Question

Hearing live music is one of the most pleasurable experiences available to human being. The music sounds great, it feels great, and you get to watch the players as they play it. No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live.

This guide focuses on classic music, a tradition that originated before recordings, radio, and the Internet, back when all music was live music. In those days live human beings performed for other live human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classic music can have a special excitement. Hearing classic music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual.

Classical music concerts can seem like snobby（高傲的）affairs full of foreign terms and unusual behavior. It can be hard to understand what’s going on . It can be hard to know how to act. But don’t worry. Concerts are no stranger than any other amusement, and the rules of behavior are much simpler and easier to understand than the stock market, football, or system software programs.

If you haven’t been to a live concert before, or if you’ve been confused by concerts, this guide will explain, so you can relax and enjoy the music.

1.From Paragraph 1, we can see that the writer encourages us _______.  

A. to watch the musicians to make music

B. to experience the spirit of classical music  

C. to attend live concerts and enjoy live music    

D. to get pleasure from different kinds of music  

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “originated” in Paragraph 2?   

A. listened     B. started      C. performed    D. disappeared 

3.The writer considers that live classical music _______.    

A. is full of foreign terms     

B. is too difficult to understand 

C. is stranger than other amusements  

D. is exciting to both players and listeners 

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了轻音乐的好处；讲述了有关古典音乐的一些内容以及将轻音乐与古典音乐进行了对比，突出了轻音乐的优点。

1.根据对文章第一段内容的理解及No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live.可知作者鼓励我们去参加轻音乐的音乐会并享受这种音乐，故选择C。

2.语义猜测题。A. listened听；  B. started 开始； C. performed 执行； D. disappeared消失 ，根据对文章内容的理解，可知选择B。

3.细节理解题。根据对整篇文章内容的理解可知令表演者和听众兴奋，故选择D。

考点：文化类短文阅读。