It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠). The road is 16 nearly all the way. Sometimes there is a deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small  17 along the way. Vick reached the first place at ten o‘clock p. m. He had his  18 in a little restaurant there. It was a warm  19 in August. Vick wanted to 20 through the night. The nights are warm enough in August, but the days are very, very  21 .

  He left the restaurant at 11:30 and drove over  22 hours. There wasn’t a moon, but the  23  were wonderful. There was nothing else on the road. Vick thought, “It‘s an empty desert. No tree, house, man.” He could  24 the endless, white road in the car’s headlights(車(chē)燈). A million stars looked down on him.

  It was two o‘clock in the morning. Vick stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the 25 town: “I’ll light the cooker,” he thought, “and make some tea. ” He got out of the car.

  He heard some sounds, ten or fifteen meters  26 . He could not see anything in the darkness. A man said, “Good morning. It‘s a 27 morning, isn’t it?” The man came forward,out of the darkness; out of the desert. Vick did not move. The man said, “You are going to 28 some tea, aren‘t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always 29  near here at this time. Sometimes I get a 30 . Now listen, and I’ll tell you a story. Then you‘ll give me…”

(  ) 16. A. bad         B. good         C. busy         D. well

(  ) 17. A. cities        B. hotels        C. villages       D. towns

(  ) 18. A. tea         B. supper        C. lunch            D. breakfast

(  ) 19. A. night        B. day          C. season        D. month

(  ) 20. A. live         B. stay          C. drive         D. walk

(  ) 21. A. cold            B. cool         C. hot          D. warm

(  ) 22. A. two         B. seven            C. ten          D. fourteen

(  ) 23 A. trees         B. animals       C. stars         D. clouds

(  ) 24. A. see         B. ride          C. pass         D. find

(  ) 25. A. home        B. whole        C. next         D. another

(  ) 26. A. about        B. from         C. far          D. away

(  ) 27. A. noisy        B. lovely        C. sleepy        D. sunny

(  ) 28. A. eat         B. make         C. cook         D. drink

(  ) 29. A. leave        B. stop         C. meet         D. run

(  ) 30. A. bread        B. car          C. rest          D. meal

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  The Chinese living in foreign countries also celebrate this big holiday with lion dances,dragon(龍) dances and other colourful performances.Today even many foreigners have come to like our Spring Festival.

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Which is China's biggest traditional holiday?

  A.Mid-Autumn Day.  

  B.New Year's Day.

  C.The Spring Festival.

  D.Christmas.

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Why is the Spring Festival also called lunar New Year?

  A.Because it is th beginning of a lunar year.

  B.Because it is a spring day.

  C.Because it is the beginning of a new year.

  D.Because it is the biggest traditional holiday.

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Why are the railway stations,the bus stations and the airports so crowded during the holiday?

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  B.Many people are going home for family reunion.

  C.Many students are returning to their schools.

  D.Many people are going to other cities to do shopping.

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What don't the children get during the holiday?

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  B.Candies and crackers.

  C.New textbooks.

  D.New clothes.

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How do the Chinese living in foreign countries celebrate the Spring Festival?

  A.By sending cards to friends.

  B.By returning to China for family reunion.

  C.By holding big parties.

  D.With lion dances,dragon dances and other performances.

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Americans celebrate Memorial Day in order to remember their dead friends.

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On New Year’s Day Americans usually go shopping.

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Washington and Lincoln were born in the same month.

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Rapping in class.
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【小題1】Rap music started  _____ in New York city .

A.in the 1970sB.In a high school
C.in the 19 th century .D.In a music class .
【小題2】From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _____ .
A.Write rap music .B.Sing a song by talking
C.Remember the words of a song .D.help teach some school subjects.
【小題3】The underlined word  positive  in paragraph 2 most probably means _____ 
A.badB.goodC.finalD.direct
【小題4】Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _____ .
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Hip hop or rap (說(shuō)唱) music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of  hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the  rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .

Rapping in class.

Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”

Whose idea was Flocabulary?

Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文學(xué)). They are now used in schools with great success .

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A.in the 1970s                           B.In a high school

C.in the 19 th century .                     D.In a music class .

2.From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _____ .

A.Write rap music .                       B.Sing a song by talking

C.Remember the words of a song .            D.help teach some school subjects.

3.The underlined word  positive  in paragraph 2 most probably means _____ 

A.bad              B.good             C.final              D.direct

4.Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _____ .

A.maths            B.science           C.history            D.literature

 

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Please wait a__24__, Mr. Smith,” said my son, “ It’s said the fog in London is the thickest in the world.”

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“ The fog was so thick that I couldn’t see it at all,” the funny doctor said with a smile.

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4.A. read B. wrote C. thought D. saw.

5.A. with B. for C. of D. by

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9.A. Before B. As soon as C. Until D. Since

10.A. came B. answered C. said D. played

11.A. speak B. say C. tell D. talk

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