Music is an international language.The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.
Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class，after class and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports，the weather，politics，and activities of the American people.But most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state.Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country，young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes，all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has become a national star.
Besides pop music，there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans.One is called folk music.It tells stories about the common life of Americans.The other is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.Today，any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music.Music for instruments is called orchestra music，such as the symphonies(交响乐)of Beethoven.There is opera for singers，ballet for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.
1.In what way can music be regarded as an international language?
A.Popular music is what everyone enjoys.
B.The wonderful songs are popular with the world people.
C.When music is played，it seems as if it were speaking to us.
D.Music is too popular for everyone to be able to play it.
2.What can we know about music and people in America?
A.Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.
B.Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.
C.Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.
D.Students always listen to music before class，in class and after class.
3.Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A.All people in America like popular music.
B.Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.
C.Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music in China.
D.Now，western or country music is a little different from its beginning.
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.International language. B.Music in America.
C.Pop music. D.Music listeners.
By the summer of 2005，the Reverend (牧师) Richard Joyner of Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church realized he was hosting funerals (葬礼) twice a month—a surprising number for his town's tiny population. In this African American town，a quarter of families live an extremely poor life and heart disease kills more 20 to 39yearolds than car accidents do.
Joyner decided to do something about it. Driving home one day，he pulled over and thought that maybe he'd get further with his eyes open. He looked around，and all he saw was farmland. It gave him an idea：Get the kids to take part in it.
Joyner ran a youth camp，so that summer，he showed the campers how to grow their own food on the small land. The kids,4 to 16 years old，ate up the vegetables they had grown，and the following year，they gave free boxes of vegetables to the old people in the town.
Not everyone welcomed the idea. Some church elders questioned whether it was wise to let kids take part in agrarian pursuit (农业工作). But Joyner saw it differently. “The kids are bringing food to people who need it. They enjoy what they're doing，” he said. At the same time，it improved the health of the community by providing healthy foods.
Today，because of Joyner，that small land has changed into the 21acre Conetoe Family Life Center. The local hospital，schools and restaurants help the center by buying its salad greens，peppers，strawberries，and other food for people. Research from East Carolina University found that people in Conetoe have lost weight，lowered their blood pressure，and visited the hospital less frequently because of the fresh food and health advice available at the center.
1.What do we know about the town where Joyner lives?
A.It develops very slowly. B.There are not enough churches.
C.Many young people die from accidents. D.People are too poor to live a healthy life.
2.Why did Joyner decide to grow food on the small land?
A.To provide food for kids. B.To teach kids how to plant.
C.To lower the number of deaths. D.To make full use of the small land.
3.What did some church elders think of Joyner's idea?
A.They were doubtful about it. B.They weren't interested in it.
C.They strongly disagreed with it. D.They thought it did harm to kids.
4.What's the result of what Joyner has done?
A.It's unusual. B.It's successful.
C.It's unexpected. D.It's unbelievable.
Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don't sell? Well，you might be shocked to find out that about one third of food produced for humans gets wasted. What's more，around 800 million people in the world don't live a healthy life for lack of food.
Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something with this situation. They are trying their best to make use of eatable food that is thrown away.
For example，there is a coffee bar in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all cooked with unsold food from supermarkets. The spare food is turned into delicious food to feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers just pay what they can afford or help the bar wash something. In just ten months,10,000 people were fed at this bar.
Besides，the UK's first food waste supermarket opened last year. The supermarket works on a “pay as you feel” basis. Customers pay whatever they want. Some lowincome families have said that it has changed their lives.
“Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Spare food from supermarkets such as dairy，vegetables，fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.
More coffee bars like Leeds are being opened in other parts of the UK such as Bristol and Manchester，and it is now becoming a worldwide event.
I think this is an amazing step as food waste is one of the world's biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed，so that supermarkets don't throw away so much good food.
1.What does the author think of the coffee bar's action?
A.He thinks it very good. B.He is worried about it.
C.He is doubtful about it. D.He thinks it interesting.
2.What's the goal of “Fuel for School”？
A.Help poor kids choose healthy food to eat.
B.Deal with bad food from supermarkets.
C.Make kids perform well in their study.
D.Feed students from poor families.
3.Which of the following does the author advise?
A.We buy food based on our ability.
B.More coffee bars are opened in Leeds.
C.Restaurants offer children food for free.
D.Governments take action to reduce food waste.
4.What is the best title of the text?
A.The Problem of Food Waste Should Be Solved
B.Fuel for School Offers Food to The Poor
C.Different Actions to Solve the Problem of Food Waste in UK
D.Spare Food From Supermarkets Is Thrown Away
After learning about these famous women，you'll know you can do a lot for society no matter what. You don't need to be in a specific field，time or environment to make a difference to the world in your lifetime.
Amelia Earhart (1897－1937)
Amelia Earhart was the first woman who ever flew alone across the Atlantic in 1932.She became the first woman pilot in 1935 after flying from Hawaii to California. She began her lifelong dream of flying across the world in 1937.However，her flight went missing on that trip and she was never seen again.
Helena Rubinstein (1870－1965)
Helena Rubinstein moved to Australia in 1902 without the ability to speak English. Later, she founded one of the world's first cosmetic (化妆品) companies after mixing lanolin，which is an oil that comes from sheep's wool，with flowers. Because of that，she became the world's richest woman at the time.
Katharine Hepburn (1907－2003)
Katharine Hepburn was known for playing strongwilled women in her films.
She won four Academy Awards for Best Actress，the most an actress has ever won. Her new dress style made wearing trousers acceptable to women，which wasn't allowed at that time.
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858－1928)
Emmeline was an influential woman activist，who helped British women get the right to vote. She fought along with her husband for the rights of women all the time in the late 19th century and early 20th century. After she lost her husband，she teamed up with her three daughters and formed The Women Social and Political Union，which was best known as the suffragettes (women's right to vote).
1.What was the problem for Helena at first when she moved to Australia?
A.She didn't have money. B.She couldn't speak English.
C.She didn't have work experience. D.She didn't know how to make up.
2.Which of the following words can be used to describe Emmeline Pankhurst?
A.Determined. B.Friendly.
C.Honest. D.Patient.
3.What do the four women in the text have in common?
A.A creative mind. B.A warm heart.
C.A good education. D.A pioneering spirit.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after their teachers. Goose feathers and parchment (羊皮纸) changed to ballpoint pens and paper, but the essence has remained the same: knowledge passed down from one person to another must be thoroughly recorded.
With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete (废弃的). Students tend to use laptops in class more often than pens and paper. And although there are still many educational institutions that ban using computers in class, there are many arguments in favor of doing so.
On the one hand, let us face reality: people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago. This is especially true in the case of the youth: teenagers and young adults tend to feel more confident and comfortable typing on their devices rather than with handwriting. Keeping records after a teacher in class requires a student to write very fast, which often decreases the readability of the notes taken. Sometimes it can be quite difficult for a student to understand what he or she hurriedly wrote down in class. At the same time, typing on a laptop helps write the important information down in a comprehensible and accurate way. Also, handwriting always involves grammatical mistakes, typos, blots (墨水迹), and so on. Obviously, students experience little-to-none of such problems while using computers.
On the other hand, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that without it, they operate less efficiently. Students are native to such devices as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets, and naturally incorporate them in whatever they do, be it leisure time or studying. Not allowing students to use tablets in class means to deprive (剥夺) them of something that is almost a part of them and of their daily lives. If young people know how to use technology to their advantage and increase their studying effectiveness with its help, why forbid them from doing it?
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假设你是李华，与你的美国朋友John约好上星期六下午去打网球，但因故没能赴约。请你给John写一封信表示歉意。内容包括：
1. 向他致歉；
2. 解释原因；
3. 希望另约时间。
注意：词数80左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：重新安排reschedule
Dear John,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
