Question

【題目】 We all have our favourite music, films or books — but which are the most popular ever?

The most popular album (音樂(lè)專輯) 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 Beethoven’s 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.

【1】The best word for the blank is ________.

A.paintingB.filmC.poemD.sculpture

【2】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.

【3】Which section of a magazine is the passage probably from?

A.Sports Time.B.Science Study.C.Culture World.D.Nature Watch.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要向我們介紹了幾個(gè)世界之最：最受歡迎的音樂(lè)專輯——《Thriller》；最受歡迎的古典樂(lè)——《第五交響曲》；最受歡迎的小說(shuō)——《雙城記》；最受歡迎的電影——《肖申克的救贖》。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)表格4中“The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema.”講到一開(kāi)始在電影院沒(méi)賺多少錢，可推出此處是說(shuō)最受歡迎的電影。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)表格1中“He was wrong — it sold over ten million more than that.”可知《Thriller》比邁克爾·杰克遜預(yù)期的更受歡迎，A項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)表格2中“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《第五交響曲》被其他音樂(lè)家用在許多其他的音樂(lè)形式中，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)表格3中“It’s true that all the Harry Potter books together have sold about 450 million copies. ...A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens in 1859 and has sold 250 million copies.”可知《雙城記》（2.5億本）沒(méi)有整個(gè)哈利波特系列（4.5億本）賣的多，C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)表格4中“The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema.”可知《肖申克的救贖》一開(kāi)始沒(méi)賺多少錢，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。文中主要介紹了幾個(gè)世界之最，類別是音樂(lè)，古典樂(lè)，小說(shuō)和電影。最可能出現(xiàn)在“文化世界”這一欄。故選C。