Question

When someone says “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer. It is something far less happy, as you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and did that or why you did not do this or that.
At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry word “I wasn’t to talk to you”  and only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was !
In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If …that means parents’ cold faces and the contempt of the teachers and classmates.
“To face the music” is well known to every American, younger or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice

1. 1.
   “To face the music” means “to ____________”
   1. A.
      do something we don’t like to
   2. B.
      go to the theater
   3. C.
      go to the music show
   4. D.
      do something that we want to
2. 2.
   If you didn’t listen to your father’s words, you would “face the music” ，or ____________
   1. A.
      do something to please him
   2. B.
      do something to make him angry
   3. C.
      be punished by him
   4. D.
      be pleased with him
3. 3.
   Before the exam, we’ll have to “face the music”. That’s why ____________
   1. A.
      we like to take the exam
   2. B.
      we are afraid of taking the exam
   3. C.
      the exam is very important
   4. D.
      we are afraid to pass the exam
4. 4.
   In the third paragraph. “If...” really means “If _______________”
   1. A.
      we got a “D” in the exam
   2. B.
      we got an “A” in the exam
   3. C.
      the exam is easy
   4. D.
      the exam is difficult

Answer 1

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試題分析：本文主要講解了一個短語“face the music”的含義以及它在什么樣的情景下使用。
1.從文章最后一段 “It really means that you have to do something...because you know you have no choice.”可以得到答案A.。
2.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：We can all remember father’s angry word “I wasn’t to talk to you”  and only because we did not listen to him.可知否則會被爸爸懲罰的。選C。
3.從第三段的句子：The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not.可知這是學(xué)生害怕考試的原因。選B。
4.從If...下文得知只有考試沒考好才會有那樣的結(jié)果。選A.
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點評：這篇文章是說明文中較簡單的一種，詞義猜測，句意理解貫穿全文。閱讀策略就是全文細(xì)節(jié)閱讀。