Question

Teens Talk

Lisa Black

Age 13

Mexico City, Mexico         “My favorite kind of music is salsa, and my favorite singer is Mare Anthony. Salsa is a kind of Latin music. Why do I like salsa? Well, it’s exciting. There’s always salsa music at our home. That’s because my parents love it— and because we live next to a salsa music store!”

Tom White

Age 14

New York City, USA             “What’s my favorite kind of music? I like all kinds of music, but my favorite is techno. It’s too cool! My brother hates techno— he thinks it’s terrible! He doesn’t understand it. But I understand his music either—he thinks country music is great!”

Linda Green

Age 13

Paris, France                     “My favorite kind of music is classical. My friends think I’m boring. but I think classical music is really cool. My mom and dad like classical too, and my dad has a great collation of classical CDs.”

1.Lisa Black likes salsa and she thinks it is ________.

A. exciting                B. terrible       C. boring

2.Tom White comes from_________.

A. Mexico City, Mexico     B. New York City, USA    C. Paris, France

3.Linda and her parents like music, and _________ has a great collation of classical CDs.

A. her brother             B. her mother             C. her father

4.Lisa Black is the same age as _________.

A. Linda Green           B. Tom White            C. Tom’s brother

5.The topic of today’s talk is about teen’s __________.

A. favorite collation       B. favorite music          C. favorite singer

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】主旨大意：本题以表格形式介绍了三个人在音乐方面的个人爱好。

1.根据表格第一行第二列““My favorite kind of music is salsa, and my favorite singer is Mare Anthony. Salsa is a kind of Latin music. Why do I like salsa? Well, it’s exciting.描述，可知丽萨喜欢萨尔萨舞曲，她认为它令人感到兴奋。故选A。

2.根据表格第二行第一列Tom White Age 14 New York City, USA 描述，可知汤姆怀特来自美国纽约。故选B。

3.根据表格第三行第二列my dad has a great collation of classical CDs.描述，可知琳达的父亲收藏了很古典音乐唱片。故选C。

4.根据表格第一列第一行和第三行描述，可知丽萨和琳达同岁，故选A。

5.根据表格第二列描述，可知谈论的都是各自最喜欢的音乐，故选B。