2017届高三上学期期末考试试卷(102).pdfVIP

许昌市四校联考高二下学期第一次考试 英语试卷 （考试时间 120 分钟 试卷分值 150 分） 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节， 40 分） （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，共 30 分） 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Filmmaker Jennifer Nelson had to pay $ 1,500 to have ? Happy Birthday to You ? sung in the movie she ’s making. The money went to Warner Music Group, a company that claims to own the copyright on the song. A copyright is the legal right to use or sell a creative product such as a song, a TV show, a book, or a work of art. Warner has claimed the copyright for ? Happy Birthday to You ? since 1988. ? I never thought the song was owned by anyone, ? Nelson said in an e-mail to The New York Times. ? I thought it belonged to everyone. ? Nelson ’s movie is a documentary －a film that uses pictures and/or interviews with people to create a factual report of real-life events －and is actually about the history of the ? Happy Birthday ? song itself. Two sisters named Mildred and Patty Hill wrote a song called ? Good Morning to All ? in 1893. Over a short period of time, people began to sing the words? happy birthday to you ? in place of the original lyrics to the tune of the Hill sisters ’ song. A number of history experts say the there is no record of who actually wrote the ? Happy Birthday to You ? lyrics. Historians also say there is no way to know when the general public began singing the ? Happy Birthday ? song, but they believe it was being sung by the public long before it was printed and owned by a company. Nelson ’s lawyers say this piece