精品解析：广东省广州中学小创班少年部2021-2022学年八年级下学期期末测试英语试题

广州中学少年部8B期末测试 一、 语法选择（15分） Music always plays an important part in Chinese people’s life. People enjoy ___1___ to music at home and in concert halls. As time ___2___, music changes. Traditional music is part of our culture, ___3___ it often stays with us for a long time. Many of the traditional Chinese songs ___4___ around us for many years. Young musicians learn these songs from older musicians and the music changes only very little. Modern Chinese music, however, especially pop music, ___5___ by many young people. That means the songs will be popular for a short time and then replaced by new songs. Today’s musicians write new songs every year and we hear new songs ___6___ the radio every day. Before the invention of radio and TV, we could only hear live music. People had to go to places where musicians gave performances. The well-known musicians usually worked ___7___ and the tickets cost too much, so there were only ___8___ chances for people to hear really good music. For most people, ___9___ chance to hear good music was during a festival or at a wedding. Today, ____10____ is common and easy for people to hear music all the time. Radio and TV play songs every day and night and sometimes you can even hear people ____11____ music on the street. One thing that hasn’t changed very much is what the songs are about ____12____ modern and traditional Chinese songs are about love and life. Some songs tell stories about the past and some are about the news nowadays or the future. Every one of the songs ____13____ something to do with it means to be a human being. Music, traditional or modern, Chinese or international, seems to be ____14____ world language. Music changes and styles come and go, but nothing changes ____15____ love for good music. Music makes our lives wonderful. Do you agree? 1. A. listen B. listens C. to listen D. listening 2. A. was passing B. passed C. passes D. pass 3. A. though B. however C. because D. so 4. A. are B. have been C. were D. wil