Question

【題目】

The balalaika, also called the "Russian guitar", is a traditional Russian musical instrument. It has a long neck, a wooden triangle-shaped body and strings. It is usually used to play Russian music by plucking the strings with fingers or a pick.

Russians like the balalaika. The music played with it can be cheerful, as if the farmers were dancing happily to celebrate their harvest. It can also be energetic, as if the workers were working hard to make their country richer and stronger. If a Russian moves to live or work abroad, he will probably take a balalaika with him. When he feels lonely and sad, he will play it to cheer himself up.

The balalaika was originally played by the poor in Russia. At that time, balalaikas were made by the players themselves. They were rough, simple and cheap with different numbers of strings, from two to even six. Later a Russian musician Vasily Vasil'yevich Andreev (1861-1918) improved the balalaka. He created a whole family of balalaikas of different sizes, all with three strings. The smallest balalaika is called Prima. It is 60-70cm long. The biggest, Contrabass, is almost 2metres high with a leg to sit on the floor. Andreev founded the first balalaika orchestra in the world, mainly using balalaikas to perform. He gave concerts at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1889, which was a great success.

Today, there are blalaika groups performing around the world. More and more people get to know the balalaika and are attracted by its Russian style music.

【1】The balalaika is a musical instrument __________.

A.without stringsB.with a long neck

C.of a round shapeD.with a metal body

【2】The music played with a balalaika is usually__________.

A.slow and sadB.strong and serious

C.soft and modernD.cheerful and energetic

【3】Andreev is mentioned in Paragraph Three to introduce __________.

A.the success of balalaika concertsB.the history of balalaika orchestras

C.his talent for playing the balalaikaD.his contributions to the balalaika

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A.Balalaika: The "Russian Guitar" for the Poor

B.Russia: The Home of Famous Balalaika Musicians

C.Balalaika: A Traditional Russian Musical Instrument

D.Russia: The International Hand-made Balalaika Factory

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介紹了俄羅斯的一種傳統(tǒng)樂器Balalaika，講述了它的特點以及發(fā)展歷程等。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It has a long neck, a wooden triangle-shaped body and strings.它有一個長長的脖子，一個木制的三角形的身體和弦。結(jié)合選項，可知B選項符合題意，故答案選B。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The music played with it can be cheerful, ……it can also be energetic,可知，巴拉萊卡琴演奏的音樂通常是歡快而充滿活力的，故答案選D。

【3】

段意歸納題。通讀第三段可知，本段講述的是Andreev改進了Balalaika，他創(chuàng)造了一整套不同大小的Balalaika，都有三根弦。他還創(chuàng)立了世界上第一支巴拉萊卡管弦樂隊。結(jié)合選項，可知D選項“Andreev對Balalaika的貢獻”，最能概況本段，故答案選D。

【4】

標題歸納題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了俄羅斯的一種傳統(tǒng)樂器Balalaika，結(jié)合選項，可知C選項符合題意，故答案選C。