二、阅读理解
请阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
We all have our favorite music, films or books, but which are the most popular ever?

()11. Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 was used to make different types of music .
A. when he was alive B. in the 20th century
C. in 1859 D. in 1994
()12. wrote A Tale of Two Cities.
A. Michael Jackson B. Harry Potter
C. Charles Dickens D. Frank Darabont
()13. Which of the following can be put in "▲" in the form.
A. painting B. film C. poem D. sculpture
()14. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Thriller turned out to be more popular than people expected.
B. The Fifth Symphony was used in many other music forms by Beethoven.
C. A Tale of Two Cities has sold more copies than all the Harry Potter books.
D. The Shawshank Redemption made much money as soon as it came out.
()15. Which section of a magazine is the passage probably from?
A. Sports Time. B. Science Study.
C. Culture World. D. Nature Watch.

11.B 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.C

【分析】
11题需定位贝多芬第五交响曲的相关段落，查找其被用于创作不同音乐类型的时间；12题需定位《双城记》的作者信息；13题需结合《肖申克的救赎》的作品类型判断缺失的类别；14题需逐一核对选项与原文细节；15题需根据文章内容判断所属杂志板块。
【解析】
11. 根据文中关于《Symphony No.5》的段落，明确提到“In the 20th century, the first four notes were used by other musicians to make different types of music like hip-hop and rock and roll.”，可知该交响曲在20世纪被用于创作不同音乐类型，故选B。
12. 根据文中关于《A Tale of Two Cities》的段落，明确写有“A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens in 1859”，可知作者是Charles Dickens，故选C。
13. 最后一项作品是《The Shawshank Redemption》，它是经典电影，因此表格缺失的类别是film，故选B。
14. A选项：文中提到人们预计《Thriller》销量5000万张，实际多卖1000万张，比预期更受欢迎，符合原文；B选项：该交响曲是20世纪被其他音乐家使用，而非贝多芬在世时，错误；C选项：哈利波特系列总销量约4.5亿本，《双城记》销量超2亿本，前者更多，错误；D选项：《肖申克的救赎》上映时没赚很多钱，错误。故选A。
15. 文章介绍了流行音乐专辑、古典音乐、小说、电影，均属于文化领域，因此最可能来自杂志的Culture World板块，故选C。
【答案】
11.B 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.C
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解、阅读理解主旨大意
【点评】
本题为阅读理解题，围绕流行文化内容设置题目，主要考查学生定位文章细节、理解文章内容的能力，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7