| A．At 5:15 | B．At 6:00 | C．At 6:40 |
2 . Florence, a 17-year-old senior student in high school, was busy composing (创作) a song. She plans to publish an album (音乐专辑) with three other music lovers whom she met at the 2016 Campus Singing Competition. Edward, 18, is another one of the four students to make their own album. Actually he was the one who came up with this fun idea in the first place.
“Everyone loves music. Being a good way to express our feelings and emotions, music can tell something about who we are and our experience of the world. We hope we can use our music to touch our peers (同龄人),” Edward said.
The album includes 15 songs on three themes-love, campus life and youth, with pop and electronic music styles. The inspiration for the songs came from the students’ lives. Take the song Sea of Tranquility for example—it was written by Edward during a flight back to Chengdu after he took part in the China High School Biology Olympiad in summer. “The sky is clear and the ground looks small from the plane. This scene makes me feel calm and peaceful,” Edward explained.
The songs were created one by one with the efforts of the four writers. But a challenge soon appeared. The students found that they didn’t have enough money to produce the album. So to cut down their costs, they used an iPad and headphones to record the songs in an empty classroom on the weekend.
Apart from reducing their costs, they also tried to raise money through crowdfunding on the Internet. They raised more than 7,000 dollars before the album was published in October. “Thanks to all the supporters, we’ll keep working on our own music,” Edward said.
1. Why did Edward and his music team make the album?| A．To earn money. | B．To be famous. |
| C．To influence young people. | D．To make friends. |
| A．They were written by Edward. |
| B．They are based on students’ lives. |
| C．They are quite different in style. |
| D．They are mainly about friendship. |
| A．They were short of money. |
| B．They disagreed on the theme. |
| C．They received stress from teachers. |
| D．They had poor abilities to make music. |
| A．Album Collections. | B．Student Musicians. |
| C．Theme Music. | D．School Life. |
1. What is Josh fond of?
| A．Rock and pop music． | B．Piano and rock music． | C．Pop music and violin． |
| A．Athens． | B．Africa． | C．America． |
| A．At the age of 6. | B．At the age of 8. | C．At the age of 10. |
| A．The one with a dancer. |
| B．The one with a pianist. |
| C．The one with three guitarists. |
要点如下：
（1）如何喜欢上音乐的；
（2）音乐对你的影响；
（3）呼吁人们热爱音乐。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置答题。
Hello, everyone!
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注意: 1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
8 . The Best Bands of All Time
Queen
Sales: 147.6 million
Since 1970, Queen have not a stopped touring and creating new music. Their name is Queen but they’re the king of rock and pop rock. Their songs are still played today, and they’ve created 15 albums(唱片). We Will Rock You is their most famous song.
U2
Sales: 110.3 million
U2 formed as a group of friends in secondary school in Dublin, Ireland before any of them had any experience with music. So far, they’ve won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band. The U2 Tour of 2009 to 2011 broke the record for being the highest-attended concert tour in history. Pride (I the Name of Love) is meaningful in memory of Martin Luther King.
The Rolling Stones
Sales: 100 million
The Rolling Stones got started in 1962 and of the top 5 highest-attended tours, four of them belong to this band. Part of their success is due to them staying true to the traditional style like R & B, soul, and rock. They even won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues album. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction is named the greatest rock song ever, with all the elements(元素) of rock and roll.
The Beatles
Sales: 279.8 million
The Beatles had a short run of only 10 years from 1960 to 1970, but they’re still the best-selling artists of all time by far. The UNESCO recognizes January 16 as the World Beatles Day. Each member of the band and the band itself have an asteroid(小行星) named after them. Can’t Buy Me Love and Yesterday are their classic songs.
1. Which band does We Will Rock You belong to?| A．The Rolling Stones. | B．The Beatles. | C．U2. | D．Queen. |
| A．keep the traditional music style |
| B．have never stopped creating new music |
| C．wrote a song to honor Martin Luther King |
| D．are the earliest and longest rock band ever |
| A．They are all high school students. | B．They once discovered an asteroid. |
| C．They have the biggest sale in albums. | D．They won the most Grammy Awards. |
9 . Music is one of the greatest creations of humans.
Music can be described according to one’s feelings towards it.
Music really matters in life. It touches the soul and also helps people express their unspoken desires and beliefs.
Music has unlimited powers. It has calming and healing power. Music helps us to relax. Music can relax tense muscles.
Music brings people together and gives them more hope emotionally. For that reason, music can easily be used as an instrument of peace.
| A．Music never grows old. |
| B．This is the origin of music. |
| C．It is a very powerful tool in our lives. |
| D．Nowadays music has become part of life. |
| E．It can also help the mental state of a person. |
| F．Love for music is not a tendency of human beings only. |
| G．Music can also be regarded as sounds in different patterns. |
Can you imagine singing together with hundreds of other people
The virtual choir is a wonderful way to sing with one voice and thus make the world a
