【正文】 ove out相對照 。 她想道 ， “ 我以前在這里從未聽到過狗叫 。 9. A. sang B. asked C. rang D. stopped 【 解析 】 選 C。 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. 【 解析 】 選 C。 (B) Some children are talking about what they like doing at school. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容 ， 選擇最佳答案 。 由句意可知 。 由文中第一段最后一句話 “ 一分鐘轉(zhuǎn) 1 000英里 ” 可計(jì)算出 。 ________________________________________ 答案： It’s not hard for him to learn English. 2. 選擇能填入文中 (B)處的最佳選項(xiàng) 。在學(xué)校里你聽到許多老師和學(xué)生講述的關(guān)于希望工程的感人故事 ， 也看到許多失學(xué)兒童重返校園后臉上洋溢著喜悅 。 4. 詞數(shù) 80左右 。 A. It’s very hot. B. Does it often rain in Guilin? C. Are there lots of winds in summer? D. Does it snow in winter? E. Yes, very much. A: What do you think of the weather in summer in Guilin? B: 1 But it’s cooler than that in the cities in the south. A: Oh, do you like rainy days? B: 2 I like watching it raining and the rain drops falling on me make me cool and relaxed. A: 3 B: No, there aren’t. But usually there are strong winds blowing in spring and autumn. A: 4 B: Yes, it does. The rain usually es after the hottest weather and lasts for several days. A: 5 B: No. It hardly snows. A: I think it’s great to live there. 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 答案： 1~5. AECBD Ⅸ . 短文填空 (5分 ) 根據(jù)首字母提示 ， 用適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~完成下面的短文 ， 使短文意思完整 、 通順 。 It is really helpful and her listening has been improved. The two students have different experience of learning English. What about you? 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容 ， 完成下列任務(wù) 。 由短文第二段第四句可知因?yàn)樘珶崛藗儾荒芫幼≡诳拷柕娜魏蔚胤?。 由第四個(gè)人物可知 。 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 【 解析 】 選 B。 Ⅳ . 閱讀理解 (30分 ） (A) 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 tapes which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes es to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has bee a national star. There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the mon 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 【 解析 】 選 A。 直到第二天早晨三點(diǎn)鐘 ， 再?zèng)]有別的事情發(fā)生 。 wake up“醒 ， 醒來 ” ， stand up“站起來 ” ， get up“起床；