题文

Have you ever heard of the group Westlife? Maybe you have, but I’m sure many of you don’t know very much about it. Westlife is an Irish boy band group, which was made up of 6 boys in the beginning and called IOU. The group quickly became popular with young people thanks to their song Swear It Again, which was at the top of the UK charts (排行榜) in April 1999. Chinese fans got their first chance to see Westlife on March 6th, 2006 in Beijing. Although the four-member group has been singing pop for seven years, the young boys have all since grown up and their songs are still very popular. When they performed in Beijing, Westlife released (发行) their new album Face to Face in China. Face to Face has been at the top of the British charts for a long time. The album’s most popular song You Raise Me Up mixes traditional Irish music with pop music. Although hip-hop is quite popular among the young, Westlife has no plans to change. They said, “Hip-hop is for the young, but pop can be enjoyed by moms who are busy cooking meals and raising the kids. 小题1:Westlife is from _________. A．America B．China C．Ireland D．Germany 小题2:The number of people in the group __________ between 1999 and 2006. A．went from 6 to 4 B．went from 4 to 6 C．went from 5 to 4 D．didn’t change 小题3:What happened on March 6th, 2006? A．Chinese fans fell in love with Westlife. B．Chinese fans were first introduced to Westlife. C．Chinese fans first heard Westlife’s songs. D．Chinese fans could see Westlife in Beijing. 小题4: Which of the following is Not true about Westlife’s new album Face to Face? A．Swear It Again is one of the songs in the album. B．You Raise Me Up mixes traditional Irish music with pop music. C．The new album came out in 2006. D．Face to Face was popular in Britain. 小题5:What style of music does Westlife make? A．Hip-hop music B．Pop music C．Rock music D．Classical music

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:C 小题1:A 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1:B

本文讲的是西城男孩及他们的音乐成就，并且谈到了中国的歌迷在2006年看他们在北京举办的演唱会的情况。 1.  C 从Westlife is an Irish boy band group可知他们是一个爱尔兰（Irish）音乐组合，故选C。 2.  A 细节题。我们可以从which was made up of 6 boys in the beginning知道开始有6个男孩子，从下文2006 in Beijing. Although the four-member group可知变成了4个成员，故选A。 3.  D 此题答案来自第二段，Chinese fans got their first chance to see Westlife on March 6th, 2006 in Beijing可知中国歌迷得到第一个与西城见面的机会，故D正确。 4.  A 此题地考查对西城男孩面对面这张专辑的分析。Swear It Again出现在1999年，而此专辑是在北京2006年才发行的，故A明显错误。 5.  B 细节题的考查。从the album’s most popular song You Raise Me Up mixes traditional Irish music with pop music可知西城的音乐以流行乐为主，后面讲到hip-hop但他们都不会改变风格。而C,D并没有提到。选B。

据专家权威分析，试题“Have you ever heard of the group Westlife? Maybe you have, ..”主要考查你对  人物传记类阅读，故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

人物传记类阅读故事类阅读

考点名称：人物传记类阅读

• 人物传记类阅读：
  本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
  人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
  阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。

考点名称：故事类阅读

• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．