Pop music is very popular with American students. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with ears buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive along the street.

　　Older people listen to music on the car radio as thery drive to work. They also listen to the news, sports information, the weather, and programmes about life in American. Most of the radio programmes play music.

　　Pop or popular music singers can make a lot of money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations play. Once the singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. If a lot of young people like their music, they become national stars. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, there are always many yung people who want to meet him or her.

　　There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One kind is called folk（民間的）music. Folk music tells stories about the life of common people. Another kind is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys（牛仔）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.

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A．life of common people

B．country life an love stories

C．life of cowboys

D．school life in America

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A．make a lot of money

B．make a CD or tape

C．are liked by a lot of young people

D．sing on the radio

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A．Most adults in America like pop music

B．Students in America with cars like to listen to music while driving

C．Older people listen to music all the time while driving

D．Everyone wants to meet pop singers

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閱讀理解

　　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(成人) 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 a popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. 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.

　　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 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 in this passage.

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2．When pop singers ________, they will become national stars.

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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

3．From the passage we know that country music is about ________.

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A．common life of American

B．country life and love stories

C．life of cowboys

D．school life in American

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．Most students in American like popular music.

B．Students with cars in America 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.

5．What should be the best title for this passage?

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Audrey is a Chinese-American student．She has found many value（價值觀） differences between Chinese and Americans．

    About money

    1）Americans would like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt （欠債）．Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank．

2）American kids love to make money by themselves．Chinese kids always ask their parents for money．

3）American parents think it is not useful to send their children to an expensive university．Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities and that might make them very poor sometimes．

   About school

  1） Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups．

  2） Some American students think that "B" is a gift while Chinese students think that "B" is terrible．

   American parents and Chinese parents．

    American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at the weekends．Chinese parents usually don't allow their children to do so in middle or high schools．

1．What would a Chinese middle school student probably NOT do at the weekends according to the passage?

A．Study at home．                                 B．Do part-time jobs．

      C．Take part in sports groups．              D．Do chores．

2．Some Chinese people have money left in the bank because_____．

 A．they usually spend less than they have 

    B．they spend more than they have

C．they don't like spending money at all

D．they make a lot of money

3．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

    A．Chinese parents usually give their kids money．

B．American children love to make money by themselves,

C．The reason why Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities．

D．Americans usually spend more money than they have．

4．The underlined word" academic" probably means ______ in Chinese．

A．學(xué)術(shù)的                B．娛樂的                C．運動的                D．休閑的

5．The best title for the passage would probably be _____．

A．Differences between Chinese and Americans

B．Chinese Students and American Students

C．Chinese Parents and American Parents

    D．Chinese Values and American Values

Americans think much about time. Form childhood they learn to value (珍視)
time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time,  they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying,   they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money.  Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week.  This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money.  Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual.   In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly.  They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time,  because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.
1. What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?
A. It is not easy to make money.
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D. ff someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.
2. Americans think it wrong _____________.
A. to work late                B. to get up early
C. to be late for school
D. to be on time to do everything
3. This passage says that a dying person___________.
A. is having a good time
B. is living on a borrowed time
C. thinks time goes easily
D. is saving time
4. From this passage we can be sure that
A. Americans live a hard life
B. Americans always walk fast
C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (節(jié)奏)
D. Americans are good at saving time
5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Americans’ ideas about time
B. Never waste time
C. Time is money
D. Learn to be on time