Question

Singing songs is fun, but is it also useful? For learning English pronunciation(发音), Mr. Joe thinks songs are the most useful way to learn. At the same time, you can learn some new words and phrases while singing songs. Mr. Joe has used songs to help himself learn French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. You should do the same.

Some words used in songs are not everyday English, so you have to be careful how you use song lyrics（歌词）when you speak. Most words and sentences are very useful. You don't have to sing songs aloud if you are shy, but after learning a song you should be able to follow the words without looking at the lyrics. When you can do that, you have learned something that you will never forget!

Some good songs to listen to are from the Beatles, John Denver and the Carpenters. Their songs are not too fast and the lyrics are close to normal spoken English. Just for fun, you can try Mr. Joe's favorite singer, B.B. King. His songs are not easy at all! If you can understand even 80% of "Why I Sing the Blues", you are a very advanced student.

If you become good at singing English songs, you can try to go to karaoke and sing with your friends. When you are able to sing a song in another language, even if you don't sing so beautifully, you will really impress(给......深刻印象) other people!

1.Which is Mr. Joe’s mother language?

A. French.             B. English.

C. Chinese.          D. Japanese.

2.Singing English songs can help us, EXCEPT______.

A. pronounce correctly           B. remember new words

C. learn English                 D. sing songs better

3.The songs from the Beatles are easy to learn, one of the reasons may be______.

A. everyone likes the songs

B. John Denver's voice is sweet

C. the lyrics of the songs are beautiful

D. the lyrics are close to normal spoken English

4.The underlined word "advanced" in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by______.

A. careful         B. excellent

C. kind-hearted       D. lazy

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

A. English Songs.

B. The Famous Band-The Beatles.

C. English Songs helps English Learning.

D. How to Learn English.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了听歌可以帮助我们学习语言。它可以帮助我们记单词和句型。我们可以听一些节奏慢些，歌词和口语接近的英文歌曲。如果你能用另一种语言唱歌，即使唱得不好，也会给人留下深刻印象。

1.B判断推理题。根据文章内容 Mr. Joe has used songs to help himself learn French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.乔用唱歌来帮助他学习法语，西班牙语，日语和中文，从而得知这些都不是他的母语，结合选项故此题选B。

2.D判断推理题。根据文章内容When you are able to sing a song in another language, even if you don't sing so beautifully, you will really impress other people!当你能用其他语言唱歌，即使你唱得不好，也将给别人留下深刻印象，此题选D，学唱英语歌不能帮我们更会唱歌。

3.D 细节理解题。根据文章内容Their songs are not too fast and the lyrics are close to normal spoken English.他们的歌不是很快，而且歌词很接近日常口语，故此题选D。

4.B词义猜测题。结合前后文，此句为：如果你只能明白歌曲《Why I Sing the Blues》的80%，你也是个很优秀的学生了。Advanced先进的，故此题选B，优秀的。

5.C 标题归纳题。这篇文章主要讲述了通过听歌可以帮助我们学习英语，故此题选C。

考点：学习类短文阅读。