7.Nashville,Tennessee-nicknamed Music City-is known as a centre for country music.The city will soon become even more musical.Construction of the National Museum of African-American Music(NMAAM)is scheduled to begin this year.NMAAM's goal is to highlight and celebrate the more than 50kinds of music than African Americans have created or influenced.
"Whether you're talking about country,blues,R&B,jazz,even rock and roll,the odds are pretty high that it's African American in its beginnings,"NMAAM president and CEO Henry Hicks said.
The museum is scheduled to open in 2018.Visitors will have many opportunities to explore and learn,They will be able to enjoy musical performances and learn the history behind the music.They will be able to record their own songs and try out dance moves.
NMAAM has already offered programs,including a summer music camp help at Tennessee State University,in Nashville.A highlight for camper Matthew Mueller,10,was when Lucius"Spoonman"Talley showed how to play the spoons,an innovative(創(chuàng)新)way to create music.
"People started using spoons because they were something that all people had.Not everybody could afford instruments,"Matthew says.
Matthew's grandmother,Karen Mueller,is a music teacher.She is excited for the museum to teach people about the many kinds of African-American music."There is such a history of music that the black community brings to America and to the world,"she says."I hope that people will come to Nashville not only to see all the country music stuff that goes on but to visit this resource as well."
28.Why will Nashville become more musical?D
A.Because it has a long history of African American music.
B.Because it has created more than 50 kinds of music.
C.Because many musical programs will be held there.
D.Because the NMAAM will be built there soon.
29.The underlined word"odds"in Paragraph 2means"B".
A.doubts
B.chances
C.speeds
D.voices
30.What did Matthew probably think of the spoon show?C
A.Boring
B.Conventional
C.Impressive.
D.Ridiculous.
31.We can learn from the passage thatA.
A.Karen sings high praise for the music museum
B.Matthew can't afford to buy any musical instrument
C.most visitors will buy spoons as souvenirs in NMAAM
D.only the music in Nashville can attract visitors.
分析 文章主要講述了納什維爾將進(jìn)行美國黑人音樂的國家博物館建設(shè).
解答 28.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段第二句"The city will soon become even more musical.Construction of the National Museum of African-American Music(NMAAM)is scheduled to begin this year."這座城市將很快變得更加音樂,美國黑人音樂的國家博物館建設(shè)定于今年開始.故選D.
29.B 詞意猜測題.根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知這里劃線單詞的含義是指機(jī)會.結(jié)合選項故選B.
30.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第四段最后一句"an innovative(創(chuàng)新)way to create music."一個創(chuàng)新的方式來創(chuàng)造音樂故B項不正確.和"She is excited for the museum to teach people about the many kinds of African-American music."她很高興博物館能教人們了解非洲黑人音樂的種類,故A項正確.結(jié)合選項故選C.
31.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一句"I hope that people will come to Nashville not only to see all the country music stuff that goes on but to visit this resource as well."我希望人們能來納什維爾不只是看到所有的鄉(xiāng)村音樂的東西,"以及"Visitors will have many opportunities to explore and learn,They will be able to enjoy musical performances and learn the history behind the music.They will be able to record their own songs and try out dance moves."參觀者將有很多機(jī)會去探索和學(xué)習(xí),他們將能夠享受音樂表演和學(xué)習(xí)音樂背后的歷史,他們將能夠錄制自己的歌曲,并嘗試舞蹈動作,故D項不正確;和"People started using spoons because they were something that all people had."人們開始使用湯匙,因為它們是所有人都有的東西,故C項不正確.故選A.
點評 本文是一個故事類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).