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    I'm sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But to you know who wrote the song, and for whom it was written？

　　A professor named Archibald Hill in Lousiville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill, were asked to write songs for a book called“ Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. Out of them was the well-known“ Good Morning to You”. The song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children, but many grownups knew it, too. A few years later, little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday to You” to the melody of “Good Morning to You” to her little nephew, she sang the song like this:

　　Happy birthday to you！

　　Happy birthday to you!

　　Happy birthday, dear Archie !

　　Happy birthday to you.

　　Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song became popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simple tune and

friendly words.

(1)Archibald Hill was ________.

[　　]

A. English

B. American

C. Russian

D. Australian

(2)Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill wrote ________ for the book  “Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”.

[　　]

A. a book

B. some plays

C. many songs

D. some stories

(3)The professor, Archibald Hill, was Miss Mildred Hill's ________.

[　　]

A. son
B. student
C. brother
D. nephew

(4)The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of ________ years.

[　　]

A. ninety-seven

B. more than ninety-seven

C. less than ninety

D. about ninety

(5)The sentence “it really did” means ________.

[　　]

A. the song really became popular.

B. their wish really came true

C. children all over the world like the song

D. the song became more popular

答案：B;C;D;D;A
解析：

(1) B 從第二段的第一句可知Archibald Hill是美國人.

(2) C 從第二段第二句以及第四句可知答案.

(3) D 從two of Mr. Archibald Hill's aunts后面的同位語Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill可知Archibald Hill應(yīng)是Miss Mildred Hill的侄子.

(4) D 從第二段的Ninety-seven years ago…和下文的a few years later可知已有大約九十年的歷史.

(5) A 前一句說明Patty Hill和他姐姐從沒料到這首歌會很流行，緊接著說but it really did，可見本句是強(qiáng)調(diào)這首歌確實(shí)變得很流行了.


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