Question

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn′t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known an the tango(探戈舞) came into being

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there many fewer women the men, so if a man didn′t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters of the Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public and they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America, It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

72. The origin of the tango is associated with

A. Belly dances                    B. American soldiers

C. Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina

73. Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most

C. It was often danced by two male in the beginning

D. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

74. Before World War I, the tango spread to ________.

A. America          B. Japan                       C. France    D. South Korea

75. What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango                   B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango                        D. The Modern Tango Boom

Answer 1

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是探戈舞。讲述的是关于探戈舞这种舞蹈艺术的诞生及演化发展以及现在在全球的传播。

段落	关键词 句	大意推测
第一段	economic boom, seeking jobs, lonely and disappointed,  mixed  tango,  came into being	十九世纪末期，阿根廷经济繁荣，大批农民和外国人涌入布宜诺斯艾利斯 ，但收入不尽如人意，孤单失望的人们聚集一起，探戈舞由此产生。
第二段	the lower classes, fewer women, available women, spread into ,upper classes, respectable	探戈舞由社会最底层发展到社会最高层 并受到尊重
第三段	strong interest in dance evident ,arrived, draw the interest, popular	舞蹈在欧洲尤其是巴黎的发展状况  为后来探戈舞在欧洲的发展奠定了基础
第四段	The popularity , grow, promote	探戈舞在世界各地的发展

【解析】

72. D。细节理解题。难度: 易。从第一段所给出的信息得出探戈舞是农民和来自西班牙和意大利人们聚集在the capital of Argentina----- Buenos Aires 所创立得，故选D.

73. C。细节理解题。难度：中等。从第二段三四两句话his only choice was to dance with another man 和首句in the beginning得出。

74. C。细节理解题。难度：易。从第三段第一和二句可以推出答案C。题目所问第一次世界大战（1914年）前，从第四段第二句排除A（after World War Ⅰ）B答案；从 It reached Japan in 1926这句话排除；从第四段最后一句排除D。

75 B。主旨大意题。难度：中等。文章第一段讲探戈舞的形成come into being;第二段叙述探戈舞的发展at the beginning of the tango gradually the dance spread into;第三段同时代和后来探戈舞在欧洲的发展in Europe at this time after tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe;第四段叙述探戈舞随后在世界各地的发展和流行。the popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world.由这四段的大意我们不难得出本文的主旨是the history of the tango,由此选出答案B.

【难句学习】

1.       1. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs.

翻译：农民，以及大量的来自西班牙和意大利的外国人，来到布宜诺斯艾利斯寻找工作。

分析：as well as也，和，值得注意的是，在A as well as B的机构里，语意的重点在A，不在B；a flood of意思是大量的，许多的；seeking分词短语在句中作伴随状语。

2．As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango（探戈舞） came into being.

翻译：因为众多不快乐的人聚集在城市的贫穷地区，由此便诞生了探戈舞这种艺术形式。

分析：as用法很多，此句引导原因状语，表示因为，由于；came into being固定短语，意思为诞生，出现，形成，类似的短语还有：come into use 开始使用，获得应用 ，come into effect/force 生效，come into power/office 上台，就职,开始执政，当权，当选came into action 开始起作用

3．Though not everyone approved the new dance, saying it was a little shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

翻译：虽然不是每个人都赞成新的舞蹈，说这是有点令人吃惊，但是这个舞蹈艺术还是有了足够的支持者，来使它更受欢迎。

分析：此句结构though和although用法一致，都不可与but连用，表示尽管......但是……,句中saying分词在此处表示原因。