When someone says “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer. It is something far less happy, as you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and did that or why you did not do this or that.
At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry word “I wasn’t to talk to you”  and only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was !
In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If …that means parents’ cold faces and the contempt of the teachers and classmates.
“To face the music” is well known to every American, younger or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.
小題1:“To face the music” means “to ____________”
A．do something we don’t like to B．go to the theater
C．go to the music showD．do something that we want to
小題2:If you didn’t listen to your father’s words, you would “face the music” ，or ____________.
A．do something to please himB．do something to make him angry
C．be punished by himD．be pleased with him
小題3:Before the exam, we’ll have to “face the music”. That’s why ____________.
A．we like to take the examB．we are afraid of taking the exam
C．the exam is very importantD．we are afraid to pass the exam
小題4:In the third paragraph. “If...” really means “If _______________”.
A．we got a “D” in the exam
B．we got an “A” in the exam
C．the exam is easy
D．the exam is difficult

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A  

試題分析：本文主要講解了一個短語“face the music”的含義以及它在什么樣的情景下使用。
小題1:從文章最后一段 “It really means that you have to do something...because you know you have no choice.”可以得到答案A.。
小題2:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：We can all remember father’s angry word “I wasn’t to talk to you”  and only because we did not listen to him.可知否則會被爸爸懲罰的。選C。
小題3:從第三段的句子：The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not.可知這是學(xué)生害怕考試的原因。選B。
小題4:從If...下文得知只有考試沒考好才會有那樣的結(jié)果。選A.
點評：這篇文章是說明文中較簡單的一種，詞義猜測，句意理解貫穿全文。閱讀策略就是全文細節(jié)閱讀。
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