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 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, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes 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.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk (民間) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys (牛仔) 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.
小題1:Which of the following is talked in this passages?
A．pop music, folk music
B．popular, folk and country music
C．pop music and western music
D．folk, pop and classical music
小題2:When pop singers _________ , they will become national stars.
A．make much money
B．make a CD or tape
C．a(chǎn)re loved by all the young people
D．a(chǎn)re wanted to sing on the radio
小題3:From the passage we know that country music is about the ________.
A．common life of Americans
B．country life and love stories
C．life of cowboys
D．school life in America
小題4:What would be the best title (標(biāo)題) for this passage？
A．American Music　　B．Popular Music
C．History of Music　　D．Western Music

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

小題1:主旨大意題。由可知Popular music in America is what every student likes. One is called folk (民間) music. Another is called western or country music.文章主要談?wù)摿藀opular, folk and country music。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。由可知Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her.   Now the singer has become a national star.正確答案。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。由可知Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. 正確答案。
小題4:標(biāo)題題。全文主要談?wù)摿嗣绹膸追N音樂。
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I grew up in a small town called Antonito Co. It is surrounded by mountains. So camping is a big source of happiness in the valley. There are so many beautiful places to hike.
The town itself is very small. It is said that if you blink when you’re going through it, you’ll miss it. This has some truth in it considering the size of the town. We have one grocery store, a tiny post office, and a tiny bank. There are also a few gas stations, bars, some excellent restaurants, a small hospital and of course several schools. However, for clothing and shoes, you have to drive thirty miles to Alamosa to shop there.
Everyone in the town is nice and we all know each other. The crime rate is zero unless you count some weekend fights that break out because some people drink too much. The classes in school are small, so you get a lot of attention from the teacher.
You’re probably wondering why I don’t live there. Well, I can’t get a job there. A lot of the businesses are family-owned. And they never fire their employees. So the employees work there usually until they retire. Most people have to go to other places to get a job .
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A．An introduction to the writer’s hometown.
B．A travel guide of the writer’s hometown .
C．The history of the writer’s hometown .
D．The scenery of the writer’s hometown .
小題2:By the underlined part in paragraph 3, the writer wants to show that the town is           .
A．beautifulB．smallC．excitingD．faraway
小題3:What can you find in the writer’s hometown ?
a bank     b. a post office     c. some gas stations and bars     d. a clothing store
e. a shoe shop    f. some restaurants and a hospital
A．a(chǎn)bceB．bdefC．a(chǎn)bcfD．cdef
小題4:What do we know about the classes given at the schools in the writer’s hometown ?
A．The classes are usually very short .
B．Students usually don’t get much attention .
C．One teacher has to teach many classes
D．Each class has just a small number of students .
小題5:We can learn from the last paragraph that in the writer’s hometown             .
A．not many job opportunities are provided
B．employees don’t make much money
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A．the queen is rich in tour experience
B．the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland
C．tasting whisky is better than going fishing
D．1873 is a special year for the queen
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A．By giving descriptions.B．By following time order.
C．By analyzing causes.D．By making comparisons.
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A．The Inverlochy Castle Hotel .
B．The beauty of its surroundings.
C．The water from the mountain.
D．The challenge up to its top.
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A．To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists.
B．To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.
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A. Two   B. Three    C   Four     D .Five
小題2:When pop singers ___ ___, they will become national stars.
A make much money                   B. make a CD or tape
C .are loved by all the young people   D. are wanted to sing on the radio
小題3:From the passage we know that country music is about the ___ ___.
A．common life of Americans B．country life of and love stories
C．life of workersD．school life of in America
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A．a(chǎn)ll students in America like popular music .
B．students with cars in America don’t like to listen to music while driving
C．Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving
D．Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.
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The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain - usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
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A．some of his wheat had been damaged
B．his grain was growing up in circles.
C．his grain was moved into several circles
D．some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground.
小題2:According to the text, the underlined part “hoax” (in the 3rd paragraph) probably means __________.
A．a(chǎn)n attempt made to fool people
B．a(chǎn) special way to plant crops
C．a(chǎn) research on the force of winds
D．a(chǎn)n experiment for the protection of crops.
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A．The farmer couldn’t step out of the field.
B．The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.
C．The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.
D．The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.
小題4:A proper title for this passage is ___________.
A．An Unsolved Mystery
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　　Now, 150 years after his birth on March 30, 1853, Zundert, the town of his birth, has made 2003 “The van Gogh Year”in his honor. And the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, home to the biggest collection of his masterpieces, is marking the anniversary（周年紀(jì)念）with exhibitions throughout the year. The museum draws around 1.3 million visitors every year. Some people enjoy the art and then learn about his life. Others are first interested in his life, which then helps them understand his art.
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A．depended on his brotherB．worked hard on art studies
C．was not recognized by people D．expressed himself in paintings
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A．the poor lifeB．his illness
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小題3: One of the characteristics of Van Gogh’s paintings is ______________.
A．the likeness between his paintings and the reality
B．the short time for him to complete a painting
C．the various styles mixed together
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D．Zundert has made 2003 “The Van Gogh Year” in his honor
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A．his powerful art came from his poor life
B．his fellow townsmen regret treating him unfairly
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There were similar questions eight years ago when Google first sold stock to the public. Today, Google is one of the world’s most valuable technology companies.
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A．Google’s first public stock sale began in 2005.
B．Google is the world’s most valuable company.
C．Google’s share price rose after its stock was first offered.
D．Google raised almost two billion dollars from its first public stock sale.
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C．is the most visited website todayD．is the world’s biggest social media network
小題3:We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．Facebook stock is being sold very well
B．Mark Zuckerberg will get much money from the stock sale
C．Mark Zuckerberg was only 27 when Facebook was founded
D．investment companies have bought many Facebook shares
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There are over one million superstitions(迷信), and most people believe at least one or two of　them.
Many people are superstitious about numbers. They think that there are lucky numbers and unlucky numbers.
The number 13 is often considered unlucky. In some parts of the world, buildings have no 13th floor and streets have no houses with the number 13. In Japan, "4" is considered unlucky because in Japanese the word "four" is pronounced the same as the word "death" .
Japanese never give gifts of four knives, four napkins, or four of anything.
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Superstitions about numbers are so widespread that some people--called numerologist--make a living by giving advice about numbers.
In 1937, when the Toyoda family of Japan wanted to form a car company, they asked a numerologist if "Toyoda" would be a good name for the company. The numerologist said it would not be. He explained that "Toyota" would be a better name for the company. The family took his advice. As a result, millions of people drive "Toyota" and not "Toyoda" .
There are many other kinds of superstitions. There are superstitions about eating, sleeping, sneezing and itching(抓癢). There are superstitions about animals and holidays and horseshoes.
There are even superstitions about superstitions. Those superstitions will tell people how to reverse bad luck.
When the Japanese bump heads, they immediately bump heads again. According to a Japanese superstition, the first-bump means their parents will die, but the second bump "erases" the first bump         
To reverse bad luck in general, people turn around three times, turn their pockets inside out, or put their hats on backwards.
In the United States, baseball players sometimes wear their caps backwards when their team is losing. It looks silly, but the baseball players do not mind if it helps them win the game.   
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A．popular neither in Japan nor in China
B．popular only in Japan and in China
C．popular both in Japan and in China
D．causing great troubles both in Japan and in China
小題2:The underlined word " reverse " means           .
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C．change for the worseD．exchange
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小題4:The writer wrote this passage with the purpose of           .
A．persuading us to believe superstitions
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Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.
But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard patterns into which they plug each day’s events. In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.
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Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes, and trade stocks, and they’re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.
Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite. The surprising distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.
This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?
A．needs of the readers all over the world
B．causes of the public disappointment about newspapers
C．origins of the declining newspaper industry
D．a(chǎn)ims of a journalism credibility project
小題2:The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be______.
A．quite trustworthyB．somewhat contradictory
C．very instructiveD．rather superficial(膚淺的)
小題3:The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their _________.
A．working attitudeB．conventional lifestyle
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