③Yin became a household name.

④Yin sing "Boat Tracker's Love".

A.①③④② B.②①④③ C.④③①② D.④③②①

C

While yoare online there are plenty of perfectly legal sites where yocan listen to music for free. This gives yothe chance to listen to music before buying it, discover new music, and create great online playlists that yocan share with others.

The Sixty One

The Sixty One is devoted to showcasing obscure or unknown artists of all genres. There’s a range of musical styles from classical to rock and roll, folk to jazz, and everything in between. Don’t expect to find big name musicians on here; you’re more likely to find the musicians playing at local coffee shops than bands yohear on the radio. Yocan find fantastic music that yonever would have heard of otherwise.

Pow Wow

Pow Wows are the Native American people’s way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships, and making new ones. This is a time method to renew Native American culture and preserve the rich heritage of American Indians. PowWows.com has 2 online radio s tations that play Native American Music 24/7 free! Here yocan listen to your favorite artists and drum groups on your computer or mobile device and add your music to our station.

Playlist

Playlist has an enormous library, so yocan create playlists with almost any musician yocan think of. They have both some lesser known artists and big names, so yohave a really good selection. The worst part: Due to licensing laws, many of the songs on Playlist are now restricted to certain countries. So unless yolive inside the US, it is likely that yomight not be able to find all of your favorite songs.

Pandora

Pandora is an intelligent Internet radio site. Basically, as yolisten, yocan give each song a thumbs up or thumbs down. Yocan create your own radio station that only plays music yolike. The best part: It listens to your opinion, so that after a while it’s only playing music yolike, but the list is always changing and expanding.

My Space

Combine a major social networking site with thousands of artists around the world. Each musician has their own page, which normally has a playlist of several of their songs. But it has a huge range of musicians ranging from huge stars to the up-and-coming, and yocan listen to the music and interact with the rest of the page.

28. If yoenjoy listening to some new music, yocan pay a visit to ______.

A. Pow Wow B. Playlist C. The Sixty One D. Pandora

29. Yocan’t listen to some music on Playlist possibly because ______.

A. it is only open to those who are in the United States

B. yoare not one of the members of the website

C. yodon’t have any playlist

D. the music is played only by the local people

30. Pandora is different from the other websites of music in that ____.

A. listening to music is free of charge

B. the website keeps changing and expanding

C. it is built according to your suggestions

D. yocan always enjoy your favorite music

31. Which or the following is true of My Space

A. Thousands of artists visit it every day.

B. It is unnecessary to create your own playlist.

C. There are only huge stars’ songs.

D. It is possible to meet the stars around the world.

32. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Best Free Music Websites. B. All Kinds of Music Online.

C. Create Your Own Playlist. D. Listen to Music for free.

D

Today, roller skating (滑旱冰)is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day Merlin received an invitation(邀请) to attend a fancy dress ball(舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of(梦想) arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on, suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!