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Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p 1.”. Every c 2. has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g 3. of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o 4. that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l 5. and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.

Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p 6. with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.

In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p 7. during this period.

In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e 8. is equal.

Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l 9. on. His music is an important part of American h 10. and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.

 

根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词填空，使短文完整、连贯。

　　best, cause, either, everything, friendship, plenty, take, true, though, with

　　In today's world many people seem to be hungry for money. Money does have its good effect on the poor. But even if a person has already got (1.) of money, it doesn't mean he has got (2.)　

　　If money were everything, all millionaires (百万富翁) would have real love, true 3., good health and a long life. However, this is not always 4..

　　No other three words are more pleasant (令人愉快的) than "I love you". But can love be bought? I'm afraid not. Love means to give, not to (5.. To each person, health and a long life are probably the 6.things. Well, can health and a long life be bought 7.money? Of course not. True friendship can't be bought, 8..

　　As we see around, if money is cared for too much, it can 9.brothers to quarrel, lovers to hate and marriage to end. Even 10.you have much money, it is still not enough to make you a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

 

Before I even started school, people felt that I was not going to amount to much. At the age of four, I started speech lessons because even I could not speak well enough to be understood.
First grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn't do it. My parents grew more and more frustrated. They bought books and offered great rewards if I could read one of them from start to finish to them. Well, with my speech problems and now my reading problems, I did not like to do reading and so refused to do it whenever possible.
Second grade was not much better. It was in the second grade that the teacher decided that I needed special education. I remember the days of taking the physical exams. However, after all that, they decided that I did not qualify for special education.
It was in third grade that a new school was built close to where I lived. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could transfer(转学). It was a happy day that we started school at Vandalia. However, things did not get better as my parent expected.
It was now time for fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel upset. Instead, she helped me in so many ways and built my self-confidence so that I actually did believe that I could do something special. And that is just what I did.
For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefield's influence in my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome and become someone. I have won a large number of awards but I know that all of them belong to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.
I still have a class picture of her with her fifth grade class hanging on the wall of my office, encouraging other teachers to reach out to their students.
【小题1】 What does the underlined phrase “amount to much” mean in Paragraph l?

A．get rich.	B．get successful.
C．get recovered.	D．become healthy.

【小题2】From the second paragraph we know that______________.

A．the writer's parents lost confidence in the writer completely

B．the writer's speech problems didn’t stop him from reading

C．the writer's parents tried many things to encourage him

D．the writer couldn't improve his speech ability from reading

【小题3】What can we infer from the passage?

A．The writer’s parents believed he could get improved in his speech ability.

B．The new school was not far away from where they lived.

C．The teachers in the new school were gold stars

D．The writer himself wanted to transfer to a new school.

【小题4】In which grade did the turning point in writer's life appear?

A．In Grade Two.	B．In Grade Three
C．In Grade Four	D．In Grade Five

【小题5】.What can we learn from the passage?

A．A good teacher is hard to find in our lives.

B．Many students have speech difficulties,

C．Confidence is very important in one's life

D．Different teaching methods work the same