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四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
In ancient China, all gentlemen were expected to be skilful in four separate arts. They were qin, qi, shu, and hua, or the string (弦) music instrument, chess, calligraphy (书法) and painting.
Here, qin refers to the guqin. The Chinese people believe that it was invented by Fuxi, a hero of the mythological period in ancient China. The instrument has a history of more than 5,000 years. It has always been considered the top-ranking musical instrument in China. In the early 20th century, many western instruments started being imported. People started to call the instrument guqin to distinguish it from the piano.
The ancient guqin is believed to have measured three chi, six cun and five fen (about 136 centimetres) in length. This represented the 365 days of a year. According to ancient documents, the guqin originally had five strings. Later two emperors of the Zhou Dynasty each added an additional string to the instrument. The original five strings symbolized the five elements (五行), Jin, Mu, Shui, Huo and Tu. They were also believed to represent the five tunes (五音), Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi and Yu.
However played, the instrument give off a sense of quiet. This means that the instrument is designed to be performed in quiet settings. The guqin has long been called the “instrument of the sages (圣贤)”. For example, Confucius was himself a great master of this instrument. But the best-known player of the guqin in its 5,000 years of history was none other than Yu Boya. The famous Chinese idiom “high mountains and flowing water” comes from the story of Yu Boya and his friend Zhong Ziqi.
Nowadays, more and more people are interested in the guqin. And many people attend guqin classes. Guqin concerts can easily be found on theatre performance schedules.
( ) 1. What does the underlined word “It” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. The piano.
B. The guqin.
C. Fuxi.
D. Ancient China.
( ) 2. What is this passage mainly about?
A. Culture in ancient China.
B. The guqin’s inventor.
C. The guqin’s influence.
D. The guqin’s information.
( ) 3. Where is the passage probably from?
A. A blog of a music lover.
B. A website of sports.
C. An advertisement of music.
D. A storybook.
In ancient China, all gentlemen were expected to be skilful in four separate arts. They were qin, qi, shu, and hua, or the string (弦) music instrument, chess, calligraphy (书法) and painting.
Here, qin refers to the guqin. The Chinese people believe that it was invented by Fuxi, a hero of the mythological period in ancient China. The instrument has a history of more than 5,000 years. It has always been considered the top-ranking musical instrument in China. In the early 20th century, many western instruments started being imported. People started to call the instrument guqin to distinguish it from the piano.
The ancient guqin is believed to have measured three chi, six cun and five fen (about 136 centimetres) in length. This represented the 365 days of a year. According to ancient documents, the guqin originally had five strings. Later two emperors of the Zhou Dynasty each added an additional string to the instrument. The original five strings symbolized the five elements (五行), Jin, Mu, Shui, Huo and Tu. They were also believed to represent the five tunes (五音), Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi and Yu.
However played, the instrument give off a sense of quiet. This means that the instrument is designed to be performed in quiet settings. The guqin has long been called the “instrument of the sages (圣贤)”. For example, Confucius was himself a great master of this instrument. But the best-known player of the guqin in its 5,000 years of history was none other than Yu Boya. The famous Chinese idiom “high mountains and flowing water” comes from the story of Yu Boya and his friend Zhong Ziqi.
Nowadays, more and more people are interested in the guqin. And many people attend guqin classes. Guqin concerts can easily be found on theatre performance schedules.
( ) 1. What does the underlined word “It” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. The piano.
B. The guqin.
C. Fuxi.
D. Ancient China.
( ) 2. What is this passage mainly about?
A. Culture in ancient China.
B. The guqin’s inventor.
C. The guqin’s influence.
D. The guqin’s information.
( ) 3. Where is the passage probably from?
A. A blog of a music lover.
B. A website of sports.
C. An advertisement of music.
D. A storybook.
答案
B
; D
; A
; D
; A
