In music, you will find love of the country, love of nature and love of home. Music is also an expression of the musician. He or she expresses his or her own music ideas.
Classical music is a form of music 1. needs high musical skills. If you wish to learn this kind of music, you have to go through proper training. Only in this way 2. you play or sing this kind of music successfully. Hiphop music started in Africa. It always includes the use of instruments, 3. the bass. It was first played 4. a group of West African travelling singers and poets. Jazz music has strong melodies. The main musical instrument is violin, which helps carry the melody. Jazz is kind of difficult but there are still thousands 5. people who are crazy about it. Besides these, there are many others. All these kinds of music can bring pleasant feelings to people.
Word Bank： melody旋律 bass低音号
[素材选自One Story A Day Book 1]
关于电影的记忆
Maggie watches a lot of television. She likes watching TV so much that wherever she goes, she always arrives late. She can't wait to go back to the front of TV, so she never _____ her breakfast or homework. Every day she spends _____ in front of the TV. Her mother thinks her daughter watches too much television. One day, she decided to have a _____ with her.
Ms Hunter said to her daughter, “_____ I was a little girl, we did not have a television. In fact, I was nearly ten years old before I saw my first movie.” “Ten years old before you _____ a movie？” cried Maggie.
Then Maggie's mother told her own_____.
“We lived in a small village. One day, my father came back home from work_____. He would take us to see a movie. It was _____ to wait all week for that big day to arrive. Soon the weekend arrived. We were very _____. Mother got us dressed in ______ best clothes that day. And father talked with us ______ movies.
When we arrived, there was a big movie screen______ and a movie projector sitting on a table. We sat on the grass. It was so amazing ______ a moving picture. I will never forget that day. ”
Ms Hunter continued, “In those days, we didn't have much. But, you see how happy we were. And the day is always ______.” Maggie smiled back at her mother and said, “Thanks for ______ me about this, Mom. I have more to think about.” She decides not to watch TV like before.
Word Bank: projector 放映机
1.A.finds B.cooks C.drinks D.finishes
2.A.minutes B.hours C.days D.months
3.A.talk B.walk C.dream D.fight
4.A.Unless B.Because C.When D.Since
5.A.bought B.enjoyed C.made D.saw
6.A.feeling B.story C.joke D.thought
7.A.happily B.slowly C.sadly D.quickly
8.A.difficult B.ready C.wonderful D.interesting
9.A.anxious B.excited C.worried D.proud
10.A.her B.his C.their D.our
11.A.from B.under C.about D.over
12.A.set up B.made up C.turned up D.packed up
13.A.to see B.see C.seeing D.saw
14.A.remember B.remembered C.remembering D.to remember
15.A.telling B.singing C.teaching D.discussing
Studying music in high school is good for young people. Unfortunately, students do not think of music studies as a useful subject in high school. 1. However, studies show that the great difference studying music has made in the minds and lives of students.
2. According to Robert A Cutietta and Harvey Mercadoocasio, authors of Raising Musical Kids: A Guide for Parents, “Students who study music in high school, as a group, have higher scores than those not in bands.” Studying music may not immediately lead to higher grades. It does, however, make students gain skills that can lead to success in tests.
3. Performing as a musician increases this joy, while developing selfconfidence. According to Cutietta and Mercadoocasio, “Being involved in music in a meaningful way will add greatly to the quality of your child's life. It increases brain power along the way.”
Studying music in high school allows teenagers to develop many healthy and productive habits that will carry over into their adult lives, giving them a push towards a successful life. 4. “Kids who receive music training often make great progress in math studies.” according to psychologist Maritn Grdiner. “They just shoot ahead in math. This can't be explained by attention alone. 5.” he said. Actually, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras related math with music by ratio thousands of years ago.
Word Bank
involve参加，加入mathematician数学家 ratio比率
A.There is something special between music and math.
B.They always learn other subjects or sleep in music classes.
C.Some studies find that children who study music have better grades.
D.By listening to music, one can enjoy the joy which music may bring into his life.
E.In addition to these habits, studying music really changes the brain in some ways as well.
在家里你的父母总是在学习、卫生、作息上对你有许多要求，对于这些要求你有什么看法？你是怎样解决的？请根据以下要点和要求写一篇英语短文，描述父母对你的要求以及你的看法。
1. 要点：1)父母对你的要求是什么；2)你对这些要求有什么看法；3)你是怎样解决的。
2. 要求：1)文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；2)词数100左右。
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It's important to keep children safe. 1. are some rules all children need to know.
Firstly, know important messages. Children need to remember important messages2. themselves. Their names, ages, home addresses and parents' phone numbers3.all important messages. Secondly, never go to any place with a stranger. Children can never go to any place with a stranger. Sometimes a stranger says things like, “I have candies over there，” Children mustn't listen to him or her. Thirdly,4. tell important messages online. Young children need to be online with their parents. Elder children can't meet online friends by themselves. They can never send important messages or photos to strangers online. Lastly, know how and when to call 110. Teach children how to call 110 5. help. And don't forget to teach them to call it at right time.
Eighty-five years ago, an article that was published in a small newspaper in Scotland kicked off a worldwide cultural phenomenon.
The Inverness Courier ran a _____ in May 1933. It was reported that a local woman _____ Aldie Mackay saw a huge beast in Loch Ness, a big lake in Scotland. According to Mackay, the beast was as _____ as a whale.
Mackay's _____ brought the legend of the Loch Ness Monster into the public eyes.
_____ the article was published, there have been “over 1，000 eyewitness reports” of Nessie sightings.
Nessie is usually _____ as a mix of a dinosaur and a dragon. Dragons are often seen as scary creatures in Western culture, but Nessie is _____．
If you pay a visit to tourist spots around Loch Ness, you will_____ paintings of a smiling Nessie on signs, and cute Nessie toys in shops.
In the village of Fort Augustus, which is close to Loch Ness, you can even_____“Nessiehunting” trips on a hightech boat.
______， the trips aren't taken too seriously. Each of the boat's windows has a Nessieshaped drawing ______ it. Tourists can take a picture of the “monster” for ______. The boat's guides tell funny stories and make jokes with the tourists as they sail across the beautiful ______．
This sort of sense of humor is______ in Scotland. Although there's no real proof of Nessie, we can still ______ the story and have fun with it.
Word Bank:
phenomenon现象 eyewitness目击 proof证据
1.A.word B.story C.notice D.poster
2.A.named B.shouted C.mentioned D.looked
3.A.small B.tiny C.tall D.big
4.A.picture B.website C.report D.behavior
5.A.Since B.Until C.While D.Unless
6.A.reminded B.described C.compared D.changed
7.A.common B.similar C.talented D.different
8.A.catch B.affect C.see D.take
9.A.go on B.care about C.look at D.talk to
10.A.Besides B.Therefore C.However D.Still
11.A.behind B.on C.over D.above
12.A.himself B.herself C.ourselves D.themselves
13.A.lake B.boat C.weather D.earth
14.A.strong B.typical C.strange D.popular
15.A.move B.bring C.enjoy D.treat
