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Unit 8Have you read Treasure Island yet?单元能力提升八.阅读理解American country music is also known as (被视为) country Western music. It has a very long history. It comes from the folk songs of immigrants(移民) from Britain.Country music uses simple music and words to express everyday feelings such as loneliness, love, and sadness. That is to say, country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and roads, farms and cropsPeople in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about.Country Western music became popular first among cowboys(牛仔) in the American West countryside. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm_the_animals and to overcome their own fear. They were not welleducated(接受良好教育的), so they sang about their daily life in very simple words. They played the guitar, the violin, and other instruments. In the south of America, many people added instruments from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When cowboys visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country Western music.In recent years, many musicians have made country Western music a little different from that in the past.These changes make the songs sound even better.Today singers such as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett,Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rimes, Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles.They have brought country Western music more and more fans from all over the world.()1.Country Western music comes from the folk songs of immigrants from _. AAmerica BFrance CBritain DGermany()2.According to the passage, people like American country music because _Ait has a long history Bit comes from EuropeCit is sung by cowboys Dit is easy to understand()3.The underlined words “calm the animals” here means “make the animals become _”Asad and lonely Bquiet and relaxedCangry and wild Dupset and scared()4.Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?AEarly immigrants lived a very simple life.BMany country music singers are not welleducated.CCowboys usually played country Western music on holidays.DIn the west of America, cowboys added instruments from their homes.()5.The best title for the passage is “_”AAmericans Love American Country MusicBThe History of American Country MusicCSingers and Fans of American Country MusicDAll Kinds of American Music.2018百色从方框中选出合适的单词,并用其适当形式完成短文important, begin, language, long, between The Silk Road has been a bridge 1._ the East and West for more than 2,000 years. But you know the Silk Road is not a single route(路线)! It is a series of trade and culture transmission(传送) routes. It 2._ during the Han Dynasty(朝代). The trade route starts from the city of Xian in Shanxi Province and ends in Eastern Europe. The Silk Road was about 6,500 kilometers 3._. It went across one fourth of the planet.The Silk Road was very 4._ to both China and the rest of the world. Besides trade, knowledge about science, arts and literature, as well as crafts and technologies was shared across the Silk Road. In this way, 5._ and cultures developed and influenced each other.详解详析.【主旨大意】 这篇文章主要讲述了美国乡村音乐的发展历史。美国乡村音乐来自英国移民,最初是在牛仔中传唱。近年来,这种音乐被加入了新的元素,使得这种歌曲更加优美动听。1C2D细节理解题。根据短文第二段中“People in ma
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