题目内容
20.A Professor in music and music education at the University of NSW.Robert walker.argues that all students should study the works of Western classical composers such as Haydn and Tchaikovsky.
Professor Walker says students are missing out on an important part of the culture heritage(遗产) because they fail to study classical music.as the little music that children learn at school is mainly pop.The lack(缺乏) of music teaching is serious.especially in government schools where there are not enough specialist(专业的) music teachers.
A national review in 2005made 15suggestions.but Professor Walker said it still failed to deal with the lack of classical music taught in schools.
"I'm not against pop music.but it's very simple.and not difficult either to play or to sing,"Professor Walker says."But classical music is challenging and although it is a part of Australia's culture heritage.most children learn it only through Hollywood films."
"At least children ought to know what's happening in Western culture.It's part of culture heritage,"he says."Asian students know more about western classical music than most children in the West."
Professor Walker has taught music and music teachers in Britain.Canada and Australia and is a former chief(首席的) examiner for the International Baccalaureate and a former chairman of the research committee of the International Society for Music Education.Professor Walker says no school curriculum(课程) in Australia lists a piece of music that children should study,such as the Mendelssohn's.
"This lack of standard texts means that some children can be brought up totally on Western classical music,others on Elvis Presley or on any music the teacher wants to teach.The situation should be changed as soon as possible."he says.
26.What's the problem in music education in Professor Walker's opinion?B
A.Children know nothing about their culture heritage.
B.Classical music education isn't valued in schools.
C.Pop music is simple and not difficult to play and sing.
D.Australia schools need more specialist music teachers.
27.According to the passage,students should study classical music because it isA.
A.part of culture heritage
B.good for their growing up
C.difficult to play and sing
D.popular only in Asia
28.According to the passage,which one is different from the other three?D
A.Haydn
B.Tchaikovsky
C.Mendelssohn
D.Elvis Presley
29.Which of the following statements is NOT true about Professor Walker?B
A.He worries about the music education in schools.
B.He thinks pop music teaching shouldn't be allowed.
C.He is well known in Western classical music teaching.
D.He has Worked in Britain.Canada and Australia.
30.From the last paragraph.we can learn thatB.
A.Music teachers should teach anything that they like.
B.Most children today are brought up by their music teachers.
C.Music teachers shouldn't teach the music of Elvis Presley at all.
D.Children's music education today depends on their teacher's taste.
分析 文章大意:
文章提到的是有关于古典音乐的讨论.Walker教授认为现在的学校将过多的精力放在了流行乐曲的教授上,因为他简单.但是他认为学习古典音乐是很有必要的,因为它承载着西方文化的结晶.
解答 26.B,细节理解题,文中提到"The lack(缺乏) of music teaching is serious.especially in government schools where there are not enough specialist(专业的) music teachers"教授认为现在学校普遍缺少深入的古典音乐的授课,并且缺少专业的老师,而大力教授流行乐曲,由此可以确定选择B.
27.A,细节理解题,文中提到"Professor Walker says students are missing out on an important part of the culture heritage(遗产) because they fail to study classical music"现在的不学习古典音乐,所以错过了一个非常重要的文化遗产,由此确定选择A.
28.D,细节理解题,文中提到"all students should study the works of Western classical composers such as Haydn and Tchaikovsky"所有的学生需要学习西方古典音乐,代表人物有Haydn和Tchaikovsky,下文又提到了Mendelssohn's,由此确定这三位都是古典音乐的代表人物,由此确定选择D.
29.B,细节理解题,文中提到"I'm not against pop music.but it's very simple"我并不反对流行乐,只是他太简单,由此确定选择B.
30.B,推理判断题,文中提到"This lack of standard texts means that some children can be brought up totally on Western classical music,others on Elvis Presley or on any music the teacher wants to teach"现在的孩子学什么,完全取决于老师教授什么,由此确定选择B.
点评 对于阅读表达题,一定要记得首先通读全文,了解文章大意,然后再根据文章关键词,关键句,掌握细节问题,并进行推理判断,再去回答具体的问题.