Americans have contributed (做贡献) to many art forms, and jazz, a type of music, is one of the art forms started in the United States. Black Americans, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.
Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious(宗教) music. Improvisation (即兴表演) is an important part of jazz. This is why a jazz song sounds a little different each time it is played.
Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way, jazz continues to grow and change.
1.What can be the best title of the passage?
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A．American Art Forms |
B．The Development of Jazz |
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C．The Music of Black Americans |
D．The Birthplace of Jazz |
2.From the text we can learn that ______.
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A．New Orleans is the place where jazz was very popular |
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B．the American people are all jazz lovers |
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C．jazz is merrily sung by black people when working |
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D．jazz may become less popular as time goes on |
3.It took about______ years to make jazz popular in the United States.
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A．200 |
B．120 |
C．80 |
D．40 |
I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written?
The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody(曲调) of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew(侄子). She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, Archie! Happy birthday to you!
Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune(曲调简单) and friendliness in words.
1.Archibald A. Hill was _______.
A. English B. American C. Russian D. Australian
2. Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s ______.
A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew
3.The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of _______ years.
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A．97 |
B．more than 90 |
C．less than 90 |
D．about 90 |
4. The sentence “it really did” means _______.
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A．The song really became popular |
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B．Their wish would really come true |
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C．People all over the world like to listen to the song |
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D．Yes, but the song didn’t become popular |
The Internet has become part of teenagers’ life.
A news report on 3,375 students aged from 10 to 18 in seven Chinese cities found that 38 per cent of them believe they use the Internet often.
While most of them get useful information and use the Internet to help in their studies, some are not using it in a good way. Many are playing online games too much. A few even visit Web sites they should not look at. A middle school teacher from Beijing warns that bad things can happen if young people spend too much time on the Internet. She had a student who used to be good at school. But then he started visiting sex Web sites. He went mad, cheated a girl and was taken away by the police.
In order to help young people use the Internet in a good way, a textbook on good Internet behavior has started to be used in some Shanghai middle schools this term. The book uses real examples to teach students all about good ways of using the Internet. The book gives useful advice such as it's good to read news or find helpful information to study.
Some students also make online friends. But if you are meeting a friend offline, make sure your parents know. Teachers and parents all think the book is a very good idea. This teacher said the book will be a guide for teens using the Internet. She believes it will keep students away from bad sites. “Many students are using the Internet without guidance from their parents,” she said. “The book will teach students how to be a good person in the online world.”
1.The third paragraph mainly tells us that ________.
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A．some students are not using the Internet correctly |
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B．all students in Beijing use the Internet to help their school work |
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C．a teacher in Beijing is worried about her students |
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D．some students visit sex Web sites |
2.The textbook mainly tells us ________.
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A．why we should use the Internet |
B．not to visit sex Web sites |
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C．how to use the Internet correctly |
D．how to get help from others |
3.The writer advises the readers to ________.
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A．let their parents know before visiting their online friends |
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B．not to make friends online |
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C．read the textbook carefully |
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D．only read news on the Internet |
4.From this passage we know that ________.
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A．more and more students have given up visiting bad Web sites |
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B．schools and teachers begin to pay attention to students’ use of the Internet |
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C．no more homework will be given in Shanghai |
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D．less and less information can be found on line |
Lewis won four gold medals in the 1984 Olympics, ____ him world-famous over-night.
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A．making |
B．made |
C．to make |
D．that made |
Tens of us had bread for supper, while the rest ____.
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A．hadn’t |
B．didn’t |
C．wasn’t |
D．weren’t |
Bob ____ that he had stolen the money.
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A．feared |
B．excused |
C．admitted |
D．offered |
