2019中考英语阅读理解题目：Musical chairs_音乐椅

Do you kno ho to play a ga called “Musical Chairs”? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are so chairs, so people and so ay of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrunt, if soone can play it. You may use a tape rerder. You can even use a radio.

Put the chairs in a ro. The chairs may be put in tos, back to back. A better ay is to have the chairs in one ro ith each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.

The ga is easy. When the music starts, the players alk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the sa direction, of urse, they should alk in ti to the music. If the music is fast they should alk quickly. If the music is slo, they should alk sloly.

The person playing music cannot see the people in the ga. When the music ss, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken aay. When the music ss again, one more player ill be out.

At last, there ill be to players and one chair. The one ho sits on the chair hen the music ss is the inner.

◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. If ten people are playing musical chairs, you must begin ith _______.

A. nine chairs B. ten chairs C. eleven chairs D. one chair

2. Which of the folloing is not suitable for playing musical chairs? _______.

A. A piano B. A radio C. A tape rerder D. A telephone

3. The chairs should be put _______.

A. ith the desks B. before the inner C. all over the room D. in a line

4. When the music starts, the players must _______.

A. run about the room B. get don

C. alk around the chairs D. sit on the chairs

5. Which of the folloing statents is NOT true?

A. The ga “Musical Chairs” is not difficult to learn.

B. The last one can sit on the last chair.

C. The inner can sit on the chair.

D. If the person plays music, he cannot be the inner.

【答案及解析】

1. 选A。因为在第4段有这样一句If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out.那么肯定是椅子比人数少1，这样才会有人没得坐，故选A。

2. 选D。在第1段中提到了A、B、C三种可以播放音乐的器具，而D项没有，因为电话是不能播放音乐的，所以选D。

3. 选D。第2段的Put the chairs in a ro就是“把椅子排成一排”这意。选D。

4. 选C。由第3段中的句子When the music starts, the players alk round the chairs.可知答案为C。

5. 选B。本题可用排除法，由第1段第2句It is easy to play 可知道A项正确;由一句The one ho sits on the chair hen the music ss is the inner.可知C项是正确的;由第4段的句子The person playing music cannot see the people in the ga可知D项也是正确的。故答案选B