(   ) 4. The little dog is        cute        we all love it right away.

   A. such;that   B. so;as

   C. so;that   D. too;to

(   ) 3. After practising training for a long time,Lisa can run        me.

   A. as fast as   B. as good as

   C. so fast as   D. as slow as

(   ) 2. Meng meng ran out of the room at once without        a word when she heard the bad news (消息) .

   A. speaking   B. saying   C. speak   D. to talk

(   ) 1. After reading the article about smoking,Li Liang decided        smoking.

   A. on beginning   B. to begin   C. on giving up   D. to give up

5. Mozart could write music when he was four. He was really an a        musician.

4. S        on his face show he is friendly to you.

3. Every student should take n        carefully in class.

2. The Great Wall is one of the eight greatest w        in the world.

1. Yao Ming began to play basketball at the a        of four.

 Every student inAmericalikes popular music. Students carry small radios (收音机) with earphones (耳机) and listen to music before class,after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers (扬声器) and play the music as they drive on the street.

  Adult (成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news (新闻) about sports,the weather,the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes (节目) are music.

  Pop music singers make much money. Once the popular singer is famous all over the country,young people buy his or her tapes (磁带) .Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or her.

  There are other kinds of music. They are important to Americans. One is folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is western (西部的) or country music. This kind of songs started by cowboys (牛仔) .They would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today,any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl we call western or country music.

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(   ) 1. When do students inAmericalisten to pop music?

   A. Only after class.

   B. Only at home.

   C. Only when they are driving.

   D. Before class,after class and at lunch.

(   ) 2. How do adult drivers inAmericalisten to music while driving?

   A. On the car radio.

   B. By cellphone.

   C. By CD player.

   D. By small radios with earphones.

(   ) 3. Who wants to meet pop singers when they are famous?

   A. Students.

   B. Adult drivers.

   C. All the young people.

   D. All girls.

(   ) 4. What is western music about?

   A. The common life of Americans.

   B. The love between a country boy and his girl.

   C. The city life.

   D. The life of working people.

(   ) 5. How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in the passage? 

     A. 2.   B. 3.   C. 4.   D. 5.