Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.
Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.
Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of famers .They talk about love, crops or death.
The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.
When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.
John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song “Take Me home, Country Roads” is well-known and people still play it today.
1.Country music is usually about _______.
A. everyday life and feelings
B. farmers’ feelings
C. the lives of workers
D. the lives of farmers
2. People began to make country song records _______.
A. in the 1920s B. in 1920
C. in the 1970s D. in 1970
3. Why did Country music become popular in America?
A. Because city people liked the music.
B. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change. C. Because country music talked about city people’s lives.
D. Because country music developed in the Southern Africa
4. Who is famous for the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?
A. A farmer in the countryside.
B.A person who moved to towns
C. John Denver.
D. John Denver’s brother
You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say, “I am fine.” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good.” or “I’m tired.”
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter.” I also surprised by how hard-working US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
1. What does the word “tan” in the sixth paragraph mean in Chinese?
A. 晒黑 B. 晒白 C. 能量 D. 保护
2. A good US student spends his/her time ________.
A. only in doing homework
B. only on sports
C. only on music
D. on studies, sports or music and public work
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The writer is now in US.
B. American girls love to have white skin.
C. American girls love to have brown skin.
D.US students are talented and hard-working.
4. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. My Own Travel in the US
B. My Studying in the US
C. My Opinion about the US
D. My Studying in China
完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答案标在答题卡上。
A farmer had a cow（牛）. He 36 very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill. He was very _ 37 . He telephoned the vet（兽医）.
“What’s the problem?” the vet 38 him when he arrived.
“My cow is ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what’s the matter 39 her. She’s lying down and won’t_ 40 up. She won’t eat, and she’s making a strange 41 .” The vet looked at the cow.
“She’s certainly ill.” he said, “and she needs to take some very strong 42 .” He took a bottle out of his box, and put two pills（药丸）into his 43 .
“Give her these,” he said. “The pills should make her 44 .”
“ 45 should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a 46 tube（管子）.
“Put this tube in her mouth, ”he said, “then put the pills in the 47 and blow(吹). That’ll make it.”
The vet went 48 .
The next day he came to the 49 again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and 50 worried.
“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No 51 ,”the farmer said. “and I’m feeling very well myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said.“ 52 .”
“I did 53 you said,” the farmer answered.“ I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills 54 it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow 55 ,”the farmer said.
1. A. made B. took C. got D. carried
2. A. happy B. glad C. attractive D. worried
3. A. asked B. told C. said D. spoke
4. A. in B. to C. with D. for
5. A. stand B. take C. throw D. cut
6. A. performance B. line C. song D. voice
7. A. rest B. wind C. cold D. medicine
8.A. mouth B. nose C. hand D. Face
9. A. ill B. humorous C. better D. fierce
10.. A. Why B. What C. When D. How
11. A. thick B. slim C. wide D. short
12. A. tube B. vase C. door D. house
13. A. with B. away C. on D. at
14..A. factory B. garden C. park D. farm
15. A. tasted B. sounded C. looked D. listened
16. A. change B. happiness C. reality D. feast
17. A. When B. What C. Who D. Why
18. A. that B. what C. when D. which
19. A. up B. on C. in D. down
20. A. apologize B. blew C. admire D. balance
