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Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. 1.  .

In the west of America, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away.   2.__    When they were alone in the desert with the cattle, they drank strong coffee to keep awake at night. They sang about the stars and the moon, about their family and their friends.    3._   They would not run away if cowboys sang beautiful and peaceful songs.

In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music.   4._     They also added instruments from their homes, like bottles and plates. When they visited their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and played country music.

   5.    It takes about love, jobs, home and money. It talked about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Also, many country music fans wear Western clothes and dance together to country music.

Cowboys’ life was lonely and dangerous.

It is a mixture of music from all of these places.

Country music gained popularity in the 1940s.

Country music describes life clearly.

Country music has produced two top artists.

The cattle listened to the cowboys and went to sleep.

They used guitars, violins and other musical instruments.

An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.

In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit(追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched(发起) the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong.

In Chicago, the mayor(市长) appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.

The only problem arose in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.

Ultimately, as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.

1.What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?

2.According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?

3.The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 5 probably mean      .

4.According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged by       .

Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states．They wanted to buy lottery tickets．The tickets cost only ﹩0．9 each．But that small spending could bring them a reward of ﹩90 million．That was the second largest lottery jackpot（积累奖金）in history．

More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing．Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80．The chance of winning was one in 9．6 million．But that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales．In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second．

Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action．Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people．It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have．

But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized（合法化的） gambling．Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets．There are also many addicts who take the game seriously．They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets．Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit．

Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes．The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens．But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice（恶习）, under the name of social progress．No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans．

1.The main idea of the passage is that       ．

A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them

B．playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market

C．a lot of people buy lottery tickets, but lotteries cause disagreement

D．lotteries are just legalized vice

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra tax．

B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress．

C．Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them．

D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market．

3.In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling     ．

A．$1.62million    B．﹩90million     C．﹩9.6million  D．﹩87million

4.People who are addicted to playing lotteries should         ．

A．join a club                                                        B．kick the habitw.

C．win the Pennsylvania                                      D．save every cent

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Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, students were paying less and less attention to handwriting. 

According to a recently survey, many students don’t want to improve their handwriting for various reason. 52 percent of them think that they can just use a computer, so it is no need to waste time improve their handwriting. 32 percent believe that they are too busy with the study that we have no time to practise, and 16 percent think that practising handwriting is useless. 

What the saying goes, writing style shows the man. Beautiful and neat handwriting is great benefit, especially for students. Therefore, in my opinion, the more importance should be attached to handwriting from now on.

One of the greatest benefits of Internet friendships is that they are based on common interests, ________ appearance, age or popularity.