Question

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well．But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl．And she became very rich after that．

When she was a child, she was poor．Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party．She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her．

"The party is coming soon, but now I bare little money．" Tears ran down her face．

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in．"What happened?" her grandma asked．Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't worry．I think I can help you．How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to ．．．"What a beautiful song! They sang and sang．Suddenly she woke up．It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party．

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy．"How wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before．Thank you for giving me the special gift．" said her friend．And they learnt to sing it together．Later the girl became well-known in America．

1.The song Happy Birthday was written by______________

A．a(chǎn)n American girl B．a(chǎn)n American girl's grandma

C．a(chǎn)n American boy D．a(chǎn)n American girl's friend

2.The girl was sad because__________________

A．she didn't want to go to the party．

B．she would be busy that day．

C．she didn't have enough money to buy a gift．

D．she wasn't invited to the party．

3.What gift did she give her friend?

A．A flower． B．A toy．

C．An interesting book D．A song．

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The girl was still poor after writing the song．

B．The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream．

C．The girl' s friends had heard the song before．

D．The girl became famous because of the song．

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文給我們講述了《祝你生日快樂》這首歌是怎么來的，它其實(shí)是美國的一個小女孩創(chuàng)作出來的，因?yàn)樗�很窮，沒有錢給朋友買生日禮物。她在夢中和奶奶一起唱了這首歌，所以她把這首歌送給朋友當(dāng)禮物。后來因?yàn)檫@首歌她出名了。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl．可知，《祝你生日快樂》這首歌是一個美國的小女孩寫的。故選A。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her．可知，小女孩被邀請去參加朋友的生日聚會，但是她沒有足夠的錢去買禮物，所以她很傷心。故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party．…When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy．可知，小女孩送給朋友的禮物是一首歌。故選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文的最后一句話Later the girl became well-known in America．可知，因?yàn)檫@首歌，這個小女孩變得在美國出名了，故D是正確的。根據(jù)And she became very rich after that可知A不對；根據(jù)第四段中when the door opened and her grandma came in可知，在夢中，小女孩和她的奶奶一起唱歌，不是她的爺爺，故B不對；根據(jù)We haven't heard such a beautiful song before可知C不對。

考點(diǎn)：文化類短文閱讀。