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Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial（商业） music．It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s．It is widely liked by the young people．The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”． A more recent development is “folk-rock”．Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions．It’s a big industry． Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e．g． the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level．And there is still a great interest in it today．Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world．

1．All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT __________________．

A．blues B．rock’ n ’roll C．jazz D．folk-rock

2．According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ___________ it is today．

A．much greater than B．much smaller than C．as great as D．as small as

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．No pop music is on a high musical level．

B．Much pop music is very artistic．

C．Pop music is highly artistic．

D．Not all pop music is without artistic value．

4．“It is a big industry” means that _______________．

A．it makes a lot of musical instruments （乐器）

B．it is a big musical and commercial business

C．the pop singers are very hard-working

D．pop music is on a very high musical level

For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples．Apples, which are about85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world, both the hottest and coldest areas．Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States．

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale．The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh．

Apples are different in colour, size and taste．The colour of the skin may be red, green, or yellow．They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest．The taste may be sweet or tart （酸的）． Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce（苹果酱）．

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters．They do best in areas that have very cold winters．Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree．

1．It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are

A．grown in France B．sold everywhere C．very big D．quite sweet

2．Cold winter weather is good for __________．

A．the growth of apple trees B．producing large apples

C．improving the taste of apples D．the increase of water in apples

3．China, France and the United States are considered to __________．

A．be large producers of apples

B．be large producers of applesauce

C．have the longest history in apple production

D．have the coldest winter among apple producing countries

4．The word "yielded" in the last sentence means________．

A．improved B．increased

C．produced D．sold

5．The third paragraph is mainly about_______．

A．the history of the production of apples

B．the differences of apples in colour, size and taste

C．the different ways of eating apples

D．the different usage of different kinds of apples

Everyone talks about the “five” senses of man． And it is true that we get our information （信息） about the outside from our sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste．Researchers tell us that the sense of sight – our visual sense –gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies; while the other senses, the auditory （hearing）, the olfactory （smell）, the tactile （touch）, and the gustatory （taste） bring into our brains information about the other 20% of what is happening． But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without, though they are little noticed． These are the senses of balance （平衡）, without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy drink, and the kinesthetic sense（动觉）, which gives us our ideas about our own motion （运动）．

1．Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Five Senses of Man． B．The Senses of Man．

C．Senses and Information． D．Important Senses．

2．The senses of hearing, smell, touch and taste supply us with ________．

A．about half of our information about the world

B．about 20% of our information about the world

C．about 80% of our information about the world

D．all the needed our information about the world

3．The other senses besides the “five” senses of man that the passage mentions （提到） are ________．

A．the tactile and the gustatory senses

B．the senses of balance and touch

C．the senses of kinesthesia and balance

D．the olfactory and the auditory senses

4．According to the passage, one misses most about the world when one ________．

A．is blind B．is deaf

C．has no sense of taste and touch D．has no sense of balance and motion

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白出的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

--- Hello, Mary． 1

--- I’m waiting for a bus, but the buses are very full at this time of the day．

--- Where are you going? 2

--- But I’m not going home now． 3

--- Going for a walk at this time in such cold weather?

--- 4

--- I see．Then why are you going by bus? 5

--- Oh, no． Bill, it isn’t very interesting to walk through the street． So I always take a No．3 bus to go to the park．

A．This isn’t your way home．

B．Why not go to the park on foot?

C．Why are you standing out here in the cold wind?

D．Enjoy yourself．

E．I’m going for a walk in the park．

F．I always like to go for a walk before supper．

G．I’m going to have a swim．

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1．We saw the ________ （废墟） of the church．

2．Last week I ___________ （拍照） our school basketball team．

3．This is a ___________ （职业的） painter．

4．This kind of machine always f_______ （运行） very well．

5．Who was the __________ （最初的） owner of the property?

6．He ________ （成功的） in passing the TOEFL last time．

7．I offered him a cigarette but he didn’t ________ （反应）to me．

8．Love, hatred and grief are __________ （感情）．

9．Use your ___________ （聪明），and you’re sure to achieve something in the future．

10．We will take __________ （文学） and advanced mathematics next term．

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Last year, on the day before Father’s Day, one 1．_________

of my articles published in a newspaper．It was the 2．_________

first time that I have an article published．I told my 3．_________

friend Lucy and encourage her to write articles for 4．_________

newspapers, but she said hers articles were not good 5．_________

enough．I kept telling her, “Just to try．” Several 6．_________

months later, she was glad to finding one of her 7．_________

article in a newspaper．Sometimes things are not as 8．_________

difficulty as you imagine．Have a try．You may fail but 9．_________

you won’t feel sorry because that you have tried your best． 10．_________

根据所给的提示词完成下列句子。

1．玛丽正要打算离开教室，这时她注意到黑板没有擦。（…be about to…when…）

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2．虽然一方面，我认为英语很有用，但另一方面，我认为它又很不好学。（On the one hand, …, but on the other hand, …）

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3．凡是有河流的地方，就必有一间像遵义四中这样的名校。（Where…, there be…）

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4．我现在宁愿跟凯瑟琳老师学英语口语也不愿玩任何的电脑游戏。（…would rather…than…）

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5．如果我们过多地到处乱扔垃圾，那么我们就可能正在扔掉我们的未来。（If…．, we may…）

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6．虽然在文化方面英语和汉语有很多共同之处，但是它们也有自身的特点。（…have…in common with…, but…）

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It is not yet known how these huge stones were over a distance of 380 kilometers．

A．removed B．transformed C．transmitted D．conveyed

According to experts, China needs to its one child family planning policy to fight against a worsening gender（性别）imbalance and an aging population．

A．arrange B．apply C．adjust D．adapt

In Copenhagen, the UN climate conference grew more tense and divisive as the developing countries didn’t trust the promises made by the industrial countries to greenhouse gas emission（排放）．

A．cut out B．cut down C．cut off D．cut up

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