閱讀理解。
    During the 1800s, African Americans worked long days in the fields of the American South. They sang
songs that they had brought from Africa while working. One person sang a line. Then a group of workers
repeated it. The song’s words told of the hardships(艱苦) that people suffered. They clapped their hands
and stomped(跺) their feet to the music.
    In the 1860s, the music changed greatly. African American music took new forms. It was also influenced by dance music, which had great rhythm(節(jié)奏). Banjos(班卓琴) became popular. A blues singer usually sang a line and then played the banjo in reply. By the early 1900s, the guitar had taken the place of the
banjo in the blues music.
    The blues music has many obvious characteristics. One of them is that the musical notes() are often “
bent”. That is, they are changed slightly to give a song more strength.
    Lyrics are the words of a song. Blues lyrics describe everyday life. The lyrics are often about the relationships between men and women. They tell about sadness and overwork. They tell about finding and losing
love, having money or being poor, being happy or sad and lonely. They almost always use the rhythms of
everyday speech. A group of blues lyrics usually has three lines. The second line repeats the first line. The
third line has different words.
    By the 1940s, large numbers of African Americans moved to Chicago.There, a new kind of "Chicago" blues began. The new music was excellent dance music. Chicago blues led to the birth of a new music
style －rock and roll.
1.This passage is mainly about _________.
A. the blues music                       
B. the life of African Americans
C. the blues lyrics                        
D. the rhythms of different music
2.What information does the passage NOT provide?
A.How the blues music developed as time went by.
B.What the blues lyrics are mostly about.
C.When African Americans moved to the American South.
D.How long the banjo was popular in the blues history.
3.Which of the following is the most likely taken from a blues song?
A.You have to help me. I’ll die if you don’t. You have to help me.
B.You have to help me. You have to help me. I’ll die if you don’t.
C.I’ll die if you don’t help me. You have to help me. You have to help me.
D.I’ll die if you don’t help me. You have to help me. Please help me.
4.What fact does the passage lead you to believe?
A.African Americans sang songs after a long day’s work to relax in the 1800s.
B.The blues singers in the 1860s usually played the guitar while singing songs.
C.It is not difficult to tell the blues music from others from its musical notes.
D.Rock and roll was the most popular blues music in Chicago in the 1950s.
1. A      2. C       3. B       4. C
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What are your clothes made of? Are they made of cotton or wool? Some students in Shandong wear different things. Their clothes are made of discs(光盤) or old clothes!

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1.The passage mainly talks about ____.

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B．energy saving

C．how to look cool

D．a(chǎn) special fashion show

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A．silk

B．cotton

C．waste paper

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C．I’m short of money. Can you lend me some?

D．She was here a short time ago.

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A．discs

B．straw

C．old paper

D．cloth

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B．they are clever

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     ①The new film Under the Hawthorn Tree 《山楂樹之戀》directed by Zhang Yimou tells the sad story
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     "If you have fair skin and clear eyes, as Jingqiu does, it is easy to look pure. Girls today wear so many
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     Mo Diya, 16, of Shenzhen thought that purity isn't a matter of physical beauty but of whether someone
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     The new film Under the Hawthorn Tree ______ ______ directed by Zhang Yimou tells the sad story of
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2 將②處翻譯成漢語。
  _________________________________________________________________________
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     The high Eiff'el Tower, the colorful streets, the beautiful river Seine, the glorious palaces, the romantic
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of him on this special day.
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[     ]
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B. Mid-Autumn Festival
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[     ]
A. the dragon match in Hunan province
B.the dragon boat match in Hunan province
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[     ]
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[     ]
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[     ]
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      2. apples, quartered, 
     4-6 ginger slices (姜片)
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     l. Remove the bones from the fish.
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    4. Add the apples, the fish and the tomato.
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D. a recipe
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C. 3
D. 4
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B. oil-fish bones-ginger slices and spring onions-apples, fish and tomato.
C. oil-ginger slices and spring onions-fish bones-apples, fish and tomato.
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