Question

  Music is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing,banging a stick，plucking a tight string or blowing through a pipe. All over the world,many kinds of music have developed as people found out how

to make sounds in different ways. There are so many kinds of music to hear

that you can soon find a kind that you like.

People can get all kinds of feelings when hearing music.Music can make you march or dance;it can make you feel happy or sad. More than other arts， music can affect your moods and feelings. This is why music is so popular.

Every country has its own kind of music. In France many people like dance music played on the accordion (手風(fēng)琴) ，and many Americans enjoy banjo music.Spainis famous for its guitar music andIndiafor the twanging sound of the sitar.

Many people like music in their own national style. But there are also people who enjoy classical music and pop music,which has spread throughout the

world with the help of the record player and radio.

However，there are still great differences between the music of the West and that of the East. Many of the instruments are very different. The guitar and sitar are both instruments in which strings are plucked by fingers，but they do not sound alike.

The musical differences between the East and the West are not only in the instruments,but also in the ways the notes are put together.

1. Music is an art that is very popular in the world because         .

   A. everybody can make a beautiful music

   B.  people can get different feelings from music

   C.  music can only make people happy

   D.  music is much better than other arts

2. If you’re very good at playing the guitar,you may be popular in         .

   A. America

   B.  France

   C.  India

   D. Spain

3. The underlined word “sitar” in the passage is a name of         .

   A. a stringed musical instrument

   B.  a record player

   C.  a place of interest inIndia

   D.  a radio

4. In the opinion of the writer of this passage         .

   A. all countries and races have the same kind of music

   B.  the musical differences between the East and the West are only in the instruments

   C.  all the French people enjoy dance music played on the accordion

   D.  different people like different kinds of music

5. Which would be the best title of this passage?

   A. Music

   B.  Music,the best art

   C.  How to enjoy music

   D.  Different music

Answer 1

1. B細節(jié)理解題。通過第二段可知B項正確，C項與原文不符，D項原文沒有提到。

2. D細節(jié)理解題。通過第三段最后一句可知D項正確。

3. A詞義猜測題。通過倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話可知，sitar 是印度的一種弦樂器。

4. D細節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知D項正確。

5. D主旨大意題。整篇文章講了音樂的種類，不同國家的音樂特點及東西方音樂的差別，故D為最佳選項。