Different sounds make the whole world more lovely, especially the sound of music I like music of all kinds and I enjoy doing work，even hard work with beautiful music around me．

    When I was in the country of America in i988，and that was about more than twenty years ago，I did many things．But one thing that I can’t forget is that I just fell in love with the different kinds of American songs as soon as I got there，folk（民间的）songs，country songs，and western songs。It was the first time for me to listen to real American songs．So I bought a walkman（随身听）and listened to the songs whenever I had free time．There were no mp3s or mp4s，not to say mp5s in those days And American people were just beginning to use computers and they were not popular then．So I recorded （录制）some of my favorite songs on some cassette tapes to take back home a year later．Believe it or not．I learnt to sing some American popular songs myself at the time．From listening to the songs and singing them I not only improved my English，but also I got to know more about the life of American people．I really killed two birds with one stone! I’m really happy because I can listen to all kinds of songs very easily from the Internet now．I’m sure I will live，listening to American songs all my life

1．Where did the writer go in the year of 1988?

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2．How many kinds of songs are talked about in the article?

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3．Why did the writer buy a walkman when he was in America?

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4．Why did he record some Songs on cassette tapes?

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5．Can you try to put the sentence“ I really killed-two birds with one stone’’ into Chinese?

同学们，快来参加学校组织的英语讲演比赛吧!题目是“My Good Friend”。

   要求：1、你朋友的名字叫王海；

         2、内容包括王海的性格、外貌、爱好、上学方式和经常做的事情等；

         3、词数：60—80。（短文的开头已给出）

My Good Friend

Hello everyone．_______________________________________________________________

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We have only one each．So it is everyone’s __________to protect it．

A．job           B．work           C．duty           D．idea

She is a very kind person She thinks of________more than herself

A．other           B．others          C．the other        D．the other

__________their sunrise，Jim failed the exam．

A．To        B．For         C．In         D．With

My grandma’s bag is big enough and it seems that it can ______hold everything you need．

A．hardly          B．exactly          C．really         D．possibly

He usually sleeps with the window open________ it is very cold．

A．because            B．if             C．while         D．unless

--Cathy’s parents have bought her a new house with a swimming pool．

--Really? It __________be very expensive．

-A．can’t           B．mustn’t            C．must           D．can

--Why didn’t you open the door for me?

--Sorry．I_________ TV and didn’t hear the door bell．

A．was watching        B．am watching        C．watched        D．watch

--Look at the sign on the wall Smoking_________ here．

--Oh．I’m sorry．

A．doesn’t allow        B．isn’t allowed       C．is allowed        D．allows