poorest countries in the world, such as Uganda"以及下文的描述可知,合唱团的很多成员过着艰难的生活。
5.What is special about the choir?
A.Its positive influence on poor children.
B.Performing together with famous people.
C.Its members truly putting their hearts in words.
D.Its members focusing on singing beautiful songs.
解析:选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的"But what is unique about the choir is that it offers hope, education and confidence to children who live in extreme poverty."可知,这个合唱团特别之处在于它对别的贫穷的小孩有着积极的影响。
6.Paragraph 4 mainly shows the African Children's Choir ________.
A.makes a lot of money
B.has become very popular
C.is very helpful to its members
D.helps 50,000 children go to college
解析:选C 推理判断题。根据第四段中的"Through its music and education, the African Children's Choir changes the lives of its children."可知,该段主要是讲这个合唱团改变了这些成员的命运,给他们提供了很多帮助。
7.The passage is meant to ________.
A.tell an inspiring story
B.advertise some choirs
C.introduce a special choir
D.encourage us to help African children
解析:选C 写作意图题。根据文章内容可知,文章主要介绍了非洲儿童合唱团,比如合唱团的成员、特别之处、影响等。
Ⅱ.完形填空
Recently we carried out a survey of 1,000 people from different countries to find out what they think __1__ will be like in the future. The results clearly show both our __2__ and fears.
The survey suggests that __3__ - one of the most important human relationships - will change greatly. People will make friends through the Internet. Computers will become really __4__ by 2050. Even now, some people describe them as their best friends! Others, __5__, say that we will become much more isolated (孤立的) from each other __6__ we will have little real human communication.
Education will __7__ a lot too. As more and more children will be using computers in