Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? 阅读理解（含解析）（人教版）2023-2024学年英语八年级下册单元题型训练

Unit8阅读理解12篇
Amazon just made a list of the 10 best selling books. It’s not too late to read or reread the best sellers. Here are the first three.
　　The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd The story happened in the early 1800s.It told the relationship between Handful, a slave(奴隶), and Sarah, her owner, as they grew up together from childhood. Their good friendship, in the face of that special society, became a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changed over time.
　　Gray Mountain by John Grisham Samantha Kofer lost her job as a lawyer. She then took a job at a legal aid firm. For the first time her new job put her front and center in the courtroom, and it also put her in terrible danger.
　　All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr In the story, Marie Laure, a blind French girl lived with her father during World War Ⅱ, and Werner, a German young man who worked on building and fixing radios. This story questioned how the war made a difference to their lives.
1．Who wrote The Invention of Wings
A．Sue Monk Kidd. B．Handful.
C．John Grisham. D．Anthony Doerr.
2．The Invention of Wings tells a story that happened________.
A．over 200 years ago
B．1,800 years ago
C．last century
D．this century
3．What job did Samantha Kofer use to do
A．A writer. B．A lawyer.
C．A teacher. D．A doctor.
4．What can we know about Werner in All the Light We Cannot See
A．He was a skillful worker.
B．He was a kind doctor.
C．He was a brave fighter.
D．He was a poor slave.
5．We know that the ________ made a difference to Marie Laure’s life.
A．war B．love
C．friendship D．job
When I’m in trouble, I always take out a book and read quietly. I put my heart into it so that I’ll forget all the unhappy things. I’ve developed a habit of reading in this way.
When I was a little boy, I was interested in comic books and storybooks. When I was a middle school student, I began to read novels, plays, essays (散文) and so on. I found I could get much from them. Little by little, I took a great interest in literature (文学) and last term I won the first prize in the composition contest (作文竞赛) among high school students in our city.
Reading “The Emperor’s New Clothes” makes me laugh a lot about the emperor’s silly behavior. “The Little Match Girl” makes me feel sad. Robinson Crusoe takes me into a strange world full of danger. And I am also deeply moved by Helen Keller’s spirit of being strong and never giving up. Besides these, books also tell me other things—how to be a brave man and how to tell the difference between right and wrong. In a word, good books can let me know what I don’t know before. So I think good books are just like my best friends.
6．What was the writer interested in when he was a little boy
A．Comic books. B．Essays. C．Novels. D．Plays.
7．What does the writer think of the emperor in the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
A．Clever. B．Brave. C．Outgoing. D．Stupid.
8．Why does the writer think that good books are like his best friends
A．Because they can teach him many things that he doesn’t know.
B．Because they can make him learn a lot about history.
C．Because they have beautiful pictures for him to enjoy.
D．Because they can tell him interesting stories and make him laugh.
9．What is the best title for the passage
A．My interesting hobby
B．Everyone should read books
C．Classic books are good
D．Students should be friends with books
At about 22:00 on February 4, 2022, at the opening ceremony（幕式）of the 24th Winter Olympics, a children’s choir（合唱团）from Hebei Province sang the Olympic theme song. Deng Xiaolan, who was born in Yijiazhuang Village, Fuping, took the children from a small village to the center of the world stage.
When Deng came to Malan Primary School in 2003, she asked the children, “What song can you sing ” To her surprise, the children were too shy to sing a song. Deng was very sad. At that time, she decided to do something. “I want children in my hometown to have music in their childhood,” she said.
Deng came to Malan Village again and started to work as a music teacher in 2004. It took Deng at least seven hours to reach the village from Beijing. Although she met many difficulties, Deng was happy to find that the children were very interested in music and most of them were good at music.
Over the past 18 years, she spent at least half a year each year teaching music. It is Deng’s wish to give her students a concert in a natural environment. In 2013, Deng started concert in Malan Village to give her young students a chance to feel the magic of music.
When she watched the performance at the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympics, Deng said, “The children in the mountains have bright eyes, like the stars in the sky. Their voice is like the sound of nature, and their love for singing is moving（令人感动的）.”
10．What is the main purpose（目的）of writing Paragraph 2
A．To introduce the children to the world.
B．To show how much Deng loves music.
C．To ask people to help the poor children.
D．To show the reason why Deng taught music in the village.
11．What can we learn from Paragraph 3
A．Deng Xiaolan was a music teacher in Beijing before.
B．Children in Malan Village had difficulty in going to school.
C．Deng Xiaolan felt tired after returning to Malan Village from Beijing.
D．Deng Xiaolan found that the children of the village had a talent in music.
12．How many years did she spend teaching the children singing before they sang the Olympic theme song
A．14 years. B．15 years. C．18 years. D．20 years.
13．What does the passage is mainly about
A．The importance of music to children.
B．The life stories of the children in Malan Village.
C．The success of the children in Malan Village in the Olympics.
D．Deng Xiaolan, who brought music to the children in Malan Village.
What do you usually use memes（梗）for Two young women have turned fun memes into dance moves. They’ve gained about 800, 000 fans with their amazing and funny performances.
Asuan, 26, and Lidawang, 29, are two graduate students of Beijing Dance Academy. They wanted to make something different from the beautiful stage performances that they learned in school.
“We came to find our own styles — funny moves, simple stories and ear-catching music. Whether the idea comes from memes, cartoons, or games, we take these parts of young people’s pop culture and remade them,” said Lidawang.
However, being funny doesn’t mean they don’t put their heart into the dance moves. Memes are popular because of their special performances, and making that funny performance with dance can be very challenging. It usually takes them one to six months to make a two-minute dance video. To improve their moves they would record their practice and then look at their moves over and over.
Asuan even made a teaching video for one of their most popular dances — “the Yellow Alien（外星人）”, based on the meme from the Spanish song Dame Tu Cosita. She worked out how to act like aliens — the relaxed shoulder, the deep squat（深蹲）move and the surprised but naive（天真的）eyes. As many fans send them “homework” videos, their meme dances are becoming new memes themselves too.
“The nature of dance is to express and communicate. What we communicate and pass on to others is happiness and amusement,” said Lidawang.
“We’re happy to call ourselves ‘comedians’ in the world of dance,” added Asuan.
14．What do we know about Asuan and Lidawang’s dance style
A．It is both traditional and funny.
B．It uses the pop culture of young people.
C．It was based on what they have learned at school.
D．It is popular among the students at Beijing Dance Academy.
15．Why are their dances challenging
A．Because the two girls are too busy to practice.
B．Because it is hard to find enough popular memes.
C．Because making a dance video needs one to six months.
D．Because it is difficult to make that funny performance with dance.
16．What can we learn from the passage
A．Lidawang even made a teaching video
B．Lidawang worked out how to act like aliens
C．Asuan believes they pass on happiness to others.
D．Lots of fans copy the performance and make their own videos.
17．The underlined word “comedians” in the last paragraph means __________.
A．funny dancers B．unhappy dancers C．good students D．excited fans
18．What is the passage mainly about
A．Memes based on funny dances B．Popular dances among young people
C．Two dancers and their special dances D．The difficulties making dance videos
My name is Laura. When I was little, I was interested in playing the drums. I also had a guitar. In the fourth grade, I started playing the violin. I practiced about four hours a week. All of these might not seem like a big deal for many children but as for me, there was something different. My hands were hurt when I was about one year old. After that, I couldn’t do anything easily.
However, music gives me strength. Once I was so upset that I didn’t even want to get out of bed. Then a song came out of the TV. I got up and started dancing. It helped me say to myself. “Cheer up! I can get through the hard time.”
Last year, I planned to join the high school band (乐队). My mother said it might be difficult for me to do that because of my hands. However. I believed I could do it. so I tried harder. And I made it!
When I’m with other members of the band. they don’t treat me differently. We practice happily every day. It’s just another way that music makes me go on.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
19．Why did Laura think she was different according to Paragraph 1
A．Because she was born in a musical family.
B．Because she could play the drums and sing.
C．Because there was something wrong with her hands.
D．Because she showed her musical interest at a very early age.
20．What does the underlined word “strength” mean in Chinese
A．才能 B．力量 C．财富 D．幸运
21．How does Laura feel when she is with other members
A．Happy. B．Surprised. C．Nervous. D．Upset.
22．What can we learn from Laura’s story
A．Never give up. B．Knowledge is power.
C．Time waits for no man. D．A good beginning is half done.
23．What is the best title for the text
A．A Great Musician B．A High School Band
C．A Girl’s Injured Hands D．A Girl’s Love for Music
There are many traditional cultures in China. All of them have a very long history. Let’s have a look at some of them.
Chinese Handwriting (书法)It is a special art of Asian culture. Brush handwriting is popular around the world. Wang Xizhi is very famous for his handwriting. He made a great difference to the development of regular script (楷书). Chinese Folk (民俗的) MusicIt has something to do with Chinese old stories. One of the works, Shijing, had some folk songs from 15 different areas. Pipa, erhu and Xiao are traditional Chinese musical instruments (乐器).
Chinese PaintingIt is one of the oldest arts in the world. Most of the Chinese paintings in Chinese history were done on paper. They are mainly about mountains and water, people, flowers and birds. The most famous Chinese painting is mountains-and-waters painting. WeiqiWeiqi,called “yi” in Chinese history, is a game between two players. It has a history of over 3,000 years. The game is said to be the beginning of chess games. It was introduced (被引进) to Korea (韩国) about 2,000 years ago.
24．From the material (材料), Chinese handwriting ________.
A．was made by Wang Xizhi. B．is a special art of Asian culture.
C．has a history of 3,000 years D．is the beginning of all arts.
25．How many kinds of traditional Chinese musical instruments are mentioned (提到) in the material
A．4 B．3 C．2 D．1
26．The most famous Chinese painting is about ________.
A．flowers B．birds
C．mountains and water D．people and animals
27．Which of the following is TRUE according to the material
A．Chinese painting was introduced to Korea 2,000 years ago.
B．Chinese folk songs in Shijing came from different areas.
C．Wang Xizhi made a great difference to Chinese painting.
D．Weiqi has something to do with Chinese old stories.
Many people think of traditional arts, they think of music. And, in China one of the most famous traditional artists is Tan Dun.
Tan Dun was born in a small village near Changsha, Hunan in 1957. He spent his early childhood with his grandmother. He worked as a violin player and arranger for a Beijing Opera troupe(京剧团). At the age of nineteen, he heard Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony(贝多芬第五交响乐) for the first time and decided to be a composer(作曲家). When he was twenty, he studied music in Beijing. In the middle of 1980s, Tan Dun had a further study on music at Columbia University. Since then, he has lived in New York.
Tan Dun once said in an interview that he only studied Eastern music before the age of twenty, and after twenty he started to be educated in Western music. And by the age of thirty, he deeply understood both traditions. The educational experience gave him the power to create excellent works that connect the traditional and the modern, the East and the West.
Tan Dun has two great inspirations(灵感) for his music. The first is to join together Western and Chinese music. For example, his music for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 came from an old Chinese song and used both traditional Chinese and Western musical tools. His second is to use natural sounds in his music. For example, he created a piece called The Water Concerto in 1998. All the sounds used in the music are made with water.
With his music, Tan Dun tries to find the balance of the music between the East and the West as well as the music and nature.
28．In which year did Tan Dun make a decision to be a composer
A．In 1957. B．In 1976. C．In 1980. D．In 1998.
29．Which of the following about Tan Dun is NOT correct
A．Tan Dun tries to find the balance in his music.
B．Tan Dun didn’t start to study western music until twenty.
C．Tan Dun is one of the most famous traditional artists in China.
D．Tan Dun created the Olympic music with modern western tools.
30．What does the underlined phrase “the educational experience” in the third paragraph refer to
A．He spent his early childhood with his grandmother.
B．When he was twenty, he studied music in Beijing.
C．His further study on music at a foreign university.
D．His study background in both China and America.
31．Which are the two inspirations for Tan Dun’s music
① join together western and Chinese music ② an old Chinese song
③ use natural sound in music ④ use water sounds in music
A．①② B．①③ C．②③ D．②④
We all have our favourite music, films or books — but which are the most popular ever
The most popular album (音乐专辑) Thriller by Michael Jackson At the time Jackson started writing his best-selling album Thriller, he hoped that his album would sell 50 million copies. He was wrong— it sold over ten million more than that. Even today around 130,000 copies are sold in the USA every year.
The most popular classical music The Fifth Symphony When Beethoven was alive, his Fifth Symphony wasn’t his most popular piece of music. But now most people know the da da da dah introduction. In the 20th century, the first four notes (音符) were used by other musicians to make different types of music like hiphop and rock and roll.
The most popular novel A Tale of Two Cities Many people think the best-selling book of all time is one of the Harry Potter books. It’s true that all the Harry Potter books together have sold about 450 million copies. But the most popular single novel is much older. A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens in 1859 and has sold 250 million copies.
The most popular ________ The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema. It only became popular later on video, DVD and TV. It was based on a book by Stephen King. The writer sold the story for only a dollar.
32．________ wrote A Tale of Two Cities.
A．Michael Jackson B．Harry Potter C．Charles Dickens D．Frank Darabont
33．Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was used to make different types of music ________.
A．when he was alive B．in the 20th century C．in 1859 D．in 1994
34．The best word for the blank (空白处) in the form is ________.
A．painting B．film C．poem D．sculpture
35．Which of the following is true
A．Thriller turned out to be more popular than Michael Jackson expected.
B．The Fifth Symphony was used in many other music forms by Beethoven.
C．A Tale of Two Cities has sold more copies than all the Harry Potter books.
D．The Shawshank Redemption made much money as soon as it came out.
36．Which section of a magazine is the passage probably from
A．Sports Time. B．Science Study. C．Culture World. D．Nature Watch.
There you are, sitting in an ice cream shop at the mall. You’re chatting with your friends. Suddenly, music begins to play and people begin to come out of nowhere and start to dance. What’s going on It’s a flash mob!
A flash mob is group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, perform for a short time and then quickly disperse. Then they may not be together again.
The first flash mob started in 2000. Hundreds of people showed up in the rug(小地毯) department of a store in New York City. When salespeople asked them what they were doing, these people said that they were shopping for a rug as a group.
The idea for that flash mob came from Bill Wasik. He was the senior editor of Harper’s Magazine. Flash mobs were invented as a fun social experiment(社会实践). The experiment aimed to encourage spontaneity(自发性).
Today, people organized flash mobs in may cities around the world. College campuses are often popular places for flash mobs. You can watch some videos of flash mobs on the Internet. They are very interesting. Why do people organize such activities Some flash mobs are meant to make people happy, some are for artistic expression, and some other flash mobs are only for enjoyment.
37．When did the first flash mob begin
A．In 2000. B．In 2005. C．In 2008. D．In 2013.
38．People organized these activities probably to .
A．make much money B．learn to sing C．make people happy D．make people shop
39．The underlined word “disperse” may mean .
A．come together B．go away C．help together D．look after
40．Which is Not true about the flash mob
A．Some people dance to music. B．A group of people are together.
C．They are often in a public place. D．They dance for a long time.
41．What’s the best title for the passage
A．What is a Flash Mob B．How to Organize a Flash Mob
C．Where to hold a Flash Mob D．Who Invented a Flash Mob
【语篇来自二十一世纪学生英文报·试题原创】
Remember honest Zhou
He is known as the father of modern Chinese literature. But his influence has gone beyond literature to the world of ideas, arts and politics. No wonder Chairman Mao Zedong once called him “the sage of modern China”.
Oct 19 is the 80th anniversary of the death of Zhou Shuren, commonly known for his pen name Lu Xun. Today his writing is still widely read and several of his stories and essays are included in China’s public school curriculum.
As one of the leaders of the New Culture Movement (1915-1923), Lu Xun is known for making honest comments on Chinese institutions, culture and customs.
Take the story From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study for example. The writer wrote about his youth from his playground Baicao Garden to his school the Sanwei Study, where a respected teacher instructed him in Chinese classics. The name “sanwei”, which translates as “three flavors”, refers to comparisons of different types of reading to different types of foodstuffs. Confucian classics are like rice. History books are like dishes. And literature is like sauce and seasoning.
It was in this strict traditional learning environment that he started to form a solid understanding of Chinese feudal society.
So when he wrote his first short story, A Madman’s Diary, he declared war against the broken society. The story made a huge splash in China’s literary world when it was published in 1918 for being among the first to use colloquial language together with the hard-to-read classical language that “serious” authors were meant to write in at the time. The story also turned heads for its extremely critical take on the downside of Chinese tradition, which Zhou compared to cannibalism.
Three years later, another important story, The True Story of Ah Q, was published. It saw Lu Xun look at the Chinese psyche at the time. The writer criticized it through Ah Q, a peasant who always considers himself superior to others even as he is humiliated and finally executed in the end. This characterization was on-the-nose enough that the phrase “the Ah Q spirit” is widely used even today.
“In all of Chinese literature, Lu Xun is … a sharp observer of the era he lived through, and a remaker of language and form,” commented The Guardian newspaper.
42．________ called Lu Xun “the sage of modern China”.
A．Mao Zedong
B．Zhou Shuren
C．Guo Moruo
D．Mo Yan
43．What are history books like according to Lu Xun
A．They are like rice.
B．They are like dishes.
C．They are like sauce.
D．They are seasoning.
44．Ah Q represents ________.
A．the Chinese grass-root people during the feudal period
B．Lu Xun
C．nobles during the feudal period
D．royals during the feudal period
45．The underlined word “criticized” means ________.
A．赞扬 B．学习 C．展露 D．批判
46．What’s the passage mainly about
A．Lu Xun—the sage of modern China.
B．How to write stories.
C．Some influential stories.
D．Famous works of Chinese literature.
I like music because I think there is nothing more relaxing than listening to or playing music.
One day, I went to my parents’ house to visit them. While my mother was cooking some food in the kitchen, my father and I were waiting. Later I went into my father’s room with him and he took out his guitar and started playing a slow song. Then I took out a violin and started playing along with him. Slowly, I became lost into the music.
My father and I played like that for about 15 minutes. And when I turned around, my mother was standing there listening. I didn’t even realize she was there while I was playing. That was one of the few times that was “truly” lost in music. The funniest thing when I played with my father was that I wasn’t good at the violin. I was new at the instrument, but it was slow song and my ability didn’t matter. That is what music is all about.
Now many people are too focused on being good at their instrument, or making lots of money with it, but not focused on the music. Although my job is playing the piano, I never really want to use it to make money. I play music because it brings me great happiness, and I love everything about it.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
47．Listening to music is ________ for the writer.
A．relaxing B．boring C．exciting
48．When my father and I was playing the music, my mother was ________.
A．watching TV B．standing there and listening C．Playing music with them
49．What does the underlined word “instrument” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A．guitar B．violin C．piano
50．What is probably the writer’s job
A．A pianist. B．A sports player. C．A scientist.
51．Which is the best title for this passage
A．My Dream Job B．My Favorite Song C．Why I like music
If music makes you smart and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a person who is better at learning and understanding.
A team of scientists from a university did research on 33 volunteers. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons did much better in language ability test than without music.
The volunteers said they felt better after exercising with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to the music during exercise. “Exercise seems to cause great changes in the nervous system (神经系统) and have a direct result on learning ability,” said the scientist Charles Emery. Scientists have found that music can be good for health and education. It helps relieve stress, sadness and nervousness, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
Scientists have been using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help disabled children. Mozart is often chosen because his music is not over-exciting. A study showed students who often exercise to Mozart’s music get higher marks. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
52．What does the underlined word “relieve” mean
A．增加 B．升高 C．减少 D．下降
53．How many great musicians are mentioned in the text
A．Two. B．There. C．Four. D．Thirty-three.
54．What does the last paragraph tell us
A．Students should not listen to music before exams.
B．Music may help students get higher grades in tests.
C．Children should follow their parents’ words.
D．There is no reason for children to argue with parents.
55．What can we know from the text
A．Mozart’s music is not exciting. B．Music usually makes people sleep well.
C．Exercise may influence learning ability. D．Volunteers felt worse after exercising without music.
56．Which is the best title for this text
A．Scientists listen to great music B．Music and exercise lead to stress
C．Exercising to music makes you smarter D．Volunteers listened to Mozart’s violin pieces
参考答案：
1．A 2．A 3．B 4．A 5．A
【导语】本文介绍了在亚马逊图书销量排行榜上排在前三名的畅销书：《翅膀的发明》《灰山》和《我们看不见的光》。
1．细节理解题。根据表格第一栏的标题“The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd”可知答案，《翅膀的发明》的作者是Sue Monk Kidd。故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据表格第一栏中的“The story happened in the early 1800s.”可知，故事发生在十九世纪早期，由此推算，距今已有200多年。故选A。
3．细节理解题。根据表格第二栏中的“Samantha Kofer lost her job as a lawyer.”可知，她过去是一名律师。故选B。
4．细节理解题。根据表格第三栏中的“who worked on building and fixing radios”可知，他是一个技术熟练的工人。故选A。
5．细节理解题。由表格第三栏中的“This story questioned how the war made a difference to their lives.”可知，战争对她的生活造成了影响。故选A。
6．A 7．D 8．A 9．A
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者喜欢看书的习惯。
6．细节理解题。根据“When I was a little boy, I was interested in comic books and storybooks.”可知，作者小的时候对漫画书和故事书感兴趣，故选A。
7．细节理解题。根据“makes me laugh a lot about the emperor’s silly behavior.”可知，作者认为皇帝的行为很愚蠢，故选D。
8．细节理解题。根据“In a word, good books can let me know what I don’t know before. So I think good books are just like my best friends.”可知，因为好书可以让作者知道以前不知道的事情，故选A。
9．最佳标题题。根据“I’ve developed a habit of reading in this way.”和全文可知，文章主要讲述了作者喜欢看书的习惯。故选A。
10．D 11．D 12．C 13．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了邓小岚给马兰村的孩子们带来了音乐，她用18年时间改变孩子命运，让这些孩子有机会接触音乐，爱上音乐，并走出大山，来到世界舞台中心。
10．主旨大意题。根据“To her surprise, the children were too shy to sing a song...”以及第二段内容可知第二段主要介绍了她为什么要在马兰村教音乐。故选D。
11．推理判断题。根据“Deng was happy to find that the children were very interested in music and most of them were good at music”可知邓很高兴地发现孩子们对音乐很感兴趣，而且大多数孩子都很擅长音乐，即村里的孩子对音乐有天赋。故选D。
12．细节理解题。根据“Over the past 18 years, she spent at least half a year each year teaching music”可知她花费了18年时间教孩子。故选C。
13．主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了邓小岚给马兰村的孩子们带来了音乐，她用18年时间改变孩子命运，让这些孩子有机会接触音乐，爱上音乐，并走出大山，来到世界舞台中心。故选D。
14．B 15．D 16．D 17．A 18．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了北京舞蹈学院的两位学生把有趣的表情包变成了舞蹈动作。
14．细节理解题。根据第三段中的““We came to find our own styles — funny moves, simple stories and ear-catching music. Whether the idea comes from memes, cartoons, or games, we take these parts of young people’s pop culture and remade them”可知，Asuan和Lidawang的舞蹈风格来自年轻人的流行文化，故选B。
15．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Memes are popular because of their special performances, and making that funny performance with dance can be very challenging.”可知，她们的舞蹈具有挑战性是因为用舞蹈做出那种有趣的表演是有挑战性的。故选D。
16．推理判断题。根据第五段中的“As many fans send them “homework” videos, their meme dances are becoming new memes themselves too.”可知，粉丝们会模仿表演并制作自己的视频。故选D。
17．词义猜测题。根据第六段中的““The nature of dance is to express and communicate. What we communicate and pass on to others is happiness and amusement,” said Lidawang.”可知，她们的舞蹈交流并传递给他人的是快乐和娱乐，所以她们很乐意称自己为舞蹈界的“喜剧演员”，所以“comedians”在此意思为“funny dancers”。故选A。
18．主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Two young women have turned fun memes into dance moves.”以及文章主要讲述了北京舞蹈学院的两位学生把有趣的表情包变成了舞蹈动作可知，本文的主要内容是“两位舞者和她们特别的舞蹈”。故选C。
19．C 20．B 21．A 22．A 23．D
【导语】本文作者讲述了自己对音乐的热爱，虽然失去了双手，但演奏乐器给自己的生活带来了快乐。
19．细节理解题。根据“All of these might not seem like a big deal for many children but as for me, there was something different. My hands were hurt when I was about one year old.”可知Laura认为自己不同于别人是因为她的手有问题。故选C。
20．词义猜测题。根据“However, music gives me strength. Once I was so upset that I didn’t even want to get out of bed. Then a song came out of the TV. I got up and started dancing. It helped me say to myself. ‘Cheer up! I can get through the hard time.’ ”可知失落的时候音乐使作者振奋起来，由此推出音乐给作者了力量，strength意为“力量”。故选B。
21．细节理解题。根据“When I’m with other members of the band. they don’t treat me differently. We practice happily every day.”可知和其他成员待在一起的时候，Laura感觉很高兴。故选A。
22．细节理解题。通读全文内容可知Laura双手有问题，但她没有放弃，凭着对音乐的喜爱，坚持不懈，加入了学校乐队，由此推出我们可以学到：永不放弃。故选A。
23．标题归纳题。本文作者讲述了自己对音乐的热爱，虽然失去了双手，但演奏乐器给自己的生活带来了快乐。用“A Girl’s Love for Music”做标题最合适。故选D。
24．B 25．B 26．C 27．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了中国的一些传统文化，包括中国的书法，民间音乐、绘画和围棋。
24．细节理解题。根据Chinese Handwriting (书法)中“It is a special art of Asian culture.”可知，中国书法是亚洲文化的一种特殊艺术，故选B。
25．细节理解题。根据“Pipa, erhu and Xiao are traditional Chinese musical instruments (乐器).”可知，文中提到了琵琶、二胡和箫三种乐器，故选B。
26．细节理解题。根据“ The most famous Chinese painting is mountains-and-waters painting.”可知，最著名的中国画是山水画。故选C。
27．细节理解题。根据“ One of the works, Shijing, had some folk songs from 15 different areas.”可知，《诗经》中收录的民歌来自不同的地区，故选B。
28．B 29．D 30．D 31．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了中国最著名的传统艺术家之一——谭盾。
28．细节理解题。根据“Tan Dun was born in a small village near Changsha, Hunan in 1957”及“At the age of nineteen, he heard Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony(贝多芬第五交响乐) for the first time and decided to be a composer”可知，在1957年出生，19岁时决定要成为一名作曲家，也就是1976年，故选B。
29．推理判断题。根据“For example, his music for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 came from an old Chinese song and used both traditional Chinese and Western musical tools.”可知，他为2008年北京奥运会创作的音乐来自一首古老的中国歌曲，并使用了中国和西方的传统音乐工具，D表述错误，故选D。
30．词义猜测题。根据“Tan Dun once said in an interview that he only studied Eastern music before the age of twenty, and after twenty he started to be educated in Western music. And by the age of thirty, he deeply understood both traditions.”可知，划线部分是指他在中国和美国的学习背景，故选D。
31．细节理解题。根据“With his music, Tan Dun tries to find the balance of the music between the East and the West as well as the music and nature.”以及倒数第二段的描述可知，一个是把西方音乐和中国音乐结合起来，另一个是在音乐中使用自然声音，故选B。
32．C 33．B 34．B 35．A 36．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了世界上著名的音乐专辑、交响乐、小说和电影。
32．细节理解题。根据“A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens in 1859 and has sold 250 million copies.”可知《双城记》是查尔斯·狄更斯的著作。故选C。
33．细节理解题。根据“In the 20th century, the first four notes were used by other musicians to make different types of music like hiphop and rock and roll.”可知贝多芬的《第五交响乐》在20世纪被用来制作不同类型的音乐。故选B。
34．推理判断题。根据“The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema.”讲到1994年由弗兰克·达拉邦特执导的《肖申克的救赎》票房不佳，由此推出最后一部分讲最受欢迎的电影。故选B。
35．细节理解题。根据“He was wrong— it sold over ten million more than that.”可知《颤栗》比迈克尔·杰克逊预期的更受欢迎。故选A。
36．推理判断题。本文主要介绍了世界上著名的音乐专辑、交响乐、小说和电影。可能选自文化世界部分。故选C。
37．A 38．C 39．B 40．D 41．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了快闪活动。
37．细节理解题。根据“The first flash mob started in 2000.”可知，第一次快闪始于2000年。故选A。
38．细节理解题。根据“Flash mobs were invented as a fun social experiment(社会实践).”可知，快闪是作为一种有趣的社会实验而发明的，所以活动目的应该是使人们开心，故选C。
39．词句猜测题。根据“Then they may not be together again.”可知，他们可能不会再在一起了，所以disperse应该意为“消失”，与go away同义，故选B。
40．细节理解题。根据“perform for a short time and then quickly disperse.”可知，快闪表演一小段时间，所以选项D说法错误，故选D。
41．最佳标题题。本文主要介绍了快闪活动，选项A“什么是快闪”符合题意，故选A。
42．A 43．B 44．A 45．D 46．A
【导语】本篇是一篇说明文。文章介绍了鲁迅的生平和他创作的著作，肯定了他在文学上深远的造诣。
42．细节理解题。根据“No wonder Chairman Mao Zedong once called him ‘the sage of modern China’.”可知，毛泽东称鲁迅为“现代中国的圣人”。故选A。
43．细节理解题。根据“Confucian classics are like rice; history books are like dishes; and literature is like sauce and seasoning.”可知，史书如菜肴。故选B。
44．推理判断题。根据“The writer criticized it through Ah Q, a peasant who always considers himself superior to others even as he is humiliated and finally executed in the end.”可知，小说中的阿Q是一个农民，结合当时小说反映的社会背景，可以推断鲁迅笔下的阿Q代表了当时中国封建社会的底层人民。故选A。
45．词义猜测题。根据“It saw Lu Xun look at the Chinese psyche at the time.”可知，《阿Q正传》中鲁迅在审视中国人的心灵，在当时中国社会破烂不堪的背景下，鲁迅用阿Q来表达对这种社会和人心灵的批判，即可推断划线单词意为“批判”。故选D。
46．主旨大意题。本文通过总分总的结构介绍了鲁迅作为中国现代文学最有影响力的作家之一，创作了许多著名的文学作品，并通过这些文学作品来揭露当时现实的社会，使其影响力不仅仅存在于文学领域，对现实社会的影响力也是巨大的。故选A。
47．A 48．B 49．B 50．A 51．C
【导语】本文讲述了作者对音乐的热爱，以及对音乐的态度和看法。
47．细节理解题。根据第一段“I like music because I think there is nothing more relaxing than listening to or playing music.”可知，作者认为听音乐很放松。故选A。
48．细节理解题。根据第三段“And when I turned around, my mother was standing there listening.”可知，当我爸爸和我在演奏音乐时，我妈妈站在那里听。故选B。
49．词义猜测题。根据“The funniest thing when I played with my father was that I wasn’t good at the violin.”可知，划线部分“instrument”指的是小提琴。故选B。
50．推理判断题。根据“Although my job is playing the piano, I never really want to use it to make money.”（虽然我的工作是弹钢琴，但我从没想过用它来赚钱。）可推断，作者是一位钢琴家。故选A。
51．最佳题目题。通读全文，可知本文讲述了作者对音乐的热爱，以及对音乐的态度和看法。因此，选项D“我为什么喜欢音乐”是最佳的题目。故选C。
52．C 53．A 54．B 55．C 56．C
【导语】本文主要讲锻炼时听音乐对人的大脑思考有积极的作用。
52．词意猜测题。根据“Scientists have found that music can be good for health and education. It helps relieve stress, sadness and nervousness, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts”可知，科学家们发现音乐对健康和教育都有好处，它可以帮助减少压力，悲伤和紧张的情绪并增加放松或睡眠。唤醒身体并提高记忆力和思考力。故“relieve”应是“减少”的意思，故选C。
53．细节理解题。根据“Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons did much better in language ability test than without music.”及“Scientists have been using Mozart’s music”可知本文提及意大利音乐家Antonio Vivaldi及莫扎特两位，故选A。
54．细节理解题。根据“A study showed students who often exercise to Mozart’s music get higher marks”可知，最后一段主要告诉我们，听音乐能够使学生考试获得更高的分数，故选B。
55．细节理解题。根据“Exercise seems to cause great changes in the nervous system (神经系统) and have a direct result on learning ability”可知运动似乎会引起神经系统的巨大变化，并对学习能力产生直接影响。故选C。
56．最佳标题题。本文主要讲锻炼时听音乐对人的大脑思考有积极的作用，以选项C“听音乐时锻炼会让你更聪明”为标题最合适。故选C。