When someone says, “Well，I guess I’ll have to face the music”， it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or attend a concert. It is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that.
　 At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was！
　 In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If...that means parents cold faces and contempt (輕視) of the teachers and classmates.
　“To face the music” is well known to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.
小題1:“To face the music” means “to__________”.
A．do something that we don’t like to
B．go to the theatre
C．go to the music show
D．do something that we want to
小題2:In the third paragraph， “If…”really means “If__________”．
A．we don’t do a good jobB．we get an “A” in the exam
C．the exam is easyD．the exam is difficult
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．“To face the music” is well known in the United States．
B．“To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years．
C．The young Americans know what “to face the music” means．
D．Only the old in the United States know the meaning of “to face the music”．

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:D

試題分析：本文介紹了英語中的而一個術(shù)語face the music的具體含義以及這個術(shù)語所適用的場合和語境。
小題1:A.細節(jié)理解題。從文章最后一段 “It really means that you have to do something．．．because you know you have no choice．”可以得到答案是A，指要我們做一些我們不喜歡做的事情。
小題2:A. 推理判斷題。從that means parents cold faces and contempt (輕視) of the teachers and classmates.下文得知只有考試沒考好才會有老師輕視，學(xué)生冷酷那樣的結(jié)果。
小題3: D. 細節(jié)理解題。最后一段提到“To face the music” is well known to every American, young or old.可知很多人都知道這個術(shù)語。故D項錯誤。
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