Question

完形填空  先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 。

Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows the answers ____ these questions. But we know that music is important in almost everyone’s life.

Babies and young children love to hear people sing for them. When they are ____ older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their ____ of music grows . In middle school, students take music lessons. And they become interested in pop music. It will make them happy. That's because that music can help people relax after ____ hard work.

Music is heard everywhere now, in shops and buses and in the houses, we shall try to find out more about how music works.

The following is a radio broadcast.

Good morning. Today’s broadcast brings together music from different corners of the world. The ____ we have chosen for you are American music. Indian music, pop music and so on.

In this broadcast we shall study the ____ of music. We shall try to ____ what music says and how people feel. I shall explain ____ they are all good music.

The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are goddesses of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It’s like a spoken language, but it ____ different.

We couldn't imagine that without music ____ our life would be like

1.A. with             B. to           C. on            D. in

2.A. a little        B. a few         C. little       D. few

3.A. place            B. house         C. school        D. world

4.A. a day            B. days          C. one-day’s    D. a day’s

5.A. singer           B. music          C. broadcast    D. records

6.A. science          B. lesson        C. language      D. text

7.A. find             B. find out      C. show        D. look at

8.A. how             B. what           C. why        D. which

9.A. voices           B. sounds         C. noises        D. speaks

10.A. how           B. what           C. why         D. when

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要主要讲述了人们到处都能听到音乐，音乐在人们的生活中是非常重要的。

1.B考查介词及语境理解。A. with 带有，具有；B. to 到；C. on 在……上；D. in在……里。句意：没有人知道这些问题的答案。表示问题的答案是the answer to the question, 注意要用介词to，故选B。

2.A考查形容词及语境理解。A. a little有点，修饰不可数名词，表示肯定意义；B. a few修饰可数名词的复数，表示肯定意义 ；C. little 修饰不可数名词，表示否定意义；D. few修饰可数名词的复数，表示否定意义。句意：当他们长大些时，他们喜欢唱他们所听到的歌曲。本题考查a little修饰比较级。故选A。

3.D考查名词及语境理解。A. place地点；B. house 房子；C. school学校；D. world世界。句意：当孩子们去上学的时候，他们的音乐世界在成长。表示随着他们长大，孩子们的音乐世界也会变大。故选D。

4.D考查名词及语境理解。A. a day 一天；B. days 几天；C. one-day’s 一天的。句意：这是因为音乐能帮助人们在辛勤工作一天后放松。本题考查名词所有格。根据句意，故选D。

5.B考查名词及语境理解。A. singer 一名歌唱家；B. music音乐；C. broadcast广播；D. records记录。根据上文我们为你选择的音乐是美国音乐，印度音乐，流行音乐等。结合语境，故选B。

6.C考查名词及语境理解。A. science科学家；B. lesson课；C. language 语言；D. text课文。结合句意在广播中我们将学习音乐的语言，根据语境故选C。

7.B考查动词及语境理解。A. find找到；B. find out 找出，查明；C. show显示；D. look at看；

句意：我们要找到音乐说什么，人们的感受如何。根据题意可知表示找到。故选B。

8.C考查疑问词及语境理解。A. how怎样；B. what什么；C. why为什么； D. which哪一个；

句意：我要解释为什么它们都是很好的音乐。表示要解释它们为什么是好的音乐。故选C。

9.D考查名词及语境理解。A. voices 声音，指人的嗓音；B. sounds 声音，指自然界的一切声音；C. noises 噪音；D. speaks说。句意：但是他们说的是不同的，根据题意故选D。

10.B考查疑问词及语境理解。A. how 怎样；B. what 什么； C. why为什么；D. when何时。句意：我们无法想象没有音乐的生活会是什么样的；提问什么样用what来提问。根据题意故选B。

考点：文化类短文。