Song verse is often not typical English for study. But it is an _______（enjoy) way,

A. Cantos

B. The Raven

C. Song of Myself

D. Chicago

A、 dramatic blank verse

B、 song

C、 sonnet

D、 couplet

The song ____________by children.

A. is often sung

B. was often sung

C. sings

D. has often sung

A.often sings

B.often sang

C.is often sang

D.is often sung

the slaves were free but life was still not easy. They had to find new work. In the South, work camps were formed. Black people from these camps worked on farms and on building up the Mississippi River banks. During the week the people worked long and hard. They often lived alone, without their families, far from home. On the weekends, the workers got together at picnics or drinking places. Traveling black musicians with guitars entertained them. The musicians sang songs about the difficult life of the workers. These songs were called the blues. If you have the blues it means you feel very sad. You can have the blues because you have no money, no job, no lover, or no home. But blue songs were not always sad. Some of them were happy and many of them were funny. Sometimes the blues singers had song contests. Each singer sang new words or a new style. of the blues song. They made up the music as they played. In this way they created new music. This is called improvisation. Later, improvisation became a very important part of jazz music. Blues began in the country in the South. As blacks moved into the big cities to work, the blues went with them. There, they sang about life in the cities. W. C. Handy, a black band leader from Memphis made the blues popular all over America. In 1914 he wrote the most famous blues song of all, "The St. Louis Blues".

After the Civil War, the Black people______.

A．were mostly slaves

B．still led a hard life

C．enjoyed their new life with families

D．worked on their own farms

ylon about 4,000 years ago. New Year's Day is an【3】national holiday, and banks and offices will be closed. Many families have New year's Day【4】.

Traditionally, it was thought that it could【5】the luck they would have【6】the coming year by【7】they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for【8】to celebrate the first few minutes of a【9】new year in the【10】with the family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring【11】good luck or bad luck to the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor【12】to be a tall dark-haired man.

Traditional New Year's【13】are also thought to bring luck. People in many parts of the US celebrate the New Year by【14】black-eyed peas and cabbage. Black-eyed peas have been considered good luck in many cultures. Cabbage leaves are considered a【15】of prosperity, being【16】of paper currency. Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition also【17】back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the【18】to lose weight or quit smoking.

The song, "Auld Lang Syne", is sung at the【19】of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year. "Auld Lang Syne" literally【20】"yearning for the old days."

(1)

A．remarked

B．commented

C．observed

D．viewed

.There are many other names for it, such as Chalou and Chating.Although the names are different, they have similar forms and contents.

Small teahouses existed long before in China.During the Song Dynasty, Chasi and Chafang were places where tea was sold.During the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu people from high society often spent their time in teahouses.As a result, teahouses became important meeting places for people from all walks of life.

To the Chinese people, teahouses are similar to the cafés in western countries.They are social places.People gather and spread all kinds of social information; customers taste tea and talk about news and daily things there.In order to attract customers, some teahouses build stages for shows like Chinese drumming, Storytelling and Beijing Opera.

The rise of teahouses is closely related with Chinese tea culture.After several thousand years of development, the teahouse has become a part of life for the Chinese people.Now, those who come to Beijing will be attracted to the famous teahouses to experience Chinese tea culture.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each statement based on Passage A.

21.The teahouse is a place for the Chinese people to ______ tea.

A.process

B.buy

C.sell

D.drink

22.______ was a place to sell tea.

A.Chalou

B.Chafang

C.Chating

D.Chatan

23.Finally, teahouses became important meeting places for ______.

A.all kinds of people

B.important people

C.upper class

D.the Manchu people

24.The word “similar to” means ______.

A.different from

B.the same as

C.close to

D.related to

25.People come to teahouses not to ________.

A.share social information

B.taste tea

C.eat

D.chat

Epics usually belong to ________ type.

A.free verse

B.narrative

C.lyrical

D.blank verse

Pope established the heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse forms.()