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【题目】任务型阅读-简答

Which type of Christmas songs are the bestThere are so many different parts to the Christmas period: jumpers, shopping, Christmas markets, decorations, songs. Without them, Christmas just wouldn't feel right. My personal favourite part of the festive period is the songs. There are traditional songs, such as Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Good King Wenceslas, which you would normally hear in church.

Then there are the pop songs from throughout the years. Some of them have been recorded and re-recorded too many times to count.

In fact, almost every year people argue about which versions（版本）of certain Christmas songs are better. Eartha Kitt or Kylie Minogue's version of Santa Baby? What about Michael Bublé vs Frank Sinatra and their versions of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? The list goes on and on.

The most famous Christmas songs are undoubtedly the ones with a pleasant melody, talking about being home for Christmas or how much they love Christmas. All of them are easy to remember. Have a listen to Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Rea orI Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Some songs highlight how much we want to be with the people we love at this time of year, such as Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley, Lonely This Christmas by Mud or Leona Lewis' One More Sleep. The mainstream songs are the ones you'll hear in shops as you do your Christmas shopping or in restaurants all over Britain.

The Christmas songs that I love to listen to are the ones that don't really make much sense. Sometimes they take you back to childhood when you wouldn't be laughed at for asking Santa for a giraffe. And the rest are just silly for the sake of it. My favourite silly Christmas songs are I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmasby Kacey Musgraves, Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo by Alma Cogan and Proper Crimbo by Bo Selecta.

The absolute best Christmas song is definitely Fairytale of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl. It's not really Christmas until you've listened to that.

【1】.How many different parts of the Christmas period are there?

【2】Where can you hear traditional Christmas songs?

【3】Do people argue about which versions of certain Christmas songs are better almost every year?

【4】What does the writer mainly talk about in the fourth paragraph?

【5】Why does the writer love the songs that don't really make much sense?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Five

【2】In church

【3】Yes

【4】The reasons why the Christmas songs become famous.

【5】The songs can take the writer back to childhood.

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲述的是圣诞歌曲的情况及作者喜欢听圣诞歌曲的原因。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一、二行There are so many different parts to the Christmas period: jumpers, shopping, Christmas markets, decorations, songs. Without them, Christmas just wouldn't feel right.可知，圣诞节期间有五种不同的部分。故答案填Five。

【2】细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三、四、五行There are traditional songs, such as Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Good King Wenceslas, which you would normally hear in church.可知，传统的圣诞歌曲常在教堂里可以听到。故答案填In church。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一、二行In fact, almost every year people argue about which versions（版本）of certain Christmas songs are better.可知，每年人们会争论圣诞歌曲的版本那个更好。所以此句是肯定回答。故答案填Yes。

【4】主旨大意题，通读第四段的内容可知，主要讲述的是圣诞歌曲变得很著名的原因。故答案填The reasons why the Christmas songs become famous。

【5】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第二行Sometimes they take you back to childhood when you wouldn't be laughed at for asking Santa for a giraffe.可知，作者喜欢这些歌曲是因为它们把他/她带回到童年时代。故答案填The songs can take the writer back to childhood。

任务型阅读中的细节理解题，首先找到问句中的关键词，然后根据关键词定位到文章具体位置，写出答案即可。

例如题目2中，关键词是hear traditional Christmas songs，可定位到文章文章第一段第三、四、五行There are traditional songs, such as Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Good King Wenceslas, which you would normally hear in church.可知，传统的圣诞歌曲常在教堂里可以听到。故答案填In church。