【正文】 sung. Pop music, such as Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys, has always met the tastes of the general public. It continues to enjoy support from teens and is the second most popular music after hiphop and rap. The third is rock music with exciting dance beats and simple lyrics that speak loudly of social problems. The melodies are led by electric guitars. Rock became popular in the USA in the early 1950s. The American singer Elvis Presley and British group the Beatles became world famous rock artists. The survey also shows that jazz is least loved by American teens. It developed in the later part of the 19th century from a mixture of African songs and hymns. Jazz tends to be the type of music that people enjoy more as they get older. （1）American teenagers like best. A.hiphop and rapB.pop musicC.rock musicD.jazz（2）Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys belong to . A.pop musicB.hiphopC.rock musicD.jazz（3）In the later part of the 19th century developed . A.rapB.jazzC.the BeatlesD.the electric guitar（4）The main purpose of this passage is to tell the readers . A.about a study conducted among US teensB.what types of music are popular among US teensC.that both American and Chinese teens love musicD.that kids love different types of music because of the stars【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文告訴我們美國青少年最喜歡嘻哈和說唱，搖滾樂，用激動(dòng)人心的舞蹈節(jié)奏和簡單的歌詞來說出社會(huì)問題；在19世紀(jì)后期爵士樂發(fā)展了，但是爵士樂最不受青少年的喜愛。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) It es without surprise that hiphop and rap are the most popular types of music among American teenagers.毫不意外，嘻哈和說唱是美國青少年最喜愛的音樂。故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Pop music, such as Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys, has always met the tastes of the general public.可知布蘭妮斯皮爾斯和后街男孩都屬于流行音樂。故選A。 （3）根據(jù) The survey also shows that jazz is least loved by American teens. It developed in the later part of the 19th century from a mixture of African songs and hymns. 可知爵士樂是在19世紀(jì)后期發(fā)展的。故選B。 （4）主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主題句 Have you ever wondered what kind of music young people across the United States are listening to? 這篇短文主要講的是美國的青少年喜歡的音樂類型。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】此題考查閱讀理解。這道題涉及到細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩種題型。對(duì)于細(xì)節(jié)理解題，在閱讀短文后，根據(jù)問題在文章中直接找到和問題相關(guān)的語句確定問題答案。對(duì)于主旨大意題可知根據(jù)文章的主題句進(jìn)行判斷。 16．閱讀理解 Thousands of years ago, people couldn39。t live for long. Most people only lived to be twentyfive or thirty years old. 20% of people died before they were twelvemonths old and another 30% could not live to be five years old. Today, people can live much longer. One reason is that the water we drink is cleaner. Clean water does not cause diseases（疾?。? Besides, medical treatment is better today. More and more people live to be over eighty. Women often live longer than men. For example, in Japan, women usually can live to be eightyfive, but men can only live to be eighty. In the future, people will probably live longer than today. Here are many things we can do to help people live longer. For example, we can make sure that everyone has enough medicine to fight against diseases. Also, it is necessary for everyone to have enough to eat. Today many people die because they do not have enough food. （1）Thousands of years ago, of people couldn39。t live to be 5 years old. A.20%B.30%C.50%D.80%（2）Why can people live much longer today according to the passage? A.We drink cleaner water and eat better food.B.We eat better food and get better medical treatment.C.We get better medical treatment and do enough exercise.D.We drink cleaner water and get better medical treatment.（3）From paragraph 3，we can know that . A.women often live longer than menB.all Japanese women can live to be eightyfiveC.most men can live longer than womenD.husbands often live longer than their wives（4）What can we know from the passage? A.People will live longer and longer if they get enough food to eat.B.Enough medicine can help people fight against diseases.C.People won39。t get enough food in the future.D.Everyone can get good medical treatment now.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文講述了隨著人類生活水平和醫(yī)療水平的進(jìn)步，人們會(huì)更長壽。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) 20% of people died before they were twelvemonths old and another 30% could not live to be five years old，可知幾千年前，50%的人不能活到5歲，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) One reason is that the water we drink is cleaner和 medical treatment is better today，可知我們喝更清潔的水，得到更好的醫(yī)療護(hù)理使得今天人們能活得更長 ，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Women often live longer than men 可知女人往往比男人長壽，故選A。 （4）推理題。根據(jù) we can make sure that everyone has enough medicine to fight against diseases 可知足夠的藥物可以幫助人們對(duì)抗疾病 ，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。