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RockandrollmusicdevelopedintheUnitedSatesintheearlynineteenfifties.Itwasbasedonthemusiccalledrhythm，andbluesthatwasperformedbyAfricanAmericanmusicians.

Earlyrockandrollsingersdevelopedtheirownkindsofmusic.ElvisPresley，ChuckBerry，theBeachBoys，andBobDylanwerethemostpopularrockandrollmusiciansintheearly1960’s.AllwereAmerican.Then，in1964，anewrockandrollgroupfromEnglandinvadedAmerica：

theBeatles.

SomepeoplesaytheBeatles’musicshookAmericalikeanearthquake.TheBeatleschangedrockandrollforever.TheirearlysongswereinfluencedbyAmericanrockandrollmusicians，includingChuckBerry.ButtheBeatleslookeddifferentandsoundeddifferentfromanymusicalgroupbeforethem.

TheBeatlesreleasedtheirfirstalbumintheUnitedStatesin1964，whenallofthetopfiverecordsinAmericawerebytheBeatles.In1967，theyreleasedanalbumcalled“SergeantPepper’sLonelyHeartsClubBand”．Itwasoneofthefirst“concept”albums.Thatis，allthesongswerelinkedbyacommonstoryoridea.

ThepopularityoftheBeatlesledthewayformorerockandrollbandsfromEnglandtobecomepopularinAmerica.TheRollingStoneswasthemostimportantofthesebands.TheRollingStonesisoneofthefewgroupsfromthe1960’sthatisstillperformingandrecordingtoday.In1965，thegrouprecordedoneofitsmostfamoussongs，“Satisfaction”．

Themusicalinstrumentmostlinkedtorockandrollistheguitar.ExpertssayJimiHendrixwasoneofthemostinfluentialguitarplayersinrockandrollduringthelate1960’s.His“PurpleHaze”waslikedbymanypeople.

Bythe1970’s，rockandrollmusicbecameknownasrockmusic.Itexpandedintomanynewforms.Forexample，therewascountryrock，hardrock，acidrock，andheavymetalrock，Punkrock，jazzrock，andglitterrock.

Inthemiddle1970’s，expertssayrockmusicregainedsomeoftheenergyofearlyrockandroll.BruceSpringsteenandtheEStreetBandbecamepopularwiththeiralbum“BorntoRun”．Springsteen’smusicwaslikethelivelyrockandrollmusicoftheearlynineteensixties.Manyofhissongswereaboutsocialissues.HesangabouttheeffectsofunemploymentandthewarinVietnam.

1．Themaintopicofthispassageis________.

A．thehistoryofAmericanmusicB．thedevelopmentofrockandrollmusic

C．thefamousrockandrollgroupsD．thenewformsofrockandrollmusic

2．WhichofthefollowingmatchesisNOTtrue?

A．theBeatles—ChuckBerryB．theRollingStones—Satisfaction

C．JimiHendrix—PurpleHazeD．BruceSpringsteen—BorntoRun

3．Whosesongsweremainlyaboutsocialproblemslikeunemploymentandwar?

A．ElvisPresley’s.B．BobDylan’s.C．JimiHendrix’sD．Springsteen’s.

4．Fromthepassage，wecanknowthat________.

A．oneoftheRollingStones’albumswascalled“concept”

B．theBeetlesandtheRollingStonesbecamepopularatthesametime

C．rockandrollmusichadmanydifferentformsatthebeginning

D．rockandrollmusicprobablycamefromAfricanAmericanmusic

B

Mycolortelevisionhasgivenmenothingbutaheadache.IwasabletobuyitalittleoverayearagobecauseIhadmyrelativesgivememoneyformybirthdayinsteadofalotofclothesthatwouldn’tfit.Iletasalesclerkfoolmeintobuyingadiscontinuedmodel,Irealizedthisadaylate,whenIsawnewspaperadvertisementsforthesetatseventy-fivedollarslessthanIhadpaid,ThesetworkedsobeautifullywhenIfirstgotithomethatIwouldkeepitonuntilstationssignedoffforthenight,Fortunately,Ididn’tgotanychannelsshowingall-nightmoviesorIwouldneverhavegottentobed.ThenIstarteddevelopingaproblemwiththesetthatinvolvedstatic（静电）noise.Forsomereason,whencertainshowsswitchedintoacommercial,aloudnoisewouldsoundforafewseconds.Gradually,thisnoisebegantoappearduringashow,andtogetridofit,Ihadtochangetoanotherchannelandthenchangeitback.Sometimesthistechniquewouldnotwork,andIhadtopickupthesetandshakeittoremovethesound.Iactuallybegantobuildupmyarmmuscles（肌肉）shakingmyset.

Whenneitherofthesemethodsremovedthestaticnoise,Iwouldsithelplesslyandwaitforthenoisetogoaway.AtlastIendeduphittingthesetwithmyfist,anditstoppedworkingaltogether.Mytriptotherepairshopcostme$62,andthesetisworkingwellnow,butIkeepexpectingmoretrouble.

5.WhydidtheauthorsayhewasfooledintobuyingtheTVset?

A.Hegotanoldermodelthanhehadexpected.

B.Hecouldn’treturnitwhenitwasbroken.

CHecouldhaveboughtitatalowerprice.

D.Hefailedtofindanymovieshowsonit.

6.Whichofthefollowingcanbestreplacethephrase”signedoff”inParagraph1?

A.endedalltheirprogramsB.providedfewerchannels

C.changedtocommercialsD.showedall-nightmovies

7.HowdidtheauthorfinallygethisTVsetworkingagain?

A.Byshakingandhittingit.B.Byturningitonandoff.

C.Byswitchingchannels.D.Byhavingitrepaired.

8.Howdoestheauthorsoundwhentellingthestory?

A.CuriousB.AnxiousC.CautiousD.Humorous

C

ChrisWillis，47，tippedthescalesat27st（约172公斤）followingalifetimeoffry-ups，takeawaysandporkpies．Thepainteranddecoratorhadtotakelongpausesjusttoclimbthestairsorwalkafewyards．ButoverweightChristurnedtodietingwhenrealizinghewastoofattoplaywithhisten-year-olddaughter，Sophie，whohadapassionforrunning．

Thedetermineddadcutoutallthefattyfoodsandbeganexercising．Henowweighs16st（约105公斤）afterlosing1．5steverymonthsinceJuly．Chris，livinginCambridgeshirewithhiswifeJackie，acoachdriver，said，“ThehardestthingwasseeingmygirlinthegardenandnotbeingabletojoininbecauseIwassounhealthy．ButnowI’mmakingupforlosttime-wedosomuchtogetherandit’sgreat．AfewmonthsagowhenIstartedgettingactiveagain，Irememberchasingmydaughteraroundthegarden．Whenshesuddenlyturnedaroundwithanamazedlookonherfaceandsaid，‘Daddy，Ididn’tknowyoucouldrun．”’

DelightedSophiesaid．“I’msoproudofmydad．It’sbrillianttorunaroundwithhim．”

Chrisusedtotuckintoanincredible5，000caloriesadaybeforeheswitchedtoahealthylifestyle．

Hesaid，“Atl3，Iweighedl8．5st（约118公斤）andateacherpointedthisouttothewholeschool．Fromthenon，Iwaspickedonandbullied（欺负）．Myweightwentupandup．ButInowhaveanewfoundfreedom．Myfamilyandfriendshavebeensosupportive．Infactit’sthemthatIdiditfor．ThewholejourneyhasbeenamazingandI’mstillshockedmyselfthatIhavemanagedtolosesomuchweight．”

9．WhatcausedChristomakeuphismindtoloseweight?

A．Hisdaughterandwifeaskedhimto．

B．Hisprivatedoctorrequiredhimto．

C．Hefeltterribleandunhealthyhimself．

D．Hewastoofattoplaywithhisdaughter．

10．ChrisWillishaslostsinceJuly________．

A．27stB．16stC．11stD．15st

11．Sophietookprideinherfatherbecauseherfather_________．

A．10stweightforherandhermotherB．wasabletohavefunwithher

C．tookshortertimetoclimbthestairsD．begantoeatlessinamount

12．Chrisbegantogainweightwhen_________．

A．heturnedpainteranddecoratorB．hiswifebecameacoachdriver

C．hewasinhisteensasastudentD．hecutoutunhealthyfatty

D

Inmodernsocietythereisagreatdealofargumentaboutcompetition.Somevalueithighly,believingthatitisresponsibleforsocialprogressandprosperity,otherssaythatcompetitionisbad;

thatitsetsonepersonagainstanother;

thatitleadstounfriendlyrelationshipbetweenpeople.

　　Ihavetaughtmanychildrenwhoheldthebeliefthattheirself–worthrelied（依赖）onhowwelltheyperformedattennisandotherskills.Forthem,playingwellandwinningareoftenlife–and–deathaffairs.Intheirsingle–mindedpursuit（追求）ofsuccess,thedevelopmentofmanyotherhumanqualitiesissadlyforgotten.

　　However,whilesomeseemtobelostinthedesiretosucceed,otherstakeanoppositeattitude.Inaculturewhichvaluesonlythewinnerandpaysnoattentiontotheordinaryplayers,theystronglyblamecompetition.Amongthemostvocalareyoungsterswhohavesufferedundercompetitivepressuresfromtheirparentsorsociety.Teachingtheseyoungpeople,Ioftenobserveinthemadesiretofail.Theyseemtoseekfailurebynottryingtowinorachievesuccess.Bynottrying,theyalwayshaveanexcuse:

“Imayhavelost,butitdoesn’tmatterbecauseIreallydidn’ttry.”Whatisnotusuallyadmittedbythemselvesisthebeliefthatiftheyhadreallytriedandlost,thatwouldmeanalot.Suchalosswouldbeameasureoftheirworth.Clearly,thisbeliefisthesameasthatofthetruecompetitorswhotrytoprovethemselves.Botharebasedonthemistakenbeliefthatone’sself–respectreliesonhowwelloneperformsincomparisonwithothers.Bothareafraidofnotbeingvalued.Onlyasthisbasicandoftentroublesomefearbeginstodissolve（缓解）canwediscoveranewmeaningincompetition.

　13.Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?

　　A.Competitionhelpstosetupself–respect.

　　B.Opinionsaboutcompetitionaredifferentamongpeople.

　　C.Competitionisharmfultopersonalqualitydevelopment.

　　D.Failuresarenecessaryexperiencesincompetition

　　14.Theunderlinedphrase“themostvocal”inParagraph3means.

　　A.thosewhotrytheirbesttowin

　　B.thosewhovaluecompetitionmosthighly

　　C.thosewhoareagainstcompetitionmoststrongly

D.thosewhorelyonothersmostforsuccess1

15.Whydosomepeoplefavorcompetitionaccordingtothepassage?

A.Itpushessocietyforward.B.Itbuildsupasenseofduty.

C.Itimprovesperson