1.The man shows great i________ in music. He ...

1.The man shows great i________ in music. He enjoys it very much.

2.The funny story makes lots of people 1________.

3.The word “unhappy” m___________ “not happy”.

4.Sometimes James and his father have____________(相反的）views.

5.The boy is very serious about__________(功课）. He is a good student.

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There was a very rich man named John. He gave a great puzzle (迷语)to the people in the town.

In his house, he had a very large room. “If anyone of you can fill my room within one day, I will give you 100,000 dollars.” Everyone in the town wanted to try.

The first man tried to fill the room with stones. At the end of the day, he was very tired, but the room was still empty.

The second man tried to fill the room with wood. He worked all day, but the room was not full. “That room is too big,’’ he said. “No one can do this.”

The third man said, “I can do it. It’s easy.” Everyone laughed. They thought he could not do it. Then, the man went to the park and played all day. His friend said, “Why are you playing? You should be working.’’ The man said, “I can do it. Don’t worry.’’ At 8 o’clock at night，the man came to the room with a small bag. The rich man said, “Haha...that bag is too small. It cannot fill the room.’’The man reached into the bag and took out a candle. He lit(点亮）the candle and said, “You see，the whole room is filled with light!”

1.How much would John give to the man who worked out the puzzle?(根据短文内容回答问题）

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2.Did the second man fill the room within one day?(根据短文内容回答问题）

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3.How did the third man fill the room?(根据短文内容回答问题）

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4.从短文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最相近的单词。

He worked all day, but the room was not full. _____________________

5.In the passage, the underlined word “It’’ refers to ______________.

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根据句意及首字母提示完成句子。（每空一词）

1.He likes music very much so he wants to be a m_______ in the future.

2.It’s n_________ for us to have breakfast.

3.Sun Yang is the most s___________ Chinese male swimmer..

4.F_______, they won the basketball. All of them were very happy.

5.Everyone knows the song. It’s p_________ all over the world.

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---Tim played the guiter very well in the school talent show.

---I think so.He practices________it every day.

A.play　　　　 B.playing　　　　 C.to play　　　 D. plays

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A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening, because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were these words: “Four hours from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “Before 5:00 p.m. I get 10 shillings (先令)an hour and after 5:00 p.m. 15 shillings.”

1.The actress bought a house in the center of the city because ________.

2. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress ________.

3. The actress got the painter’s bill ________.

4.It can be learned from the text that one pound is ________ shillings.

5.What kind of man was the painter?

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Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Country music is a mixture of music from all of these places.

In the American West, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee with lots of caffeine to stay awake at night. He also sang music to the cattle to make them quiet. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They did not run away if he sang beautiful and peaceful music.

In the American South, many people came from Ireland, Scotland, and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. They used guitars, violins and harmonicas, too. They also added instruments from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving Day, they usually sang and played country music.

Country music describes life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Also, many country music fans wear Western clothes and dance together to country music. Many bands all over the world now perform country music.

根据短文内容，判断正 (T) 误 (F) 。

1.Country music came from the American West and the American South.

2.Many fans like to dance to country music.

3.Cowboys always stayed alone in the desert.

4.Country singers sing about unusual ideas.

5.The cattle became calm when they listened to the cowboy's songs.

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I think the talent show last Sunday was very_________.All of us enjoyed it.

A. famous　　 B. unlucky　　 C. meaningless　　 D. successful

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—The show was really a great _____;

—That's true. People all liked it very much.

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A woman was at the cinema, and she was enjoying the film very much. But there was a man in the next seat, and he began looking on the floor under him. The woman was angry and whispered, “What are you doing there? What are you looking for?” “A piece of hard chocolate（巧克力）,”the man whispered to her, “I dropped it on the floor.” “A piece of chocolate?” the woman said angrily, “It’s dirty now! Take this and be quiet, please! I’m listening to the film!” She gave the man a big piece of chocolate.“But,” the man said, “my teeth are in the piece on the floor!”

1.The woman was _________.

A. watching a TV play                　　     B. listening to the music　

C. watching a football match                D. seeing a film

2.The man sat _________ the woman.

A. behind        B. in front of    C. next to    D. far from

3.The woman was angry because _________.　

A. the man spoke loudly

B. the man didn’t talk to her

C. she dropped a piece of chocolate

D. she couldn’t listen to the film clearly

4.The word “whisper” means “speak in a _________ voice”.

A. low        B. loud        C. pleasant    D. big

5.In fact the man was busy looking for his _________.

A. glasses        B. teeth        C. ticket        D. Wallet

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Everyone enjoys music. But do you know it can improve the lives of sick kids? __57___ In fact, music has changed the world a lot. In Australia , a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program.  ___58___ “Music can make you happy, music can make you sad, music can make you relaxed and take away any stress (压力) ，”said Catherine.

For thousands of years people has believed that music has a great effect on both the mind and the body, but it was only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical（医学） benefits（益处）. ___59____ Since then, people has began to use music to help patients. People even used it to help kids in schools get better marks.

Now music is being used in a special programme called Music Therapy (疗法). It helps people improve their quality of life in many different ways by using music. Sophia is 11. She got cancer (癌症) five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing have become a part of life. She said, “It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. ___60____”

It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away!

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