6.However，after a year________ in which they became more serious about their work，the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.

A.later            B.time         C.about         D.or so

7.In the USA they became ________ than the Beatles.

A.even more popular                 B.far much popular

C.so more popular                   D.a lot much popular

8.The band ________ about 1970，but happily they reunited in the mid­1980s.

A.broke down                      B.broke out

C.broke up                         D.broke into

Ⅳ.阅读理解

Country music is one of the most popular  music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events—love，sadness，good times and bad times.It tells real­life stories and sounds the way people really talk.As life becomes more complicated(复杂)，it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music，sometimes called country­western，comes from two kinds of music.One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States.The other is traditional cowboy music from the West.The singers usually play guitars，and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.At first city people said country music was low class.It was popular mostly in the South.But during World War Ⅱ，thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Mid­west to work in the factories.They took their music with them.Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps(军营) in the South.They learned country music.Slowly it became popular all over the country.Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City，among black and white，and among educated and uneducated people.About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty­four hours a day.English stars sing it in British­English，and people in other countries sing it in their own languages.The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world.

1.It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from ________.

A.the Northeast and Mid­west

B.factories and army camps in the South

C.the Appalachian Mountains and the West

D.real­life stories in small towns

2.Before World War Ⅱ country music was popular mainly in ________.

A.the South                  B.the North

C.the Midwest                D.the Northeast

3.During World War Ⅱ many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid­west because ________.

A.they wanted to take music with them

B.they wanted to make other people like country music

C.they wanted to work in the factories there

D.they wanted to make country music popular

4.Country music is one of the most popular music in the world today because ________.

A.city people said it was low class

B.people could sing it in many different languages

C.it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D.it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Country music is about human feelings and events.

B.Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C.Country music is popular among city people today.

D.City people didn’t like country music at first.

1.attach vt.& vi.系上;缚上;重视;附加;连接

生义：vt.使附属;使喜爱，使依恋

(1)It is unwise to attach too much importance to the information.过于重视那个消息是不明智的。

(2)This middle school is attached to a college.

这所中学附属于一所大学。

(3)The scientist is also attached to the old painting.

这位科学家也喜欢这幅古老的画。

2.form v.(使)组成;形成;构成;n.表格;形式

生义：vt.养成(习惯)

(1)A plan formed in my head.

一个计划在我的头脑中形成了。

(2)We young people must form good habits.

我们年轻人必须养成好习惯。