Question

【題目】 China has a rich and colorful cultural history, and masks have played a major role in Chinese tradition for thousands of years. Why do people wear masks? The reasons are to protect their body, to hide themselves, or to have fun. In fact, masks are used all over the world.

African masks are usually made in a traditional style. There are many different kinds of African masks, but many of them represent animals. African masks are a part of full-body costumes and they are made for dancers. The dancers usually wear the masks in religions events.

Japanese masks have been used in many dancers, theaters, festivals and religions events. They represent heroes, devils, ghosts and some animals in performances. Most of them are made of clay, cloth, wood or paper.

Greek masks are used to represent the spirits of nature during religions events. Also, theater actors use masks to show different characters.

In Rome, devil and other masks are used in carnivals.

Today, masks continue to be of great artistic and entertaining value.

【1】What do many of African masks represent?

A.Humans.B.Animals.C.PlantsD.Stones.

【2】What materials are used to make masks in Japan?

A.Water and sandB.Food and paperC.Clay and clothD.Metal and glass.

【3】Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A.People often use masks to have fun.

B.Many dancers in Africa wear masks.

C.Masks have played a major role in Chinese tradition.

D.Masks can be used as toys

【4】This article is about________.

A.Various masks in the worldB.African masks

C.Reasons for wearing masksD.When to wear masks

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

短文大意：本文是文化類閱讀，介紹了中國、非洲、日本、希臘和羅馬等國家使用面具的傳統(tǒng)，指出面具具有巨大的藝術價值和娛樂價值。

【1】題意：許多非洲面具代表什么？

考查細節(jié)理解。Humans人類；Animals動物；Plants植物；Stones石頭。根據(jù)“There are many different kinds of African masks, but many of them represent animals非洲面具有很多種，但很多都代表動物”，可知非洲面具大多代表動物，故選B。

【2】題意：在日本用什么材料做面具？

考查細節(jié)理解。A. Water and sand水和沙子；B. Food and paper食物和紙；C. Clay and cloth粘土和布；D. Metal and glass金屬和玻璃。根據(jù)“Most of them are made of clay, cloth, wood or paper它們大多是由粘土、布、木頭或紙制成的”，可知需用粘土、布、木頭或紙制作面具，故選C。

【3】題意：下面哪個選項在文章中沒有被提到？

考查細節(jié)判斷。A. 人們經(jīng)常用面具來娛樂；根據(jù)“The reasons are…to have fun”可知說法正確。B. 許多非洲的舞者戴面具；根據(jù)“The dancers usually wear the masks in religions events”可知說法正確。C. 面具在中國傳統(tǒng)中扮演了重要的角色；根據(jù)“masks have played a major role in Chinese tradition for thousands of years”可知說法正確。D. 面具可以用作玩具；根據(jù)短文可知沒有提及，結合“Today, masks continue to be of great artistic and entertaining value”，說法錯誤。綜合以上分析，故選D。

【4】題意：這篇文章是關于世界上各種各樣面具的。

考查主旨理解。A. 世界上的各種面具；B. 非洲面具；C. 戴口罩的原因；D. 什么時候戴口罩。根據(jù)短文，介紹的是中國、非洲、日本、希臘和羅馬等國家使用面具的傳統(tǒng)，可知Various masks in the world符合文意，故選A。