| Mike used to play ______ football, but now he likes playing ______ piano. |
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| —May I ______ your dictionary? —Sorry. I ______ it to Bill last week. |
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| A. borrow; lent B. lend; borrowed C. borrowed; lent D. lent; borrowed |
| —Which country do you like better, China or the USA? —______ Maybe I like both of them. |
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| A. I don’t think so. B. Yes, you are right. C. It doesn’t matter. D. It’s hard to say. |
| It was very cold, but they continued ______ after the meal. |
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| A. work B. to work C. working D. works |
| I will have a ______. It must be great fun. |
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| A. 7 days holiday B. 7-days-holiday C. 7-day-holiday D. 7-days-holidays |
| Tina ______100 yuan for the skirt. She looks beautiful in it. |
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| A. spent B. paid C. took D. cost |
| China is a great country. It is famous ______ her long history. |
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| Our class is going to ______ an English corner to improve our English. |
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| A. set up B. send up C. put up D. open up |
| People like pop music because it is about their ______ life. |
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| A. every day B. everyday C. each day D. a day |
| ______ weather! It’s always raining! We can’t play outside. |
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| A. What a bad B. How a bad C. What bad D. How bad |
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| Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one 1 exactly (准确地) the answers to these questions. But we know that music is very 2 in everyone's life. Babies and young children would like someone 3 to them. When they get older, they like to 4 songs themselves. When children go to 5 , their world of music grows wide. In middle school, students 6 music lessons. And they become 7 in pop music. It will make 8 happy. We can 9 hear music in other places such as shops and bars and so on. That's because that music can help people relax after 10 hard work. We couldn't imagine that without music what our life would be like. | ||||
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| 阅读理解.根据短文内容,选择正确答案。 |
| Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. It is a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places. In the west of America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle (牛). They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to keep awake at night. He also sang songs to the cattle to make them quiet. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They would not run away if he 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. They used guitars, violins and other musical instruments, too. They also added (增加) instruments from their homes, like bottles and plates. When they visited their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and played country music. |
| 1. Cowboys sang beautiful and peaceful songs to make the cattle ______. |
| A. healthy B. exciting C. quiet D. run away |
| 2. The early country music formed (产生) in ______ and England. |
| A. Ireland B. America C. Canada D. all the above |
| 3. The songs which cowboys sang were mainly(主要地) about ______. |
| A. their cattle B. their country C. everyday life D. instruments |
| 4. Many people in the south of America played country music with ______. |
| A. pianos and guitars B. bottles and plates C. violins and drums D. guitars, violins and other musical instruments |
| 5. The passage tells us mainly about ______. |
| A. why cowboys sang country music B. where the country music came from C. how the country music formed D. why people like country music |
| 阅读理解。 |
| 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 the music loudly as they drive in 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 programs are music. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape and radio stations use them in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her tape. 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 national star. There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common (普通的) life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. It is about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl friend. They are very popular among young people. |
| 1. How many kinds of music are mentioned in this passage? |
| A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. |
| 2. The students often take radios to______. |
| A. study English B. listen to news and weather report C. enjoy music D. play music loudly in the street |
| 3. The pop singers can make much money because______. |
| A. they make CDs or tapes B. many young people buy their tapes C. they are national stars D. all the people want to meet them |
| 4. From the passage we know that folk music is about ______. |
| A. love stories between boys and girls B. the common life of American people C. Americans' country life D. the life of singers |
| 5. The best title for this passage should be "______". |
| A. Everyone likes music in America B. Pop music in America C. Music in America D. Music is important to Americans |
| 句型转换.按要求完成下列句子,每空一词。 |
| 1.I want to be a dancer. (对画线部分提问) you want to ? 2.The movie is very interesting. (改为感叹句) it is! 3.Many young people like pop music.(用rock music改为选择问句) many young people like pop music ? 4.How clever he is! (改为同义句) ________ ________ ________ boy he is! 5.I spent five yuan on this book yesterday. (改为同义句) I five yuan ______ this book yesterday. |
| 短文填空.根据下列短文内容,在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词,使短文完整、通顺。 |
| One day Mozart saw an old blind street performer(卖艺人) 1 the violin in the street corner with a hat in front of him. He 2 out the old man was playing one of his compositions(曲目). The old man played for some time but nobody put any 3 in his hat. Mozart asked the old man, "Now, 4 knows Mozart and likes his music. Do you 5 a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he 6 . And then Mozart took over the 7 from the old man and began to play. He played very well. All the passers-by(过路人) stopped to 8 to the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very 9 that the man could play so well. He asked Mozart, "Who are you, sir?" " Your colleague(同行), a poor 10 like you." Then Mozart gave the violin to the old man and went away. 1.________2.________3.________4.________ 5.________ 6.________7.________8.________9.________ 10.________ |
| 书面表达。 |
| 假如你在第一中学读书.你校准备在"十一"邀请the Beatles乐队到你学校举行音乐晚会, 欢度节日.请你以学校的名义写一张英语海报,告知全校师生.内容包括以下要点: 1. 时间:十月一日晚上八点开始； 2. 地点:学校音乐厅； 3. 对the Beatles乐队进行简单介绍； 4. 座位有限,请事先预定,联系电话:738-0540. 要求:语句通顺,书写规范.中文提示要点不要逐条翻译.词数80个左右,开头和结尾部分已 给出,不计入总词数. NOTICE Dear teachers and classmates, |