Question

What can music bring people? Band of Hope is a student band in the US. They play music for young children at a children’s hospital.

Students at Hopewell Junior High School started the band about six months ago. The band’s twenty-seven members meet once a week for a two-hour practice after school.

On May 6, they played their sixth concert（音乐会）for 20 children at the hospital. The band members also told jokes to them and brought small gifts to them.

Liam Watters, 13, plays the baritone（男中音）in the band . During one concert, he learned that one of the children like to listen to the singing, so he and some other band members went back to the child’s room and sang to him.

“That was really cool,”Liam said. “They had big smiles on their faces.”

1.Band of Hope plays music for             .

A. tired kids    B. hungry kids    C. lucky kids    D. sick（生病的）kids

2.There are           members in Band of Hope.

A. 27    B. 13    C. 6    D. 20

3.What did the band do for the children on May 6?

a．They told jokes to them.      b．They read books for them.

c．They played music for them.  d．They brought gifts to them.

A. a，b，c    B. a，b，d    C. a，c，d    D. b，c，d

4.The underlined word “That” means “           ”.

A. Doing something for the kids    B. Playing the baritone

C. Going to the hospital    D. Staying with other band members

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了Band of Hope乐队组合，他们是由学生们组合的，他们主要是为生病孩子演奏的。文中讲述了这个乐队的成员。及人们非常的喜欢他。

1.根据文中Band of Hope is a student band in the US. They play music for young children at a children’s hospital.可知，他们是为生病的孩子们演出的。故选D。

2.根据文中The band’s twenty-seven members meet once a week for a two-hour practice after school.可知，在这个乐队有27个成员。故选A。

3.根据文中They play music for young children at a children’s hospital.可知，他们为他们弹奏音乐。故选C。

4.根据下文Liam said. “They had big smiles on their faces.”可知，that是指为了孩子们做一些事情。故选A。

点睛：(一)先读问题，弄清考查要点，以便能带着问题看文章，这样会心中有数，有的放矢。

(二)快速浏览全文，掌握全貌，注意发现与问题有关的信息，如果时间紧，至少要扫视一下起首段和尾段。再把标题和文章内容结合起来想一想，这样全文大意便清楚了。此时，不要忙于答题。

(三)细读原文，捕捉相关信息词，掌握短文细节内容。这是解题的关键，应特别注意以下几点：

1. 抓住四个"W"和一个"H"，就是边读边用铅笔做些标记，把What (事件)，When(时间)，Where(地点)，Why(原因)，How(经过)划出来。抓住了四个“W”和一个“H”，就抓住了文章的全貌，一些直接性的问题便可解决。

2.抓住连接词及起关键作用的副词、代词、介词、插入语等。因为这些词具有因果，让步，递进，转折，指代，列举及承上启下等各种连接上下文的特殊功能。这对考生分清文章层次，辨明各种关系，了解人物心理，推断作者意图，进行逻辑推理等手段来分析难点，都具有举足轻重的作用。

4.根据题意，初选答案。这一步须仔细审题，领会测试要求，确定解题方法。对那些明显的，有把握的题可以断然确定，不必把其余三个答案再作推敲而浪费时间：有些略难的题，应再查阅短文(不是重读一遍)，迅速找出依据，予以排除。常用的解题方法有如下几种：

① 直接解题法。即从原文中直接找出答案。

② 归纳解题法。对于不能从原文中直接找出答案的可在把握全文中心和线索的前题下进行概括、归纳得出正确答案。

③ 综合推理法。读者需统观全文，认真分析，综合推理及至计算，最后归纳出正确答案。

题干中有"suggest, conclude, conclusion, probably, reason, because, according to“等字眼时，属于推断概括型，考查内容着眼于全篇，考生应具备一定的分析归纳，推理等逻辑思维能力。

④ 捕捉关键词。在阅读时应该注意与问题相关的同义词，近义词，反义词或同位词等信息词来得出正确答案。

⑤ 转换解题法。即原文这么说，而在问题和所给选项中则用另外的词去转换一种说法，但仍表示同一含义。

⑥ 排除法。根据语言，句法结构，信息词和常识，在没有把握的选项中用排除法得出正确答案。