题目内容
【题目】阅读下面的短文,根据短文的内容回答问题。
Many people do the same things on their birthday: They have a big cake with lots of candles(蜡烛), and listen to their friends and family sing“Happy Birthday to You”.① would you like to pay money to sing that song?
Jennifer Nelson is a filmmaker. ②And she used the song“Happy Birthday to You”in her film.③但是她必须为此支付1,500美元。 A company named Warner Music Group said it had the copyright(版权) on the song.
“I never thought the song was owned(拥有) by anyone,”Nelson said in the e-mail to the New York Times.
Some experts(专家) said that nobody knew who wrote“Happy Birthday to You”.They also said there was no way to know ④ people began to sing the song. But they believed(相信) people started to sing it long before the company began to own ⑤it.
【1】在①处填入一个适当的连词使句意完整、上下文通顺:
【2】将②处划线部分译成汉语:
【3】将③处划线部分译成英语:
【4】在④处填入一个适当的疑问句使句意完整、上下文通顺:
【5】文中⑤处划线部分的it指代:
【答案】
【1】But
【2】她在她的电影中使用了这首《祝你生日快乐》歌。
【3】But she had to pay ﹩1500 for this/it。
【4】When
【5】The song “Happy Birthday to You”.
【解析】
试题分析:本文叙述了美国人过生日的方式。美国的孩子经常用聚会的形式来庆祝他们的生日。今天最受欢迎的生日聚会有两种,一种是在装饰漂亮的家里,另一种是在餐馆里。每种生日聚会会有一个上面插有蜡烛的蛋糕。但是许多美国人不想举行生日聚会,因为他们想忘记自己的年龄。
【1】根据and listen to their friends and family sing“Happy Birthday to You”.① would you like to pay money to sing that song?的句意:听他们的朋友和家人唱“祝你生日快乐”。但是你愿意付钱来唱那首歌吗?根据题意可知表示转折关系。故答案是But
【2】在她的电影里;Happy Birthday to You歌名《祝你生日快乐》。故答案是她在她的电影中使用了这首《祝你生日快乐》歌。
【3】根据短语have to do表示不得不做某事;短语pay for表示支付……,故答案是But she had to pay ﹩1500 for this/it。
【4】根据文中They also said there was no way to know ④ people began to sing the song.。的句意可知来他们也说没有方式知道人们是何时开始唱歌的。故答案填When。
【5】根据句意But they believed(相信) people started to sing it long before the company began to own ⑤it.可知但是他们相信人们开始去唱歌长,在这个公司开始拥有这首歌之前。故答案填The song “Happy Birthday to You”。