Milk was one of the main foods of people long before history was written．It will probably keep on being one as long as there are animals that give milk．

    Even the word “milk” is very old．It comes from Sanskrit（梵文）,one of the oldest languages known to man．A very old picture of milking has been found．It was drawn more than five thousand years ago．

    In the years long ago, people got their milk from their own animals．But later new inventions made the milk industry a big business．In 1851 Gail Borden found a way to take some of the water out of milk． This made it keep much longer． Four years later, Louis Pasteur introduced a way to kill the bacteria （細(xì)菌） in milk．Next, a special milk bottle was made．This was followed by the invention of machines that could fill bottles with milk．

    These discoveries had a great effect on the milk industry．They meant that milk could be stored longer．

    Some people believe that milk drinking will become less popular than it has been．But remember how long milk has been an important food and think of many ways in which it is useful．It seems safe to say that milk industry will always be important．

1．Milk is probably（most possibly） to be a food of ours        ．

    A．when there are animals that can give milk

    B．where there are animals that can give milk

    C．if there are animals and people in the world

    D．if we want to eat every day

2．The word “milk” comes from         ．

    A．China           B．India          D．England        D．Japan

3．People got their milk mainly from their own animals       ．

A．a(chǎn) hundred years ago．

B．fifty years ago

    C．one hundred and forty years ago

    D．before a number of inventions were made

4．Milk industry will be always an important one because        ．

    A．milk drinking is very popular in the world

    B．milk has been an important food for a long time and is widely used

    C．milk is a food of good taste and there are many cows

    D．milk can be stored （kept） longer and carried to other countries

Like many people you may be dreaming of a career as a rock and roll star．There are two ways to go about getting one．First there is the traditional（傳統(tǒng)的）way．Find some friends and form a group．Learn to play the guitar or the drums．Write your own songs．Spend hours arguing about the band name．then go out on the road．

   The next step is to spend a year or two touring．If you are any good, the crowds will get bigger．In the end an artist from a record （唱片）company may come to a show．If he or she likes you, there may be a deal （交易）．This is the path traditionally followed by bands in the music industry．Success means fame and wealth．And failure gives you some interesting stories to tell your children．

   Over the last few years a different path to success has become known．Boy bands like Boyzone and girl bands like Spice Girls don’t come together on their own．They are created by managers and record companies．Their image （形象） is strictly controlled．Professional （專業(yè)） song writers usually write their music．This is a convenient arrangement （安排） and the public seems to love the result．

   Though boy and girl bands have become very popular recently, there is a long tradition of making music in this way．In the early 1960’s an American businessman called Berry Gordy founded Motown Records．Motown is short for “motor town”．The record company was based in the city of Detroit, where thousands of African-Americans had moved to work in the car industry．They brought with them a cultural tradition of writing and performing music．This style later became known as “soul music”． Berry Gordy was a diamond miner．Motown stars were not just given songs to sing．They were also taught how to dress well and speak properly．

1．The passage is mainly about _______．

   A．why the record company is forming more bands

   B．how the band has developed and become popular

   C．what is the traditional way of forming a band

   D．when the band became popular

2．If a newborn band wants to succeed, as the writer tells, it must have the chance ______．

   A．to travel in big cities                               B．to meet an businessman

   C．to perform before an artist                      D．to experience failure again and again

3．The underlined word “where” in paragraph 4 refers to ______．

   A．the city of Detroit  B．The record company        C．Motown   D．the diamond mine

4．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

   A．The only successful way to form a band is to write your own songs．

   B．Boyzone is a band which was formed on its own．

   C．A band with a record company shouldn’t perform in a controlled way．

   D．The African-Americans had a cultural tradition of writing and performing music．

1．If you ________（忽視）your diet, trouble will follow．

2．She was still _______（為…煩惱）about the argument she had with Harry．

3．The lecture ________（系列）falls naturally into three parts．

4．She received several __________ （官方的） letters this morning．

5．My father has a good __________（掌握，精通）of the computer．

6．You are r________ not to smoke in the meeting room．

7．I p________ up all my books into boxes．

8．That professor has s________ from cancer for almost one year．

9．He went to the USA with the p_________ of further study．

10．After returning from abroad, they s________ in Shanghai．

1．When studied in the USA, they traveled a lot．

2．It was in the lab where I picked up the wallet．

3．The bad weather added up to our difficulties．

4．A series of stamps are going to be published next month．

5．They had a face to face conversation．

6．He is interested in politics, so he is quite concerning about the relationships between China and

other countries．

7．So as not to lose the job, he kept silent about the accident．

8．The teacher told the students that they will have a picnic at the weekend．

9．Mother told me that she had bought a new dress for me yesterday．

10．Father asked us not make so much noise．

When you read the novel, you will have _____better understanding of ___life．

A．a(chǎn); the             B．a(chǎn) ; /             C．/; /                D．the; the

He was told that not all the people ______ on the central square were Obama’s supporters．

A．frequent         B．individual         C．present        D．convenient

Einstein liked Bose’s paper so much that he _______ his own work and translated it into German．

A．set up              B．put down            C．took over              D．set aside

She had the whole house redecorated to her _______．

A．preference                   B．like                C．taste                D．desire

Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still _______ the traditional customs．

A．perform           B．observe            C．predict           D．recommend

Between the boys      a little beautiful girl．

A．sitting              B．sits         C．sit              D．seated