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【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。 “Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher(哲學(xué)家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. 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.
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）How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?
A.One.
B.Two.
C.Three.
D.Four.
（5）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）B
（5）C
【解析】文章大意：這篇短文主要介紹了音樂是我們生活的一個重要部分，但是一些學(xué)校正在削減音樂課。人們對音樂的不重視一定程度上是因為它不被視為一種重要的生活技能。事實上音樂在許多方面是有益的，許多科學(xué)家就擅長演奏音樂。
（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets(預(yù)算).可知一些學(xué)校削減音樂課以控制預(yù)算，故選D。
（2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired(解雇)over 1,000 teachers.可知them指代的是解雇的老師，故選B。
（3）歸納理解題。根據(jù)該段的中心句When playing music, you need different abilities to work together.及所給的示例，可知該段主要講述的是在演奏音樂時，我們需要不同的能力一起工作。即演奏音樂能鍛煉各種能力，故選A。
（4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.可知提到了愛因斯坦和普朗克，故選B。
（5）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中主要描述了音樂對人們的重要性，故選C。