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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 【小题1】 ”. Every c 【小题2】 has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g 【小题3】 of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o 【小题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 【小题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 【小题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 【小题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 【小题8】 is equal.
Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l 【小题9】 on. His music is an important part of American h 【小题10】 and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.
More than 50,000,000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in. They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.
When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1,000,000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200,000.
The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil. They have lived in the rainforest for about 10,000 years and they use more than 2,000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and suddenly 45,000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made more than a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new diseases came to the forest with the strangers.
The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.
Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. “I want the Amazon forest to help all of us-forest people Brazil, and all the Earth,” he said. A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.
In Borneo, people were cutting down the forest of the Penan people to sell the wood. The Penan people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades across the roads into the forest. In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.
In Panama, the Kuna people saved their forest. They made a forest park which tourists pay to visit.
The Gavioes people of Brazil use the forest, but they protect it as well. They find and sell the Brazil nuts(坚果) which grow on the forest trees.
【小题1】The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was _______ of that in1900.
| A.half | B.one-third | C.two-fifths | D.one-fifth |
| A.pick fruits and kill animals to eat |
| B.use plants for food and medicine |
| C.have lived there for about ten thousand years |
| D.made the roads and the airports |
| A.carry away the gold conveniently |
| B.make people there live a better life |
| C.stop spreading the new diseases |
| D.develop the tourism(旅游业) there |
| A.包围 | B.障碍 | C.街区 | D.通道 |
| A.we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees |
| B.the rainforest people have done something to protect their home |
| C.to humans, gold is more important than trees |
| D.we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals |
Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:
Education
School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can’t afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don’t have to pay for school.
For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children’s time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there’s cleaning , washing and helping Mum with the meal.
Daily fun
It’s not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 绳子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa.
Internet
It’s really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均的) monthly pay per person.
Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.
Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
【小题1】 The underlined word "Chores" probably means
| A.网上冲浪 | B.家务杂活 | C.体育活动 | D.家庭作业 |
| A.do not need money to play |
| B.can play all kinds of ball games |
| C.don’t like to go to school |
| D.don’t like to do their homework |
| A.education in Africa |
| B.children’s school life in Africa |
| C.the Internet in Africa |
| D.children’s daily life in Africa |
| A.basketball is popular among children |
| B.children in Africa have to pay for school |
| C.some children in Africa have to take two foreign language classes |
| D.people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries |
短文填空。从下面方框中选出10个单词,用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内,使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。按编号将答案依次填人题后的表格内。(共10小题,每小题1分;计10分)
The verb“chat”means to talk(to someone)in a friendly,informal(非正式的)way.Today there are many 1 on the Internet where you can chat.You can chat with people all over the world,in many languages and about many subjects or topics.These places 2 “chatroom”.Sometimes you need to register(注册)to enter a chatroom.You need to provide a username and possibly your e-mail 3 .Your username does not have to be your 4 name.It can be any name you want.When you have your usemame,other people in the chatroom will call you by that name and 5 else can use it.
Chatting is a good way to 6 your informal English.Messages in a chatroom are usually short sentences.Sometimes 7 are not even sentences, 8 just a few words that are not really grammatically correct.It’s a typical way in which we speak in a 9 conversation with friends.To save time,people often use abbreviations like TTYL(talk to you later)or IDK(I don’t know).So don’t go to a chatroom to practice“perfect”English.Go to a chatroom to practice informal English and find new 10 .You can even use a chatroom to help improve your typing skills if you want.
根据短文内容和所给的首字母,完成下列句子。
Tom and David live in the same building and they’re in the same class. It’s a little far from their school. David has a bike, but Tom doesn’t have one. He has to get up early in the morning. After breakfast he goes to the bus stop quickly. Sometimes there’re many people in the bus and he can’t find a seat for himself. When he gets to the classroom, he’s tired. So he asked his father to buy a bike for him. The worker is not rich enough and didn’t agree. The boy began to cry sadly and he had to say, “Well. I’ll buy a bike for you next term.”
Tom is very happy. But he must learn to ride it. It’s Saturday today and the boy helped his mother with some washing and cleaning this morning. After lunch he went to David’s and Mrs. White opened the door.
“Can David come out and play with me?” asked the boy.
“I’m sorry, but he’s asleep now.” answered the woman.
“Then can his bike come out and play with me?” he asked hopefully.
【小题1】David is Tom’s c____________.
【小题2】Tom’s father is p___________, so the boy has no bike.
【小题3】Tom goes to school by b___________.
【小题4】Tom helped his mother with some h____________ this morning.
【小题5】Tom went to David’s to b___________ his bike.
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