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There are a lot of good, great, even exceptional artists in rock, pop, country, and hip-hop. But only Lamar has won a Pulitzer Prize.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。美国说唱歌手Kendrick Lamar以说唱歌手的身份获得了普利策奖。
1．What is Lamar’s album Damn. about? A．African-Americans’ history and culture. B．Hardships of the African-American artists. C．The ways the US government deal with problems. D．The lives of modern black people in South Los Angeles.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“It’s an amazing album that documents the real life of modern African-Americans in South Los Angeles with wildly accomplished beats and rhythms.”可知，Lamar的这张专辑主要讲述的是生活在洛杉矶南部的当代美籍非洲人的真实生活。故选D。
2．Why is Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize win significant? A．He is the first film-maker to win the prize. B．It is considered a milestone for pop music. C．He is the first black person to win the prize. D．He has missed Grammy several times before.
B 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段的内容，尤其是“Lamar’s win is considered to be historical.”和“no pop music maker has ever won one in the award’s history”可推知，Lamar获得普利策奖具有重大意义。故选B。
3．What can we learn from Ryan Coogler’s words? A．Lamar drew inspiration from his own experience. B．Lamar has the courage to take on big challenges in life. C．Black Panther is well known because of Lamar’s music. D．Lamar’s music matches the theme of Black Panther well.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第六段中Ryan Coogler说的话“One big theme in our film is this idea of ‘What does it mean to be African？’ Lamar in his music is very exactly and directly challenging that question.”可知，Lamar的音乐与电影《Black Panther》主题相一致。
故选D。
B
(2020·桂林、崇左联合模拟)Jamey Turner often performs to large crowds in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. You can find him playing an unusual musical instrument, the glass harp(竖琴), near Alexandria’s historic waterfront.
A glass harp is made up of different-sized drinking glasses, each containing water. Turner makes music by running his fingers over the tops of the glasses. By doing so, each glass makes a different musical sound.
Turner is 78 years old now. He became interested in playing the glass harp at the age of six, when he heard his father playing with a glass of water at the dinner table. He has been playing it for 50 years.
Today Turner puts together his instrument by placing 60 different glasses on a wooden soundboard. He holds the glasses in place with rubber bands, which keeps them from breaking. He then adds different amounts of water to each one to create different musical notes. Adding or taking away just a little water will change the sound. Adding water to a glass will make a lower sound. The smaller bowls of water produce a higher sound, while the larger ones produce a lower, deeper sound.
Turner always uses low-priced glass because it sounds better than costly crystal(水晶) and he has more control over the sound. Before buying new glasses, he will test them in stores.
The glass harp was popular 300 years ago when composers like Wolfgang Mozart wrote music for the instrument. There have been about 400 pieces of music written just for the glass harp. But Turner plays all kinds of music, even popular music from China. Few people play the glass harp these days, but Turner says he sees videos of people experimenting with the instrument on the Internet. He hopes the next generation will continue making their music.
【解题导语】 杰米·特纳经常在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大人群密集的地方演奏玻璃竖琴：敲击不同大小的盛水的玻璃杯，发出动听的乐声。他不仅能演奏玻璃竖琴专门乐曲，还能用它演奏中国流行音乐。
4．What do we know about Turner? A．He began playing the glass harp at six. B．He often teaches glass harp lessons online. C．He is a great master of the Chinese language. D．He was inspired by his father to learn the glass harp.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“He became interested in playing the glass harp at the age of six, when he heard his father playing with a glass of water at the dinner table.”可知，
在六岁时，杰米·特纳听到父亲在餐桌上用一玻璃杯水演奏音乐，开始对玻璃竖琴产生兴趣。据此可知，D项正确。
5．What does the author say about the glass harp? A．Its inventor is Wolfgang Mozart. B．It is made up of glasses of the same size. C．It appears to be gaining in popularity today.
D．Its sounds are affected by the amount of water in the glasses.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第三、四句“He then adds different amounts of water to each one to create different musical notes. Adding or taking away just a little water will change the sound.”可知，杯子中的水量不同，产生的音调也不同；添加或去掉少量水就会改变声音。据此可知，玻璃竖琴的声音受杯子中水量的影响，故D项正确。
6．Why does Turner prefer to use cheap glass? A．To save money.
B．To produce better sounds. C．To help recycle drinking glasses. D．To increase difficulty in performing.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第五段第一句“Turner always uses low-priced glass because it sounds better than costly crystal(水晶) and he has more control over the sound.”可知，特纳总是使用低价玻璃杯是因为其声音听起来比昂贵的水晶杯好听，故B项正确。
7．What would be the best title for the text? A．A Musician Pleases Crowds by Playing Glasses B．Playing the Glass Harp: a New Trend C．Jamey Turner’s Dream Coming True D．Wonderful Music Has No Borders
A 解析：标题归纳题。根据第一段“Jamey Turner often performs to large crowds in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. You can find him playing an unusual musical instrument, the glass harp(竖琴), near Alexandria’s historic waterfront.”并结合全文其他内容可知，本文主要讲述了一位音乐家为人群演奏玻璃竖琴的故事。故A项最适合作本文标题。B项意为“演奏玻璃竖琴：一种新趋势”，与文章最后一段中的“Few people play the glass harp these days”不符；C项意为“杰米·特纳的梦想实现了”，文章未提及；D项意为“美妙的音乐没有国界”，
偏离主题。
Ⅱ 七选五
(2020·济南模拟)About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries. Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners. 1.________ There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language. Why is this?
2．________ One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture(like movies and music) has quickly spread throughout the world. 3.________
Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? 4.________ It’s important to have a language that the people of the earth have in common. Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another. On the other hand, English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it. Do we really need that?
Scientists have already tried to create an artificial language that isn’t too difficult and doesn’t include any group’s culture. It is called Esperanto. 5.________ Maybe the popularity of English won’t last that long either. There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.
A．People like English.
B．But it hasn’t become popular. C．It has brought its language with it. D．There is no doubt about the question. E．This is why English was widely spoken. F．It has become the new international language.
G．There are many reasons why English has become so popular.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文，主要分析了英语作为国际语言流行的原因及对未来可能流行的语言的预测。
1．F 解析：根据第一段的前两句可知，大约一百年前很多有学问的人学习法语，并且在见到来自其他国家的人时说法语，现在大部分人见到外国人时说英语。由此可推知，英语已经成了新的国际性语言。故选F项。
2．G 解析：承接上文“Why is this？”，并结合本段中的“One of them is”和“Another important reason is”可推知，此空表述英语流行有诸多原因，故选G项。
3．C 解析：承接上文美国文化在全球的流行可知，它的语言也随之而来，故选C项。
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