—Excuse me，can you tell me the meaning of this word?
—Sorry，I don't know. You can _____ in my dictionary.
A. look it up B. look up it C. look it for
—It will _____ them much time to rebuild the museum.
—But they will _____ much for it.
A. cost，spend B. take，pay C. spend，pay
—Are your shirts made _____ cotton?
—Yes，they are made _____ the US.
A. from，in B. of，from C. of，in
He remembers the passages _____ connecting the words _____ the pictures.
A. by，with B. by，in C. with，with
Many musicians meet and form (组成) a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high school students and practice their music in someone’s house. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can get some money for themselves or pay for their instruments (乐器).
However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and was formed in 1965. It began as a TV show. The TV show had planned to find four rock musicians who could act as well as sing. But they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.
Since some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to ask for help from other musicians. So at first, the band just pretended (假装) to sing. Anyway, their performances were excellent and they got lots of fans. Each week on TV, the Monkees would pretend to play and sing songs written by other musicians. After a year or so, they became more serious about their work. They started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced (制作) their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more influential and popular than the Beatles and sold even more records.
However, the band broke up around 1970, but happily they reunited (重聚) in the 1980s. They produced a new record in 1996 to celebrate their time as a band. It was very successful. Today the Monkees are still making music for their millions of fans.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.From the second paragraph, we can know that the Monkees _______.
A. was started by some students
B. began as a TV show
C. was started by fans of the Beatles
D. began as a radio program
2.At the beginning, the Monkees _______.
A. had five members
B. wrote songs for the Beatles
C. had other musicians sing for them
D. was not very interested in country music
3.What does the underlined word “influential” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?
A. 有权势的 B. 有野心的
C. 有争议的 D. 有影响的
4.The Monkees has a history of about _______ years.
A. thirty B. forty
C. fifty D. sixty
5.The writer writes this passage mainly to _______.
A. show his love for the Monkees
B. introduce the history of the Monkees
C. ask more people to buy the Monkees’ records
D. tell how the Monkees is different from the Beatles
书面表达
最近你们班要举办一次英语读书报告会的分享活动。请你根据以下提示，用英语写一篇短文为此做准备。
提示：1. What book have you read recently? 2. What’s it about? 3. What do you think of it?
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