Question

【題目】 You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party. She was pleased (高興的)but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her.

“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, “Don't worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to…” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friend at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! I haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift,” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known(眾所周知的) in America.

【1】The girl was sad because ________.

A.she didn't have enough money to buy a giftB.she would be busy that day

C.she didn't want to go to the partyD.she wasn't invited to the party

【2】What gift did she give her friend?

A.A flower.B.A toy.C.An interesting book.D.A song.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The girl was still poor after writing the song.B.The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream.

C.The girl became famous because of the song.D.The girl's friends had heard the song before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文介紹了小女孩創(chuàng)作《生日快樂(lè)》歌的故事。

【1】題意：女孩很傷心，因?yàn)樗龥](méi)有足夠的錢(qián)買(mǎi)禮物�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)判斷。根據(jù)第二段“but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her但也很傷心，因?yàn)樗龥](méi)有足夠的錢(qián)給她買(mǎi)禮物”可知選A。

【2】題意：她給了她的朋友什么禮物？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A flower鮮花；A toy一個(gè)玩具；An interesting book一本有趣的書(shū)；A song一首歌。根據(jù)“When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy當(dāng)她第二天在聚會(huì)上唱這首歌時(shí)，她的朋友們都很高興”可知女孩唱了一支歌，故選D。

【3】題意：下列哪個(gè)選項(xiàng)是正確的？考查細(xì)節(jié)判斷。根據(jù)最后“Later the girl became well-known in America后來(lái)這個(gè)女孩在美國(guó)出名了”，可知女孩因?yàn)橥頃?huì)上的這首歌而出名，The girl became famous because of the song符合題意，故選C。