Question

Many people do the same things on their birthday: They have a big cake with lots of candles(蠟燭), and listen to their friends and family sing“Happy Birthday to You”.①　　　　would you like to pay money to sing that song?

Jennifer Nelson is a filmmaker. ②And she used the song“Happy Birthday to You”in her film.③但是她必須為此支付1,500美元。 A company named Warner Music Group said it had the copyright(版權) on the song.

“I never thought the song was owned(擁有) by anyone,”Nelson said in the e-mail to the New York Times.

Some experts(專家) said that nobody knew who wrote“Happy Birthday to You”.They also said there was no way to know ④　　　　　　　people began to sing the song. But they believed(相信) people started to sing it long before the company began to own. ⑤it.

1.在①處填入一個適當的連詞使句意完整、上下文通順：

　　　　　　　　　　　

2.將②處劃線部分譯成漢語：

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

3.將③處劃線部分譯成英語：

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

4.在④處填入一個適當的疑問句使句意完整、上下文通順：

　　　　　　　　　　　

5.文中⑤處劃線部分的it指代：

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 

Answer 1

1.But

2.她在她的電影中使用了這首《祝你生日快樂》歌。

3.But she had to pay ﹩1500 for this/it

4.When

5.The song “Happy Birthday to You”　。

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：許多人在他們的生日做相同的事情：他們有很多蠟燭的大蛋糕，聽他們的朋友和家人唱“祝你生日快樂”。一些專家說，沒人知道是誰寫的“生日快樂”。他們還說沒有辦法知道人們何時開始唱這首歌。但是他們相信人們很久以前就開始唱它啦。

1.根據上句They have a big cake with lots of candles , and listen to their friends and family sing“Happy Birthday to You”和下句would you like to pay money to sing that song?可知該填寫連詞But 。

2.

3.這兒的必須是客觀要求的，該用have to，為……支付pay for，所以該句子譯為But she had to pay ﹩1500 for this/it。

4.根據后面句子But they believed people started to sing it long before the company began to own. it.可知此處該填寫When。

5.很明顯，it指代的就是歌曲《祝你生日快樂》，所以可回答The song “Happy Birthday to You”。

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