Famous Museums

Traffic rules help to keep order on the road. They also help to keep people   26  . The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to   27   as the driver of a car. You should walk on the sidewalk(人行道) or at the side of the road. Always look   28   before you walk across the street.

If you like riding a bike, don’t ride in the middle of the road or run   29   red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around or talk.If you drive a car, you should   30   at the traffic lights. You must always   31   a seat belt(安全带). Without belts   32   the driver and the passengers may be badly hurt in a sudden accident.

You may not need to take a bus, but   33   if you have to travel in one. Get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a   34  . When it is full, don’t try to get inside   35   you may fall off.

Traffic rules are also called Road Safety rules. The maxim(格言) for all road users is “Thinking about others”.

1.A. healthy            B. safe            C. happy            D. careful

2.A. follow             B. make            C. break            D. pass

3. A. happy             B. happily         C. careful          D. carefully

4.A. through            B. across          C. along            D. around

5.A. speed up           B. go ahead        C. get off          D. slow down

6.A. take               B. wear            C. carry            D. bring

7. A. half              B. none            C. both             D. all

8. A. look around  B. take care           C. take a seat      D. look back

9.A. sign               B. stop            C. corner           D. crossing

10. A. and  B. so   C. or   D. but

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【小题1】As one of the largest museums in the world, British Museum is in _______.
A. Beijing  B. London  C. New York
【小题2】 New York Museum is America’s largest museum on American _______.
A. buildings  B. collections  C. history
【小题3】The Palace Museum, which is in the center of Beijing, is also called “Forbidden City(紫禁城)”in China. It lies in _______.
A. Chang’an Street  B. New Oxford Street  C. Chestnut Street
【小题4】 According to the form, if you want to see ancient Chinese collections, you can visit _______ at most.
A. one museum  B. two museums  C. three museums
【小题5】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?
A. Each ticket for the Palace Museum costs the same in the whole year.
B. You don’t have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday.
C. British Museum lies in Chestnut Street, London.

Hip hop or rap (说唱） music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of  hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the  rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .

Rapping in class.

Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”

Whose idea was Flocabulary?

Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学）. They are now used in schools with great success .

1.Rap music started  _____ in New York city .

A．in the 1970s                           B．In a high school

C．in the 19 th century .                     D．In a music class .

2.From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _____ .

A．Write rap music .                       B．Sing a song by talking

C．Remember the words of a song .            D．help teach some school subjects.

3.The underlined word  positive  in paragraph 2 most probably means _____ 

A．bad              B．good             C．final              D．direct

4.Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _____ .

A．maths            B．science           C．history            D．literature

True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用"T"表示，不符合的用"F"表示）：（7分）

Richard is an exchange student from the USA. He is teaching his friends at Rose Garden School how to play Softball. He is explaining the rules.

Richard:     First, we need a bat, a ball and some bases.

Ben:        What are bases?

Richard:     They are flat squares that show you where to run. After you hit the ball, you have to run around the bases.

If you stand on a base, you are safe. If you are running to a base, and the other team touches the base with the ball, then you are out.

Jennifer:     Oh, I see. How would I hit the ball?

Richard:     Have you seen baseball on television?

Jennifer:     I have.

Richard:     Well, Softball is like baseball, only the ball is bigger and softer too.

Jennifer:     Do you like volleyball? I love it.

Richard:     I like to play beach volleyball. It's different from volleyball.

Ben:        How?

Richard:     In beach volleyball, you only have two people on each team and the court is smaller.                                                                         

Jennifer:     Do you play on the beach?

Richard:     Yes. It’s good because if you dive for the ball, you don’t hurt yourself.

Ben:        Do you play football at your school?

Richard:     Which kind of football?

Jennifer:     I don't understand there more than one kind? I thought everyone play the same kind of football.

Richard:     No. In the USA, we have football and soccer. Soccer is a game that is played around the world.

In other countries, soccer is called football. In the USA, we also play a different game called football.

In this game, you throw the ball and you have to wear a helmet to play.

Jennifer:     Well, I want to play softball.

1. The rules for playing softball are nearly the same as those for playing baseball.

2.In a softball game, if your team is running to a base and the other team touches the base with the ball, you are safe.

3.A baseball is smaller and harder than a softball.

4.Richard is teaching his friends how to play softball.

5. According to Richard, playing beach volleyball is much more dangerous than playing volleyball.

6. Jennifer thought that the word 'football' had only one meaning.

7.In the USA, 'soccer' is also called 'football'.