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buy large speakers(揚(yáng)聲器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes es to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has bee a national star. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies(交響樂(lè))of Beethoven. There is opera for singers, ballet for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.(1)In what way can music be regarded as an international language? music is what everyone enjoys. wonderful songs are popular with the world people. music is played, it seems as if it were speaking to us. is too popular for everyone to be able to play it.(2)What can we know about music and people in America? drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work. drivers never listen to music when they drive to work. drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets. always listen to music before class, in class and after class.(3)Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? people in America like popular music. singers can get all the money from the tapes. Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music in China.,western or country music is a little different from its beginning.(4)What39。 (1)考查推理判斷。故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to also listen to the news about sports,the weather,politics,and activities of the American people.”可知,成年司機(jī)開(kāi)車(chē)上班時(shí)聽(tīng)汽車(chē)收音機(jī)里的音樂(lè),他們還收聽(tīng)體育新聞,天氣,政治,和美國(guó)人民的活動(dòng)。其他三項(xiàng)描述都不正確。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。當(dāng)初它是牛仔唱給牛聽(tīng)的,但現(xiàn)在它是任何關(guān)于鄉(xiāng)村生活或鄉(xiāng)村青年愛(ài)情的音樂(lè)。 (4)考查主旨大意。故選B。4.閱讀理解 t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn39。 Grownups can hardly find children39。 It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.(1)What is true about children when they play games? A.They can test their personal abilities.C.They don39。be a useful partnerB.be confident in himselfbe popular among his playmates(3)Why does a child like playing games? A.Because he can bee popular among friends.C.Because he likes the place where he plays a game.(4)Which is the best title for this passage? A.s GamesB.Reasons for Children39。How to Be a Popular Game Player【答案】 (1)A(2)B(3)A(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文,介紹了孩子們?cè)谕嬗螒驎r(shí)有自己的游戲規(guī)則,他們很少需要裁判,很少去記分.他們喜歡玩取決于運(yùn)氣的游戲,這樣他們的個(gè)人能力就不能直接進(jìn)行比較了.但是,成年人很難發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子們的游戲令人興奮,他們常常對(duì)孩子們反復(fù)玩這么簡(jiǎn)單的游戲感到困惑。根據(jù)第一段中的“Children have their own rules in playing games.Theyseldom need a referee(裁判) and rarely trouble to keep scores.”可知,介紹了孩子們玩游戲的一些特點(diǎn),比如孩子的游戲有自己的規(guī)則,也不需要裁判,而且可以隨時(shí)結(jié)束,故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“He bees a leader when it es to his turn”可知,當(dāng)輪到他時(shí),他就成了領(lǐng)袖.所以要成為一個(gè)游戲的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者,孩子必須等待輪到他才行,故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person,and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid.”可知孩子們喜歡玩游戲的重要原因之一是他們可以在游戲中假裝成別人,選A。通讀全文可知,游戲在孩子們的生活中是必不可少的.他們無(wú)需裁判,也很少計(jì)分,他們甚至不在乎輸贏.盡管在成年人眼里這些游戲非常簡(jiǎn)單,枯燥.但是孩子們對(duì)此卻是樂(lè)此不疲.作者認(rèn)為通過(guò)游戲,孩子們學(xué)會(huì)了遵守規(guī)則,可知選B。5.閱讀理解 History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries, Unique works of this kind are different from today39。 In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because the general principles of taste are uniform(不變的) in human nature, the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.It introduces different cultural values.B.It relates artistic values to local conditions.D.great works of art can go beyond national boundariesB.popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great artsD.they are results of scientific studyB.they are created by the world39。they appeal to unchanging features of human nature(4)Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? A.Are Popular Arts Permanent?C.D. (1)考查推理判斷。 (2)考查推理判斷。s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art.”可知不會(huì)把莫扎特與日本的音樂(lè)進(jìn)行比較,正如日本的畫(huà)作與巴黎的畫(huà)廊進(jìn)行比較,藝術(shù)作品是沒(méi)有國(guó)界的,故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because‘ the general principles of taste are uniform(不變的) in human nature, the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent.’ ”可知Davide曾辯論到風(fēng)格的原則上是沒(méi)有變化的,所以一些藝術(shù)是可能會(huì)永生的,故選D。本文主要從相對(duì)論的角度來(lái)說(shuō),藝術(shù)的價(jià)值只能反應(yīng)當(dāng)時(shí)的社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì),但作者提出不同的觀點(diǎn),故選A。6.閱讀下面短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 It is monly believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1 April. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, changing New Year to 1 January. With no modern munications, news travelled slowly and new ideas were often questioned. Many people did not hear of the change, some merely forgot, and others chose to ignore it. These people were called fools. Invitations to nonexistent New Year parties were sent and other practical jokes were played. Over time playing tricks on 1 April became a tradition. The custom eventually spread to England and Scotland, and it was later transported across the Atlantic to the American colonies (殖民地) of the English and the Fr