“Great Changes in My Hometown ”为题用英语写一篇短文描述家乡小镇所发生的变化。

过去我住的一个小镇周围都是树，没有高楼。那里的人们过着贫穷的生活。　　

现在家乡发生了巨变，你到处能看到高楼大厦和工厂，许多人有了自驾车。

但空气和水污染也变得越来越严重，山不绿了，水不净了，天不蓝了

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Great Changes in My Hometown

“Great Changes in My Hometown ”为题用英语写一篇短文描述家乡小镇所发生的变化。
过去我住的一个小镇周围都是树，没有高楼。那里的人们过着贫穷的生活。　　
现在家乡发生了巨变，你到处能看到高楼大厦和工厂，许多人有了自驾车。
但空气和水污染也变得越来越严重，山不绿了，水不净了，天不蓝了
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Great Changes in My Hometown

You must know the song Happy Birthday. But do you know who wrote this song and for whom the writer wrote it?

About one hundred years ago, there was a girl in the U.S. She loved children very much and wrote many songs for children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The song was very popular with children at that time, but not all grown-ups (成年人) knew it.

The girl was very poor (贫穷的). Once her friends invited her to a little boy’s birthday party. She felt happy but sad because she had no money to buy something for him. So she decided to sing the song Happy Birthday in the melody (曲调) of Good Morning To You for the little boy.  When her friends heard the song at the party, they were very happy. And they all learned to sing it. Later, the song became very popular around the world.     

     根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

(   ) 51. When did the song Happy Birthday become popular?

       A. About one thousand years ago.      B. Hundreds of years ago.

       C. About one hundred years ago.        D. About ten years ago.

(   )52. At first, the song Happy Birthday was for a(n) 　　　.

       A. old lady          B. little boy   C. little girl    D. old man

(   )53. When her friends invited her to a party, the girl was 　　　.

       A. happy and excited              B. angry and stressed out

       C. excited but angry               D. happy but sad

(   )54. Which of the following is TRUE? 

       A. The girl didn’t love children at all.  B. The girl was very rich.

       C. The girl didn’t go to the party      D. The girl decided to sing a song at the party.

(   )55. Which is the best title for the passage?

       A. The story of Happy Birthday      B. A clever poor girl

       C. Let’s sing Happy Birthday        D. A story of a poor girl