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Halls will Come to Life with Music
Albert Hall and Royal Hall have disclosed their schedules for the upcoming season, wi everything (1)classical music to stand-up comedy acts and lots in between.
The Smiths are set to make their debut at 100-year-old Albert Hall on Jan 25, 2007. The venerable venue (2)will host Bruce Thornton on January 17, Ron Ghanem on January 3, Terry Lightfoot on January 9, and folk superstar Judith Bachman on February 12, 13, and 14.At Royal Hall, in its classical (3) , American soprano Rosemary Voigt, Canadian soprano Jonathon Pierre, Canadian baritone Mel Finley, and Polish contralto George Podles are on the bill.

1（）
A. over
B. at
C. up
D. from

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Halls will Come to Life with Music
Albert Hall and Royal Hall have disclosed their schedules for the upcoming season, wi everything (1)classical music to stand-up comedy acts and lots in between.
The Smiths are set to make their debut at 100-year-old Albert Hall on Jan 25, 2007. The venerable venue (2)will host Bruce Thornton on January 17, Ron Ghanem on January 3, Terry Lightfoot on January 9, and folk superstar Judith Bachman on February 12, 13, and 14.At Royal Hall, in its classical (3) , American soprano Rosemary Voigt, Canadian soprano Jonathon Pierre, Canadian baritone Mel Finley, and Polish contralto George Podles are on the bill.

2（）
A. besides
B. of
C. also
D. either

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Where does the second type of music come from
It comes from（）.

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Where does the second type of music come from
It comes from（）.

[单项选择]Freshwater life itself has never come easy in the Middle East. Ever since The Old Testament (旧约全书), God punished man with 40 days and 40 nights of rain. Water supplies here have been dwindling. The rainfall only comes in winter and drains quickly through the semiarid land, leaving the soil to bake and to thirst for next November.
The region’s accelerating population, expanding agriculture, industrialization, and higher living standards demand more freshwater. Drought and pollution limit its availability. War and mismanagement waste it. Said Joyce Start of the Global Water Summit Initiative, based in Washington, D.C. "Nations like Israel and Jordan are swiftly sliding into that zone where they are suing all the water resources available to them. They have only 15 to 20 years left before their agriculture, and ultimately their food security, is threatened."
I came here to examine this crisis in the making, to investigate fears that "water wars" are imminent, that water has
A. According to the Old Testament freshwater is available only in November.
B. Rainfall comes only in winter starting from November.
C. Running water systems will not be ready until next November.
D. It is a custom in that region that irrigation to crops is done only in November.