《2025年中学生世界八年级英语上册沪教版五四制》

Ⅴ. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Musician Pleases Crowds by Playing Glasses Filled with Water
A glass harp is made up of different sized drinking glasses, each filled with water. Jamey Turner makes music by running his fingers over the tops of the glasses. By doing so, each glass makes a different musical sound.
Jamey Turner is 78 years old. He says he has been playing the glass harp for 50 years. He became interested at the age of six when he heard his father playing with a glass of water at the dinner table.
Today Turner puts together his instrument by placing 60 different glasses on a wooden soundboard. He holds the glasses in place with rubber bands, which keep them from breaking. He then adds different amounts of water to each one to create different musical notes. Turner says adding or taking away just a little water will change the sound. Adding water to a glass will make a lower sound. The smaller bowls of water produce a higher sound, while the larger ones produce a lower, deeper sound.
Turner says he uses low-priced glasses because they sounds better than costly crystal. And he has more control over the sound. Before buying new glasses, he will test them in stores. He decides if they produce the right sound by rubbing his finger over the top of them.
The glass harp was popular 300 years ago when composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote music for the instrument. There have been about 400 musical compositions written just for the glass harp. But Turner plays all kinds of music, even popular music from China. Turner says he has performed all over the United States and in Japan.
Few people play the glass harp these days, but Turner says he sees videos of people experimenting with the instrument on YouTube. He hopes the next generation will continue making its music.
( )1. Jamey Turner was interested in playing the glass harp when he was ______.
A. 78
B. 50
C. 6
D. 60
( )2. What cannot be seen on Turner's instrument?
A. A wooden soundboard.
B. Glasses.
C. A short stick.
D. Rubber bands.
( )3. Turner adds water to ______.
A. make a lower sound
B. clean the glasses
C. make a higher sound
D. examine the glasses
( )4. Where can you read this passage?
A. In a novel.
B. In a newspaper.
C. In a story book.
D. In a dictionary.

答案： 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B