武汉市2009年中考英语试卷及答案(5)

　　四、阅读理解（本题共15小题。每题2分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面三篇材料， 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。选出一个最佳答案。

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　　Good morning. The program today is about music. The word "music" comes from the Greek word "muse". The Muses are the goddesses of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language,but is uses sounds. Today's program brings together music from different corners of the world. Who invented music？ Who sang the first song？ No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone's life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school,their world of music grows. In the middle grades students take music lessons. When they reach high school,they become interested in listening to pop music.

　　The records we have chosen for you today are form American country music,Indian music,pop music and so on. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.

　　Now,here comes the music today,I shall explain why they are all good music…

　　66.The first paragraph is mainly about the

　　A.styles of music        B.history of music

　　C.taste of music          D.knowledge of music

　　67.The speaker is probably .

　　A.a host                   B.a singer                  C.a dancer                D.a teacher

　　68.Which is TRUE according to the passage？

　　A.The Muses invented music.

　　B.Music can bring people some feelings.

　　C.Music was from a Greek village.

　　D.Everyone is interested in pop music.

　　69.The speaker believes that .

　　A.music is a spoken language

　　B.music develops as we grow up

　　C.music is above the other arts

　　D.music plays an important part in our life

　　70.What is NOT the purpose of this music program？

　　A.To study the language of music.

　　B.To learn more about the music.

　　C.To give a complete background to the music.

　　D.To give people some music to listen to.

　　71.The material above is probably from .

　　A.a website                              B.an advertisement

　　C.a magazine                           D.a newspaper

　　72.All the stories above .

　　A.were collected by Anderson              B.are read by kids only

　　C.were written by the brothers Grimm         D.are listed by date added

　　73.If you want to learn about Anderson's col鄄lection,you should click on .

　　A.list by rating                       B.list by author

　　C.list by length                      D.list by date added

　　74.You can know something about a girl'shard life in______.

　　A.The Red Shoes                   B.The Little Match Girl

　　C.The Frog Prince                   D.Little Red Riding Hood

　　75.Which of the following information is NoTmedtioned？

　　A.Who wrote the stories.             B.Which story is the longest.

　　C.When we added the stories.         D.Who added the stories.