Question

Each person has his own way to have fun. Some like sports. Some like playing chess or cards. But a large number of people enjoy listening to music.

Nowadays, music has become an important part of our life. We can listen to music on CDs, on radio or on TV. Also, we can search the Internet to find the song we like. It’s the easiest way to enjoy the music that we like. Also we can download (下載）our favorite songs from the Internet for free. If we have a Walkman (隨身聽），we can hear music everywhere. It can give us pleasure if we are sad. It can cheer us up, too. When we are tired, it can make us relaxed.

Different people like different kinds of music. Young people like pop music. Maybe old people like gentle and quiet music. Different music can express different feelings. When we are happy, we like to listen to jubilant (歡快的) music. When we are unhappy, we want to hear soft music. We need different kinds of music in different moods. We can get different feelings from music. Music is the best friend of human beings. We can’t imagine what life would be like without music.

1.According to the first paragraph, we can know people play chess, cards or listen to music .

A. for exercising B. to learn more knowledge C. for fun D. to relax

2.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Music can give us pleasure. B. Music can make us relaxed.

C. Music can cheer us up. D. Music can improve our listening skills.

3.According to the last paragraph, we can know the old people like probably.

A. gentle music B. rock music C. jazz music D. pop music

4.What does the underlined word “moods” mean in Chinese?

A. 心情 B. 喜怒無常 C. 氣氛 D. 生氣

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. No one likes playing chess.

B. There are different kinds of music.

C. Listening to music can make us more tired.

D. Old people don’t like music at all.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了音樂在我們生活中起著一個重要的作用。心情不同需要的音樂不同，當我們傷心時，音樂會給我們帶了快樂，讓我們高興起來。當我們疲倦時，音樂能使我們放松。不同的人喜歡不同的音樂，年輕人喜歡流行音樂，老年人喜歡輕柔的音樂。我們也可以從音樂中不同的情感。

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2.

3.。根據Maybe old people like gentle and quiet music.可知老年人喜歡輕柔的音樂。故選A。

4.詞義猜測題。根據When we are happy, we like to listen to jubilant (歡快的) music. When we are unhappy, we want to hear soft music.可知我們高興時，喜歡聽歡快的音樂；不高興時，想要聽輕柔的音樂，因此不同的心情，想聽不同的音樂。故此處mood是心情的意思。故選A。

5.推理判斷題。根據Different people like different kinds of music.可知有不同種類的音樂。故選B。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。