公共课英语一模拟题2020年(4)
(总分100,考试时间150分钟)
一、阅读判断
The Origin of the Song "Happy Birthday to You"
If there is one song that we all know it has to be the classic "Happy Birthday to You" song. We sing it each year and it has been translated into various languages making it a universal song. Here is a brief history of how this song came about.
麂皮绒怎么清洗 The melody(旋律) and lyrics (歌词) were written by two sisters—Mildred J. Hill (born in 1859) and Patty Smith Hill (born in 1868). Patty was a schoolteacher who developed the " Patty Hill blocks" and was a faculty member (教职工) at Columbia University Teachers College. Mildred was also an educator who later on became a compor, organist(风琴手)and pianist. The melody **pod by Mildred and the lyrics were written by Patty, but it was originally for a classroom greeting song titled "Good Morning to All". The song "Good M
orning to All" was part of the book Song Stories for the Kindergarten which the sisters co-wrote and published in 1893.
晕的组词 From then on, the lyrics were changed from its original form to "Good Morning to You" and then to "Happy Birthday to You". It is still unclear who changed the lyrics and turned it into a birthday song, but it was first published in 1924 on a book edited by Robert H. Coleman. Since then, the song became popular.
In 1934, Jessica Hill, another Hill sister, filed a lawsuit becau of the unauthorized(未经授权的) u of the " Happy Birthday to You" melody which clearly rembles the melody of " Good Morning to All". In 1935, Jessica, who was working with publisher Clayton F. Summy Company, copyrighted and published "Happy Birthday to You".
In the 1930s the Clayton F. Summy Company was bought by John F. Sengstack and renamed it Birch Tree Ltd. In 1998, Birch Tree Ltd was in turn bought by Warner Chappell for $25 million. **pany is now known as Summy-Birchard Music. It is reported that the birthday song earns $2 million a year in royalties (版税) with half going to Summy-Birchar
d and the other half to the Hill Foundation.
1. 1.The song "Happy Birthday to You" is well known to people all over the world.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
长沙哪里好玩2. 2.This song has only an English version.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
3. 3.Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill are two sisters, who age difference is nine years.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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C. Not Given
4. 4.Patty and Mildred were both talented in music and writing.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
5. 5.The song " Happy Birthday to You" was originally for a classroom greeting song titled " Good Morning to All".
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
6. 6.After 1893 , the lyrics of "Good Morning to All" were gradually changed into "Happy Birthday to You".
缸鸭狗A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
7. 7.It is Robert H. Coleman who changed the original lyrics of "Good Morning to All" and turned it into a birthday song.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
8. 8.After it was first published in 1924, the song "Happy Birthday to You" became popular among the world.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
9. 9.Jessica Hill filed a lawsuit becau of the unauthorized u of the "Happy Birthday to You" melody, but finally in 1935 she lost the copyright of the song.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
10. 10.The Hill sisters were devoted to charity and t up a Hill Foundation.
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A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Not Given
二、阅读选择
What' s Wrong with Our Teaching?
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Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own children' s school week is focud on pretests, drills, tests, and retests. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the mandated state test.
Teaching to the test is a strange phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some nsible methods of as
ssment (评估) to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to rever the process. First one looks at a test. Then one draws the skills needed not to master, say, reading, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
陕西高考分数 The ability to read or write or calculate might imply the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this fundamental confusion becau people are test obsd rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.
