I read an interesting article recently about how music played an important role in helping two elders in a nursing home find each other.They were listening to a waltz on the radio and began dancing with each other!
    Music is around us all the time-it's on the radio，television，and in movies and commercials （商業(yè)廣告）.Music can soothe you and make you happy or sad.I hear music in grocery stores，in lifts and just about everywhere I go.
    I grew up with music.My mom used to do housework listening to the FM radio when it was all classical music.My dad liked the dance bands that included Sammy Kaye，Guy Lombardo，Glenn Miller and Jan Garber.Many of these bands broadcast live on the radio from dance halls in Chicago.My great grandfather，Joseph Bapst，played in a brass band in the 1870s and '80s.My great uncle，George Keller，played the trumpet（小號(hào)） in the band，as did my dad and mother.My great aunt taught piano and had a degree in music.So I really didn't have a choice when it came to music and a career.For me，it was music!
    My love was marches（進(jìn)行曲） and band music.American March King John Philip Sousa said that a good march could make a man with a wooden leg get up and march!
    In 1948，the Cities Service Band of America went on radio and played a half-hour live band concert every Monday night at 8：30 on NBC.Conductor Paul Lavalle led a band made up of the best musicians in the New York City area.In 1949，I asked my dad to get a television set.He said，"We don't need one."
    Well，at the end of the 1949 season，the Cities Service Band announced that beginning in September，they were going to appear on television every Monday night.My dad bought a TV the next week!Music has been a great and wonderful part of my life-and it still is.

（1）What is"the interesting article"mentioned in the first paragraph about？

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A．How old people prefer soft music.
B．How music helps old people stay fit and happy.
C．How old people are sensitive to music.
D．How music helps connect people.
（2）What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about？

B

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A．Why the author loves marches.
B．The strong link the author's family has with music.
C．The author's journey of learning music.
D．How the author formed his taste in music.
（3）Why did the author's father buy a TV in the end？

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A．He earned enough to buy one.
B．TVs were becoming trendy.
C．He was eager to watch a music show on TV.
D．He was repeatedly asked to buy one.
（4）What is the author's main purpose in writing this article？

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A．To describe his love for music.
B．To introduce his family's most-loved bands.
C．To explain the benefits of music.
D．To show how music brought his family together.
（5）Which can be a suitable title for the text？

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A．My music，my love.
B．Loving music at any age.
C．How music changed my life.
D．Focusing on the music around you.