Question

【題目】International Musicians Create Harmony (和諧)

Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have come to California to train and perform this month. They will take part in an international _____called iPalpiti. The name comes from the Italian word for heartbeats. Schmieder is the program’s conductor and musical director. He and his wife _____the program in 1997.

This year, the musicians come from nineteen _____, including Azerbaijan, Israel and Italy. Schmieder notes some of the musicians are from the countries at war with each other. “And they are sitting next to each other, and they become _____.” Through their music and friendship, they are making the world more ____.

Peter Rainer, a German violin player, says, “It’s so great that you have so many excellent musicians. They are all very alert and awake and listen to each other and it’s a lot of fun.” Turkish player Sakul says the international group works _____together.Russian violinist Promoe says, “The experience is a cultural as well as a musical exchange (交流). Everyone has their own opinion of music, how to play every composition. It’s very interestingto ____ with everybody, to play together and to create one opinion for everybody.”

Francisco Vila of Ecuador says the music has no geographic boundaries (邊界). Vila adds that the musicians get to _____more about each other as they perform great music. “It’s interesting to see how many things we have in common.”

Can Sakul says the musicians who have taken part in the training and festival make up “a big family”. He adds that he is “proud to be a part of it”.

【1】A.festivalB.concertC.competitionD.program

【2】A.startedB.endedC.checkedD.recorded

【3】A.teamsB.countriesC.groupsD.families

【4】A.enemiesB.musiciansC.friendsD.players

【5】A.perfectB.interestingC.excellentD.peaceful

【6】A.honestlyB.wellC.badlyD.unhappily

【7】A.communicateB.agreeC.helpD.compare

【8】A.worryB.discussC.knowD.argue

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【解析】

本文主要講述了來自世界各地的二十五名年輕音樂家本月來到加利福尼亞進(jìn)行訓(xùn)練和表演。他們將參加一個名為iPalpiti的國際項目，并且一些人士為此節(jié)目發(fā)表的一些意見。

【1】句意：他們將參加一個名為ipalpiti的國際項目。

A. 節(jié)日；B. 音樂會；C. 比賽；D. 項目；根據(jù)句意理解及后句中的_the program in 1997，可知，這是一個項目，所以選擇D。

【2】句意：他和他的妻子在1997開始了這個項目。

A. 開始；B. 結(jié)束；C. 檢查；D. 記錄；根據(jù)句意理解及文章第一段的理解可知，這里表示這個項目開始于1997年，所以選擇A。

【3】句意：今年，音樂家們來自十九個國家。

A. 隊；B. 國家；C. 組；D. 家庭；根據(jù)第一段中提到的Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have come to California可知，音樂家們是來自19個國家，所以選擇B。

【4】句意：他們坐在一起，成為朋友。

A. 敵人；B. 音樂家；C. 朋友；D. 運(yùn)動員；根據(jù)前句Schmieder notes some of the musicians are from the countries at war with each other.可知，雖然他們兩國在交戰(zhàn)，但是在這個活動中還是可以坐在一起成為朋友，所以選擇C。

【5】句意：通過他們的音樂和友誼，他們使世界更加和平。

A. 完美；B. 有趣；C. 優(yōu)秀；D. 和平；根據(jù)前句兩國交戰(zhàn)的提示可知，他們是想通過音樂，使得世界更加的和平，沒有那么多戰(zhàn)爭，所以選擇D。

【6】句意：土耳其球員Sakul說，這個國際組織合作得很好。

A. 誠實(shí)地；B. 好地；C. 壞地；D. 不開心地；根據(jù)文章的理解可知，能把交戰(zhàn)國家的音樂家們聚在一起，表明這個活動是非常好的，所以選擇B。

【7】句意：與每個人交流，一起玩，為每個人創(chuàng)造一個觀點(diǎn)，這是非常有趣的。

A. 交流；B. 同意；C. 幫助；D. 比較；根據(jù)上下文理解可知，是每個音樂家之間進(jìn)行交流，所以選擇A。

【8】句意：Vila補(bǔ)充說，音樂家們在演奏偉大的音樂時會相互了解更多。

A. 擔(dān)心；B. 討論；C. 知道；D. 爭論；根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里表示了解，英語中是know about，所以選擇C。