Question

　　Sweden's pop phenomenon, which started with ABBA in the seventies, has exploded into a large industry tanging from CD sales to concert tours. But homegrown bands and CD markers are only a part of the success. World stars are beating a path to Sweden's music producers whose studios and songwriters lie behind many an American and British success.

　　Denis Pop--one of the greatest Swedish pop producers--put Sweden on the map, writing and producing hit after hit for stars such as the Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi and Britney Spears. French-Canadian Celine Dion, American Boyband 98 Degrees and American singer Jennifel Lopez turn to Sweden for songs composed by music writer and producer Arnthor Birgison.

　　All this has made Sweden the world's third biggest exporter of music. But how did Sweden manage to spread its sound all over the globe?

　　Birgison, 25, believes the traditional Swedish approach to hard work and an unfriendly climate are key to the music sensation（轟動）. Besides, Swedes are also very good at speaking English, which is very important, because very little music sung in other languages succeeds anywhere outside its home country. Another piece in the puzzle is that Swedish children at an early stage get to try out musical instruments and learn music theory in school, at little cost to their parents.

(1)We can learn from the above passage that ______.

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A．Sweden exports the largest amount of music to the outside world

B．Swedish musical training theory is puzzling to kids of early ages

C．Swedish musicians have made great contributions to the world music

D．most of the western singers' success bases on the work of the Swedish artists

(2)What does “ABBA” in the opening paragraph most probably refer to?

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A．A music group.

B．A successful industrialist.

C．A CD maker.

D．A music producer.

(3)Which of the following leads to the success of Swedish music and musicians?

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A．Famous song writers.

B．Good weather conditions.

C．The musical training system.

D．The large amount of money parents spend on their children's musical education.

(4)If the Swedish musical artists couldn't speak English well, ______.

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A．they wouldn't be able to learn the up-to-date music theories

B．the Swedish music wouldn't have been so internationally successful

C．they would have difficulty in commu-nicating with foreign singers

D．they wouldn't have children start to learn music at an early age

Answer 1

答案：C;A;C;B
解析：

(1)推理判斷題。從全文可知，瑞典從當初賣CD到后來音樂制作，到影響世界歌壇，得益于音樂人的巨大貢獻。A項和D項表達的意思太絕對；B項與原文“瑞典兒童從小接受音樂教育”的信息相矛盾。 (2)推斷題。文章第一句說明ABBA就是指音樂群體。本題需要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵信息合理推斷：Sweden's pop phenomenon, which started with ABBA in the seventies, has exploded into a large industry ranging from CD sales to concert tours.瑞典的流行音樂現(xiàn)象，開始于70年代的ABBA，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)急劇發(fā)展成為一個從CD銷售到音樂會的巡回演出的巨大產(chǎn)業(yè)。 (3)細節(jié)推理題。第四段說明了成功的秘訣，只有C項與原文信息吻合。文章最后一段提到...hard work... an unfriendly climate... Swedish children at an early stage get to try out musical instruments and learn music theory in school, at little cost to their parents. A項沒有明確的信息，其他兩項與原文信息不符。 (4)推理判斷題。從文章最后一段第二句可知，瑞典人英語說得好(good at speaking English)，才能在國際上取得巨大成功。由文章最后一段提到... hard work... an unfriendly climate... Swedish children at an early stage get to try out musical instru-ments and learn music theory in school, at little cost to their parents. 可知D項的表述錯誤；A、C兩項不符合文義。