Question

【題目】

Music and Art will enter the Entrance Exam for the high school in Jiangsu. Without music, life would be a mistake. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets (預(yù)算).

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1,000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways.

(4) When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解碼) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.

【1】Some schools in the US cut music classes, because ________.

A. students in the US weren’t interested in music

B. they were too difficult to learn

C. there weren’t enough music teachers in the US

D. the schools wanted to control budgets

【2】In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to (指代)？

A. Public schools.B. Fired teachers.

C. Parents in Chicago.D. Students in Chicago.

【3】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A. Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.

B. Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.

C. Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.

D. Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.

【4】What’s the writer’s opinion according to this passage?

A. Music is as simple as it looks.

B. Music classes should be cut in some schools.

C. Music is a big part of our lives.

D. Music isn’t a very important life skill for us.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

文中提到的是有關(guān)于音樂的事情。作者認(rèn)為音樂對于我們的生活來說是很重要的，在演奏音樂過程中，我們會協(xié)調(diào)各方面的能力，我們會去領(lǐng)悟人生的真實意義，并且作者還提到，有很多的偉大科學(xué)家都會彈奏音樂，比如愛因斯坦等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文中提到“some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets”由于預(yù)算原因，美國的很多學(xué)校取消了音樂課程，由此確定選擇D。

【2】推理判斷題。文中提到“Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired（解雇）over 1，000teachers”芝加哥解雇了超過1000名老師，后文又說10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, 10%的人教授音樂和藝術(shù)，由此可以推測此處的them指的是前面那些辭退的老師，故選擇B。

【3】段落理解題。段落第一句提出“When playing music, you need different abilities to work together”當(dāng)演奏音樂時，一般都需要不同的能力一起協(xié)調(diào)作用，而后邊主要是舉例子說明這句話，比如音符解碼、手指按鍵等，由此確定選擇A。

【4】主旨?xì)w納題。文中首句提到“Without music, life would be a mistake”沒有音樂，生命將是一個錯誤，下面通過美國削減音樂課程和介紹演奏音樂的好處來說明這一點，由此推測作者認(rèn)為音樂很重要，是生活的一部分，故選擇C。