题目内容
【题目】Do you like listening to English songs to learn the language ? Some students don’t believe doing so can help them learn English. I have to say they think wrongly. Listening to English songs can help you learn the language better. You may ask how. Just read on.
Lyrics are not easily forgotten. You listen to them over and over again throughout your life. Once you learn them, they are going to stay with you, and you are going to review them repeatedly because you enjoy them. If you learn just one song per week for a year, those are 52 songs full of new vocabulary and phrases that you will never forget.
Songs give you perfect pronunciation models. As you learn to sing them, you are practicing your pronunciation, you are imitating native speakers, and you are learning how to speak better. The rhythm naturally leads to better pronunciation, better intonation(声调), and more fluency.
When you start paying attention to the lyrics, your listening skills naturally improve. Once you learn a few songs, you’ll start gathering a lot of songs and vocabulary. A larger vocabulary usually means better listening comprehension. Just the fact that you start caring about the lyrics will activate your listening skills and listening to music in English will become an enjoyable learning exercise.
Another huge merit is that you get to practice your grammar. Some of the most intelligent grammar questions my students bring to me come from songs. You can probably even map the entire language into pop songs and greatly improve your grammar by learning the lyrics to your favorite songs.
Now we can conclude that listening to English songs can really help you learn the language well. So listen to more English songs in your free time. You can put the lyrics on your ipod or iphone and read them as you listen. Believe me, and you’ll benefit a lot.
【1】Paragraph 2 mainly shows that by listening to English songs, you can _____.
A. improve your memory
B. have a larger vocabulary
C. gather a lot of English songs
D. go over words you have learned
【2】The underlined word “merit” in Paragraph 5 means “_____”.
A. advantage B. consideration C. cause D. surprise
【3】What is the text mainly about ?
A. What people can do to improve their English.
B. Why English learners like listening to English songs.
C. What songs people can listen to so as to improve English.
D. Why listening to English songs helps improve our English.
【4】Which of the following best describes the relation among the paragraphs ?
【答案】
【1】B
【2】A
【3】D
【4】C
【解析】
试题分析:学习英语歌曲可以促进我们的英语学习,文章中解释了各方面具体的理由。
【1】B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句If you learn just one song per week for a year, those are 52 songs full of new vocabulary and phrases that you will never forget.如果我们每周学习一首歌曲,一年就可以学会52首。每首歌里都有很多词汇和短语,同时我们也就学会了这些词汇和短语。故B正确。
【2】A 词义猜测题。从文章第二段开始都在介绍通过听英文歌学习英语的好处,第二段中提及学英语歌曲对词汇的好处,第三段中提出对于发音的好处;第四段中提出对听力的好处。本句“Another huge merit is that you get to practice your grammar”中提出了听英文歌对语法的好处。所以该词指听音乐对人们学习英语的好处,故该词意为“advantage”故A正确。
【3】D 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段最后Listening to English songs can help you learn the language better. You may ask how. Just read on.可知本文主要提出通过学习英语歌曲可以促进我们的英语学习。并分别解释了各方面具体的理由。故D项是文章的中心思想。
【4】C 篇章结构题。本文第一段提出通过听英语歌曲可以更好地学习英语,2至4段分别介绍了某一个方面的好处,文章最后一段进行了总结归纳。故C项结构正确。