Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphonesand listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy larger speakers and play the music loudly when they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs play music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once(一旦) a popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life or the love between a country boy and a girl is called western or country music.
【小题1】How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
A. Two.            B. Three.         C. Four.
【小题2】What’s the meaning of “earphone” in Chinese?
A. 电话.           B. 收录机.         C. 耳机.
【小题3】Do all the radio programs in America play music?
A.Yes, they do.        B. No, not all.      C. We don’t know.
【小题4】What is the country music about in America?
A. It tells stories about the common life.
B. It’s popular.
C. It is about country life or love stories.
【小题5】What is the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. American Music.     B. Pop Music.          C. Folk Music.

Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphonesand listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy larger speakers and play the music loudly when they drive on the street.

Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs play music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once(一旦) a popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life or the love between a country boy and a girl is called western or country music.

1.How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in this passage?

A. Two.            B. Three.         C. Four.

2.What’s the meaning of “earphone” in Chinese?

A. 电话.           B. 收录机.         C. 耳机.

3.Do all the radio programs in America play music?

A.Yes, they do.        B. No, not all.      C. We don’t know.

4.What is the country music about in America?

A. It tells stories about the common life.

B. It’s popular.

C. It is about country life or love stories.

5.What is the best title(标题) of the passage?

A. American Music.     B. Pop Music.          C. Folk Music.

    Popular music in America is what every student likes．Students carry small radios and listen to m 1  before class, after class．and a 2   lunch．Students with cars buy large speakers and p 3  the music loudly as they drive on the street．

  Adult d 4  listen to music on the car radio as they drive to w 5 ．They also listen to the n 6 about spots．the weather．and the life of American people．Most of the radio p 7 ．are music．

    Pop of popular music s 8  make much money．The m 9  a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places．O 10  the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes．Some of the money from these tapes g 11 to the singer．W 12  the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her．Now the singer has become a f 13  star.

    There are other k 14  of music hat are important to Americans．One is c 15  folk music．It e16  stories about he common(普通的)life of Americans．A 17 is called western or c 18 music．This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the c 19  they were watching．Today, any music about country life and the I 20  between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music．

Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries aroundthe world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American.

However, they actually come from other countries.

A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake is very old.In fact,pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.

Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for

breakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for thefirst bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe.

In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the UnitedStates and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are saidto be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go.

Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战).After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnutsfor them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across

the United States.

51. This reading is mainly about _______.

A. famous places in the United States to eat breakfast

B. popular American breakfast foods coming from China

C. the most popular types of pancakes in the United States

D. the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States

52. Which of the following is true for both bagels and donuts?

A. They both came from Europe.

B. They are both easy to make.

C. They are both sweet.

D. People in New York make them best.

53. Who brought bagels to America?

A. Polish people.       B. Jewish people.

C. Chinese people       D. American soldiers.

54. Which of the following is true about doughnuts?

A. It was first made by the French.

B. The soldiers invented them in World War Ⅰ.

C. Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States.

D. It is round with a hole in the middle.

55. This passage tells us that ________.

A. the Americans like to eat sweet foods for breakfast

B. all American foods come from other countries

C. not all American foods are really American

D. very few Americans have breakfast every day