Question

10．A．R．Rahman，one of India's most well-loved music composers，won international recognition with two Grammy awards．Last year，he won the Oscar for his music in the hit film Slumdog Millionaire．This year，he had his first Grammy win．He picked up two awards：one for the"Best Compilation Soundtrack for a Motion Picture"（Slumdog Millionaire）and the other for"Best Motion Picture Song"for the song"Jai Ho"from the same film．In the best song category Rahman beat singer Bruce Springsteen and his song"The Wrestler"from the movie of the same name．The modest Rahman said，"This is mad，God is great again．"
A．R．Rahman is a composer，music Producer，musician and singer．His music scores（樂譜）and film songs songs changed the character of popular music in India in the early l990s．Rahman's music completely dissolved the divide between"Indian"and"Western"categories．He popularized classical as well as experimental music．Rahman also discovered many young musicians ans singers．
Interestingly，two other Indian artistes（藝人）were nominated for Grammys this year．Ustad Amjad Ali Khan，India's most well-known sarod（薩羅達(dá)琴）player，was nominated in the"Best Traditional World Music Album"category for his album"Ancient Sounds"．Zakir Hussain，the famous Tabla maestro，was nominated in the"Best Classical Crossover Album"category for his album"The Melody of Rhythm"．Zakir Husain won a Grammy last year．The other Indians who have won Grammys in the past are Pandit Ravi Shankar，Vikku Vinayakram and Vishvamohan Bhatt．
The Grammy Awards came into being in 1958．These music awards are presented every year by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the USA．They were originally named the"Gramophone Awards"，for the gramophone（留聲機(jī)）was the first invention that could record and replay sound and it was widely used through most of the twentieth century．

25．How many films has Rahman's prize-winning music been written for since last year？A
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Three．
D．Four．
26．Who hasn't received a Grammy award in the past？A
A．Ustad Amjad Ali Khan．
B．Pandit Ravi Shankar．
C．Zakir Husain．
D．Vikku Vinayakram．
27．Why was the Grammy Awards once regarded as"Gramophone Awards"？B
A．Because the gramophone was invented in the USA in 1958．
B．Because the gramophone was useful and its range of influence was wide．
C．Because the gramophone has lasted long since it came into being．
D．Because the gramophone was first used at the Grammy Awards．
28．From this passage we can learnD．
A．Rahman has received two awards since last year     
B．Rahman is a composer，music producer，musician and actor
C．Rahman used to be mad before being famous         
D．five Indians have received the Grammy awards．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，屬于記敘文，印度最受歡迎的音樂作曲家之一的拉姆曼（Ra．Rahman）獲得了兩項(xiàng)格萊美獎的國際認(rèn)可．去年，他贏得了奧斯卡的電影"Slumdog Millionaire"中的音樂．今年他獲得了他的第一個格萊美獎他獲得了兩個獎項(xiàng)，本文以此展開，主要講述了印度人獲得格萊美獎的情況．

解答 25．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Last year，he won the Oscar for his music in the hit film Slumdog Millionaire．可知，去年，他贏得了奧斯卡獎因?yàn)殡娪?Slumdog Millionaire"的音樂．故選A．
26．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)Interestingly，two other Indian artistes（藝人）were nominated for Grammys this year．Ustad Amjad Ali Khan，India's most well-known sarod（薩羅達(dá)琴）player，was nominated in the"Best Traditional World Music Album"category for his album"Ancient Sounds"．可知，有趣的是，另外兩名印度藝術(shù)家（藝人）今年被提名為格萊美．印度最著名的薩羅達(dá)琴演奏家阿斯汗•阿汗汗被提名為"最佳傳統(tǒng)世界音樂專輯"類別．可以推測出，Ustad Amjad Ali Khan．過去沒有得到過格萊美獎．故選A．
27．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)They were originally named the"Gramophone Awards"，for the gramophone（留聲機(jī)）was the first invention that could record and replay sound and it was widely used through most of the twentieth century．可知，格萊美獎曾被評為"留聲機(jī)獎"是因?yàn)榱袈暀C(jī)是有用的，其影響范圍很廣．故選B．
28．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)two other Indian artistes（藝人）were nominated for Grammys this year以及The other Indians who have won Grammys in the past are Pandit Ravi Shankar，Vikku Vinayakram and Vishvamohan Bhatt．可知，共有5個印度人獲得了格萊美獎．故選D．

點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題．做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測．