Music is often divided into several categories or kinds.Some of the categories are classical music, traditional music, rock music and jazz music.The first kind, classical music, refers to orchestra music that originated in Europe a few hundred years ago.Most of the original classical music was composed or written in Italy, Germany, Austria or Russia.Classical music is usually played by a variety of string and wind instruments.

The second type of music is traditional music.It comes from particular culture.Every culture has its own special forms of traditional music.For example, “blues” music is one kind of traditional music in the United States and “enka” music is one kind of traditional music in Japan.Each traditional music has its own special instrument.

Another kind of music is rock music.It is generally a loud kind of music played with a strong beat.Rock musicians often use electric instruments.Rock music probably began in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago.It became very popular, especially among young people during 1960’s and 1970’s.

The fourth kind of music is jazz.Jazz probably comes from Africa.Jazz has a different kind of rhythm from other kinds of music.A variety of music instruments are used to play this kind of music especially wind instruments.

Of course there are other categories of music.In addition, many kind of music are combination of classical and traditional or classical and jazz and so on.

                       Different Music

76.________

Originated from

81._________

84._________ 

Classical music

79.__________

a.String instruments

b.82.__________

Composed or written long ago

77._________

From particular culture

Special instruments

Different forms in different countries

Rock music

Europe

83.____________

Strong-beat loud music

78.__________

80.____________

Varieties of instruments

85._____________

Children who were breast-fed(母乳喂养) are better at dealing with stress than their bottle-fed classmates, a Swedish research shows.

A study of thousands of British youngsters showed that those who were given powder milk could feel it more difficult to deal with stressful events----such as the divorce( 离婚)of their parents.

   It is thought that the close contact helps mother and child bond and encourages a feeling of security that enables the child to deal better with traumatic situations in later life.

   Research found a mother’s milk may help reduce stress and the process may feed the growth of the parts of the brain crucial(关键的) in handling stress and anxiety.

   The Swedish findings follow a number of other studies which have shown that breast milk protects against infection, heart disease, diabetes and obesity.Breast-feeding may also reduce the mother’s risk of having breast cancer.

   The support of breast-feeding is so strong that the Department of Health recommends that mothers should feed their babies on breast milk alone for the first six months to ensure they get the best start in life.

   However, many women find breast-feeding difficult and claim they are too busy to do so or are not aware of the knowledge.In the latest study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm tracked the health of almost 9,000 boys and girls born in the UK in 1970.

   When the children reached ten, researchers gauged(测量)their ability to cope with stress by looking at how they were affected by family problems.

The results showed that those who were bottle-fed were more than four times as stressed by such events than those who were breast-fed.

 

73.Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “traumatic”.

 

74.What does the Department of Health recommend mothers to do?(回答词数不超过10个)

 

75.According to the research, what do you know about the breast-fed children? (回答词数不超过 6个)

Latrice Brown was excited about starting her junior year.She had volunteered to take part in the Lincoln High School Friendship Program.As an upperclassman, she would be assigned a “freshman(新生) friend.” Her duties would include helping her friend get used to high school life by offering friendship.Latrice thought it was important to have someone with whom to talk and share concerns.She knew that the friendship program was likely to make the freshman year of high school a positive experience.On July 24 Latrice received a notice in the mail about the schedule of events for the freshman orientation(适应指导)

Freshman Orientation

TO:                     Latrice Brown

FROM:                Mrs. Gomez, Guidance Counselor, 555-7295

DATE:                 July 23

SUBJECT:           Freshman Friendship Program

FRESHMAN FRIEND: Susan Brooks, 555-2168

 

Please call your freshman friend and introduce yourself over the telephone.Confirm that he or she will be attending the orientation

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR ORIENTATION

Wednesday, August 13-9:30 A.M.to 1:00 P.M.

9:30 A.M.to 10:30 A.M.

Upperclassmen and freshmen will gather for a gathering in the hall.Student Council president Sarah Wilke will give a speech titled “What It Means to Be in High School”.

Mr.Reick, the principal, will welcome everyone to Lincoln High School and formally introduce each upperclassman to his or her freshman friend.After being introduced, please go to the café.At this time pick up your friend’s class schedule and locker number at the guidance counselors’(顾问) table.

10:30 A.M to 11:30 A.M.

Start your school tour at your friend’s locker to ensure it works.If there is a problem, report it to Mr.Mulholland, the assistant principal.Then walk to the classrooms on the class schedule in the order in which they are listed.This will help familiarize your freshman friend with the schedule and the layout(布局) of the school.Discuss high school life but try not to supply your freshman friends with too much information.High school is confusing and frightening when you’re just starting it and everything is new.

11:30 A.M to 1:00 P.M.

Return to the café to enjoy pizza and to take part in a question-and-answer meeting.

Monday, August 18 (First Day of School)-All Lunch Periods

    Meet your freshman friend in the café during lunch and discuss the morning of the first day.After lunch take your friends to the courtyard between the gym and the art rooms.Each club will have a table set up with information about its activities after class and a sign-up sheet(名单登记表) for students who wish to join.Club officers will be available to answer questions and to encourage freshmen to take part.

 

69.According to the notice, Latrice will help Susan _________.

A.visit the school after lunch during August 13 to 18

       B.get a class schedule after 10: 30 A.M.on August 13

       C.get to know where to have different classes

       D.sign up for after-class activities in the gym

70.During her first day in high school, Susan will most likely ________.

       A.share a locker with Latrice

       B.join an art club with Latrice

       C.have the same class schedule as Latrice

       D.ask Ltrice information on school activities

71.The notice is written to _____________.

       A.inform upperclassmen of their role in the program

       B.offer many activities for new students after class

       C.welcome new students to Lincoln High School

       D.put forward a freshman orientation program

72.Lincoln High School starts the orientation program in order to _______.

       A.find excellent freshmen  

B.avoid mistakes in schedules

       C.make the school outstanding  

D.meet the needs of freshmen

A few weeks ago a group of scientists produced a report about global warming and the natural world.They wanted to find out if global warming was dangerous for plants and animals.The scientists were surprised by what they found.They say that during the next 50 years about 25% of land animals and plants will become extinct(灭绝的).More than 1 million plant and animal species will become extinct by 2050.

The head of the research team, Christ Thomas, who is professor of conservation biology at Leeds University, said the results of their research were frightening.More than 10% of all plants and animals will become extinct.It is too late to save many plants and animals because of the greenhouse gases that are already in the atmosphere.But the scientists say if we control greenhouse gases now, we could save many more plants and animals from extinction.

The scientists studied some areas of the world with a very rich biology.These areas were Europe, Australia, Central and South America, and South Africa.Their studies showed that species living in mountainous areas had a better chance of survival because they could move uphill to get cooler.In flat areas, such as deserts, plants and animals would have to move very long distances to get cooler, so they are in greater danger of extinction.The scientists found many surprising things.For example, they found that half of the 24 species(物种) of butterfly they studied in Australia would soon become extinct.

 

64.According to this passage, global warming could be best described as ________ to many plants and animals.

A.deadly                  B.surprising                C.disappointing         D.frightening

65.What’s the purpose of the research led by Christ Thomas?

A.To protect animals and plants from global warming.

       B.To call on people to control greenhouse gases.

       C.To warn us of the extinction of many animals and plants.

       D.To study the effects of global warming on animals and plants.

66.Why did species living in mountainous areas have a better chance of survival?

A.Mountains helped keep them out of more heating.

       B.Global warming had no effect on mountainous areas.

       C.There were no greenhouse gases in mountainous areas.

       D.There were more water in mountains than in deserts.

67.Which of the following is NOT true?

       A.It is certain that many plants and animals will die out.

B.Half of the Australian butterflies would die out.

C.Many more animals and plants still can be saved.

D.Europe is one area which has a very rich biology.

68.What can be the best title of this passage?

A.Greenhouse effect and global warming

B.Extinct animals in the world

C.A terrifying discovery concerning global warming

D.Disappearance of butterflies

Human Cloning Is Wrong

I’m sure many of you have seen Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Multiplicity, or many of the other movies that describe cloning.Most of what you see in these movies is false.What you don’t know is that cloning could be dangerous, to the clone and to our society as a whole.It’s immoral to have a human clone.

What about identity? Humans are promised the right to their own personality.What would happen if we ignore those rights by giving them someone else’s genetic identity? True, personality is not fixed in someone’s genes, but the clone would share any physical appearance or genetic fault of the cloned.

Also, there is a large power struggle here.Cloning means a degree of power and control over another person’s physical identity and that ignores their rights and their only personality.The person doing the cloning would have more power than any parent would have.

Cloning would also deal with killing embryos.You might not have known, but Dolly, the sheep that was cloned in 1996, was one of over 200 sheep embryos and hers was the only embryo that survived.The rest died or were thrown away.Imagine if the failure rate was that high when we started to clone humans.More than 200 embryos, the start of 200 human beings, would die for the sake of just one embryo that would have the same DNA as someone else.

Cloning someone, at this present time, would be extremely dangerous to the birth mother and the clone.In studies done on cows, 4 out of 12 birth mothers died.There is a very high failure rate, which is shown in the cloning of Dolly.Even if you had a few good embryos, failures have been noticeable in animal tests.

So, should we work ahead in the world of cloning? I say no.The risks are greater than the benefits.It’s dangerous to the clone and to the birth mother.We would be killing human lives in the process.It would also be a violation(侵害) of the clone’s right to its own genetic identity and personality.

 

60.The author thinks human cloning is wrong mainly for _________ reasons.

A.2                            B.3                            C.4                            D.5

61.According to the article, what is the author’s opinion about identity?

A.Cloning itself gives parents great power over identity.

B.People’s identity is completely determined by their genes.

       C.Governments have the rights to confirm people’s identities.

       D.Cloning may prevent people from possessing their identity.

62.From Paragraph 4 we can infer that _________.

       A.human cloning is much more difficult than animal cloning

       B.Dolly is the most successful one among 200 sheep embryos

       C.cloning means running the risk of wasting too much effort

       D.numbers of baby animals are likely to be created by cloning

63.Why does the author mention some movies in the first paragraph?

       A.To introduce the topic of the article.

       B.To present his idea about the movies.

       C.To state the conclusion first.

       D.To make the article unusual.

John H.Johnson was born in a family in Arkansas City in 1918.His father died in an accident when John was six.He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high schools for the blacks.

Fortunately he has a strong-willed and caring mother.John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother.“You have to earn success”, said she, “all the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education.She also knew that believing and working hard don’t mean everything.So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son to Chicago.

Chicago in 1933 was not the Promised Land that black southerners were looking for.John’s mother could not find work.But here John could go to school, and learned the power of words―as an editor of a newspaper.His wish was to publish a magazine for the blacks.

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try” She also let him sell her furniture to get the 500 dollars he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It’s natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful.He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.“Son, failure is not in your dictionary.” Now John H.Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America―worth 150 million dollars.

 

56.Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because _____ .

A.life in Chicago would be better for the blacks than for the whites

B.John’s father died in his hometown when John was very young

C.there were no schools for the blacks in their hometown

D.John needed education and he could go to high school there

57.The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________ .

A.if you try , you will surely succeed

B.a try is always followed by a failure

C.only by trying can you get out of failure

D.a failure is difficult to beat , even if you try

58.We can learn from this passage that John’s mother ________ .

A.didn’t depend on others or give up easily

B.thought success only lied in a strong faith

C.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

D.believed one would succeed without working hard

59.What can be inferred from this passage?

A.If someone wants to be successful, he should always stand firm.

B.Chicago was not the Promised Land for the black southerners in 1933.

C.John’s father died in an accident during the war.

D.John’s mother was caring for him.

John H.Johnson was born in a family in Arkansas City in 1918.His father died in an accident when John was six.He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high schools for the blacks.

Fortunately he has a strong-willed and caring mother.John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother.“You have to earn success”, said she, “all the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education.She also knew that believing and working hard don’t mean everything.So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son to Chicago.

Chicago in 1933 was not the Promised Land that black southerners were looking for.John’s mother could not find work.But here John could go to school, and learned the power of words―as an editor of a newspaper.His wish was to publish a magazine for the blacks.

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try” She also let him sell her furniture to get the 500 dollars he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It’s natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful.He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.“Son, failure is not in your dictionary.” Now John H.Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America―worth 150 million dollars.

 

56.Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because _____ .

A.life in Chicago would be better for the blacks than for the whites

B.John’s father died in his hometown when John was very young

C.there were no schools for the blacks in their hometown

D.John needed education and he could go to high school there

57.The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________ .

A.if you try , you will surely succeed

B.a try is always followed by a failure

C.only by trying can you get out of failure

D.a failure is difficult to beat , even if you try

58.We can learn from this passage that John’s mother ________ .

A.didn’t depend on others or give up easily

B.thought success only lied in a strong faith

C.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

D.believed one would succeed without working hard

59.What can be inferred from this passage?

A.If someone wants to be successful, he should always stand firm.

B.Chicago was not the Promised Land for the black southerners in 1933.

C.John’s father died in an accident during the war.

D.John’s mother was caring for him.

Eight years ago, my family spent a long time in naming my dog.We finally  36  that we would call her Kang-Yang.In Korea, Kang  37   a puppy while Yang refers to Miss.It is a name we give to a(n)  38  .At that time her name had no  39  meaning, but now it has become a very beautiful and meaningful name to me.

   I  40   when she first came to my house.She was very  41  .She would not eat anything, so I took care of her very carefully.A few weeks later, she was getting  42 

   One day when I came home, my dog looked  43  .That day, she did not welcome me as she   44  did.Not until the next morning did I  45  that she had been hit by a car.46  ,she was alive, but her leg was broken.47  our good care of her, later her leg got better  48  she was getting weaker.Finally she got a secondary  49  .She couldn’t eat anything, and she couldn’t walk.50  ,the animal doctor said that my dog would die.When we saw our dog’s eyes, she looked like she might say something like “Please, don’t  51  ! I want to live with you!” We did everything that we could to help her.Finally, our efforts paid off―she  52 

  Through all that  53  ,we realized that my dog was  54  more than an animal.We found out that she was a member of our family.Also, we learned the value of  55 

 

36.A.decided 

B.considered

C.judged

D.promised 

37.A.is

B.means

C.prefers  

D.appears

38.A.adult

B.man

C.animal

D.dog

39.A.certain

B.real

C.funny

D.special

40.A.remember 

B.wonder

C.imagine  

D.forget

41.A.excited

B.surprised

C.scared  

D.injured

42.A.noisy

B.recovered

C.sick

D.active

43.A.afraid

B.different

C.kind

D.ugly

44.A.seldom

B.usually

C.often

D.sometimes

45.A.say

B.feel

C.know 

D.doubt 

46.A.Luckily 

B.Besides

C.Finally 

D.However

47.A.As for

B.According to

C.But for

D.Because of 

48.A.as

B.and  

C.but

D.so

49.A.accident

B.illness

C.injury 

D.scare 

50.A.Instead 

B.Moreover  

C.However

D.Otherwise 

51.A.hold on 

B.go ahead

C.give up 

D.pass by 

52.A.recovered

B.escaped 

C.died

D.moved

53.A.way 

B.idea

C.loss

D.pain

54.A.nothing 

B.something

C.anything

D.someone

55.A.habit

B.time

C.honesty 

D.kindness

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