委内瑞拉万名音乐家同演奏 打破吉尼斯纪录
More than 12,000 musicians meet in Caracas, Venezuela. They want to make a new world record for the biggest orchestra(管弦乐队).
All the musicians are in Venezuela’s national orchestras. They are between 12 and 77 years old. Their concert is one hour long. All the musicians play together for about 10 minutes.
More than 250 people watch them. They are from the Guinness World Records(吉尼斯世界纪录). Every person watches a group of musicians. They see if all the musicians follow the rules. The Guinness World Records say the musicians make a new record. They become the world’s largest orchestra.
The musicians play “Slavonic March”. It is music by Russian Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky wrote it in 1876. He wrote it for some people. These people died in the war between Serbia and Turkey.
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1.Where does the story happen?
A In Russia.
B In Serbia.
C In Turkey.
D In Venezuela.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段More than 12,000 musicians meet in Caracas, Venezuela.可知，超过1.2万名音乐家齐聚委内瑞拉的加拉加斯市。故选D。
2.Which of the following about the musicians is TRUE?
A They are all at young age.
B They are from different countries.
C They play together for a very long time.
D They make a new world record.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段The Guinness World Records say the musicians make a new record. They become the world’s largest orchestra.可知，这些音乐家创造了一个新纪录，他们成为了世界上最大的管弦乐队。故选D。
3.Those people watching in the concert____.
A come to enjoy the music
B make a new world record
C are the musicians’ fans
D work for the Guinness World Records
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第三段More than 250 people watch them. They are from the Guinness World Records.可知，250多人在现场观看，他们来自吉尼斯世界纪录(委员会)。由此推断他们是为吉尼斯世界纪录(委员会)服务的，故选D。
4.What is Slavonic March in the passage?
A A Russian song.
B Tchaikovsky’s work.
C The music in the war.
D The orchestra’s name.
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据最后一段It is music by Russian Pyotr Tchaikovsky.可知，《斯拉夫进行曲》是俄罗斯的彼得·柴可夫斯基的音乐，即他的作品。故选B。
5.We still don’t know ____________.
A how many times musicians practise
B how long the concert lasts
C why the musicians play together
D how many people are in the concert
解析：选A。A 综合理解题。根据全文可知，音乐会长达一小时，音乐家们为打破世界纪录聚集到一起，超过1.2万名音乐家参与其中，250余名吉尼斯世界纪录的工作人员参与工作，未提及音乐家们练习了多少次，故选A。