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1、“讲忠诚、严纪律、立政德”三者相互贯通、相互联系。忠诚是共产党人的底色，纪律是不能触碰的底线，政德是必须修炼的素养。永葆底色、不碰底线山西省怀仁县2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题（实验班）A Im sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written? The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninet
2、y-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hills aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many
3、beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little
4、 Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody（曲调）of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew（侄子）. She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you! Miss Patty Hill and her
5、sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune（曲调简单）and friendliness in words.1. Archibald A. Hill was _. A. English B. Russian C. American D. Australian2. Professor Archibald A. Hill was
6、Miss Mildred Hills _. A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew3. The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of _ years. A. 97 B. about 90 C. more than 90 D. less than 90 4. Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs? A. Because they are musicians. B. Because they love children. C. Because they were asked to write for
7、 a book. D. Because their nephew asked them to do so.BHip hop or rap (说唱 ） music as it is also called,started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music
8、. Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .Rapping in class.Would you like to rap in class ? Well actually,hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? Th
9、ere is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has
10、had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ Ive used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You cant imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”Whose idea was Flocabulary?Blake Harrison, a high sch
11、ool student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . H
12、ow did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学 ）. They are now used in schools with great
13、 success . 5. Rap music started _ in New York city .A. in the 1970s B. In a high school C.in the 19 th century . D. In a music class .6. From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _ .A. Write rap music . B. Sing a song by talking . C. Remember the words of a song . D. help teach
14、some school subjects . 7. The underlined word positive in paragraph 2 most probably means _ A. bad B. good C. final D direct8. Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _ . A. maths B. science C. history D. literatureC I began to grow up that winter night when my parents an
15、d I were returning from my aunts house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children
