Good morning．The program today is about music．The word “music”comes from the Greek word “muse”．The Muses are the goddesses of the arts． Music is only one of the arts． It is like the spoken language, but is uses sounds．Today's program brings together music from different corners of the world．Who invented music？Who sang the first song？No one knows exactly the answers to these questions． But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone's life．Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them． When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard．When children go to school, their world of music grows．In the middle grades students take music lessons．When they reach high school, they become interested in listening to pop music．

The records we have chosen for you today are form American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on． Music has meaning for everyone． It can make people happy or it can make them sad．In this program we shall study the language of music．We shall be trying to find out more about how music works．We shall try to find out how music says what people feel．

Now, here comes the music today, I shall explain why they are all good music…

1．The first paragraph is mainly about the      

A．styles of music                                   B．history of music

C．taste of music                                   D．knowledge of music

2．The speaker is probably ．

A．a host                 B．a singer             C．a dancer           D．a teacher

3．Which is TRUE according to the passage？

A．The Muses invented music．                B．Music can bring people some feelings．

C．Music was from a Greek village．         D．Everyone is interested in pop music．

4．The speaker believes that ．

A．music is a spoken language                   B．music develops as we grow up

C．music is above the other arts                 D．music plays an important part in our life

5．What is NOT the purpose of this music program？

A．To study the language of music．

B．To learn more about the music．

C．To give a complete background to the music．

D．To give people some music to listen to．

Bill, Frank and Dave were three brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday,. They liked to show her how rich they were.
The eldest brother. Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. “Wanted－the greatest gift for my mother.”
About a week before his mother’s birthday a man came to his office. He brought a big bird.
“This bird.” the man said, “can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs.”
“Really?  I’d like to listen to it,” Bill said.
The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Bill was very happy and paid nine thousand dollars for the bird. The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother’s birthday he called his mother. “Well, mother” he asked, “What do you think of the bird?”
“Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” said his mother.
【小题1】Who is the eldest brother?