Since the 1950s, most of the stars of pop mus...

Since the 1950s, most of the stars of pop music have come from Britain and America. However, in the last ten years, when many different kinds of music have established themselves on the pop scene, more and more stars have come from other countries.

Pop music changes all the time and new stars appear and become famous. For a musician to stay popular and still produced good, original music over a long period of time, is a sign of true star.

Most stars start their careers in a simple way---playing in unknown night clubs or dance-hall where people want to dance to the music, not listen to it. They may have continued doing this for many years until they get a “break”---a chance to perform in a well–known place or get a recording contract. To become a star is the aim of every singer or musician and the dream of many a pop-crazy teenager.

However a group or star makes it to the top, they can be sure that their lives will change once they are successful. Ordinary teenagers living at home with their parents may suddenly find themselves rich enough to buy their own houses. An established superstar may be able to buy several.

Despite the large amount of money that are earned, life at the top is not easy for many stars. The pop scene is hard work and many stars need to spend a lot of time away from home. For a lot of them, this means they have no home life and their personal relationships suffer. Despite great public success, life at the top can be very lonely.

1.Since the 1950s, most of the stars of pop music have come from _________.

A. America     B. America and Britain    C. America and Europe    D. other countries

2.According to the passage, a “break” may mean a chance to ______.

perform in a well-known concert

C. play in dance-halls      B. get a recording contract

D. meet a lot of pop-crazy teenagers

3.If a star becomes successful, he ______ according to the passage.

A. will have an easy life because of the larger amount of money earned

B. may have a happy home life and good person relationships

C. will live at home with their parents    D. may have a lonely life

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Since the 1950s, most of the stars of pop music have come from Britain and America．Howver, in the last ten years, when many different kinds of music have established themselves on the pop scene, more and more stars have come from other countries．

Pop music changes all the time and new stars appear and become famous．For a musician to stay popular and still produced good, original music over a long period of time, is a sign of true star．

Most stars start their careers in a simple way---- playing in unknown night clubs or dance-hall where people want to dance to the music, not listen to it．They may have continued doing this for many years untill they get a “break”---- a chance to perform in a well –known place or get a recording contract．To become a star is the aim of every singer or musician and the dream of many a pop-crazy teenager．

However a group or star makes it to the top, they can be sure that their lives will change once they are successful．Ordinary teenagers living at home with their parents may suddenly find themselves rich enough to buy their own houses．An established superstar may be able to buy several．

Despite the large amount of money that are earned, life at the top is not easy for many stars．．The pop scene is hard work and many stars need to spend a lot of time away from home．For a lot of them, this means they have no home life and their personal relationships suffer．Despite great public success, life at the top can be very lonely．

1.Since the 1950s,most of the stars of pop music have come from______．

A．America                                B．America and Britain

C．America and Europe                      D．other countries

2.According to the passage， a “break” may mean a chance to ______．

A．perform in a well-known concert                                     B．get a recording contract

C．play in dance-halls                   D．meet a lot of pop-crazy teenagers

3.If a star becomes successful,．he ______ according to the passage．

A．will live at home with their parents

B．will have an easy life because of the larger amount of money earned

C．may have a happy home life and good person relationships

D．may have a lonely life

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Since the 1950s, most of the stars of pop music have come from Britain and America. Howver, in the last ten years, when many different kinds of music have established themselves on the pop scene, more and more stars have come from other countries.

Pop music changes all the time and new stars appear and become famous. For a musician to stay popular and still produced good, original music over a long period of time, is a sign of true star.

Most stars start their careers in a simple way---- playing in unknown night clubs or dance-hall where people want to dance to the music, not listen to it. They may have continued doing this for many years untill they get a “break”---- a chance to perform in a well –known place or get a recording contract. To become a star is the aim of every singer or musician and the dream of many a pop-crazy teenager.

However a group or star makes it to the top, they can be sure that their lives will change once they are successful. Ordinary teenagers living at home with their parents may suddenly find themselves rich enough to buy their own houses. An established superstar may be able to buy several.

Despite the large amount of money that are earned, life at the top is not easy for many stars.. The pop scene is hard work and many stars need to spend a lot of time away from home. For a lot of them, this means they have no home life and their personal relationships suffer. Despite great public success, life at the top can be very lonely.

1.Since the 1950s,most of the stars of pop music have come from______.

2.According to the passage， a “break” may mean a chance to ______.

3.If a star becomes successful,.he ______ according to the passage.

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The music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks, 1.____ it doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very 2._____(skill)songwriting technique (技巧),” writes Leah Greenblatt with Entertainment Weekly.

Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used to 3._____(write) about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is always 4.___ true and honest. They seem like stories from 5._____ diary and that certainly helps 　 Swift attract her audience.

She 6.____(sell) more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s self-titled debut (首张专辑) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever to 7.______(name) Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly, there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, 8._____ came out late last month, where she again returned 9._____ her own life for material. “The 14 songs are all about the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and10.______(crazy),” says Swift. “So I’ve written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18, 19 and 20.”

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Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. The US is well known for jazz (爵士乐), which has gained world-wide popularity.

In contrast to classical (古典的) music, which follows formal European traditions, jazz is natural and free-form. It is full of energy, expressing the moods, interests, and feelings of the people. It has a modern sound that makes people very excited. In the 1920s jazz sounded like America. And So it does today.

The origins of this music are as interesting as the music itself. Jazz was produced by American blacks, who were brought to the Southern States as slaves. They were sold to plantation owners (种植园主) and forced to work long hours in the cotton and tobacco fields. This work was hard and life was short. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives formed a group to carry the body to the cemetery.

A band often went with them. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow and sad music. But on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Everybody was happy. Death had removed one of their members, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played happy music, which made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

Music has always been important in their lives. Coming mainly from West Africa, the black men who were brought to America already possessed a rich musical tradition. This music centered on religious ceremonies (宗教的仪式) in which dancing, singing, clapping and stamping (顿足) to the beat of a drum were important forms of musical expression. As these people settled in to their fields, they made up work songs. Singing made the hard work go faster.

Another musical form that helped to develop jazz was the blues. Blues songs always describe something sad — an unhappy love affair, a money problem, bad luck. To this day, the expression “feeling blue” means being sad.

1.Through jazz, people can express______.

2.Which of the following is true according to the text?

3.The underlined sentence “Spirits lilted,” suggested that______.

4.What should be the best tide for this passage?

A. A Light Music.

B. Black men’s Music.

C. The Origin of the Jazz Music.

D. The Popular Music—Jazz in the U.S.A.

5.Why did the band play happy music on the way home from the cemetery?

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What kind of music do you like 1.　 (good)? My 2.(favour) is pop music. It really took off in the 1950s, when the electric guitar 3.(invent). When someone had the bright idea of putting a microphone inside the guitar, a whole new range 4. sounds became possible. The origins of pop music lie in jazz—a type of music which became 5.(increase) popular among young people. The first real pop superstar is Elvis Presley, 6. king of rock music. He was 7.(follow) in the 1960s and 70s by the rock supergroups. And I was still a little child when the Beatles had the first hit of 688.(their). It was amazing! Suddenly, pop music came to life and everyone wanted to be part of it. After the Beatles came the heavy rock: the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Queen, and then rock music 699.(spread) across the world. Young people 10. live in the countries as far apart as Canada and Japan have been influenced by American and British pop music for over 40 years now.

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Bob could have seen the famous pop star ______ yesterday morning.

A．did he come       B．if he came         C．had he come       D．if he should come

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What's your favorite type of music? Most people may prefer rock and roll, pop or jazz. These types are most publicized by television and the radio. Country music now would seem to mistakenly belong to the category of rock or pop. Publicity of this category started to drop only after the year 2000; however, it did have its peak years just before falling down.

What people may not know is that this type of music inspired(促成) rock and roll especially with one of the most important figures in music history-Elvis Presley-who is known as the 6/King of Rock and Roll". Elvis used to be very famous at a radio program which broadcast country music back in the late 1940- s.　 Country music is influenced by jazz and blues. Rock music is also influenced by jazz and blues so that they may even seem similar.

Nowadays, country music is closely related to pop music due to artists' preference and popular demand. Starting from the 1980's it slowly divided itself into New and Old Country Music. Legends like Johnny Cash began to slip away because the new understanding of country music actually contains pop and his music just doesn't fit the category. Fortunately, country music is still heavily promoted through websites and reviews.

Certain types of music nowadays are linked with different age groups. Classical for the people in the mid 19th century, pop in the 1920's, and then there's country music. All these types continue to grow and modernize while still appealing to certain age groups.　 More modern country music compositions tend to become different in their own ways which makes it even harder to identify them as country music while they, again, remain appealing only to certain age groups. Active promoters of country music videos, however, seem to appeal to a large number of age groups especially those active in Australia, for as long as country music isn't mixed with other types, it will eventually regain its charm as music for all ages.

1.It can be learned from the first paragraph that country music____.

A. is most publicized by television and the radio

B. used to be liked by more people compared to jazz

C. has become less popular since the year 2000

D. should be included in the category of rock or pop

2.What is the relationship between rock music and country music?

A. Both types influenced the formation of rock and roll.

B. Presley turned pop music into country music.

C. They are both influenced by jazz and blues.

D. The use of the same instruments makes them sound similar.

3.Some legends of country music began to slip away because____.

A. their songs totally changed the style of country music

B. they began to work on pop music for more profits

C. there is no marketing space for country music anymore

D. they can't meet the popular demands on country music

4.The author seems to believe that____.

A. country music should keep its own style to attract more listeners

B. it's necessary for country music to be mixed with other types

C. only a certain age group of people will like country music in the future

D. common characteristics can be found in all modern music

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Most of us have looked up at the stars that fill the night sky and wondered whether we’re alone in the universe. Indeed, the question of whether there’ s life out there has been something humankind ’s been asking itself for countless years. But thanks to China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the answer to this question may come a lot sooner than we expected.

The telescope has a huge round reflector, which measures 500 meters across and has a perimeter（周长）of 1.6 kilometers. Because of its great size, it would have been both difficult and inefficient to get FAST to move like a regular telescope. Instead, FAST’s designers came up with a great solution: its surface is made up of 4450 panels which can be individually adjusted. This clever design feature allows scientists to detect radio signals from any angle with a great degree of accuracy. “Panels can change their positions through connected wires and parallel （关联的） robots. We can control their position with an accuracy of 1 mm,” Zheng Yuanpeng, chief engineer of the telescope’s panel project, told Xinhua News Agency.

FAST’s engineers also had the task of finding a suitable location. As any interference would affect its ability to detect distant radio waves, it needed to be built in a remote area. Luckily, the perfect spot was found in the beautiful mountains of Guizhou Province. “There are three hills about 500 meters away from one another, creating a valley that is perfect to support the telescope," Sun Caihong, chief engineer of FAST’ s construction, told Xinhua.

And although it wasn’t yet fully operated, FAST had already made great discoveries by October 2017. Since 1967, only around 2000 pulsars （脉冲星） have been discovered, yet FAST had detected six more by October 2017. Once FAST is fully up and running, we may finally have the answer to one of the biggest questions in history.

1.What is the purpose of mentioning the question in Paragraph 1?

A.To introduce the new giant telescope.

B.To explain why there is life in universe.

C.To remind readers to think about the life in space.

D.To emphasize the question that should be answered.

2.What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A.The telescope is made up of many panels.

B.The area of FAST is about 800 square kilometers.

C.The engineer can handle FAST’s position accurately.

D.The individual panel helps scientists catch radio signals.

3.Why was FAST built in Guizhou?

A.Because Guizhou is a remote province.

B.Because Guizhou has an ideal valley.

C.Because Guizhou has beautiful mountains.

D.Because Guizhou has the ability to build it.

4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A.FAST’s timeline. B.FAST’s future.

C.FAST’s operation. D.FAST’s discoveries.

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Sales of CDs have declined dramatically since the early 2010s, when people ______ to enjoy music downloaded from the internet.

A. have begun.　　 B. began.　　 C. begin.　　 D. would begin.

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