《2025年初中英语拓展听力与阅读课堂突破九年级英语全一册译林版》

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Perhaps your childhood piano lessons made you never want to play the piano again. Perhaps a piano is too expensive for you to afford. Now，thanks to a programme in Sydney called “Play Me，I’m Yours”，people are able to play the piano in public places for free. They share beautiful music，and the programme also helps them communicate with each other.
Thirty pianos have been placed in different parts of the city，including in several parks，at a bus stop and on some streets. The pianos have the logo “Play Me，I’m Yours” on them. People are invited to play music or sing songs with the pianos，no matter what level of ability they have. Lots of people have been attracted to the programme and stopped to watch or play the piano.
“Play Me，I’m Yours” is a part of the Sydney Festival. It is a project of the British artist，Jerram. He wants to help people in the city connect with each other. He thinks that so many people are sitting in front of computers and busy with their work all hours，and they almost have no chance to enjoy music. So the purpose of the project is to help them relax and make new friends.
The programme “Play Me，I’m Yours” has also reached England and Brazil(巴西) before. It was warmly welcomed there. But its greatest success seems to come at the Sydney Festival. “It’s a chance for people to be creative，connect with strangers and just have some fun，” Jerram said.
（ ）1. According to the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1，your childhood piano lessons may be ______.
A. boring
B. valuable
C. interesting
D. meaningful
（ ）2. The aim of the project is to help people ______.
A. sing songs
B. play the piano for free
C. relax and make friends
D. share beautiful music
（ ）3. ______ countries have had the programme.
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

答案： 1.A 2.C 3.B
解析：1.由“never want to play again”可知课程可能“无聊”，选A；2.第三段“the purpose...is to help them relax and make new friends”选C；3.文中提到Sydney（澳大利亚）、England、Brazil，共三个国家，选B。