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 farmers .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
Whether you’re taking a trip alone or with your family, it’s easier to get sick when you’re in a new place because your body hasn’t had a chance to adjust to the food, water, and air in a new environment. Read the following tips on keeping your travel experience as healthy as possible.
Safe foods and drinks
What foods are safe to eat? Foods that have been boiled are generally safe, as well as fruits and vegetables that have to be peeled before eating. Avoid eating uncooked or undercooked meat.
Stay away from foods that require a lot of handling before serving.
Drink only bottled water when traveling. If you have to use the tap water, you should boil it first.
You can take it with you
When you’re packing, taking some painkiller and diarrhea medicine is a good idea. It’s also a good idea to pack some allergy (过敏) medicine even if you don’t take it at home, because people sometimes unexpectedly develop allergic reactions in a new environment.
Write it all down
Before you leave your sweet home, create a medical history form that includes the following information:
your name, address, and home phone number as well as a parent’s daytime phone number
your blood type a list of any ongoing health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, or AIDS a list of current medicines you are taking a list of allergies（过敏性的）to medicine, food, insects, and animals the name, address, and phone number of a relative other than your parent It also helps if you have some basic emergency medical knowledge, not only for yourself but also for helping others you may be traveling with. A great way to prepare for your trip is to take a first-aid or basic life support course before you go; if you’re traveling with a group, you should know where the first-aid kit is and what’s in it.
1.Which of the following word can replace the underlined word in Para.1?
A．adapt B．just C．adopt D．correct
2.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Some travel tips B．Danger of travel
C．Travel experience D．First aid in travel
3.According to the passage before you travel you’d better write the phone number of the following EXCEPT ______.
A．your own B．one of your parents
C．one of your relatives D．one of your friends
4.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A．Taking a first-aid course. B．Writing down your blood type.
C．Taking some necessary medicine. D．Telling your parents’ your plan.
"A child is dying---out of breath!" I had just begun my working day in the city, when these words came through the radio of the police car I was driving. I turned on the red lights and siren(警笛)and drove off as fast as I could. "Just my luck!" I thought. I didn't know this city well and my first call of the day was a life-and-death sudden happening, several kilometers away.
I got to the house. A mother, filled with fear, handed me her baby, his face already blue. Was I too late? Dear me!
I did what had been taught to do in such a serious condition. A small thing flew out of the baby's mouth on to the floor. It was a button. Thank heaven! The holes in it let a little air through.
A doctor rushed into the room. He had with him an oxygen bag.
The child began to cry at the top of his voice, burned red and started to look for his mother. He was angry but was saved.
1.The writer of the story is _______.
A．a policeman B．a driver C．a doctor D．the boy's father
2.The writer turned on the red lights and siren in order to _____.
A．show that he was a police car
B．have the people in the streets make way for him
C．warn the people in the streets of the danger ahead
D．tell the people in the streets that he did not know the way well
3.The baby was still living when the writer got to the house because _______.
A．the writer arrived in time
B．the writer had been taught what to do at that time
C．the button was not big enough
D．the button happened to have holes in it
4.What worried the writer all the way to the dying child ?
A．He was afraid to come too late to save the child.
B．It was a sudden happening and he was too young.
C．Any people might be knocked down or killed by his car.
D．He was afraid that he could not have the button taken out.
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 36 had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 37 , they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 38 , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 39 just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 40 about her. She went to bed too 41 . The night before the first exam, Barbara 42 that she have an early night and take a 43 pill. She promised to wake 44 up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 45 kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 46 , she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 47 , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. 48 around her was writing pages and gages. 49 she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write 50 . She kept looking at her 51 . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 52 and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 53 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 54 up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 55 dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
1. A．teachers B．students C．classmates D．schools
2. A．prepare B．miss C．join D．pass
3. A．succeeded B．failed C．ended D．called
4. A．but B．so C．and D．because
5. A．excited B．frightened C．worried D．pleased
6. A．early B．late C．heavily D．eagerly
7. A．insisted B．hoped C．ordered D．wished
8. A．sleeping B．resting C．exciting D．breathing
9. A．him B．her C．them D．herself
10. A．hand B．eye C．mind D．body
11. A．her sister B．her parents C．the lessons D．the medicine
12. A．result B．marks C．desk D．paper
13. A．The teacher B．The students C．No one D．Everyone
14. A．If B．Though C．So D．How
15. A．with B．about C．on D．to
16. A．watch B．textbook C．sister D．subject
17. A．gave up B．put off C．looked around D．thought over
18. A．examining B．leaving C．copying D．crying
19. A．raised B．woke C．stood D．cheered
20. A．nice B．wonderful C．terrible D．special
—— Go for a picnic this weekend , OK ?
—— __________. I love getting close to nature.
A．I couldn’t agree more B．I’m afraid not
C．I believe not D．I don’t think so
Don’t forget _____ the book to the library when you finish _____ it.
A．to give back ; to read B．to return ; reading
C．returning ; reading D．returning ; to read
