Question

JOINING A CHOIR

I’ve always loved singing, but singing hasn’t always loved me. I

would open my mouth with a beautiful song in my head, fully expecting

my voice to follow suit — only to get an awful tone (音调）in return.

Still, without a second thought, I continued to try to sing whenever

possible. On car journeys, when my now twenty something sons were

small, they would make a great play ( hands over their ears， shouting

‘ No，Mum，stop!’) of going through punishment as I sang along to the radio.

Never in a hundred years would I have thought about joining a choir. And when I did finally become a member of my first choir 15 years ago, something fantastic happened to my life. From the first time I experienced my voice as something special but also comfortable, in harmony (和谐）with the other singers, I lost my heart to singing. It was like falling in love. And everyone in the choir had the same shining smiles and bright eyes — singing made them feel happy, too.

Although it is singing itself that makes me happy，it is also how a choir works together. There is something magical about breathing together. The voice of everyone singing quietly together is powerful and excitingly mysterious (神秘的），almost spiritual.

And there’s the unexpected friendship from the activities we do as a choir: raising money for good causes and taking our singing sometimes to places where people are forgotten and sad.

I am now a member of six choirs and，if I can，sing every day of the week. I stand in front of several hundred people，and know that some，if not all，of each song will sound not bad at all.

1.What did the writer’s sons think of her singing when they were small?

A. Terrible.    B. Comfortable.    C. Fantastic.    D. Boring.

2.When did the writer join her first choir?

A. A week ago.    B. Six years ago.    C. Fifteen years ago.    D. Twenty years ago.

3.What brings the writer the unexpected friendship?

A. Having car journeys with her sons.

B. Helping others by singing in choirs.

C. Having shining smiles and bright eyes.

D. Singing in front of hundreds of people.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

【解析】文章讲述了作者喜欢唱歌，但是唱的不好，后来她加入合唱团的故事。

1.根据when my now twenty something sons were small, they would make a great play ( hands over their ears， shouting‘ No，Mum，stop!’) 儿子用手捂住耳朵让她停止唱歌，可知儿子认为她唱的很糟糕；故选A

2.根据when I did finally become a member of my first choir 15 years ago,15年前成了第一个合唱团的成员，可知选C

3.根据And there’s the unexpected friendship from the activities we do as a choir: raising money for good causes and taking our singing sometimes to places where people are forgotten and sad.合唱团给好的事业筹钱，给被人忘记，伤心的人带去歌声，可知她们通过唱歌帮助别人得到了意料之外的友谊；故选B