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1、【英语】英语中考英语阅读理解20(附带答案解析)一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析）1．阅读理解"Withoutmusic,lifewouldbeamistake,"famousGermanphilosopher（哲学家）FriedrichNietzschesaidoveracenturyago.Musicisabigpartofourlives.Butinrecentyears,someAmericanschoolshavecutmusicclassestocontrolbudgets（预算）
2、.Forexample,Chicagopublicschoolshurtartseducationwhenitfiredover1,000teachers.Amongthem,10percentoftheteacherstaughtartormusic,accordingtoTheWashingtonTimes.Infact,thisisnotjustaproblemintheUS.Inothercountries,suchasChinaandtheUK,musicclassesarenottho
3、ughttobeasimportantasoneslikescience,mathandhistory.That'spartlybecausemusicisnotseenasaveryimportantlifeskill,anditisn'ttested.Manystudentsarebusywithschoolwork,soparentsandstudentschoosetofocusonsubjectsthataretestedmoreoften.However,learningmusicis
4、beneficial（有益的）inmanyways.Whenplayingmusic,youneeddifferentabilitiestoworktogether.Itisnotassimpleasitlooks,accordingtoKennethK.GuilmartinofMusicTogether,anearlychildhoodmusicdevelopmentprogram.Forexample,whenplayingthepiano,peopleseemusicnotesanddeco
5、de（解码）themintheirbrains.Theyalsousetheirfingerstomakesounds.Youneedtodealwithallthesethingsatthesametime.Musichasaspecialconnectionwithscienceaswell.Youcanseethatmanyscientistsaregoodatplayingmusic：EinsteinplayedtheviolinandGermanphysicistMaxPlanckwas
6、talentedinplayingthepiano.（1）SomeschoolsintheUScutmusicclasses,because____.A.theyweretoodifficulttolearnB.studentsintheUSweren'tinterestedinmusicC.theschoolswantedtocontrolbudgetsD.thereweren'tenoughmusicteachersintheUS（2）InParagraph2,whatdoestheunder
7、linedword"them"referto（指代）?A.StudentsinChicago.B.Publicschools.C.ParentsinChicago.D.Firedteachers.（3）Howmanyscientistswhoaregoodatplayingmusicarementionedinthispassage?A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.（4）What'sthewriter'sopinionaccordingtothispassage?A.Musi
8、cisassimpleasitlooks.B.Musicclassesshouldbecutinsomeschools.C.Musicisabigpartofourlives.D.Musicisn'taveryimportantlifeskillforus.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文介绍了很多地区削减了音乐课以控制预算，这是不合适的，因为音乐在许多方面都是有益的。（1）细节题。根据someAmericanschoolshavecutmusiccla
