3.Today’s trumpet (喇叭，小号) is one of the world’s oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of development. Although it looks nothing like the ones of old days, there are many similarities. All trumpets are hollow tubes (管). They are all blown. And they all use the player’s lips to produce their basic sound.＜br/>The trumpet developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape, material, and method of construction. They wanted to create an instrument that would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all the notes of the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to play more difficult music, and in general, be easier to play well. The remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of the success of all those who struggled to perfect this magnificent instrument.＜br/>The trumpet is actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. There are trumpets of several different sizes, and in several different keys. There are cornets (短号), bugles (军号), flugelhorns (粗管短号), and a number of others that are all similar to the trumpet in the way they are made and played.＜br/>The trumpet family is much more than a group of related instruments that can stir one with their sound, or narrow tubes of metal capable of producing a variety of musical sounds. It is a link to many different periods of history and to people of many cultures. From the use of trumpets in ancient religious ceremonies to the part they play in modern rock bands, the trumpet family of instruments has much to tell about civilization and its development.1.How do trumpets all resemble each other?AThey require the same force when blowing themBThey make the same sound when playing themCThey use a player’s lips to make a soundDThey have the same size of hollow tube2.Why did players and makers want to improve the trumpet?AThey wanted an instrument that’d be easy to playBThey wanted an instrument to play easy musicCThey wanted an instrument of different sizesDThey wanted an instrument that looked attractive3.What is the trumpet the leading member of?ATrumpet family instrumentsBRemarkable instrumentsCRock band instrumentsDReligious instruments4.What is linked by the trumpet?ADifferent culturesBDifferent bandsCDifferent tubesDDifferent ceremonies5.What can trumpets tell us a lot about?AThe sound of modern rock bandsBThe development of civilizationCThe different varieties of musical soundDThe links between different people