【题目】阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Sarasota, Florida teen band The Garbage-Men is performing on the stage. The band has five members. They are Jack Berry, Ollie Gray, Harrison Paparatto, Austin Siegel and Evan Tucker. The five teens are making music from waste. The Garbage-Men band's instruments are made from recycled things. The guitars are boxes. A horn(号) is made from pipes. The keyboard is formed from old bottles.
The band started about two years ago. Jack Berry who was in eighth grade at the time decided to make a playable, home-made guitar, after some trial-and-error(反复试验), he ended up building it from a cereal box, a yardstick and toothpicks. After Jack showed his creation to his friend Ollie Gray, Ollie had the idea to form a band using other home-made instruments as a way to improve recycling. “We want to show people there is more to recycling than throwing things away in the bin.” Jack, 16, told TFK. “You can actually reuse materials.”
The Garbage-Men plays at local events around Sarasota, including festivals, farmer's markets and community fundraisers. Typically, the teens will set up on the street and perform popular songs from the 1960s, including classic Beatles tunes and crowd favorite “Wipe Out,” by The Surfaris. In between sets, they talk about recycling and offer tips for how to help the environment. While they perform, Jack's little brother Trent, 11, gives out flyers(宣传单) about recycling and helps sell the band's CDs and other musical products.
The band donates(捐赠) the money from sales to charity. They have raised more than $2,500 for Heifer International. The organization gives farm animals, seeds and agricultural(农业的) training to people in poor countries to help end poverty and hunger. “It's a good, sustainable-development (持续发展的)charity,” Jack says, “By donating one animal, you help the whole community.”
The band, all tenth graders, tries to play a show every week. They've also played on a Tampa, Florida radio station and auditioned(试演) for America's Got Talent. The teens hope to eventually take their shows on the road by touring in other states. “Music is a really good way to get a good message across to people because it's really accessible(可接近的),” Jack says. Their instruments may be rubbish, but their message isn't.
(1)Who is NOT a member of the Garbage-Men band?
A.Ollie Gray.
B.Trent Berry.
C.Austin Siegel.
D.Jack Berry.
(2)The five teens formed the band in order to ________.
A.show how to make musical instruments from rubbish
B.earn more money to help support their own families
C.make their musical products known all around the world
D.ask more people to recycle daily rubbish around them
(3)What did the Garbage Men Band mainly do according to the passage?
A.They told people how to protect the environment and do some charities.
B.They collected the rubbish in communities and cleaned up the markets.
C.They raised money for the old people by selling their own instruments.
D.They joined the Heifer International and made their own musical CDs.
(4)What's the best title for the passage?
A.Music and Environment
B.The Garbage-Men Band
C.Home-made Musical Instruments
D.A Pioneer of American Country Music
【答案】
(1)B
(2)D
(3)A
(4)B
【解析】本文讲述了五个年轻人为了环保和慈善事业自组成乐队的事情。
(1)细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的They are Jack Berry, Ollie Gray, Harrison Paparatto, Austin Siegel and Evan Tucker,可知B选项的Trent Berry不在之中,故选B。
(2)细节理解题。根据第二段的最后一句We want to show people there is more to recycling than throwing things away in the bin,可知道他们自组乐队的目的是为了环保,故选D。
(3)推理判断题。根据文章第四段中的第一句The band donates(捐赠) the money from sales to charity以及其它内容的理解,可推断这个乐队做的事情主要是环保工作和慈善工作,故选A。
(4)标题判断题。纵观全文,文章主要讲述的是五个年轻人为了环保和慈善事业自组成乐队的事情,可知B选项的意思与之相符,故选B。
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