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This guide focuses on classic music, a tradition that originated before recordings, radio, and the Internet, back when all music was live music. In those days live human beings performed for other live human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classic music can have a special excitement. Hearing classic music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual.
Classical music concerts can seem like snobby（高傲的）affairs full of foreign terms and unusual behavior. It can be hard to understand what’s going on . It can be hard to know how to act. But don’t worry. Concerts are no stranger than any other amusement, and the rules of behavior are much simpler and easier to understand than the stock market, football, or system software programs.
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小題1:From Paragraph 1, we can see that the writer encourages us _______.  
A．towatchthemusicianstomakemusic
B．toexperiencethespiritofclassicalmusic
C．toattendliveconcertsandenjoylivemusic
D．togetpleasurefromdifferentkindsofmusic
小題2:Which of the following can replace the underlined word “originated” in Paragraph 2?   
A．listenedB．startedC．performedD．disappeared
小題3:The writer considers that live classical music _______.    
A．isfullofforeignterms
B．istoodifficulttounderstand
C．isstrangerthanotheramusements
D．isexcitingtobothplayersandlisteners

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了輕音樂的好處；講述了有關(guān)古典音樂的一些內(nèi)容以及將輕音樂與古典音樂進(jìn)行了對比，突出了輕音樂的優(yōu)點。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)對文章第一段內(nèi)容的理解及No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live.可知作者鼓勵我們?nèi)⒓虞p音樂的音樂會并享受這種音樂，故選擇C。
小題2:語義猜測題。A. listened聽；  B. started 開始； C. performed 執(zhí)行； D. disappeared消失 ，根據(jù)對文章內(nèi)容的理解，可知選擇B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)對整篇文章內(nèi)容的理解可知令表演者和聽眾興奮，故選擇D。
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