1 . What do we know about Tom?

A．He’s finished a piano lesson.

B．He loves playing the guitar.

C．He plays drums in a band.

3 . Why did the woman stop playing the piano?

A．She didn’t really enjoy it.

B．She wasn’t very good at it.

C．She didn’t have enough time.

4 .

A．Listen to folk music at home.	B．Watch a live performance.
C．Appreciate a dance show on TV.	D．Go to an exhibition of works of art.

5 . How to Organize a Music Festival

You love music and you always have. You want to carry out a music festival designed to attract music fans of all ages. Follow the steps and you’ll organize a successful one.

◆Start by making a list of the local bands and artists that you like. You’ve taken this job because you love music, so put your taste to work for you. If you like these musicians, many of the local people will also like them.     1    . You need to have many kinds of music for all age groups.

◆Find a great location that has much open space for outdoor festivals. You need to build a stage so the musicians can be seen from distances.     2    . Not all towns need such license but it is a good idea to check before you start building. For an indoor location, you need to find a theater that is willing to give you enough space.     3    .

◆Hire sound engineers to give the musicians all the help they need.     4    . You can’t expect the musicians to handle these problems because they are playing. Your sound and engineering experts will allow your stars to keep the music playing.

◆    5    . If you are planning your festival for families, the last thing you want is a beer-swilling crowd starting a huge fight. Security people need to be present to make sure that nobody gets the idea that they want to start any kind of ruckus (骚乱).

A．You need to find security people.

B．We can find enough songs to get a lot of money.

C．Bigger sports stadiums will be perfect as well.

D．But remember, you are trying to attract fans of all ages.

E．People should have practiced many different songs.

F．You can find a location by going to the local government and asking for permission.

G．The last thing you want is that a group is on the stage but the speakers don’t work.

6 . “Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher (哲学家) Friedrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets (预算).

For example, Chicago Public Schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways.

When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Musie Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解码) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music:Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.

1. Some schools in the US cut music classes, because _________.

A．students in the US weren’t interested in music

B．they were too difficult to learn

C．there weren’t enough music teachers in the US

D．the schools wanted to control budgets

2. In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to(指代)?

A．Public schools.	B．Fired teachers.
C．Parents in Chicago.	D．Students in Chicago.

3. How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

8 .

A．Annie should try to avoid getting sick.

B．He has known Annie’s neighbor for many years.

C．He doesn’t know many composers of classical music.

D．Annie might spend a lot of money on classical music.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Tom,

I am writing to share with you one of my favorite Chinese folk dance, the peacock dance (孔雀舞) of the Dai people, who are known as their dancing skills. It is said that about a thousand years ago, when the Dai minority learned to dance through copying the elegant gestures of the peacock, which is a symbol of happiness. The dance movements are usually performed in fixed order. The dance first start with a peacock flying out from its nest. But next it wanders around the wild, cautiously search for food. Then the peacock goes to the river bank to bath in the water and comb their feathers. In the end, the peacock spreads out the wings and flies joyful into the sky. To show a lively peacock, dancers must use a range of hand movements and eye expressions. Their knees must be flexible, too.

Yours,

Mary