B

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to 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 music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports，the weather，politics，and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.

Popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country，young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes，all 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. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows 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. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music，such as the symphonies of Beethoven.

56. Almost every American student likes .

A. popular music B. American songs C. folk music D. classical music

57. What do adult drivers do while they are driving?

A. Listen to pop songs. B. Listen to news and make a CD.

C. Listen to music and news. D. Listen to folk music.

58. What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?

A. Their CDs or tapes are used in every state. B. Several young people buy their CDs.

C. They are followed by young people. D. They are handsome or beautiful.

59. was started by cowboys.

A. Popular music B. Western music C. Serious music D. Folk music

60. What may be the best title for this passage?

A. Popular Music in America B. Kinds of Music in America

C. How to Be Famous Singers D. History of Music

C

Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays.And their parents weren’t with them.Though they were very young.

Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents.Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life, some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing...The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.

Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive.Most of the families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong...And the government never charges (收费) for them.

It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things.Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps.

61. Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the .

A. holiday camps B. English holiday camps

C. science holiday camps D. Chinese holiday camps

62. When students in Hong Kong are in the holiday camps, their parents .

A. must be with them B. have to look after them nearby

C. must stay at home D. aren’t with them

63. The most important thing for the students to take part in the holiday camps in Hong Kong is .

A. to make their bodies strong B. to learn much knowledge about many things

C. to learn to look after themselves D. to have a further study about many subjects

64. The cost to take part in a holiday camp is .

A. very dear B. not cheap C. very high D. low

65. The students who often take part in the holiday camps .

A. must be knowledgeable B. must be very thin

C. must be very tall D. must be very beautiful