Good evening. Tonight’s broadcast brings together music from different corners of the world. The records we have chosen for you are from classical(古典的)Western music, Indian music, pop and a Negro spiritual. In this broadcast we shall study the language of music. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel. You will hear a Beethoven piece, a composition(乐曲) for the sitar(锡塔琴), and songs sung by a pop group and some black Americans. It will be natural if you like one more than the others. I shall be trying to explain why they are all good music.
The feeling in each of these 4 musical compositions is sadness. You can find sadness in words, in paintings, and in music. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The muses were goddesses(女神)of the arts. It is like the spoken language, but uses sounds differently. In the spiritual and the pop song you will hear voices. The words are part of the musical composition. In the other pieces you will hear only the piano or the sitar. I will comment(评论)after each record is played. Music is now heard everywhere, in shops and buses and at home. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. It is worth making the effort. Only then can we say why one piece of music is good and another bad.
1. The underlined word “spiritual” in “Negro spiritual” probably means _______.
A. song B. poem C. sentence D. article
2. The first paragraph in this article mainly shows us _______.
A. that music is popular in the world B. some American songs
C. some Beethoven piano pieces D. why people like music
3. The feeling of the famous musical compositions of the world given in the text is _______.
A. happy B. sad C. strange D. surprising
4. T he English word “music” looks like the Greek word “muse” because _______.
A. English and Greek are the same language B. English comes from Greek
C. the word “music” is from the word “muse” D. Greek was used earlier than English
5. The writer wishes us to spend time and energies to _______.
A. study and know something more about music B. sing more popular songs in the world
C. hear more pop musical compositions in the world D. write more encouraging compositions
【答案与解析】这是电台一档音乐节目的内容介绍。
1. A。推断题。根据The records we have chosen for you are from classical(古典的)Western music, Indian music, pop and a Negro spiritual.可以知道a Negro spiritual 是与 classical western music, Indian music 相并列的，据此可推出 spiritual 指的是一种音乐，因此选A。
2. A。推断题。根据Tonight’s broadcast brings together music from different corners of the world.可以知道，世界各地的人们都喜欢音乐。
3. B。细节题。根据The feeling in each of these 4 musical compositions is sadness. 可推知此题答案为 B。
4. C。细节题。根据The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse” 可推知此题答案为 C。
5. A。推断题。根据We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. It is worth making the effort. 推知此题答案为A。
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