1 . Most students in America like popular music. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to the music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult drivers listen to the music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about the sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.
Popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her CDs or tapes. Some of the money from them goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, most of the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music which tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. It was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows which 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.
1. What can we learn from this text?| A．Adult drivers play the music with large speakers. |
| B．Most American students like popular music. |
| C．Most American students like country music. |
| D．Adult drivers listen to the world news. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．By going to other places to perform. | B．By taking part in competitions. |
| C．By making lots of money. | D．By making a CD or tape. |
| A．Life of western cowboys. | B．Common life of Americans. |
| C．Country life and love. | D．School life in the country. |
2 . A music festival, which is often presented with a main idea, is a community event mainly about live performances of singing and instrument playing. On the list are the music festivals for fans around the world. Find your favourite now!
Field Day
January 1, 2022, Sydney
Field Day means New Year’s Day for young people in Sydney. Seen as the city’s original outdoor party, it’s a gathering of friends coming together for a great fun-filled first day of the year. There’s an air of hope and active energy on a perfect summer’s day.
Envision Festival
February 21-26, 2022, Uvita
The Envision Festival is an annual event in Costa Rica that wants to provide a chance for different cultures to work with one another to create a better community. The festival encourages people to practise art, music and dance performances. At the same time, our connection with nature is expected to be strengthened.
McDowell Mountain Music Festival
March 2-4, 2022, Phoenix
The McDowell Mountain Music Festival is Phoenix’s musical celebration of community culture. Since its founding in 2004, it is the only 100% nonprofit(非营利的) music festival designed to support, entertain and educate the community. The festival attracts thousands of visitors each year from around the country, and it is an opportunity to experience true culture.
Old Settler’s Music Festival
April 19-22, 2022, Tilmon
The Old Settler’s Music Festival is a nationally known music festival for American music. The festival is held in Tilmon, Texas at the height of the wild flower season. The Old Settler’s Music Festival offers great music and activities for the whole family.
1. Which city should you go to if you intend to participate in a music festival in January?| A．Sydney. | B．Uvita. | C．Phoenix. | D．Tilmon. |
| A．It encourages people to receive education. |
| B．It is not held to make money. |
| C．It provides a chance for friends to meet each other. |
| D．It focuses on culture spread. |
| A．Field Day and Envision Festival. |
| B．Envision Festival and McDowell Mountain Music Festival |
| C．Old Settler’s Music Festival and McDowell Mountain Music Festival. |
| D．Envision Festival and Old Settler’s Music Festival. |
Live Music Come and enjoy the songs by Lu Qiqi, one of the best singers in the past 5 years. Place: The People Theater Date: June 26th Price: ￥ 188-288 Time: 7:00 p.m. Tel: 69373500 Dancing to Disco Dancing is fun and easy to learn. Come and learn this wonderful dance. Place: Jianti Gym Date: June 15th—July 14th Price: ￥ 80 Time: 7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m. Tel: 12766113 Country Music Enjoy true American country music. Place: Dawang Music Hall Date: July 2nd—July 4th Price: ￥ 800 Time: 7: 00 p.m.—9 :30 p.m. Tel: 1811560008 Concert To know more about the song My Heart Will Go On. Come quickly. Place: Zhujiang Theater Date: June 1st—8th Price: ￥ 180 Time: 8:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m. Tel: 21310276 |
| A．1811560008 | B．21310276 | C．12766113 | D．693735002 |
| A．Dawang Music Hall | B．Zhujiang Theater |
| C．The People Theater | D．Jianti Gym |
| A．￥80. | B．￥160. | C．￥188. | D．￥288. |
4 . The first thing you notice at Nate Otto’s house is a 1967 Oldsmobile 98, an old car. Inside is a small, 100-year-old reed organ ( 簧风琴). It’s just a small taste of what’s in Otto’s house: self-playing, old-style musical robots called player pianos. Some sound and look as good as they did a century ago. Some are awaiting repair. Otto, a 29-year-old, has decided that it’s his job to bring player pianos back to life.
As the owner of Rum River Restoration, Otto believes he’s the only full-time player piano restorer ( 修复师) in the state of Minnesota. He specializes in Jazz Age objects that once were ubiquitous in America but now are largely forgotten except by collectors.
Otto believes in doing things the old-fashioned way and tries his best to make player piano restorations as real as possible.
Otto views the player pianos that he fixes as kinetic art ( 动态艺术) pieces. The classic player piano, or pianola, was first developed at the end of the 19th century. It was seen as a thing that helped to change American musical tastes, spreading new styles of music such as jazz to middle-class people. In their successful days, most of the pianos made in the U.S. were player pianos.
By the 1920s, however, the rise of radios and record players provided an even easier way to listen to music, hurting the sales of player pianos. The market for the instruments finally disappeared with the 1929 stock market crash ( 股票市场暴跌) and the Great Depression.
Keeping a player piano going today is a little like restoring an old car: It takes time, love, money and so on. A full rebuild of a player piano mechanism might take 100 to 150 hours of work and cost $5,000 to $8,000 on average, Otto said. But it’s worth it for some people to once again hear an instrument that brought generations of family members together to listen, sing and dance.
1. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Natural. | B．Difficult. |
| C．Common. | D．Interesting. |
| A．It was created in the 20th century. | B．It was invented by Otto’s family. |
| C．It helped the spread of jazz. | D．It can be easily found today. |
| A．It fell out of popularity. | B．It was not known to the public. |
| C．It was first brought outside the U.S. | D．It caused the sales of record players to fall. |
| A．It was a waste of time. | B．It was worth continuing. |
| C．It was easier than restoring cars. | D．It was not helpful in supporting his life. |
5 . No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace. Here are some information about jazz.
Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz. The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.
Louis Armstrong was bornin1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”
1. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to________.| A．new styles | B．jazz pioneers |
| C．black musicians | D．white musicians |
| A．His family background. | B．His big, good-natured smiles. |
| C．His talent and hard work. | D．His good sense of humor. |
| A．The development of jazz and its best musician. |
| B．The development of music. |
| C．The influence of Louis Armstrong. |
| D．The influence of jazz on Americans. |
| A．a science paper | B．a music magazine | C．an art picture | D．a Chinese book |
6 . The 65-year-old Steve Goodwin, suffering from early Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默症), was losing his memory.
As a keen lover of the piano, he was truly
Melissa, his daughter, insisted it’s
She told Steve she’d love to hear him play the
“It was amazingly
They met every other week. He’d move his fingers
Steve and Naomi spoke in music. He heard it, all of it, but just couldn’t play it.
However, working with Naomi did
Naomi managed to
In the months
By then, Steve was having a hard time remembering the names of his friends. He arrived and was
| A．embarrassed | B．unconfident | C．harmonious | D．eager |
| A．even if | B．as if | C．so that | D．what if |
| A．other than | B．rather than | C．more than | D．less than |
| A．appointed | B．ached | C．approved | D．avoided |
| A．In fact | B．As a result | C．Beyond expectation | D．What’s worse |
| A．guitar | B．violin | C．piano | D．studio |
| A．waving | B．trembling | C．jumping | D．dancing |
| A．pyramid | B．statue | C．recorder | D．speaker |
| A．stranger | B．colleague | C．friend | D．child |
| A．specific | B．admirable | C．efficient | D．stressful |
| A．creatively | B．smoothly | C．awkwardly | D．professionally |
| A．tended | B．contributed | C．demanded | D．struggled |
| A．wonders | B．impressions | C．incidents | D．attempts |
| A．what | B．which | C．that | D．when |
| A．put up with | B．make up of | C．exchange with | D．find out |
| A．appealing to | B．leading to | C．adapting to | D．applying to |
| A．addicted | B．guilty | C．public | D．professional |
| A．in agreement | B．in desperation | C．at risk | D．by design |
| A．observed | B．assisted | C．identified | D．seated |
| A．eyes | B．wrists | C．stomach | D．heart |
“What will we be singing for the contest this year?” a student from my high school choir,a singing team, asked eagerly.
I hesitated this moment. “I was thinking,” I said, “maybe we’ll skip the contest and just work hard on the concerts this year. ”
“NO!” the kids protested.
“We’ve got to go to contest!”
“In Class A. ”
“It’s tradition!”
This was true. Awards lined the front wall of the music room from the past successes of large, talented classes. But a change in educational policies, with an emphasis on academics, had reduced my choir to a mere thirty-two students. My section leaders had graduated or been forced to drop music classes, leaving me with young, inexperienced kids who couldn’t read music, couldn’t hold their parts, and could sing only a simple melody or song.
“Maybe we could enter Class B this year,” I suggested, knowing even that would be a near-impossible mission.
“No!” the kids screamed. “Class A!”
I shook my head. “Class A is extremely difficult. ”
“We can do it!” they shouted. “We can do it!”
“I’ll have to think about it,” I said, hoping their enthusiasm would die off in a couple of weeks.
But that didn’t happen. If anything, the class became more fixed. Every day they begged and begged and they insisted. Because I had to protect their self-pride I couldn’t tell them they weren’t good enough. My efforts to prevent their eagerness, by showing them a difficult piece of music from the contest list, simply ended with, “It’s okay, Mrs. Pliszka, we’ll get it. ”
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I struggled to make a decision.
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When the contest day finally arrived, the kids felt ready to take on the world!
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Live Music Come and enjoy the songs by Lu Qiqi, one of the best singers in the past 5 years. Place: The People Theater Date: June 26th Price: ￥ 188-288 Time: 7:00 p.m. Tel: 69373500 Dancing to Disco Dancing is fun and easy to learn. Come and learn this wonderful dance. Place: Jianti Gym Date: June 15th-July 14th Price: ￥ 80 Time: 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Tel: 12766113 Country Music Enjoy true American country music. Place: Dawang Music Hall Date: July 2nd- July 4th Price: ￥ 800 Time: 7: 00 p.m. -9 :30 p.m. Tel: 1811560008 Concert To know more about the song My Heart Will Go On. Come quickly. Place: Zhujiang Theater Date: June 1st -8th Price: ￥ 180 Time: 8:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Tel: 21310276 |
| A．1811560008 | B．21310276 | C．12766113 | D．693735002 |
| A．Dawang Music Hall | B．Zhujiang Theater |
| C．The People Theater | D．Jianti Gym |
| A．￥80. | B．￥160. | C．￥188. | D．￥288. |
| A．July 2nd. | B．June 2nd. | C．June 26th. | D．July 14th. |
9 . Flower-drum dancing is a traditional Chinese folk performance. It is popular across the county especially in places such as Fengyang in Anhui, Guangshan in Henan, and Haian in Jiangsu.
The Haian flower-drum dance dates back to more than 400 years ago. It became popular in the areas of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The art form was used to show the peaceful lives of local fisherwomen. It is still popular with local people, known for its lively movements and gentle music. In 2007, the Haian flower-drum dance was included in the list of art forms that make up Jiangsu's provincial intangible (非物质的) cultural heritage.
Yang Peijie, 71, is an inheritor (传承) of the Haian flower-drum dance. He has been performing the dance for more than 50 years. "It has become a part of my life," he said.
In the 1960s, Yang joined an art troupe (艺术团) and started to learn the dance from older artists. At that time, people could only learn it in this way. There were no textbooks. Worrying the art may become lost, Yang spent five years studying the history of the dance and recorded its movements in detail. He visited almost all the local artists and wrote a book about the subject in the 1980s.
According to Yang, the dance movements are easy to learn and understand as they come from everyday life. "For example, there is a movement called fengbailiu (风摆柳)，it means you twist (扭动) your body like the wind blowing the willow trees (柳树). ’’
Nowadays, Yang focuses on promoting the dance among all age groups, especially the young. He set up a team to work on this. The team members visit about eight schools each year to teach students. It has been added to break-time exercises in many local schools. "To make it easier for kids to learn, we break down difficult movements into several simple ones," Yang said. They also go to communities and parks to teach older people. "It's my responsibility to pass down the art. I don't want to see it get lost in my lifetime," Yang said.
1. What do we know about the Haian flower-drum dance?| A．It was linked to the lives of local fishermen. |
| B．It is famous for its light movements and music. |
| C．It was included in the intangible cultural heritage list in 2007. |
| D．It originated in the areas of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty. |
| A．He put down what is relevant to it in the 1980s. |
| B．He consulted the local government about its history. |
| C．He wrote down the local artists' dance moves in detail. |
| D．He joined an art troupe to learn the dance from older artists. |
| A．Yang's love for flower-drum dance. |
| B．The ways Yang teaches flower-drum dance. |
| C．Difficulties in promoting flower-drum dance. |
| D．Yang's attempts to popularize flower-drum dance. |
| A．Promoting a fork art | B．Keeping the drum beat |
| C．Continuing to perform a dance | D．Learning to twist your body |
10 . DanceSport Club’s Summer Dance Camp
Welcome!
DanceSport Club kids’ summer programs help keep kids active, happy and learning. Kids get to enjoy different activities with other kids while learning new skills or knowledge. The camp provides dance and other fun, healthy and educational activities for boys and girls ages 6-10.
During this camp, your child will be introduced to several activities, such as fitness, different styles of dance such as Ballet, Hip Hop, Ballroom and Latin dance, and musical skills such as rhythm (节奏) and timing. The club has satisfied COVID-19 stricter requirements.
Time: 9 am-3 pm, Monday-Friday, July 26-30, 2021
Ages: Boys and Girls 6-10 years old
Prices: Early Bird Special Price $249 is ready through May 7, 2021. Starting May 8 regular (平常的) price $499.
Dance Camp Schedule:| 8:45-9:00 am | Drop-Off at DanceSport Club (11758 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77031) |
| 9:00-9:55 | Dance Fitness, Dance Education (Vocabulary, Musicality, Rhythm Exercises), Snack (小吃) time, organized activities |
| 10:00-10:55 | |
| 11:00-11:55 | |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch and Fun time |
| 1:00-1:55 | Dance Fitness, Dance Education (Vocabulary, Musicality, Rhythm Exercises), Snack time, organized activities |
| 2:00-2:55 | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Pick-Up at DanceSport Club |
Warm-up begins at 9:00 am. If students arrive late, please go with them to the training center. Our camp closes at 3:00 pm. There is a 15-minute period for you to pick up your children. If you are running late, please call 281-933-2623 to tell us. If you need to make arrangements for after-hour care, please tell us in advance of the beginning of your camp. We would be happy to help you make special arrangements.
For more information, please visit www.dancesportclub.com.
1. What does the price for the camp depend on?| A．Kids’ ages. | B．Kids’ levels. |
| C．The time kids will pay for it. | D．The activities kids will choose. |
| A．Less than three hours. | B．Three hours. |
| C．Four hours. | D．More than four hours. |
| A．Ask the club to wait for him. | B．Tell the club at the start of the camp. |
| C．Ask a relative to pick up his kid. | D．Pay the club more to send his kid home. |
