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 and play 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, and the life of American people． Most of the radio programmes are music．
Pop or popular music singers make much money． They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast（广播）． Once the popular singer is heard all over 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 pop star．
There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans． One is called folk music． It tells stories about the common life of Americans． Another 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．
1.________ kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in this passage．
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B．Four． |
C．Three |
D．Five |
2.When pop singers ________, they are regarded as pop stars．
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A．become popular with their fans |
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B．make a CD or tape |
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C．make much money |
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D．are wanted to sing on the radio |
3.From the passage we know that country music is about ________．
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A．the common life of Americans |
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B．the life of cowboys |
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C．the country life and love stories |
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D．the school life in America |
4.What would be the best title for this passage？
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A．Western Music |
B．Popular Music |
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C．History of Music |
D．American Music |
Cars are an important part of life in the United States． Without a car， most people feel that they are___36___．And even if a person is poor， he doesn’t feel___37___poor when he has a car．
Henry Ford was the man who first started ___38___cars in large numbers． He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to ___39___American culture．The car made the United States a nation on ___ 40___． And it ___41___to make the United States what it is today．
There are three main reasons that the car has become so___42___in the United States． ___43___，the country is a huge one and Americans like to __44__around in it ．The car__45__the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation． With a car， people can go any place___46___spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient（有效地） and inexpensive form of public___47___． Long distance trains have never been as ___48___in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by ___49__．But it is too expensive to be used ___50__． The third reason is the most ___51__one．The American spirit of ___52___is what really made cars popular． Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train ___53___a plane． They don’t like to have to ___54___an exact schedule． A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want___55___to have．
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Everybody went to the party, but Li Hong stayed at home _____ her mother was sick.
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B．because |
C．although |
D．unless |
We can’t work together any more ; I think it’s time we went our ______ ways.
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A． separate |
B．different |
C．own |
D．proper |
Noise is unpleasant, _____ when you are trying to sleep．
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A．probably |
B．exactly |
C．especially |
D．only |
--- Have you a color TV?
--- Yes, I have a good ___.
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A．it |
B．ones |
C．that |
D．one |
