Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphonesand listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy larger speakers and play the music loudly when they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio when 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 play music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once(一旦) a popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes 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 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 or the love between a country boy and a girl is called western or country music.
1.How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
2.What’s the meaning of “earphone” in Chinese?
A. 电话. B. 收录机. C. 耳机.
3.Do all the radio programs in America play music?
A.Yes, they do. B. No, not all. C. We don’t know.
4.What is the country music about in America?
A. It tells stories about the common life.
B. It’s popular.
C. It is about country life or love stories.
5.What is the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. American Music. B. Pop Music. C. Folk Music.
During the day we work and play, and at night we sleep. Our body rests when we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most when we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need sleep. We can get better at our lessons after having plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our body needs plenty of air when we are asleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our head，our lungs need to get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night, we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to be strong must get plenty of sleep.
1.Our body grows most while we are _______.
A. exercising B.playing C.sleeping
2.Too little sleep makes us _______.
A.tired B.hungry C.happy
3._______ during the sleep may cause us to feel tired in the morning.
A.Too much air B.Not enough fresh air C.Too much cold air
4.How many hours of sleep should 9-year-old children have every night?
A.8 hours. B.9 hours. C.10 hours.
5.What do the lungs need most?
A.Fresh air. B. Exercise. C.Warm air.
Stop and listen! What do you hear? You may hear many different sounds. Some of those sounds may be noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound.
Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, jet planes (喷气式飞机), farm tractors, and power motors. And, to some people, rock music is also a noise.
What happens to people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble in sleeping. And most importantly, constant (连续的) loud noise can cause loss of hearing.
Scientists use a unit of measure called a decibel(分贝) to measure the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands measure over 120 decibels. Noise at such high level causes the greatest hearing loss.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。(10分)
1.According to the passage, noise is all sounds that you can hear.
2.A “decibel” is a machine that makes loud noise.
3.Loud noise can help people sleep better.
4.Not all people think that rock music is a noise.
5.We can infer (推断) from the passage that noise is a serious problem.
口语运用: 根据对话内容，从方框的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
A: Hi, Mary! Did you go to the concert last night?
B: Yes. 1.
A: How did you like it?
B: 2. Many famous singers sang at the concert. It was called “Saving the Children”.
A: Saving the Children? 3.
B: It means they held the concert to raise
money for poor children. 4.
A: That’s true.
B: I think people all over the world should
help them.
A: 5.
A．Wonderful.
B．What does it mean?
C．That’s right.
D．I went there with my parents.
E. Because many children in the world don’t have enough food.
完形填空: 从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Some people say they have a solution（解决） to the problems of car crowding and pollution. In many cities, hundreds of people 1 bikes to work every day. In the New York City, some bike riders have even set up a group: Bike for a Better City. They say if more people ride bikes to work, there would be 2 cars and less dirty air.
For several years this group has tried to gather(聚集) help for bike riders. They want to have special roads 3 bikes only, because when bikes and cars use the same road, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City thinks if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.
But no bike roads have been established（建立） 4 . Not everyone thinks it is a good 5 . Drivers don’t like it, and some shop owners（主人） don’t like it, 6 . And most people live 7 far from the city to travel by bike. Still, people have done 8 about it. On Saturdays and Sundays, the largest open park in New York is 9 to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only, but the group still says this is not enough and goes on fighting 10 bike roads. I think there will be more bike roads in the future.
1.A. on B. ride C. by
2.A. fewer B. less C. more
3.A. until B. for C. of
4.A. yet B. once C. just
5.A. hope B. way C. help
6.A. too B. also C. either
7.A. very B. quite C. too
8.A. nothing B. something C. anything
9.A. closed B. open C. opening
10.A. get B. to get C. ask
—What did you do during your summer holiday?
—I spent my holiday _____ English in summer classes.
A. improving B. improves C. to improve
