Question

Spring is a wonderful season to celebrate rebirth and new life. The long, cold winter is over. The weather is warmer and sunnier. The trees again have leaves and the flowers are blooming. The season represents hope, joy and beauty. At this time, many people think of this classical music piece — Spring, which shows happiness. Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi wrote it in the seventeen hundred.

However, not all songs about spring are happy. This song written and sung by K.D. Lang is about dreaming of spring in cold dark places. She recorded I Dream of Spring in 2008.

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote It Might as Well Be Spring for the movie State Fair in 1945. Frank Sinatra sings it. It is a feeling of restlessness or excitement brought on by the coming of spring. Richard Rodgers also wrote Spring Is Here, this time with Lorenz Hart. Ella Fitzgerald sings this song about feeling lonely during this season.

Frank Loesser wrote the sad song, Spring Will be a Little Late This Year. Why has the season been delayed? Because the singer’s lover has left her. Sarah Vaughn released(發(fā)行) her version of the song in 1953.

By now you may be thinking, “Enough with the sad songs, already!” Ok, then how about a cowboy song? Gene Autry was one of America’s most famous singing cowboys. He recorded When It’s Springtime in the Rockies in 1937.

And finally, we’ll leave you with a sunny song called Up Jumped Spring. Freddie Hubbard wrote this jazz song in 1977 and Billy Taylor Trio performs it.

1. If you are in a bad mood, you’d better listen to _____.

A．Up Jumped Spring	B．I Dream of Spring
C．Spring Is Here	D．Spring Will be a Little Late This Year

2. It Might as Well Be Spring is a song that ______.

A．is also called State Fair	B．is sung by Ella Fitzgerald
C．has a lonely feeling	D．was written by two people

3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Most songs about spring are written by Italian composers.

B. K.D. Lang was good at writing happy songs.

C. Sarah Vaughn sang the song Up Jumped Spring first.

D. Gene Autry was a famous cowboy singer before K.D. Lang.

4. Which of the following songs was first written or recorded?

A．Spring.

B．I Dream of Spring.

C．When It’s Springtime in the Rockies.

D．Spring Will be a Little Late This Year.

5. What’s the purpose of the author to write the passage?

A．Introduce some songs about spring.

B．Introduce some wonderful music.

C．Introduce some famous singers.

D．Express his/ her love to spring.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1.細(xì)節(jié)題，從最后一段可知，Up Jumped Spring為一首很陽光的歌曲，能催人奮進(jìn)。選A

2.細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段知這首歌由兩人所寫。選D

3.判斷題。A.文章并沒有提到有關(guān)春天的大部分歌曲由意大利作曲家所寫。 B.從第二段可知.K.D.Lang所寫的歌為悲傷地。C.文中并沒有說誰第一個(gè)唱Up Jumped Spring。故選D。從第二段和第五段可知。

4.細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。A.寫于1700年  B.寫于2008年  C.寫于1937年  D.寫于1953年。故選A

5.主旨題。文中主要講了有關(guān)春的歌曲，并非表達(dá)作者對(duì)春的愛，故選A

考點(diǎn)：說明文

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文不難作者介紹了有關(guān)春的一些歌曲，細(xì)節(jié)題較多，答題注意將題目與文中內(nèi)容進(jìn)行了對(duì)比，找出異同，最終作答。