(C) Most students in America like popular music. They carry small radios and MP3 with earphones and listen to music. 36 Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly when they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when driving to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. 37 Pop or popular singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. 38 Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. 39 There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk( 民间 ) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. 40 This was started by cowboys ( 牛仔 ) who sang at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. 根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。使短文意思通顺,内容完整。把标号写在下面的横线上。 A.Most of the radio programs are music. B.Another is called western or country music. C.They often play music before class, after class, and at lunch time. D.Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. E.Now the singer has become a national star. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 第三部分 语言知识运用 (25 分 ) I.词汇。(5分) 根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空。 41.Zhao Wei is an (actor) who is famous to us. 42.There are many famous (direct) in China, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and so on. 43.Tom and Jim are basketball (coach) who are from America . 44.The bad weather has been fairly (general). 45.Watching television can be very (education). II.将下列句子译成英语,必须用上所给的提示词。(5分) 46. 汤姆宁愿一个人待在自己的房间里,也不愿意和我们说一句话。(would rather...than...) _______________________________________________________________________ 47. 在空余时间里,我喜欢和我的父亲下象棋。(in one’s spare time) _______________________________________________________________________ 48. 玩电脑游戏占据了他的大部分时间。(take up) _______________________________________________________________________ 49. 和跳舞相比,我更喜欢唱歌。(prefer...to...) _______________________________________________________________________ 50. 通常,大部分学生不喜欢做户外活动。(in general) _______________________________________________________________________ III.根据短文内容,在短文空格处填上一个恰当的词,使短文完整通顺。(5分) Cartoon is the most popular TV program that attracts many children at the age 3 to 10. It’s 51 that the word “cartoon” came from Italian. It first referred to the picture before a true drawing on the wall. In the mid-19th century, it came into English. 52 the 1840s , it has also come to mean any picture that is humorous, satirical( 讽刺的 ) or showing an opinion. It usually comes out in a newspaper and magazine, with or 53 a short text. Today cartoons are a 54 of the daily life of most people. Cartoons not only show their life, 55 also help them relax. 51. _________ 52. _________ 53. _________ 54. _________ 55. _________ IV.书面表达。(10分) 如今,电视这一新闻媒体已经成为我们日常生活的重要组成部分之一。电视节目 ( 新闻、广告、电影等 ) 在带给我们欢乐和知识的同时,也存在着一些弊端。请结合你的亲身经历,你对电视节目的看法。词数 60-80 之间。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________