Popular music 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 music loudly as they drive on the street． Adult 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 CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast（广播）． 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 pop star．

There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans． One is called folk music． It tells stories about the common life of Americans． Another is called western or country music． This was started by cowboys 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．Four．

C．Three

D．Five

2.When pop singers ________, they are regarded as pop stars．

A．become popular with their fans

B．make a CD or tape

C．make much money

D．are wanted to sing on the radio

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

A．the common life of Americans

B．the life of cowboys

C．the country life and love stories

D．the school life in America

4.What would be the best title for this passage？

A．Western Music	B．Popular Music
C．History of Music	D．American Music

 

Edison was a clever boy, and ______ he was fourteen, he had learned advance mathematics by himself.

A．whenever         B．by the time        C．the moment        D．ever since

 

Every boy and every girl as well as some teachers who ___ to visit the museum _____required to be at the bus station at 6:30.

A．are ; is

B．are ; are

C．is ; are

D．is ;is

 

I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.

One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength masking its way by face strokes (猛力地划)to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys.” Do you know what you have done?” they said, “It’s Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym; he has got his football honor.”

I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel and so small.” He didn’t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word,” My father, who is a great man, is also small.” At this be laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.

1.The writer thought Amery” a fair game” because the boy   .

A．was of similar size

B．was fond of games

C．looked like an animal

D．was good at sports

2.The writer felt” ashamed” because    .

A．he was laughed at by other boys

B．he played a joke on an outstanding athlete

C．Amery turned out to be in the same grade

D．he pushed Amery hard and hurt him

3.By saying “My father, who is a great man, is also small”, the writer   .

A．challenged Amery	B．threatened Amery
C．admired his father	D．tried to please Amery

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer could run faster than Amery.

B．Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior.

C．The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes.

D．Amery was a student in Grade Four.

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold   36   he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had  37  schooling, for being so poor, how could they   38  school fees?

When he was fifteen, he worked   39   a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt   40    for himself. How he     41   to have the same chance! He decided to study by   42   . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he   43  stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he   44   during the day. He worked   45   hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater  46   he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and    47   him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the only one in the whole school   48   reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship   49   he had been a regular student of the school.

Robeson   50   rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which drew the  51  of some university professors. They admired his talent   52   his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and   53    him free guidance. Robeson felt  54  , for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   55   success.

A. whether          B. which                   C. that                          D. what

A. many             B. few                          C. little                        D. much

A. buy                B. afford                   C. send                         D. read

A. as                  B. like                          C. for                           D. by

A. angry             B. worried                    C. proud                    D. sorry

A. hated              B. decided                    C. wished                     D. regretted

A. the teacher                                         B. himself                   

C. his parents                                          D. his schoolmates

A. could             B. ought to                   C. should                    D. would

A. had learned                                        B. has been taught        

C. has heard                                              D. had been written down

A. very             B. so                            C. too                          D. quite

A. joy               B. interest                     C. time                         D. taste

A. allowed        B. agreed                   C. let                           D. refused

A. whom           B. that                          C. which                   D. /

A. if                 B. whether                    C. because                    D. when

A. learned         B. listened                    C. mastered                  D. struggled

A. notice           B. influence                  C. eyes                         D. attention

A. except for     B. according to             C. as well as                 D. in spite of

A. taught           B. offered                     C. lent                          D. sent

A. sad               B. angry                       C. happy                   D. disappointed

A. leading to     B. coming from            C. made of                   D. covered with