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【題目】Do you like listening to English songs to learn the language ? Some students don’t believe doing so can help them learn English. I have to say they think wrongly. Listening to English songs can help you learn the language better. You may ask how. Just read on.

Lyrics are not easily forgotten. You listen to them over and over again throughout your life. Once you learn them, they are going to stay with you, and you are going to review them repeatedly because you enjoy them. If you learn just one song per week for a year, those are 52 songs full of new vocabulary and phrases that you will never forget.

Songs give you perfect pronunciation models. As you learn to sing them, you are practicing your pronunciation, you are imitating native speakers, and you are learning how to speak better. The rhythm naturally leads to better pronunciation, better intonation（聲調(diào)）, and more fluency.

When you start paying attention to the lyrics, your listening skills naturally improve. Once you learn a few songs, you’ll start gathering a lot of songs and vocabulary. A larger vocabulary usually means better listening comprehension. Just the fact that you start caring about the lyrics will activate your listening skills and listening to music in English will become an enjoyable learning exercise.

Another huge merit is that you get to practice your grammar. Some of the most intelligent grammar questions my students bring to me come from songs. You can probably even map the entire language into pop songs and greatly improve your grammar by learning the lyrics to your favorite songs.

Now we can conclude that listening to English songs can really help you learn the language well. So listen to more English songs in your free time. You can put the lyrics on your ipod or iphone and read them as you listen. Believe me, and you’ll benefit a lot.

【1】Paragraph 2 mainly shows that by listening to English songs, you can _____.

A. improve your memory

B. have a larger vocabulary

C. gather a lot of English songs

D. go over words you have learned

【2】The underlined word “merit” in Paragraph 5 means “_____”.

A. advantage B. consideration C. cause D. surprise

【3】What is the text mainly about ?

A. What people can do to improve their English.

B. Why English learners like listening to English songs.

C. What songs people can listen to so as to improve English.

D. Why listening to English songs helps improve our English.

【4】Which of the following best describes the relation among the paragraphs ?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：學(xué)習(xí)英語歌曲可以促進(jìn)我們的英語學(xué)習(xí)，文章中解釋了各方面具體的理由。

【1】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句If you learn just one song per week for a year, those are 52 songs full of new vocabulary and phrases that you will never forget.如果我們每周學(xué)習(xí)一首歌曲，一年就可以學(xué)會52首。每首歌里都有很多詞匯和短語，同時我們也就學(xué)會了這些詞匯和短語。故B正確。

【2】A 詞義猜測題。從文章第二段開始都在介紹通過聽英文歌學(xué)習(xí)英語的好處，第二段中提及學(xué)英語歌曲對詞匯的好處，第三段中提出對于發(fā)音的好處；第四段中提出對聽力的好處。本句“Another huge merit is that you get to practice your grammar”中提出了聽英文歌對語法的好處。所以該詞指聽音樂對人們學(xué)習(xí)英語的好處，故該詞意為“advantage”故A正確。

【3】D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主題段第一段最后Listening to English songs can help you learn the language better. You may ask how. Just read on.可知本文主要提出通過學(xué)習(xí)英語歌曲可以促進(jìn)我們的英語學(xué)習(xí)。并分別解釋了各方面具體的理由。故D項是文章的中心思想。

【4】C 篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。本文第一段提出通過聽英語歌曲可以更好地學(xué)習(xí)英語，2至4段分別介紹了某一個方面的好處，文章最后一段進(jìn)行了總結(jié)歸納。故C項結(jié)構(gòu)正確。