Having written a book on rock music and a book on jazz music, and now writing a book __31__ the classical music of the 20^th century, I felt the __32__ to put somewhere the music that does not quite fit __33__ of these kinds of music. I also felt that I needed to research the beginning of the popular music in Western Europe and the USA in order to __34__ understand the change of the jazz and rock music. I also felt that ethnic music has become so __35__ that one should research the development from Western European and USA music. This book aims at __36__ all these gaps (差异). I did my best to give it a systematic feeling, although it is clear that musicians from such different parts of the world had very __37__ in common. Only after the joining together of the 1907s can we __38__ of a worldwide history of popular music. This book is about the __39__ of that formation (形成).

It was not very difficult to decide how to __40__ jazz music from pop music. It was much more __41__ to decide how to separate rock music __42__ the rest of popular music, because rock music has taken in just about everything. Pieces of this book were firstly written for my 2003 books on rock music. __43__ that happened after the 1960s will be in the book on rock music. The __44__ is that you should read this book first, then the __45__ of jazz music and the history of rock music.

A. in             B. on              C. to           D. for

A. need           B. change          C. music        D. book

A. neither         B. both            C. either         D. all

A. good          B. well            C. worse         D. better

A. good          B. bad             C. popular        D. nice

A. filling         B. breaking         C. forming               D. making

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

A. talk           B. find            C. tell            D. say

A. reason        B. middle          C. ending         D. beginning

A. separate      B. divide           C. cut            D. take

A. difficult    B. wonderful       C. important       D. necessary

A. between      B. from            C. to             D. into

A. Thing         B. Nothing         C. Anything       D. Something

A. situation     B. question          C. problem        D. idea

A. story        B. history          C. beginning       D. difference

Only after__________ his work __________ to see his grandfather.

         A. finishing; did he go                                            B. he finishes; did he go

         C. he finished; he went                                         D. having finished; he went

Besides giving off gases and dusts into the air, humans produce waste that is poured on the environment. Often, this waste produced by major industries and people is harmful to both nature and human life.

One of the main causes of the large amount of dangerous waste is that people do not realize how large a problem it is. Because it can be simply removed and sent to a landfill(废渣填埋场),the problem is often believed to end there. In addition, industries have often shown an unwillingness to find ways to deal with dangerous waste because of the related expenses. Many industries and governments build simple landfills to store waste, and often just pour waste chemicals into nearby bodies of water. Often, chemicals used for industrial production cause dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has increased greatly in the past, but it is often difficult and expensive to get rid of these chemicals or to store them in a way safe to human life and the environment.

Every year, major health problems result from dangerous waste. Sadly, it is often only after someone has died or become seriously ill that governments will take measures to reduce levels of harmful waste.

Some governments have realized how serious the dangerous waste problem is and are now trying to settle this problem. They are also trying to limit the amount of waste industries are allowed to produce.

Not only governments but ordinary people as well must work together to solve the problem. They can choose not to buy those products which require the production of dangerous waste, and produce less harmful waste themselves. Many scientists think that waste production can be cut. The waste can be reduced by at least one third using existing technologies and methods.

1. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Measures of Reducing Dangerous Waste

B．Danger of Harmful Waste to Mankind

C．Dangerous Waste and Water pollution

D．Environmental Protection

2. According to the text, people ___________.

A．do not produce harmful waste in their daily life

B．do not know where to place the dangerous waste

C．are not clear about how serious the dangerouswaste problem is

D．are not sure about where harmful waste ends

3. What troubles industries most in dealing with the dangerous waste problem?

A．How to get government support.

B．How to increase their production.

C．How to store harmful waste.

D．How to cut down the related costs.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The polluting industries are not allowed to sell their products.

B．Present technologies have settled the harmful waste problem.

C．Everyone should obey the government rules for the problem.

D．To solve the problem requires the efforts of the whole society.

If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those surrounding Christmas trees. One would certainly think otherwise; selecting and putting up our trees have always been filled with risk. For example, one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain, a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house. Once we did, my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter to build a stand for it. Another December, perhaps the very next one, we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before. We were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable. We easily placed it in a stand, decorated it from top to bottom, and then self-satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light. Two or three days passed and the truth could not be hidden; we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming off. There was nothing to do but undecorate it, take it down, and begin tree shopping again. Our most recent Christmas tree offered still another difficult task. When we brought it home, once again it seemed larger than it was in the great outdoors. To complicate matters, we had bought a new stand, one whose nuts （螺帽） and bolts （闩子） worked more mysteriously than those of our old stands. I persuaded two young neighbors to stop playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand. Unfortunately, no one noticed the mud on our helpers' shoes, so only after removing several reddish brown spots from the carpet were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments （装饰）were stored. Perhaps those who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these. I don't care to hear them, as my family's experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion:" Let's forget the tree next Christmas. Let's simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall. "

1.The darkest moments in the writer's family were with the fact that _____.

2.We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to _____.

3.When the writer said " my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain", he means ____.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

Only after you finish your homework ______TV.