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Ill be a photographer. Im going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before， but I feel so doubtful on this plane thats flying me thousands of miles away. I dont want to put down my bag. I was so confident yesterday. But today I feel like a child. I dont belong on this plane where people sit with briefcases on their laps reading newspapers. Theyre all adults.

Ive never been out of the USA. And now， all by myself， Im traveling into Australia， a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.

My mom had an Australian accent and golden hair. She was fun and she wasnt like my friends moms， who would take them to get their nails done or to the mall. Instead， my mom would take me to New Jersey beaches， where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia， Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family， and everyone wore Santa hats with their bathing suits. It never got cold there； the sun was always bright and warm. My mom was different and I was so proud of her.

I dont know how she met my father， but they met somehow years ago and they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey， where my dad grew up. Then I was born and we were just a perfect family of three， who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.

I know things have been hard on my father since my mom died years ago. Its hard for me， too， and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place that connects me to her.

This is an adventure.

1. Why is the author travelling to Australia？

A. To search for her fortune there.

B. To look for her grandparents there.

C. To celebrate Christmas with her father.

D. To find more about this wonderful place.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us？

A. The authors impression of her mother.

B. The authors first impression of Australia.

C. The reason why the author loved Australia.

D. The important things she learned from her mother.

3. What can we learn from the text？

A. The author decided to learn photography in Australia.

B. The author had a good time when her mother was living.

C. The authors father didnt want her to learn photography.

D. The author learned photography because her mom liked it.

4. Where does the author most probably write the text？

A. At the beach. B. At home.

C. On the plane. D. In Australia.

B

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events， love， sadness， good times， and bad times. It tells real life stories and sounds the way people really talk， as life becomes more complicated it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music， sometimes called country-western， comes from two lands of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play guitars， and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.

At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II， thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada， in small towns and in New York City， among black and white， and among educated and uneducated people. About 1，200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day， English stars sing it and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

5. Where does country music come from？

A. The northeast and Midwest.

B. Real life stories in small towns.

C. Factories and army camps in the South.

D. The Appalachian Mountains and the West.

6. Many Southerners go to the Northest and the Midwest during World War Ⅱ ___ .

A. to take music with them

B. to work in the factories there

C. to make country music popular

D. to make other people like country music

7. Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because ___ .

A. many people said it was low class

B. people could sing it in different languages

C. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

8. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

B. Country music is about human feelings and events.

C. Country music is only popular with city people today.

D. The singers started using electric guitars in the 1930s.

單詞訓(xùn)練營

從下列方框里10個單詞中選擇8個適當(dāng)單詞的正確形式填入下列各句中，使其句意完整。每個單詞只使用一次。

ambition combine compose contact depress

express interpret regarding relative same

1. My cousin is my nearest ____ and he lives in Beijing.

2. Historians find difficulty in ____ certain records.

3. We think it important that theory should be ____ with practice.

4. The rainy days in this city always ____ me.

5. Are outgoing people more enthusiastic and less anxious about making ____ with others？

6. The String Quartet No.1 is an early musical work， ____ in California in 1941.

7. My ____ is to become a film star， but its probably just a flight of fancy.

8. If you have any questions ____ the tour， please feel free to ask me.

單句改錯

下列各句每句有1個錯誤。

1. Dont let bad websites influence on the young， especially the children. ____

2. Looking for a job these days can be very depressed. ____

3. The new teaching method combines education to pleasure. ____

4. It has been a long time since your band give concerts in our hometown. ____

單句翻譯

1. 我想這些情形很多地方都有。

2. 一個人說話應(yīng)該清楚，寫作也是這樣。

3. 我最終在巴黎與她取得了聯(lián)系。

4. 我想你已經(jīng)大到可以理解我將與你分享的秘密了。

單項選擇

1. ___ the questions you asked， I wrote a letter to answer them with what I learnt in that field.

A. Supposing B. Regarding

C. Given D. Provided

2. There was nothing to ___ him with the crime.

A. contact B. combine

C. join D. connect

3. He was such an honest and hard-working young man that we couldnt believe he was ___ the murder.

A. the same with B. involved in

C. related with D. aware of

4. Tom avoided making eye ___ with Mary. They quarreled badly last night.

A. concern B. contact

C. connection D. communication

5. ___ into many languages， the story is well known all over the world now.

A. Being translated B. Having translated

C. To be translated D. Having been translated

6. Those women came from the nearby village， and we danced ___ their singing and clapping.

A. with B. to

C. by D. at

7. — ___ you ___ him around the museum yet？