m. at weekends  D. 7 p. m. every day

(   ) 3. You can enjoy        at  Jack  Stein’s.

A. American jazz     B. Scottish dancing

C. 12,000 pieces on show  D. yourself all night

(   ) 4. Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for        months  of the year.

A. nine     B. ten  C. eleven     D. twelve

(   ) 5. You have ¥ 148,and you can        in  May.

A. listen to Jazz     B. watch Scottish dancing

C. go to Anhui Museum     D. stay in Sun Hotel for  a  night

 Mr and Mrs Smith were singers,and they had travelled to a lot of countries. When they went by plane，people checked them and their things，of course， 1      they did not want them to take guns(枪)onto the plane with them.

One day Mr Smith came to 2      the plane，and the men searched (搜查)  3      and his things. When he was ready 4       on the plane,Mrs Smith arrived.  She was late  5       in  a hurry.

But the people searched her and  her bag j6        . Mr Smith heard her  7     and  say to  the men happily,  Oh,that’s very good!I’ve 8      those scissors(剪子)here and  there 9       several days,and now you 10      them  for me!Thank you very much! ”

(   ) 1. A.  before  B. because     C. if  D. when

(   ) 2. A.  take  B. make     C. do  D. have

(   ) 3. A.  himself  B. his     C. he  D. him

(   ) 4. A.  got  B. getting     C. to get  D. to getting

(   ) 5. A.  yet  B. or     C. but  D. and

(   ) 6. A.  certainly  B. carefully     C. angrily  D. terribly

(   ) 7. A.  to laugh  B. laughed     C. laugh  D. to laughing

(   ) 8. A.  looked for  B. looked on     C. looked  D. looked at

(   ) 9. A.  on  B. in     C. since  D. for

(   ) 10. A. will find     B. have found C. find     D. are finding

A very interesting thing happened to me last year. One night，long after most people had gone to bed，a friend of mine and I went home happily through the quiet street. We had 1     to a musical show (音乐会)and were talking about the people we had seen and heard in it.

“The show made him 2      overnight(—夜之间).”My friend said about one of them. “He was unknown before. And now thousands of people 3      him presents and letters. ”“ I 4      him quite good，” I said, “but not worth(值得)thousands of letters. In fact,one of his 5      gave me a shock(震惊).It gave people too much 6     . ” “What was that?” My friend asked me. “ 7      it to me. ” I began to sing at the top of my voice. “Oh，no,you will give everybody a shock and 8      them up for kilometers round. Maybe there will be a policeman 9      us. ” “Never mind,” I said and 10     singing loudly. Just at that time there came a policeman,11       in front of me with his notebook open.

“  12     ，sir”’he said. “You have a very good voice. Who taught you singing? I’d very much 13      to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons. She likes it very much. Would you be 14      enough to tell me your name and 15      ? Then my wife and I will visit you and we can talk about it. ”

(   ) 1. A.  gone  B. been     C. come  D. got

(   ) 2. A.  sad  B. a singer     C. famous  D. strange

(   ) 3. A.  buy  B. hand     C. take  D. send

(   ) 4. A.  knew  B. saw     C. thought  D. hoped

(   ) 5. A.  songs  B. presents     C. letters  D. words

(   ) 6. A.  surprise  B. noise     C. pleasure  D. trouble

(   ) 7. A.  Sing  B. Show     C. Bring  D. Give

(   ) 8. A.  make  B. get     C. wake  D. take

(   ) 9. A.  with  B. after     C. below  D. among

(   ) 10. A.  learned  B. stopped     C. dropped  D. went on

(   ) 11. A.  crossing  B. standing     C. passing  D. shouting

(   ) 12. A.  Please  B. Sorry     C. No  D. Excuse me

(   ) 13. A.  glad  B. want     C. wish  D. like

(   ) 14. A.  kind  B. fine     C. well  D. clever

(   ) 15. A.  home  B. family     C. house  D. address

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 I can’t remember when I f 1      in love with music. Maybe it happened when I was feeling blue sometime long ago.

I can’t tell you exactly how music m 2      me feel better. But when I listen to music,especially light music，it makes me feel calm and peaceful.

Now I am listening to a song n 3      Moon River.It really is a fantastic song. It inspired(激励)me to write this article. I didn’t like this song at the b 4      ，but 1 5      found its slow melody (曲调)and b 6      lyrics deeply touching(感人的).

^uOh,dream maker,you heart breaker.

Wherever you’re going I’m going your way.

Two drifters(流浪者)off to see the world.

There^'s such a lot of world to see. ”

Yes. A 7      there is a long way to go for the drifter and maybe there are many troubles ahead,he seems a 8      of nothing.

I like music. Music reminds me that human beings have a lot in c 9      even if they come from different countries or backgrounds,because we all have the same feelings or u 10      of melodies and words.

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6.        7.      8.       9.      10.       

Western country music is very old. It came from the United States,Canada,Ireland,and Great Britain. Western country music is a mixture(混合物)of music from all of these p 1     

In the American West,cowboys(牛仔)had to take care of the cattle(牛). They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle w 2      nervous (紧张不安的)and sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was 1 3       and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert(荒野)with the cattle,he d 4      strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the s 5      and the moon,about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to s 6      .

They did not run away if he sang beautiful music. The cowboys also sang music when they t 7      to town. Sometimes they played either guitars or harmonicas ( 口琴).Later,they used violins and other instruments (乐器).

In the American south,many people came from Ireland,Scotland and England. Other people came from France,Canada. They e 8      their own kind of music. They also added (添加) instruments from their homes. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas,they usually sang and played country music.

Western country music describes(描述)life. It t 9      about love,jobs,home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Also,many western country music fans(迷)wear western c 10      and dance together to western country music. Many bands all over the world now perform western country music. Western country music fans enjoy Patsy Cline,Hand Williams,Lovetta Lynn,and Kandy Travis.

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6.        7.        8.        9.      10.       

                  A Terrible Singer

Mary always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life,but to tell you the truth,she had a terrible voice. She took lessons for many years,but her voice didn’t become better. In fact,it just got louder.

Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lesson,but Mary refused to stop. One day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.

The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be a bad one.

At last she got an idea,and after the concert,she went to see her pupil.

“Well,” said Mary,“what do you think of my concert?”

“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll never be better than you were tonight. ”

(    ) 1. After many years，Mary’s voice        .

A. was the same B. got better     C. got  louder  D. got lower

(   ) 2. At last her teacher decided to stop the lesson because        .

A. Mary was not good at music and she had too much difficulty

B. Mary was good enough to be a singer

C. the teacher was going to attend the concert

D. Mary herself wanted to stop the lesson

(   ) 3. Mary gave a concert and asked her teacher to        .

A. speak     B. sing  C. teach     D. come

(   ) 4. What the teacher said at last really means        .

A. Mary did well in the concert

B. the concert was terrible,and Mary was not a good singer at all

C. Mary would be a good singer some day

D. Mary sang better this time than before

(   ) 5. What did Mary feel about herself? She felt        .

A. very bad     B. very good  C. much     better D. nothing

William Shakespeare(威廉.莎士比亚)was bom 400 years ago and spent his childhood in his hometown,Stratford-on-Avon. Little was known about his childhood though many stories are told,some of which may be true. He probably went to Grammar School at Stratford. At thirteen he had to leave school as his father became poorer at a time. So William had to make his own living. At the age of eighteen,he married a farmer’s daughter. Not long after he left Stratford for London,London was rapidly growing. All kinds of people could be found in it. Here Shakespeare met travellers,students and scholars(学者),and his imagination was stirred(激发)by the stories they told. He also met writers and actors. He soon found some work in a theatre. Before long,he became an actor and writer of plays,too. There were a few theatres in London. One of the most famous of these was called Globe. Shakespeare himself became one of the owners of this theatre. His reputation(名声)as a writer of plays began to grow. He made use of the writing of others and found ideas in the old poets of Chaucer. But by his genius (天才).he turned all these old stories into masterpieces(杰作)of his own. Shakespeare wrote no fewer than thirty-seven plays in his life.

1.选择正确答案。

(   ) 1) William Shakespeare was bom in         four hundred years ago.

A. America     B. France  C. England     D. Germany

(   ) 2) William had to leave school because         .

A. he had to marry a farmer’s daughter

B. he tried to find a job in London

C. he was tired of the life in the school

D. his father was too poor to give him enough money for his schooling 

(   ) 3) The phrase “make a living” means“        

A.生计  B.谋生  C.生活  D.活动

(   ) 4) William’s plays stemmed from(来源于)        .

A. the stories all kinds of people told B. his childhood’s life

C. the stories his parents told     D. the  stories  the writers and actors told

(   ) 5) Shakespeare’s reputation began to grow         .

A. after he found a job in London     B. after he tried to be a good actor

C. after he became the owner of a theatre D. after his plays were written

2.根据首字母提示补全单词。

1) 1 s        three  hours doing my homework every  day.

2) He makes his own 1        by teaching.

3) He became an a and writer of plays,too.

4) There were a few t in London then.

5) His r        as a writer of plays began to grow.