1.Carol Vaness,the well-known American opera singer,was born in San Diego and began her professional performance in San Francisco.She has sung at many of the major opera houses in the world.Unlike other world-famous male opera singers (Luciano Pavarotti,Placido Domingo and Marcello Giordani),she was particularly known for her Mozart operatic roles.
At the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she often sings,Carol's voice must be loud enough to be heard by four thousand people.It must reach every person in the theater,without a microphone,even when she's singing softly.The reason Carol can project her voice that far is the way she breathes.
"When you breathe,it's like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,"Carol explains."You have to take a lot of air into your lungs."
According to Carol,the main difference between pop singing and opera is"how you breathe,how much air you take in,and how you control it coming out.Regular singing is more like speaking,and it's a lot softer.
Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten,Carol has loved music.As she got older,she decided to become a music teacher.When she went to college,she took singing lessons as part of her studies.Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano(女高音) voice-the highest singing voice for women.
Today,Carol performs throughout the United States and Europe and she has song for almost twenty years.But she has never forgotten where she started singing in the first palace."Put your heart into your singing and enjoy it,"says Carol,"because singing is a great joy.That's why I sing.In fact,that's why everybody sings."

24.What is the best title for this passage?A
A.An Opera Star                   
B.The Way an Opera Star Sings
C.Opera Singing and Pop Singing  
D.Singing without a Microphone
25.Which statement is true?D
A.A pop singer breathes more deeply than an opera singer when he or she sings.
B.Opera singing is more like speaking.
C.A pop singer takes in much more air than an opera singer when singing.
D.An opera singer breathes differently from a pop singer when singing.
26.From the passage you can conclude all the following EXCEPT thatC.
A.Carol once learned to play the piano
B.Carol has been singing opera for 20years or so
C.Carol worked as a music teacher
D.Carol is popular with Americans and Europeans.

分析 文章大意:文章介紹了美國著名的歌劇歌手Carol Vaness,在很大的歌劇院里即使沒有話筒她也可以高聲歌唱.根據(jù)凱羅爾,流行歌曲和歌劇的主要區(qū)別是如何控制氣息.凱羅爾在美國和歐洲演出,她已經(jīng)唱了將近二十年了,她始終覺得歌唱很美好很享受.

解答 24.A 主旨大意題.文章介紹了美國著名的歌劇歌手Carol Vaness在很大的歌劇院里即使沒有話筒她也可以高聲歌唱,因此答案選A.
25.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章的第四段According to Carol,the main difference between pop singing and opera is"how you breathe,how much air you take in,and how you control it coming out.Regular singing is more like speaking,and it's a lot softer.可知一個(gè)歌劇歌手在歌唱時(shí)與一個(gè)流行歌手唱歌有不同的呼吸,因此答案選D
26.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章的描述可知,Carol Vaness并未擔(dān)任音樂老師,因此答案選C.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本題是人物故事類閱讀理解.這類題材的閱讀理解是高考經(jīng)?嫉降念}材,它注重考查考生整體把握文章大意的能力,在做題時(shí)要根據(jù)題目充分考慮上下文語境,做出正確的判斷.

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