[A]
There are some special traditions in Hawaii. People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a lei, a long necklace of beautiful fresh flowers. Men wear bright flowered shirts, and women often wear long flowered dresses. There are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Filipino holidays and all the holidays from the United States. They call Hawaii the Aloha State. Aloha means both hello and good-bye. It also means “I love you.”
Usually when people from different countries, races and traditions live together, there are serious problems. There are a few problems in Hawaii, but, in general, people have learned to live together in peace.
Hawaiians get most of their money from visitors, and most of the visitors come from the mainland and from Japan. There are so many people living in Hawaii now where there used to be farmers. Some of the big sugar and apple companies have moved to the Philippines, where they do not have to pay workers as much money. The families of the first people who came from the US mainland own the important banks and companies. Japanese are buying or starting business.
1. A good title for this article might be___________.
A.Hawaii the Aloha State B.Living in Peace Together
C.The Flowers of Hawaii D.The Problems of Hawaii
2. The author wants to show in the second paragraph that __________.
A.Hawaii is the most peaceful place in the world
B.it is possible to learn to live together in peace
C.it is not possible to live together in peace
D.Hawaii is the only place where there is peace
3. ________ plays an important part in the development of Hawaii.
A.Modern industry B.Agriculture
C.The air line D.Business in travel
[B]
Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial(商业) music. It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk-rock”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions. It’s a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
4. All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT __________________.
A. blues B. rock’n ’roll C. jazz D. folk-rock
5. According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ___________ it is today.
A. much greater than B. much smaller than
C. as great as D. as small as
6. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. No pop music is on a high musical level.
B. Much pop music is very artistic.
C. Pop music is highly artistic.
D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.
7. “It is a big industry” means that _______________.
A. it makes a lot of musical instruments (乐器)
B. it is a big musical and commercial business
C. the pop singers are very hard-working
D. pop music is on a very high musical level