Question

Good morning. The program today is about music. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are the goddesses of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language, but it uses sounds. Today’s program brings together music from different corners of the world. Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone’s life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their world of music grows. In the middle grades students take music lessons. When they reach high school, they become more and more interested in listening to pop music.

The records we have chosen for you today are from American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on. Music has different meanings for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. Music is now heard everywhere, in shops, on buses and at home. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel. It is worth making the effort. Only then can we say why one piece of music is good and another is bad.

Now, here comes the music today. I shall explain why they are all good music...

1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. Some knowledge about music.

B. The origin of music.

C. Something about the announcer.

D. Some questions about music.

2.Which of the following is not the purpose of this music program?

A. To study the language of music.

B. To learn more about music.

C. To find out how music expresses people’s feelings.

D. To tell us we should listen to music every day.

3.What does the announcer think about the function of music in our life?

A. It is important to almost everyone.

B. It is necessary for the young.

C. It plays a great role when we are children.

D. It decides our future.

4.The text will continue to talk about some ________.

A. old and unpopular music

B. nice and popular music

C. songs sung by the young today

D. reasons why some composers（作曲家） play such music

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】本篇是一篇说明文，首段介绍了关于音乐的一些知识，并提出音乐对人们很重要，后文接着介绍了音乐的功能，音乐能使人高兴、悲伤，最后指出只有充分学习了解音乐怎样起作用，怎样表达情绪，才能分辨出音乐的优劣。仔细阅读文章，把握文章的逻辑关系，顺利解题。

1.段落大意理解题，文章开篇围绕“music”进行讨论，叙述了单词“music”来源于希腊文“muse”,由此可知B选项“音乐的起源”理解错误，此处并非谈论音乐的起源，根据下文可知人们并不知道谁发明了音乐，谁唱了第一首歌。C选项“Something about the announcer”文中并未提及，D选项“一些关于音乐的问题”为干扰项，文中疑问句“谁发明了音乐？”,”谁唱了第一首歌？”为作者强调音乐的发明无可考证。故选A。

2.细节理解题，根据文中第二段“in this program we shall study the language of music.”可知这个“music program”的目的之一为“学习音乐的语言”，A选项说法正确，后句“We shall be trying to find out more about how music works.”我们应该试着发现更多关于音乐怎样起到作用，B选项说法正确，“We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.”可知C选项“去发现音乐怎样表达人们的感受”说法正确，D选项文中未提及。根据题意，故选D。

3.细节理解题，根据文中第一段“we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone’s life.”可知音乐几乎对每个人的日常生活都很重要，B选项“听音乐对青少年来说是必须的”，文中并无此意思，只是说青少年喜欢音乐，以此佐证音乐的重要性，C选项未提及，D选项“音乐决定我们的未来”，文中并未下此定论，仅说明音乐的重要性。故选A。

4.推理判断题，根据文中最后说只有了解音乐怎样起作用，怎样表达人们情感之后我们才能分别音乐的好坏。末句“I shall explain why they are all good music...”表明接下来会讨论一些好的音乐，B选项“nice and popular music”为合理选项。故选B。