阅读填空（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
American popular music is played all over the world．People of all ages in all countries enjoy 1. (listen) to it．The reasons for 2. popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat．The music has many origins in the United States．Country music, 3. (come) from the rural areas in the southern United States, is one source．Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions 4. (express) by country music songs．
A second origin of American popular music si the blues．It described mostly sad feelings 5. (reflect) the difficult lives of American blacks．It is usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is popular with all Americans．
Rock music is a newer form of music．This music style was known6. rock and roll in the 1950’s．Since then there 7. (be) many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock, punk rock, disco music and others．Many 8. (perform) of popular rock music are young musicians．
People hear these songs 9. (sing) in their original English or sometimes translated to other languages．The words may differ10. the enjoyment of the music is universal．
完形填空（共1小题）
The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community．As a result, all students must sixty hours of service learning, they will not receive a diploma．Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community． of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student． a service experience, students must keep a journal（日志）and then write a about what they have learned．
Supporters claim that there are many of service learning．Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think their own interests and become of the needs of others．Students are also able to learn real-life skills that shouldering responsibility, solving problems, and working as part of a team． __ , students can explore possible careers _ service learning．For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month．
there are many benefits, opponents problems with the new requirement．First, they that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills．Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend time studying the core subjects．Second, they believe that forcing students to work without goes against the law．By requiring service, the school takes away an individual’s freedom to choose．
In my view, service learning is a great way to to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers． , I don’t believe you should force people to help others – the to help must come from the heart．I think the best _ is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service．Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility, and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely．
1.A．complete B．save C．spend D．gain
2.A．but B．and C．for D．or
3.A．Procedures B．ideas C．Examples D．Subjects
4.A．With B．During C．Before D．After
5.A．note B．diary C．report D．notice
6.A．benefits B．challenges C．courses D．features
7.A．over B．beyond C．about D．in
8.A．proud B．careful C．aware D．tired
9.A．include B．apply C．possess D．develop
10.A．Luckily B．Gradually C．Hopefully D．Finally
11.A．of B．through C．across D．on
12.A．Thus B．So C．While D．Since
13.A．point out B．look into C．deal with D．take down
14.A．overlook B．doubt C．admit D．argue
15.A．more B．less C．full D．much
16.A．cost B．care C．pay D．praise
17.A．appeal B．attend C．belong D．contribute
18.A．Otherwise B．However C．Besides D．Therefore
19.A．desire B．courage C．emotion D．spirit
20.A．result B．purpose C．decision D．solution
信息匹配（共1小题）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general store．1. _I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you．”
At first I was paid in candy．2. I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a．m．to 7 p．m．My father helped me set up a bank account． 3.
By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye．Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas． 4.
The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener．5. Expect they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed．
A．Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought．
B．Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before．
C．Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers．
D．My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility
E．I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics．．
F．Before long, she let me sit there by myself．
G．Later I received 50 cents an hour．
D Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists．No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change---to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before．
Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists．In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice．Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before．Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background．He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．
Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests．To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods．
Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces ofart, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．
1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________ ．
A．an object for artistic creation
B．an unusual quality
C．a collection of poems
D．a natural scene
2.Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ___________．
A．they draw attention to common things in life
B．they look like works by 19th-century painters
C．they are close in style to works in ancient times
D．they depend heavily on color photography
3.What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?
A．It does not have a long-lasting standard
B．It will not be found in future works of art．
C．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form．
D．It is lacking in modern works of art．
4.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A．History of the arts．
B．Use of modern technology in the arts．
C．Basic questions of the arts．
D．New developments in the arts．
C I am a writer．I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth．Language is the tool of my trade．And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with．
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks．Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English．But I feel embarrassed to say that．It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness．I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example．But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker．
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her．I was ashamed of her English．I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say．That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect．And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her．
I started writing fiction in 1985．And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure．I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts．
1.By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______．
A．she is a writer by profession
B．she is fascinated by languages
C．she works as a translator
D．she uses English in foreign trade
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A．Americans do not understand broken English．
B．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts．
C．The author’ mother had positive influence on her．
D．The author’s mother was not respected sometimes．
3.The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is _____．
A．well structured
B．rich in meaning
C．in the old style
D．easy to translate
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A．The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English．
B．The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother．
C．The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English．
D．The author’s experiences of using broken English．
B
Read the advertisements carefully．Then answer the questions that follow．
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WE NEED OFFICE CLEANERS!
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1.The position of a(n)_______is a part-time job．
A．florist
B．artist
C．preschool teacher
D．dental nurse
2.Which of the following is the most important for the childcare job?
A．The ability to work well with other people．
B．Childcare experience．
C．The ability to start work in two weeks．
D．Cooking skills．
3.The office cleaners will be required to work about _______ hours a week．
A．15
B．5
C．10
D．20
