用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。

51 Sadness means _________.

52 Xu Fei ______groups that play quiet and gentle songs.

53 Last Friday’s class meeting ended up ______the ways of learning English.

54 She tells her son to have his hair _______every other month.

55 I like ______who write their own songs.

1. Carmen更喜欢能演奏不同种类音乐的音乐家。

Carmen likes musicians 　　　　    　　　　　　different kinds of music.

2. Xu Fei更喜欢能表演安静, 轻柔歌曲的组合。

Xu Fei　　    groups　　    play quiet and gentle.

3. Rosa喜欢安静而轻柔的音乐。

Rosa 　　　　music 　　　　quiet and gentle.

4. 我喜欢我可以随着一起唱的音乐。

I like music that I can sing　　     　　　　.

5. 我喜欢我可以随着跳的音乐。

I like music　　    I can dance　　    .

用所给词的适当形式填空

Xu Fei prefers groups that play ________ (quietly) and gentle songs.

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Two Chinese farmers sang "in the spring" in their small room after drinking in a late August evening in Beijing. A friend put their song on the Internet. And soon they became stars around China.

Wang Xu,44, is from Henan, and Liu Gang, 29, is from Heilongjiang. They are among the millions of farmers who have gone to the cities to work.

"Although nobody pays attention to the music, I am singing happily, on streets, under bridges or in wild country, with no credit card, no girlfriend or a home with hot water, but only a guitar.” They sing, “It is just like the life we live now.” Wang said, “We are poor farmers, and you know people won't care about us."

Their song is loved by millions of Chinese, including the people who are also from the countryside. Many people said they cried after listening to the song.

Wang came to Beijing in 2000 and has tried many jobs. Each month after he paid 600 yuan for the house and bought food, there was little money left. "I love music, and also want to make more money." Wang said. "I never dreamed of standing on such a big stage.”

Liu came to Beijing in 2002. "I wanted to try my luck in the big city." He said. And now their dreams of music have come true. They are really the luckiest of all the timers in China.

1.Where is Liu Gang from?

2. Have their dreams of music come true?

3. When was Wang Xu bom?

4.Why did Liu Gang come to Beijing in 2002?

5.What do you think of the two farmer singers?

What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.

The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers： free snake removal(除去）一Please do not kill them — Call us. ”

The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don’t charge anything for helping people. “We do this as a hobby,” explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers.

Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. “One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇), so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don’t want to see them killed, ” said Fred.

Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park.

Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. “Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them.

“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,” said Steve Greenwood. “One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job.”

Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.

1.The Snake Catchers catch snakes because ______.

2.When a man asked them to kill a python, the Snake Catchers ______.

3.The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free ______.

4.According to Fred,  ______.