5. Mozart is one of the best-known ( compose) in the world.

4. This is my ( old ) brother. He is three years older than me.

3. It's so ( noise) here that the baby can't get to sleep.

2. The old lady never smiled after her husband's (die) .

单词拼写(每小题l分，共10分)

A) 用括号中所给词的正确形式填空

1. What (traditional) do you have at Spring Festival?

                            C 

       Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-shirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard someone rap (说唱) ？Hip-Hop is very hot now.

       Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York. The music,break-dancing (霹雳舞) and graffiti (涂鸦) make up Western Hip-Hop culture. Most of the Hip-Hop songs are about love,jobs or even games.

       Usually in rap,singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat. Most of the words are fun. Singers use words to make fun of themselves or others. Hip-Hop music has few rules. Singers just do what they think and rap it out in a clever or creative way. The freedom makes a lot of teen?agers fall in love with the music. Many of them like wear?ing large T-shirts and baggy jeans. Famous rap and Hip- Hop stars include Eminem in the USA and Jay Chou from China.

       Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world.

根据短文内容判断句子正(T) 误(F) 。

() 11. African Americans started Hip-Hop music in the middle of the 1970s in New York.

() 12. There are three main kinds of music in Western Hip-Hop culture.

() 13. Hip-Hop music is very popular,but it has a lot of mles to follow.

() 14. From the passage we know Jay Chou is a famous rap and Hip-Hop star.

() 15. Many teenagers don^ like wearing large T-shirts or baggy jeans.

                               B 

       Erhu is a kind of traditional Chinese musical instruments. There are many English names for erhu as urheen and urhien. When I listened to the sound of erhu,I fell in love with the instrument.

       I was bom in a traditional Chinese family. My grandfather is a fan of Peking Opera and erhu music. When I was very young,my grandpa often sang Peking Opera as he played erhu. Sometimes the melody was exciting,sometimes sad. I was attracted by the sound of erhu.

       At the age of eight,I decided to learn to play erhu. At the beginning,I had great interest in playing it. But 1 found it difficult to play it soon. I wanted to give up. My grandfather encouraged me to hold on. Up till now I have been playing erhu for six years. I have already passed Level 9. I even got the first prize in the instrument competition. Now I feel so proud that \ can play erhu well.

6. What does the underlined word “instruments” mean in Chinese?

   A. 特长   B. 乐谱

   C. 乐器   D. 种类

7. According to the passage ,“ urheen” is .

   A. another English name of erhu

   B. the Chinese spelling of erhu

   C. the sound of erhu

   D. another English name of Peking Opera

8. Who encouraged the writer not to give up playing erhu？

   A. Her teacher.

   B. Her grandfather.

   C. Her fans.

   D. Her parents.

9. How old is the writer?

   A. She is 8 years old.

   B. She is 9 years old.

   C. She is 14 years old.

   D. She is 15 years old.

10. After reading the passage,we can know .

   A. the writer found it boring to play erhu at the beginning

   B. the writer has passed Level 10

   C. the writer has never entered any instrument competition

   D. the wnter felt so proud that she can play erhu well.

阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)

       Remember Tony and Peter,the twin brothers who started singing at the age of five? The little boys are now twenty-five years old and will come back home for the first time since they left ten years ago. They will sing to celebrate the 100th birthday of our beautiful town.

       Tony and Peter are famous for their wonderful voices. They are popular with both young and old people. Three years ago the brothers organized the Garbage Can with their three cousins. The five of them started to write their own songs and have become successful. In the coming concert in Greentown,the Garbage Can is going to sing their best-loved songs and several new ones.

       The concert will be at Apple Park at 7 p. m. on October 10th. Fans who do not want to miss it should get to the park as early as possible.

1. Tony and Peter started singing when they were years old.

   A. 5   B. 10   C. 15   D. 25

2. Tony and Peter are famous because they have .

   A. good looks   B. beautiful songs

   C. wonderful voices   D. best-loved books

3. After reading the passage,we can know that the Garbage Gan is .

   A. a singer   B. a song

   C. a band   D. a place

4. We can know the information EXCEPT of the concert.

   A. the time   B. the date

   C. the goal D , the price

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

   A. It's about twin brothers and their large family.

   B. Ifs about a concert to celebrate the birthday of a town.

   C. Ifs about a famous singers birthday celebration.

   D. Ifs about Greentown and its beautiful views.

补全对话(每小题2分，共10分)

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项多余。

A: What's your hobby?

B：I enjoy listening to music very much.

A: Really? 1 The first thing I do when I get home is to turn on my CD player.

B: Yeah. I don't want to do anything without music.

A：2

B：It may sound strange to you. I like classical music.

A：3 I thought you liked pop music.

B：Fm not joking. 4 What's your favourite music? A：Fm crazy about country music.

B：5

A：Because it can put me in a good mood.

   A. Why do you like it?

   B. We have the same hobby.

   C. I don't believe it.

   D. What kind of music do you like?

   E. When was he born?

   F. How often do you play music?

   G. I am a fan of classical music.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

完形填空(每小题1分，共10分) 

       Elvis Presley was one of the most popular American singers. He made the Rock & Roll music popular around the world. He 1 millions of records and made many successful films. He 2 the King of Rock & Roll.

       Elvis Presley was born in a poor family in 1935.

3 he was very young,his parents often took him to church. He learned to sing in the church. When he was at school,he was not a good student. His only 4 was singing.

       In 1955 Elvis 5 some songs for his mother’s birthday. The people at the recording studio (录音棚) liked 6 songs and music. It was country and western music,but it 7 a little like blues.

       Later on,Elvis met his manager,Tom Parker. Tom Parker helped him give concerts. He also made new records for Elvis. Soon Elvis became 8.

Then Elvis went to Hollywood and be?gan to play roles in films.

       But Elvis began to take drugs and he was 9 He died at the age of 42. He will be 10 by millions of fans all over the world.

1. A. buy   B. sell   C. bought   D. sold

2. A. called   B. calls   C. was called   D. was calling

3. A. If   B. When   C. Though   D. Because

4. A. friend   B. instrument   C. hobby   D. job

5. A. wrote   B. sang   C. recorded   D. made

6. A. their   B. his   C. her   D. your

7. A. looked   B. sounded   C. tasted   D. felt

8. A. angry   B. serious   C. famous   D. lively

9. A. in poor health   B. in good health   C. healthy   D. healthily

10. A. forgotten   B. remembered   C. forgot   D. remember