2022-2023学年广东外语外贸大学实验中学高一（上）期末英语试卷（附答案详解）.docxVIP

第 =page 1 1页，共 =sectionpages 1 1页 2022-2023学年广东外语外贸大学实验中学高一（上）期末英语试卷 A 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 I read an interesting article recently about how music played an important role in helping two elders in a nursing home find each other.They were listening to a waltz on the radio and began dancing with each other! Music is around us all the time-its on the radio，television，and in movies and commercials（商业广告）.Music can soothe you and make you happy or sad.I hear music in grocery stores，in lifts and just about everywhere I go. I grew up with music.My mom used to do housework listening to the FM radio when it was all classical music.My dad liked the dance bands that included Sammy Kaye，Guy Lombardo，Glenn Miller and Jan Garber.Many of these bands broadcast live on the radio from dance halls in Chicago.My great grandfather，Joseph Bapst，played in a brass band in the 1870s and 80s.My great uncle，George Keller，played the trumpet（小号） in the band，as did my dad and mother.My great aunt taught piano and had a degree in music.So I really didnt have a choice when it came to music and a career.For me，it was music! My love was marches（进行曲） and band music.American March King John Philip Sousa said that a good march could make a man with a wooden leg get up and march! In 1948，the Cities Service Band of America went on radio and played a half-hour live band concert every Monday night at 8：30 on NBC.Conductor Paul Lavalle led a band made up of the best musicians in the New York City area.In 1949，I asked my dad to get a television set.He said， We dont need one. Well，at the end of the 1949 season，the Cities Service Band announced that beginning in September，they were going to appear on television every Monday night My dad bought a TV the next week!Music has been a great and wonderful part of my life-and it still is. 1. What isthe interesting articlementioned in the first paragraph about？ ______ A. How old people prefer soft music.B. How music helps connect people.C. How