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Ⅰ.閱讀理解

(2016·青島適應性測試)English songs have been very popular for people around the world for many decades.Singers, from Elvis Presley to Ricky Martin, from the Beatles to Eminen and from Natalie Cole to Britney Spears, have all been sitting in everyone's heart, even for people who don't speak English.But will you have better English skills if you listen to English songs for a long time?

From my experiences, some people listen to English songs for 20-30 years but still haven't accomplished any good English skills.Some people choose English songs to be the “main learning approach”， but most of them have failed.

Listening to English songs does not help you to speak English fluently.It does help you gain some vocabularies.Most of them are unusual ones that you don't use in your everyday life.You won't learn the sentence “It is a complicate project.We really need to meet the deadline.” in any English songs.

People like using English songs to practice English skills because it's easy and enjoyable.They think that sitting in the car listening to English songs day by day can improve their English skills.It is not that actually.

You will not improve your listening skills because normal people don't speak with melody (樂調).People don't talk like Eminen's songs (well, actually, some teenagers do).You can't get yourself familiar with English pronunciation or accent just from listening to English songs.The words that they pronounce in the songs are not the words that you will hear in your everyday life.It often even confuses you more how English is pronounced.

I would fully encourage you to watch English movies, listen to radio news or other normal talks, but not music.Of course, you can consume it for fun but not the aim to improve your English skills.

1.What's the text mainly about?

A.How English songs help people practice English skills.

B.Who has made English songs popular all over the world.

C.Why people won't improve their English by listening to English songs.

D.Where people can find good English songs to practise their English skills.

2.English songs are helpful for English learners if they want to ________.

A.speak English fluently

B.enlarge their vocabularies

C.improve their listening skills

D.learn to express themselves in daily life

3.Which of the following won't probably appear in English songs?

A.Country road, take me home.

B.Every night I see you, I feel you.

C.It's not a big big thing if you leave me.

D.We need to meet the deadline though it's tough.

4.We can learn from the text that ________.

A.world­famous singers have done a lot to help people learn English

B.watching English movies or listening to radio news can be a great help

C.English songs get people familiar with English pronunciation or accent

D.most people who enjoy English songs in their car speak English very well

答案：

解題導語：本文是一篇議論文。作者認為“通過聽英語歌曲來提高英語技能”這一做法是不可行的。文中闡述了具體原因，并給出了建議——看電影或聽新聞廣播會幫助提高英語技能。

1.C　解析：主旨大意題。通過對全文的理解可知，作者認為“通過聽英語歌曲來提高英語技能”的做法是不可行的，文中具體論述了這個做法不可行的原因。故選C項。

2.B　解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段第一、二句可知，聽英語歌曲不會幫助你流利地說英語，但是它確實可以幫助你增加詞匯量。故選B項。

3.D　解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段最后一句可知，你不會在任何英語歌曲中學習到類似“這是一個復雜的項目。我們真的需要在最后期限之前完成”這樣的句子。故選D項。

4.B　解析：推理判斷題。根據最后一段第一句可知，作者十分鼓勵人們通過看英語電影、聽廣播新聞或其他正常的對話來練習英語口語而不是聽音樂。故選B項。