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1、【英语】中考必刷题英语阅读理解题一、阅读理解1．阅读理解"Withoutmusic,lifewouldbeamistake,"famousGermanphilosopher（哲学家）FriedrichNietzschesaidoveracenturyago.Musicisabigpartofourlives.Butinrecentyears,someAmericanschoolshavecutmusicclassestocontrolbudgets（预算）.Forexample,Chicagopublicschoolshurtartseducationwh
2、enitfiredover1,000teachers.Amongthem,10percentoftheteacherstaughtartormusic,accordingtoTheWashingtonTimes.Infact,thisisnotjustaproblemintheUS.Inothercountries,suchasChinaandtheUK,musicclassesarenotthoughttobeasimportantasoneslikescience,mathandhistory.That'spartlybecausemusicisnot
3、seenasaveryimportantlifeskill,anditisn'ttested.Manystudentsarebusywithschoolwork,soparentsandstudentschoosetofocusonsubjectsthataretestedmoreoften.However,learningmusicisbeneficial（有益的）inmanyways.Whenplayingmusic,youneeddifferentabilitiestoworktogether.Itisnotassimpleasitlooks,acc
4、ordingtoKennethK.GuilmartinofMusicTogether,anearlychildhoodmusicdevelopmentprogram.Forexample,whenplayingthepiano,peopleseemusicnotesanddecode（解码）themintheirbrains.Theyalsousetheirfingerstomakesounds.Youneedtodealwithallthesethingsatthesametime.Musichasaspecialconnectionwithscienc
5、easwell.Youcanseethatmanyscientistsaregoodatplayingmusic：EinsteinplayedtheviolinandGermanphysicistMaxPlanckwastalentedinplayingthepiano.（1）SomeschoolsintheUScutmusicclasses,because____.A.theyweretoodifficulttolearnB.studentsintheUSweren'tinterestedinmusicC.theschoolswantedtocontro
6、lbudgetsD.thereweren'tenoughmusicteachersintheUS（2）InParagraph2,whatdoestheunderlinedword"them"referto（指代）?A.StudentsinChicago.B.Publicschools.C.ParentsinChicago.D.Firedteachers.（3）Howmanyscientistswhoaregoodatplayingmusicarementionedinthispassage?A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.（4）Wha
7、t'sthewriter'sopinionaccordingtothispassage?A.Musicisassimpleasitlooks.B.Musicclassesshouldbecutinsomeschools.C.Musicisabigpartofourlives.D.Musicisn'taveryimportantlifeskillforus.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文介绍了很多地区削减了音乐课以控制预算，这是不合适的，因为音乐在许多方面都是有益的。（1）细节题。根据someAmericanschoolshav
8、ecutmusicclassestocontrolbudgets可
