9. They are        (企图) to climb the steepest part of the mountain.

8. I'm not going to let anyone else pack my china;it's much too       (易碎的) 

6. Evidence came up that        (特定的) speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old

2. As traffic grew,the c        wisdom was that roads should be widened to make room

1. The museum has several lifesized s        of people and animals.

3. Because of their small size,such planes e        couldn't carry enough food or fuel for a long trip.

4. About thirty Chinese children a       by North American families have returned to China "to search for their roots" so far.

5. What a c        it is that the new couple were born in the same year and on the same day.

Although Zhang Bichen,a 25-year-old songstress with a power?ful yet delicate voice,took the crown of The Voice of China in 2014? runnerup Parhat Halik,32. seems to have impressed more of the au?dience with his husky (沙ft的) ,natural and,most of all,distin?guished sound.

Despite his unmistakable voice,Parhat Halik's music is also special. General?ly,it's rock―but influenced and mixed by different styles within the genre. Read on and find out where Halik's music gets its inspiration.

Blues rock

 Representative artists：Guns N' Roses,The Rolling Stones,John Mayer Blues rock 

combines improvisation (即兴创作) with rock 'n' roll style. It be?gan to develop in the mid-1960s in Britain and the US,when rock bands such as the Rolling Stones experimented with music from older African American blues musici?ans. It borrows the idea of instrumental combo (小型爵士乐队) from blues but is played at a faster tempo and louder volume,distinguishing it from the blues. The sound is created with the electric guitar,piano,bass and drums.

As the root for several contemporary rock styles,such as heavy metal and hard rock,blues rock had a rebirth in the early 2000s,with artists including John Mayer and The Black Keys.

Folk rock

 Representative artists： Bob Dylan,Simon &. Garfunkel,The Byrds As the name indicates,folk rock is a genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. Also developed in the mid-1960s,folk rock was pioneered by the US band The Byrds,who began playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylanpenned material with rock instruments,in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands.

The genre was most popular among teenagers and college students at the time,because it includes both rock 'n' roll's free spirit and the more serious,culturally authentic and socially aware sounds of folk music.

Soft rock

 Representative artists： Bryan Adams,Eagles,Elton John,James Blunt Compared to hard rock's loud and aggressive nature,soft rock,or light rock,uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer and less threatening sound. De?rived from folk rock,it uses acoustic instruments (原声乐器) and puts more empha?sis on melody and harmony.

Although the genre gets quite a bad name among hardcore rock fans,who see it as "wimpy"(软弱无力) ，it doesn't mean soft rock is without merit (优点) .Soft rock songs often deal with themes like romantic relationships and everyday life in a thoughtful and complex way that hard rock simply couldn't.

1. Which of the artists played traditional folk music and Bob Dylanpenned material with rock instruments first?

   A. The Beatles. B. The Byrds. C. Eagles. D. Guns N' Roses.

2. We can learn from the passage that .

   A. the Rolling Stones ignored African American musicians' work

   B. soft rock focuses more on melody and culture awareness

   C. blues rock gained a second birth in the 2000s

   D. all the three rock styles developed in America

3. What is hardcore rock fans' attitude towards soft rock?

   A. They quite admire it. B. They can hardly tolerate it.

   C. They are indifferent to it. D. They misunderstand it.

4. What's the main purpose of the text?

   A. To help readers become rock 'n' roll artists.

   B. To inform the readers of the result of The Voice of China

   C. To introduce some common rock music to the readers.

A lecture was delivered two years ago by Jeff Bezos,founder and CEO of Amazon,com. Bezos is nothing if not a master of 1       —he has built his company,and his fortune,on the rise of the Internet and his own 2       . But he spoke that day not about computing power or brainpower,but about his grandmother—and what he learned 3        he made her cry.

Even as a 10-year-old boy,it turns out,Bezos had a steeltrap mind and a 4       for crunching numbers. During a summer road trip with his grandparents,young Jeff 5        his grandmother's smoking in the car—and 6       to do something about it. From the backseat,he 7       how many cigarettes per day his grandmother smoked,how many puffs she took per cigarette,the health risk of each puff,and 8       to her with great fanfare, "You've taken nine years 9        your life!"

Bezos' calculations may have been 10       ―but the reaction was not what he ex?pected. His grandmother burst into tears. His grandfather 11        the car off to the side of the road and asked young Jeff to 12       . And then his grandfather taught him a lesson: "My grandfather looked at me and after a bit of 13, he gently and calmly said, 'Jeff,one day you'll understand that it's harder to be 14        than clever. '”

That's a lesson I wish more business people understood.  So by all means,15       your people to embrace technology,get great at business analytics,and otherwise 16.        the efficiency of everything they do.  But just make sure all their 17        doesn't come at the expense of their  humanity.  Small gestures can send big 18        about who we are,what we care about? and why people should want to 19        with us. It's harder and more 20        to be kind than clever.

1. A. history   B. literature   C. culture   D. technology

2. A. wisdom   B. experience   C. adventure   D. experiment

3. A. why   B. when   C. whether   D. how

4. A. passion   B. plan   C. sense   D. hope

5. A. got the hang of   B. got along with   C. got away with   D. got fed up with

6. A. promised   B. pretended   C. remembered   D. decided

7. A. thought   B. calculated   C. imagined   D. guessed

8. A. announced   B. suggested   C. referred   D. devoted

9. A. up   B. for   C. off   D. in

10. A. careless   B. necessary   C. wrong   D. accurate

11. A. directed   B. pulled   C. ordered   D. guided

12. A. set out   B. leave out   C. step out   D. look out

13. A. silence   B. hesitation   C. struggle   D. attempt

14. A. loyal   B. honest   C. generous   D. kind

15. A. force   B. forbid

   C. encourage   D. persuade

16. A. adjust   B. decrease   C. harm   D. improve

17. A. knowledge   B. wealth

   C. skill   D. efficiency

18. A. signs   B. marks   C. signals   D. symbols

19. A. compete   B. fight   C. play   D. work

20. A. important   B. difficult   C. ridiculous   D. fortunate