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阅读理解。     Music is an international language. 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, politics, and activities of
American people. Most of the radio broadcast are music.
     Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tape which radio stations use in every
state. Once the 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 music. It has 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. Serious music for the concert halls is
called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven. 1. Almost every American student likes _____. A. popular music
B. American songs
C. folk music 2. What do adult drivers do while they are driving? A. Listen to pop songs.
B. Listen to news and make a CD.
C. Listen to music and news. 3. What"s one of the reasons that singers become national stars? A. Their CDs or tapes are used in every state.
B. Several young people buy their CDs or tapes.
C. They are followed by young people sometimes. 4. _____ was started by cowboys. A. Popular music
B. Western music
C. Serious music 5. What may be the best title for this passage? A. Popular Music in America
B. Kinds of Music in America
C. How to Be Famous Singers
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1-5 A C A B B
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阅读理解。     Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last
forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign
companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences
between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and
make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
     The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to
wait. The Japanese businessman, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious
thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means "Yes"
or "No". This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society (社会), Which make it
difficult for a Japanese to say "No" directly.
     In the USA, it is easy to say "No" to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to
say "No". To refuse an invitation or a request (请求) with "No" is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish
and unfriendly. So instead of saying "No" directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid (避免)
saying "No". These can help them avoid hurting other people"s feelings. However, this often makes their ways
of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow. 1. What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan? A. Their different ways of doing business.
B. Their different lifestyles.
C. The fact that the Japanese never say "No".
D. The fact that the Japanese are slow to take action. 2. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined expression "bewilder foreign
    businessmen" in Paragraph One? A. cause foreign businessmen to change their minds.
B. give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen.
C. attract foreign businessmen"s attention.
D. make foreign businessmen think wrongly. 3. What fact does the passage lead you to believe? A. American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones.
B. American businessmen like to say "Yes" and "No".
C. Americans usually say what they are thinking.
D. Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly. 4. From the passage we can infer (推断) that __________. A. Japanese businessmen are good at business
B. foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business
C. foreign businessmen must be more polite
D. you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed
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阅读理解。     If you are in America or go to American families to have meals, you should learn some table manners.
Here are some tips:
     Don"t circle your plate with your arms. If you do so, you will become the focus (焦点) of the table.
Everyone would wonder, "Is there anything wrong with the food?" This may give a wrong message that
you don"t like the food or something like that.
     Don"t push the plate back when finished, leave it where it was. Do you want to let the hostess know
that you"ve just done a labor?
     Don"t lean (倚靠) back and say "I"m through" or "I"m full". Just put the fork and knife across the plate.
That"s all.
     Don"t cut up everything before you start to eat. Cut only one or two bites (块) at a time.
     Never take a huge mouthful of anything. Do you want to show how hungry you are? Don"t do that.
It"s not so good.
      It"s never good to reach across the table for anything. If the thing you want is not at hand, simply ask
the nearest person for help, like "Mrs Smith, could you pass me the dish?" 1. According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG? A. Leave the plate where it was when finished.
B. Cut up one or two bites before you start to eat.
C. Push the plate back where it was.
D. Don"t take a huge mouthful of anything. 2. After finishing dinner, you should _____. A. put the fork and knife across the plate
B. stand up and leave the table
C. say "I"m full"
D. say "Thank you" 3. If you want a dish far from you at table, you should _____. A. ask the nearest person for help
B. leave your seat to get it
C. sit there until others help you
D. stand up and reach across the table for it 4. If you are at table and circle your plate with your arms, other people will think _____.A. you don " t like the food
B. the food isn " t good for you
C. there is something wrong with the food
D. all above 5. Which can be the best title for this passage? A. How to Behave in America?
B. Table Manners in America
C. What you Can Do in America?
D. Table Manners
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短文填空。根据文章大意和首字母提示,填写单词,使短文通顺、完整。每空限填一词。     Soccer is a popular sport. Many games are held in different places every year. The World Cup is the game
that all the players want to play in. It is held every (l) f______ year.
     Last year, in 2010, the World Cup was held in South Africa (2) M of people went to the games (3) o______
watched them on TV day and night. They all got very (4) e______ and hoped their favorite team Could become
the (5) w______ best team. They yelled (叫喊) for their (6) f______ team. Young men and women called
cheerleaders came on the field to help the people yell more. They danced and jumped while they shouted.
     Soccer is a team sport. There are eleven players in (7) e______ team. The earliest games of Soccer in
England were not like (8) t______ that we know today. Games were played between two towns. Each team
had more than five hundred players, and each team had to try to carry the ball to the other team"s town. Today
some towns in England still play the game like this.
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阅读理解。                                                 Bollywood: the Hollywood of India
     You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year, and that number continues
to grow. Just as the movie Capital of the United States is Hollywood, the movie capital of India is Bombay
(孟买), but it is usually called "Bollywood", a combination (结合) of the words Bombay and Hollywood.
     No Bollywood movie is thought complete without a few songs and dances. In fact, music is an important
part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music directors are
sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs with at least three songs
to show what the dances mean.
     Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music, but it is very like Hollywood in several ways. If
Tom Cruise can hold a gun, so can the Bollywood hero Sharukh Khan. Hollywood stars are followed by news
reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The persona! lives of actors and actresses catch the headlines (头
版头条), just as they do in the United States.
     The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America, Bollywood has its
own form of the Oscars, and they are also very exciting. 1. The name Bollywood comes from the words __________.
2. Bollywood is a place where many __________ are made each year,
3. In India, the film stars are sometimes __________ popular than musk directors.
4. Every complete Bollywood movie has a few __________ in them.
5. The Oscars in India are as __________ as those in America though they are different.
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短文填空。根据短文内容和首字母的提示,把文中所缺词语补充出来,使短文完整、正确、通顺。
(每空限填一词。)     Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident?
Although tea wasn"t brought to the Western world (1)u______ 1610, this beverage was discovered over
three thousand (2)y______ before that. According to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong
discovered tea when he was (3)b______ drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby
bush fell into the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the
water produced a pleasant smell. (4)L______ he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite (5)d______
And in this way, one of the world"s favorite drinks was invented.
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