中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：蚊子“mosquito”叮人的方式

　　We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.

　　No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬) and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!

　　If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(癢) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.

　　And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.

　　1. “Mosquito” means _______ in Chinese.

　　A. 蒼蠅 B. 蜻蜓 C. 跳蚤 D. 蚊子

　　2. We know mosquitoes very well because ___________.

　　A. they can be found easily B. they fly here and there

　　C. there are many kinds of them D. they can fly

　　3. If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ________.

　　A. get angry with you B. be afraid of you

　　C. make a lot of noise D. choose another one

　　4. The mosquito bites you _________.

　　A. when you’re asleep B. because you have choose it

　　C. too quickly to let you know D. but doesn’t like you

　　5. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

　　A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.

　　B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.

　　C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.

　　D. All the mosquitoes don’t like to bite people for blood.

　　答案及解析：

　　1. D。“吸血”和“會飛”是mosquitoes的兩個主要特征。根據(jù)這兩個特點，聯(lián)系生活常識，即可選定答案。另外，讀罷全文之后，也能將其余選項予以排除。

　　2. B。“We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere.”一句是答案的出處。

　　3. D。答案就在“But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood.”這句話之中。

　　4. C。答案的依據(jù)是“…she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different.”一句。

　　5. B。其余三項在文中都有明確的說明。根據(jù)上面那個小題的內(nèi)容，B項明顯是錯誤的。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：種花的先生

　　There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions (比賽). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (銀杯) for the Rose of the Year.

　　Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引誘) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

　　But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.

　　At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

　　6. It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.

　　A. build glass-houses in his free time

　　B. grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

　　C. win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

　　D. grow a rose with the longest name

　　7. Boys were often tempted to ________.

　　A. throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house

　　B. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

　　C. be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

　　D. play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

　　8. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

　　A. at times when school-boys were walking near them

　　B. all the school day when there were no boys about

　　C. where he could not be seen by the boys passing

　　D. in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

　　9. Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.

　　A. be on watch in his free time B. ask the headmaster for help

　　C. pick up all the stones around his garden D. do all the above

　　10. Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ______.

　　A. write some words on the glass

　　B. put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses

　　C. give the boys something else to throw stones at

　　D. send for policemen

　　(B) Mr. Flowers嗜花如命，他種花的暖房位于一所學(xué)校附近。一些男孩子經(jīng)常朝他種花的暖房上扔石塊。盡管他絞盡腦汁，想盡了一切辦法，都無濟(jì)于事。最后Mr. Flowers想出了一個高招。他掛起了一塊結(jié)實的布告牌，上面寫著“請不要朝布告牌扔石塊”。孩子們的興趣于是轉(zhuǎn)向了這塊木牌，Mr. Flowers自此高枕無憂了。

　　6. C。“…to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.”一句中，不定式在句中作目的狀語，也是Mr. Flowers的愿望之所在。

　　7. A。第二段前兩句有明確的說明。

　　8. D。“So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.”是該題的出處。(from www.zkenglish.com)

　　9. D。為了保護(hù)自己的玻璃房子不受損壞，想盡了各種方法。選項A、B、C所述內(nèi)容均在文中有明確的闡述。

　　10. C。由最后一段，特別是其中的關(guān)鍵詞large, good, strong以及布告上的DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE, 可知他制作布告牌的真正目的不是要它對孩子們起警示作用，而是利用孩子們的心理讓其當(dāng)作他們投擲的靶子。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：the weather satellites_氣象衛(wèi)星

　　Now satellites are helping to forecast(預(yù)報) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (大氣), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists(氣象學(xué)家) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

　　Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

　　So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead (提前).

　　1. Satellites travel __________.

　　A. in space B. above space C. above the ground D. in the atmosphere

　　2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?Because _______.

　　A. clouds form there B. the weather forms there

　　C. the weather satellites can do it easily D. the pictures can forecast the weather

　　3. Meteorologists forecast the weather _______.

　　A. without studying satellite pictures

　　B. before they receive satellite pictures

　　C. when they have received satellite pictures

　　D. after they have compared the new satellite pictures with the earlier ones

　　4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _________.

　　A. one day B. two days

　　C. five days D. seven days or even longer

　　5. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in __________.

　　A. taking pictures of the earth B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere

　　C. weather forecasting D. doing other work in many ways

　　【答案及解析】

　　(A) 這篇閱讀材料向我們介紹了氣象衛(wèi)星在預(yù)報天氣中所發(fā)揮的重要作用。如今，許多國家的氣象站都是在接收到衛(wèi)星云圖后，由氣象學(xué)家進(jìn)行研究分析，然后預(yù)報天氣的。在衛(wèi)星的幫助下，人們可以預(yù)測未來三五天或更長時間內(nèi)的天氣狀況。

　　1. A。本題屬表層理解題。短文首句即是答案之所在。

　　2. D。From the pictures，the scientists can often say how the weather will change 是該小題答案的出處。

　　3. D。答案就在 the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too 中。

　　4. D。文章結(jié)尾的 Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead 這句即是答案之所在。

　　5. C。短文首句即點明了主旨。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：家庭作業(yè)帶來的尷尬

　　People often say, “Children can’t do math problem, it’s because parents can’t do their children’s homework.” Here’s an example to show what I mean.

　　The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. “I have to subtract (減) 179 from 202,” she said.

　　“It’s quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 179.”

　　“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”

　　“I don’t know where the 10 is. Let’s just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”

　　“We can’t do it that way. We have to use the 10.”

　　“Well, I’m going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”

　　Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column (欄) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn’t think I was clear.

　　I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another…I know one and one was two, but don’t ask me what it is now.”

　　11. The daughter wanted ______ the other day.

　　A. to give her father a lesson

　　B. to show how difficult math was

　　C. her father to phone her teacher

　　D. her father to help her with her homework

　　12. Which of the following sentences is not true?

　　A. The father had a different way to do the math problem.

　　B. The father couldn’t do his daughter’s homework.

　　C. The daughter couldn’t understand her father’s way.

　　D. The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.

　　13. From what the teacher said, we know that the word “units” means ______ here.

　　A. whole numbers less than 10 B. whole things

　　C. groups of lessons D. the smallest numbers

　　14. What the teacher said made the father _________.

　　A. angry B. worried C. sad D. tired

　　15. Can you guess what would happen next in the story?

　　A. The father would go to school and begin to learn math.

　　B. The father would become very ill and have to take more medicine.

　　C. The father would never do his daughter’s math problems again.

　　D. The father would go to the school and fight with the teacher.

　　答案：

　　(C) 作者向我們講述了很多人都可能遇到的一個問題：父母往往回答不上來小孩子問的一些非常簡單的數(shù)學(xué)問題。文中作者的女兒向他詢問怎樣計算202減去179這道題。結(jié)果，他的女兒不但弄不懂他的解釋，而且他還無法解釋清楚女兒提出的問題。他只好向女兒的老師求助，而自己被老師的解釋搞得天昏腦脹……

　　11. D。細(xì)讀第二段，再聯(lián)系父女倆的談話即可得出答案。

　　12. B。根據(jù)“but I didn’t think I was clear.”以及“I took one and then I took another…I know one and one was two, but don’t ask me what it is now.”可知B項是錯誤的。

　　13. A。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，那位老師所說的“”她的意思是說“個位上的數(shù)字是幾就表示幾個一”，當(dāng)然應(yīng)是小于1的數(shù)。

　　14. D。由“My head was now hurting.”這句話，可知“父親”聽了老師的解釋后沒有生氣、焦慮或悲傷，而是頭昏腦脹，疲憊之至。

　　15. C。選項A是不現(xiàn)實的，而選項C、D更是荒誕離奇。體會一下文末一段“父親”的舉動，就可以想起他是一種什么樣的心情。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：吃飯質(zhì)量的講究

　　Paragraph 1

　　Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day, they are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; 94) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷類), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.

　　Paragraph 2

　　People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned (罐裝的) or frozen (冷凍的). It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.

　　Paragraph 3

　　There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

　　6. According to(依據(jù))the scientists，which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?

　　A. Chicken, apples, cereal and cabbages.

　　B. Potatoes, carrots, rice and bread.

　　C. Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes.

　　D. Beef, pork, fish and milk,

　　7. It is important for people to eat ______.

　　A. three times a day

　　B. dinner at twelve o’clock

　　C. cooked food all the time

　　D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

　　8. People in different countries and different places of the world ________.

　　A. have the right kinds of food to eat

　　B. cook their food in the same way

　　C. have their meals at the same time

　　D. eat food in different ways

　　9. Which of the following is not true?

　　A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

　　B. There are too many people in the world.

　　C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

　　D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

　　10. If there is Paragraph (段落) 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

　　A. When people eat their lunch.

　　B. What to do with the two problems.

　　C. How to cook food in different ways.

　　D. Why people eat different kinds of food.

　　這篇短文分為三個落：第一段列舉了科學(xué)家研究了人們每天要吃的食物;第二段講述了不同國家的人們飲食習(xí)慣和飲食結(jié)構(gòu)等各方面有很大差異。但這些對人來說都沒不是很重要的，重要的是每天吃什么。第三段闡述了兩個問題：如何解決世界人口的吃飯問題，既要吃飽，又要吃得健康。

　　6. A。本題屬表層理解題。由第一段科學(xué)家建議七大類食品可知答案非A莫屬。

　　7. D。由“The important thing is what you eat every day.”及第一段的內(nèi)容可知D是正確答案。而根據(jù)第二段可知A、B、C皆為錯誤的。

　　8. D。第二段開頭的“People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways.”這兩句是解答本題的關(guān)鍵。

　　9. C。根據(jù)第三段所講的內(nèi)容，C項顯然是錯誤的。

　　10. B。A、C和D都是在上文剛剛談?wù)撨^的，又根據(jù)第三段“There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth.”所提的兩個問題，可以推知下文可能要談?wù)撊绾谓鉀Q這兩個問題。故答案為B。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：恐怖的農(nóng)場晚餐

　　Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.

　　He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.”

　　“This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.”

　　He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.

　　But four days later, he returned home.

　　“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”

　　“Oh. What?”

　　“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”

　　“What’s wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don’t understand,” Henry said. “on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

　　“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are complaining!”

　　“Let me finish,” Henry said. “on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn’t dare (敢)stay for dinner!”

　　1. How did Henry find out about the farm?

　　A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.

　　B. His best friend told him.

　　C. He wrote to the farmer.

　　D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.

　　2. Henry came back home several days later because ______________.

　　A. he didn’t like the country life at all

　　B. the farmer wasn’t friendly to him

　　C. his holiday was over

　　D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer

　　3. “…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means __________.

　　A. 夸獎 B. 說三道四 C. 抱怨 D. 故弄玄虛

　　4. Which of the following sentences is true?

　　A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.

　　B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.

　　C. Henry couldn’t think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.

　　D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.

　　5. Which is the best title for the passage?

　　A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time.

　　C. A short holiday D. Henry and the farmer.

　　答案：

　　假日里，亨利喜歡到海邊去旅游。有一次，他想去西山農(nóng)場享受一下田園風(fēng)光，并計劃在那兒度過一個月的時間。可是令人驚奇的是，才去四天之后他就回來了。當(dāng)朋友問起其中的緣由時，亨利說道：第一天，農(nóng)場里死了一只羊，晚餐時美美地吃了一頓烤羊肉;第二天農(nóng)場死了一頭牛，又吃了一頓燒牛肉;第三天農(nóng)場死了一頭豬，結(jié)果又吃了一頓烤豬肉。可是，到了第四天，農(nóng)場主死了，我不敢再留下來吃飯了。

　　1. A。第二段的首句“...but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper.”即是答案的出處。

　　2. D。本題考查根據(jù)語境進(jìn)行分析判斷的能力。由上下文，顯然可知這是報紙上的一則廣告信息。

　　3. C。本題考查通過上下文對詞匯的推測能力。根據(jù)亨利的敘述可得出此答案。

　　4. B。這由“A different meat every day, and you are complaining!”一句可知。

　　5. C。本來打算要在鄉(xiāng)村農(nóng)場過一個暑假，結(jié)果四天之后就回來了。這能不是個短暫的假期嗎?用此作標(biāo)題既切合題意，又具有幽默的味道。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：計算機(jī)天才

　　Have you ever heard of a girl of 15, who set up a company of her own? Wendy Wong is the girl. She started the business two years ago. She has already written several successful computer games. They are so popular that over half a million games are sold every year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is still at school.

　　She gets up early in the morning, and then she talks with her family about the business over breakfast. Every day she goes to school in her own car with a driver, for she is not old enough.

　　She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too easy for her to feel interested. She usually gets ‘A’ grades in all her subjects, so the other students often ask her for help.

　　She finished her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to her office and goes on working on her computer, writing games until 2 am. She does not usually need so much sleep as other children.

　　根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答問題。

　　1. When did Wendy Wong start the business?

　　________________________________________________

　　2. What has Wendy Wong already written successful?

　　________________________________________________

　　3. How does Wendy Wong go to school every day?

　　________________________________________________

　　4. How about her grades in all her subjects?

　　________________________________________________

　　5. How long can she finish her homework?

　　________________________________________________

　　【答案及解析】

　　1. At the age of thirteen。所問的問題是“Wendy Wong什么時候開始做生意?” 根據(jù)Have you ever heard of a girl of 15, who set up a company of her own? Wendy Wong is the girl. She started the business two years ago(你曾經(jīng)聽說過一個15歲辦了屬于自己的公司的女孩嗎? Wendy Wong就是這個辦公司的女孩，她兩年以前就開始做生意 )就能作出上述回答。

　　2. Computer games。所問的問題是“她成功地寫出了什么?”根據(jù) She has already written several successful computer games(她已經(jīng)成功地寫出了幾部游戲程序)就能作出上述回答。

　　3. In her own car with a driver。所問的問題是“Wendy Wong每天怎樣去上學(xué)?”根據(jù)Every day she goes to school in her own car with a driver, for she is not old enough(每天司機(jī)開著她自己的車送她去上學(xué), 這是因為她年齡還小)就能作出上述回答。

　　4. She usually gets A grades。所問的問題是“Wendy Wong的學(xué)習(xí)怎么樣?”根據(jù)She usually gets ‘A’ grades in all her subjects, so the other students often ask her for help. (在所有功課中，她通常都得優(yōu)秀，因此，她的同學(xué)常常問她功課方面的問題)就能作出上述回答。

　　5. In half an hour。所問的問題是“她多長時間能做完作業(yè)?”根據(jù)She finished her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home(在她的司機(jī)送她回家之后的半個小時內(nèi)完成作業(yè))就能作出上述回答。

　　中考英語閱讀理解題目解析：Auld Lang Syne_友誼地久天長

　　這是一首經(jīng)典歌曲，已經(jīng)被幾代人傳唱，每當(dāng)有人唱起這首歌時，依然會讓人熱淚盈眶。因為這首歌中表達(dá)的是一種永恒的情，是每個人都渴望得到的，這就是友誼。

　　This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友誼地久天長》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.

　　The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.

　　The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version (譯文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. (from www.zkenglish.com)

　　根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個選項中選擇最佳選項。

　　1. Where is this passage from?

　　A. A newspaper. B. A magazine.

　　C. A TV program. D. A radio program.

　　2. Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?

　　A. Robert Bums. B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.

　　C. Buddy Thomas. D. The passage doesn’t tell us.

　　3. When is Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA according to the passage?

　　A. On New Year’s Eve. B. On Christmas Eve.

　　C. On weekends. D. On holidays.

　　4. When did the words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appear?

　　A. In 1790. B. In 1793.

　　C. In 1796. D. In 1799.

　　5. What’s Auld Lang Syne about?

　　A. It’s about the history of Scotland.

　　B. It’s about an old Scottish poet.

　　C. It’s about the need to remember old friends.

　　D. It’s about the wishes to the radio friends.

　　【答案及解析】

　　1. 選D。從最后句子As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.我們可以知道，這是播音員在結(jié)束節(jié)目時才會說的話，所以可以推斷出這篇短文來自A radio program(一個廣播節(jié)目)。答案為D。

　　2. 選C。最后一句話告訴我們播音員是Buddy Thomas，所以答案是C。

　　3. 選A。短文的第1句This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve.就告訴了我們，這首歌是在New Year’s Eve聽的，所以答案選擇A。

　　4. 選D。從第2段可以知道這首歌的前身是a poem(一首詩)，在1796年出版，而The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later. 3年以后歌曲才出現(xiàn)，所以應(yīng)該是在1799年。因此答案是D(from www.zkenglish.com)。

　　5. 選C。在第1段播音員就告訴我們：It tells about the need to remember old friends. 所以答案是C。