Question

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic(經濟的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn′t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known an the tango(探戈舞) came into being

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there many fewer women the men, so if a man didn′t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters of the Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public and they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America, It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

72. The origin of the tango is associated with

A. Belly dances                    B. American soldiers

C. Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina

73. Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most

C. It was often danced by two male in the beginning

D. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

74. Before World War I, the tango spread to ________.

A. America          B. Japan                       C. France    D. South Korea

75. What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango                   B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango                        D. The Modern Tango Boom

Answer 1

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是探戈舞。講述的是關于探戈舞這種舞蹈藝術的誕生及演化發展以及現在在全球的傳播。

段落	關鍵詞 句	大意推測
第一段	economic boom, seeking jobs, lonely and disappointed,  mixed  tango,  came into being	十九世紀末期，阿根廷經濟繁榮，大批農民和外國人涌入布宜諾斯艾利斯 ，但收入不盡如人意，孤單失望的人們聚集一起，探戈舞由此產生。
第二段	the lower classes, fewer women, available women, spread into ,upper classes, respectable	探戈舞由社會最底層發展到社會最高層 并受到尊重
第三段	strong interest in dance evident ,arrived, draw the interest, popular	舞蹈在歐洲尤其是巴黎的發展狀況  為后來探戈舞在歐洲的發展奠定了基礎
第四段	The popularity , grow, promote	探戈舞在世界各地的發展

【解析】

72. D。細節理解題。難度: 易。從第一段所給出的信息得出探戈舞是農民和來自西班牙和意大利人們聚集在the capital of Argentina----- Buenos Aires 所創立得，故選D.

73. C。細節理解題。難度：中等。從第二段三四兩句話his only choice was to dance with another man 和首句in the beginning得出。

74. C。細節理解題。難度：易。從第三段第一和二句可以推出答案C。題目所問第一次世界大戰（1914年）前，從第四段第二句排除A（after World War Ⅰ）B答案；從 It reached Japan in 1926這句話排除；從第四段最后一句排除D。

75 B。主旨大意題。難度：中等。文章第一段講探戈舞的形成come into being;第二段敘述探戈舞的發展at the beginning of the tango gradually the dance spread into;第三段同時代和后來探戈舞在歐洲的發展in Europe at this time after tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe;第四段敘述探戈舞隨后在世界各地的發展和流行。the popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world.由這四段的大意我們不難得出本文的主旨是the history of the tango,由此選出答案B.

【難句學習】

1.       1. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs.

翻譯：農民，以及大量的來自西班牙和意大利的外國人，來到布宜諾斯艾利斯尋找工作。

分析：as well as也，和，值得注意的是，在A as well as B的機構里，語意的重點在A，不在B；a flood of意思是大量的，許多的；seeking分詞短語在句中作伴隨狀語。

2．As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango（探戈舞） came into being.

翻譯：因為眾多不快樂的人聚集在城市的貧窮地區，由此便誕生了探戈舞這種藝術形式。

分析：as用法很多，此句引導原因狀語，表示因為，由于；came into being固定短語，意思為誕生，出現，形成，類似的短語還有：come into use 開始使用，獲得應用 ，come into effect/force 生效，come into power/office 上臺，就職,開始執政，當權，當選came into action 開始起作用

3．Though not everyone approved the new dance, saying it was a little shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

翻譯：雖然不是每個人都贊成新的舞蹈，說這是有點令人吃驚，但是這個舞蹈藝術還是有了足夠的支持者，來使它更受歡迎。

分析：此句結構though和although用法一致，都不可與but連用，表示盡管......但是……,句中saying分詞在此處表示原因。