词汇应用(每小题1分，共10分)
【小题1】France is a beautiful               (west) country.
【小题2】Liu Qian is a                (magic). He is from Taiwan.
【小题3】Which is               (deep) salt lake in the world.
【小题4】She                    (not read) this book before
【小题5】My grandpa is three times              (old) than me.
【小题6】The story was interesting . We couldn’t stop              (laugh).
【小题7】She was attracted by the                  (beautiful) of nature.
【小题8】Have you ever              (write) a novel?
【小题9】Many people didn’t know the              (重要性) of health until they got seriously ill.
【小题10】Neither of you           (be) right.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.
In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert (荒野) with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. 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 didn’t run away if he sang beautiful songs.
In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.
American country music describes (描写) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.
【小题1】The passage is about ________.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.

In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert (荒野) with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. 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 didn’t run away if he sang beautiful songs.

In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.

American country music describes (描写) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.

1.The passage is about ________.

         A. the cowboy’s life

B. the life in America

         C. American country music

         D. the people who lives in America, Canada, Ireland, and Britain

2.The word “cattle” means “________” in the passage.

       A. 牛         B. 小羊        C. 小马        D. 鹿

3.What was a cowboy’s life like?

         A. Lonely.              B. Very interesting

       C. Dangerous.        D. A and C.

4.Why didn’t the cattle run away when a cowboy sang beautiful songs?

       A. Because the cattle knew he didn’t leave them.

       B. Because the cattle enjoyed the music so much that they went to sleep.

         C. Because he didn’t let them go.

         D. Because he was very bad.

5.What does American country music describe?

         A. Love.                B. Money.       

         C. Jobs.                        D. Life.