Question

【題目】The young violin player Vanessa-Mae was the first musician to use dance and rock music in classical（古典的）music. Vanessa-Mae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought these kinds of music together.

Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore on October 27,1978.She moved to London with her family when she was four.A year later,she started to learn the violin.When she was eight,she went to Beijing to study the violin.When she was ten,she played with a very famous group of classical musicians.But Vanessa-Mae doesn’t only play the violin.She learnt the piano before she started to play the violin.

She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop concerts with pop stars.

A lot of people don’t like the way she uses modern rhythms（節(jié)奏）, noisy drums and guitars in traditional（傳統(tǒng)的）music. But Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music.

【1】Vanessa-Mae was a young woman.

A. Chinese B. English

C. Singaporean D. French

【2】The type of music Vanessa-Mae likes is .

A. traditional music B. different kinds of music

C. classical music D. rock and roll

【3】 listen to classical music because they like Vanessa-Mae.

A. Pop stars B. Young people

C. Classical musicians D. Old people

【4】 was th first instrument（樂器）she learnt to play.

A. The violin B. The piano

C. The drums D. The guitar

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：陳美——華裔小提琴演奏家，首次將舞蹈和搖滾音樂加入到古典音樂中。她把這些音樂混合在了一起，形成了獨特的風(fēng)格。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Vanessa-Mae was born in Singaporean on October 27,1978.”可知陳美出生在西班牙。選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. ” 可知她喜歡多樣的音樂風(fēng)格。選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music.”可知年輕人喜歡古典音樂因為他們喜歡陳美。故選 B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“A year later, she started to learn the violin.” 可知選A。