2015-2016学年广东省华南师范大学中山附属中学高一下学期期初考试英语试题.doc

中山华附2015-2016学年第二学期 期初考试卷 高一年级 英语 （本试卷满分135分。考试时间100分钟。 注意：必须在答题卡相应位置上作答方可得分） 第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分分) 。A Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star. There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music(管弦乐), such as the symphonies(交响乐)of Beethoven. There is opera(歌剧)for singers. There is ballet(芭蕾舞剧)for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China. 1．In what way can music be regarded as an international language? A. Popular music is what everyone enjoys. B. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and understandable that everyone can enjoy them. C. When music is played, it