第二部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, and then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English grade from an F to A. Johnny’s parents looked at his report card. They were very happy.

　　“An A in English!” said Johnny’s Dad. “You’re a very clever boy, Johnny.”

Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new information in. Using a modem, they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer account and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.

21. Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in _______.

 A. the classroom             B. the school office

 C. a bank near his house     D. his own house

22. When Johnny’s parents saw the report, they were happy because _______.

 A. Johnny was good at math       

 B. Johnny loved computers

 C. Johnny could join one computer to another

 D. they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer

23. Who were worried about hackers in the story?

 A. Johnny’s parents.        B. School headmasters, teachers and the police.

 C. The police.                     D. School headmasters and teachers.

24. What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?

 A. Information.                   B. Bank computer accounts.

 C. Computers.                    D. Grades.

25. The last paragraph is about _______.

 A. Johnny  B. computers C. hackers D. modem

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 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 American people. Most of the radio broadcasts are music. 

    Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes 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.

26. Almost every American student likes _______.

A. popular music               B. American songs

C. folk music                      D. classical music

27. 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 country music only.

28. 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 or tapes. 

C. They are followed by young people sometimes.

D. They are beautiful enough to make everyone love them.

29. Cowboys started Country music because _______.

A. they didn’t like popular music  

B. they song when they were watching their cows

C. they loved their country very much 

D. they liked Country music much

30. 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. Music in the world
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