【題目】One of the most famous buildings in the United States is Carnegie Hall, the home of classical and popular music concerts in New York. Carnegie Hall is known not just for its beauty and history, but also for its amazing sound. Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction. Construction of Carnegie Hall began in 1890 and the official opening night was on May 5，1891.

The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1924 when it was sold to Robert E Simon. The building became very old and in 1960, the new owner made plans to destroy it and build an office block. Isaac Stem led a group of people who fought to save Carnegie Hall and finally, the city of New York bought it for $5 million. It was then fixed up between 1983 and 1995.

Advertisements and stories in newspapers about how Carnegie Hall needed help to recover its history led people to send in old concert programmes and information from all over the world. Over 12，000 concert programmes were received and with these it was possible to make a proper record of Carnegie Hall's concert history.

Carnegie Hall is actually made up of several different halls, but the Main Hall, now called the Isaac Stem Auditorium，is the most famous. The hall itself can hold an audience of 2，804 in five levels of seating.

Because the best and most famous musicians of all time have played at Carnegie Hall, it is the dream of most musicians who want to be great to play there. This has led to a very old joke which is now part of Carnegie Hall's history. Question: “How do I get to Carnegie Hall？” Answer: “Practice, practice, practice.”

【1】It can be inferred that people wanted to save Carnegie Hall mainly because________．

A. it made a lot of money

B. it was worth visiting

C. many important concerts were held in it

D. it made some players become famous

【2】How did Carnegie Hall recover its concert history?

A. Through newspaper reports.

B. Through old concert programmes.

C. Through old photographs.

D. Through old jokes.

【3】Why is the Carnegie Hall joke funny?

A. Because you expect the answer to be directions but not advice.

B. Because Carnegie Hall is a place where musicians practice a lot.

C. Because it is difficult to find your way to Carnegie Hall.

D. Because you don't expect the answer to repeat the same word three times.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. The history of Carnegie Hall

B. The best musician having played in Carnegie Hall

C. A joke about Carnegie Hall

D. The dream of most musicians

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】本文主要介紹了有號稱“世界一流音響設(shè)備”的卡內(nèi)基音樂廳，并講述它的歷史與輝煌。 因此能在卡內(nèi)基音樂廳舉辦自己的音樂會，成為眾多音樂家的夢想。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句卡內(nèi)基音樂廳曾舉辦過許多音樂會，許多名家都在這里演奏過可知，它的歷史輝煌，因此當它要被拆遷改建時人們極力挽救。故選C.

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第二句“收到12 000多份節(jié)目單，這樣才能夠記錄下大廳比較完整的歷史”可知，B項為正確答案。故選B.

【3】細節(jié)理解題。民間流傳著一個有關(guān)卡內(nèi)基音樂大廳的笑話：有人問：“去卡內(nèi)基大廳怎么走？”按照常規(guī)思維，答話者應(yīng)該直接指路，然而答話者卻回答說：“練習、練習、再練習�！边@就是這個笑話的幽默所在。故選A.

【4】標題歸納題。本文主要介紹了有號稱“世界一流音響設(shè)備”的卡內(nèi)基音樂廳的歷史。故選A.

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