1、- 1 - Unit 2 The universal language 测试卷 注意事项：注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2. 回答选择题时， 选出每小题答案后， 用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在 答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案 转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 （共
2、5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最 佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对 话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.15.B. 9.18.C. 9.15. 答案是 C。 () 1. What does the man like doing to relax? A. Watching TV.B. Going for a walk.C. Listening to music. () 2. How did the wom
3、an go to the concert? A. By car.B. By subway.C. By bus. () 3. Why is Emily mentioned in the conversation? A. She might want a ticket. B. She is looking for the man. C. She has an extra ticket. () 4. Who does the CD belong to? A. The man.B. The woman.C. Sam. () 5. Where do most of the womans current
4、earnings come from? A. Her recordings. B. Her advertising work. C. Her concert performance. 第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个 选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完 后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料, 回答第 6 至 7 题。 () 6. Whats the weather like now?
5、A. Sunny.B. Rainy.C. Windy. () 7. What does the woman do at the concert now? - 2 - A. She teaches music. B. She drives a car. C. She plays the piano. 听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8 至 9 题。 () 8. Where is the woman right now? A. In a concert hall.B. On a freeway.C.At a gas station. () 9. What will the man do next? A
6、. Pick up the woman.B. Fix a car.C. See a late show. 听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。 () 10. What season is it now? A. Summer.B. Autumn.C. Winter. () 11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Driver and passenger. C. Doctor and patient. () 12. What is the weather like
7、 in August in San Francisco? A. It is warm.B. It is cool.C. It is hot. 听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。 () 13. What is the woman trying to find? A. The theatre.B. The park.C. The lake. () 14. What does the woman show the man? A.Aleaflet.B. Abook.C.Amap. () 15. What does the woman want to do? A. Have a wonde
8、rful boardwalk. B. Listen to a concert. C. Enjoy the scenery of the lake. () 16. How will the woman go there? A. By car.B. On foot.C. By bus. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 () 17. Which situation will the speaker remain? A. Vice-president. B. CEO of the company. C. Chairman of the board. () 18. When did Q
9、uinn Constantine come aboard? A. 20 years ago.B. 15 years ago.C. 5 years ago. () 19. What does Quinn do well in? A. Growing the brand internationally. B. Developing some successful products. C. Hiring some engineers of high ability. () 20. What is the speakers attitude toward Quinn? - 3 - A. Satisfi
10、ed.B. Grateful.C. Indifferent. 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（阅读理解（共两节，满分共两节，满分 35 分分） 第一节 （共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Rave-on! How about learning new skills on the guitar, drums and keyboard by video? Follow the touch-screen instructions to find lessons on each instrument, or
11、 search for a song to practise playing along to. Try our Professional Selection, with video clips of band members who will explain the techniques that make their recordings so individual. Show-in-a-day! Be a star singer or dancer for the day in a one-time-only special performance! Experts in interna
12、tional music and dance styles will train you, and costumes provided for the performance help create a really special, individual show. Get your friends and family to come and see you perform, as no videoing or photography is allowed. Archived Images Want to find out about a new band, or just want mo
13、re information about an old favourite? Visit our collection to find out facts and figures, or see the actual possessions of famous bands and musicians you are interested in. You can actually get to touch things worn on stage at major rock and pop events, and there are plenty of other concert souveni
14、rs. Rhythm-studio Get your body moving in the studio and learn to move to rhythms and sounds from the past to now, including Soul and Disco. Learn your steps from our professional onscreen dance instructor, then watch your performance and become the star in your own video recording which you can tak
15、e away! () 21. Which will James choose to collect information about his favourite bands? A. Rave-on!B.Archived Images. C. Show-in-a-day!D. Rhythm-studio. () 22. In what way is Rhythm-studio different from Show-in-a-day? A. Rhythm-studio offers free gifts from musicians. B. Rhythm-studio has experts
16、to teach face to face. C. Rhythm-studio gets family members to enjoy the shows. D. Rhythm-studio allows people to bring videos home. () 23. Where can you most probably read the above information? A. In a report.B. In a travel brochure. C. In a newspaper.D. In a science magazine. B Evelyn Glennie is
17、a unique musician. She is a percussionist (打击乐手) who plays with classical orchestras. When she performs, she hits the gongs, snare drums, vibraphones, timbales, cymbals, conga drums, bells, and bass drums that are in front of her. Although classical musicians usually wear formal clothes in concert,
18、Glennie performs in bare feet. What really sets her apart, though, is that she is a musician who cannot hear. Glennie has been almost totally deaf since she - 4 - was 12 years old. Despite being deaf, she has become the first solo star to play her type of percussion instruments in classical music. G
19、lennie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. At the age of eight, she started taking piano lessons. She found that she preferred the drums, so she began to concentrate on other percussion instruments. Her doctors were never able to find out why she started to lose her hearing. By the time Glennie was 12,
20、most of her hearing was gone. Glennie stayed in her school and learned to read lips. She also continued her music lessons. She learned how to play percussion instruments by using her sense of touch. She learned to feel the difference between high and low notes. She became very sensitive to the vibra
21、tions created by different sounds. Glennie took off her shoes to make it easier for her to feel the vibrations made by her instruments. Glennie was very talented. At 16 she was accepted to the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. She was the music schools first solo percussion student, graduat
22、ing when she was 19. To build her career, she performed anywhere she could. There was very little solo music written for her instruments, so she asked for percussion music to be written for her. She then performed the new pieces in her solo concerts. Glennie attracted attention by performing in radi
23、o and television concerts. One 1988 concert was recorded live and made into a CD. This recording earned Glennie her first Grammy Award for a classical music performance. Today Glennie performs all around the world. In addition to classical orchestras, she plays with folk musicians and rock stars. Sh
24、e has written music for movies, television shows, and commercials. Every year more new compositions are written for Glennie to perform. She has even taken up a new instrument: the bagpipes. Glennie considers herself a pioneer in music, not because she is deaf but because she has become a solo percus
25、sion star in classical music. () 24. The reader can tell that the author_. A. thinks Glennie should wear shoes when performing B. believes that Glennie should not work so hard C. believes that Glennie had a gift for music D. doesnt like Glennies music so much () 25. In the future, Glennie will most
26、likely_. A. always wear her shoes in concert B. quit playing classical music in concert C. learn to play other musical instruments D. focus on studying the piano again ()26. Which is the best summary of the passage? A. Deaf as she is, Evelyn Glennie is an award-winning solo percussionist who perform
27、s mainly classical music. B. Evelyn Glennie lost her hearing at a young age, and doctors were never able to find out why. C.Although classical musicians usually wear formal clothes in concert, Evelyn Glennie performs barefoot. D. When Evelyn Glennie found that there was little music written for solo
28、 percussionists, she didnt give up. C Fine arts are important in the curriculum (课程) because of what they do for learning. In other - 5 - words, the arts, especially music, should be an important part of every schools curriculum. Students would be much smarter if they had some music experience. They
29、 would improve their classroom skills, like paying attention, following directions, and taking part actively. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Musicians are better in math, and they get higher SAT (美国高中毕业生学术能力水平考试) scores. While they make music, they use their imaginations, unl
30、ike playing video games. It provides students a chance to try out their own ideas. Music not only makes children better students but also gives them something positive to do. Parents can enjoy listening to their childrens music instead of seeing them always playing computer games or watching TV. In
31、a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining bad people. They can communicate with old friends and make new friends through music. While they learn and make music, they can also be thinking about a possible career. Music builds self-confidence. To make music is something for th
32、em to be proud of, and it lets kids practise performing in front of groups of people. It gives students a feeling of importance to have a skill someone appreciates. Music gives children a chance to express themselves, and that helps develop their self-confidence. They are also learning how to comple
33、te something from beginning to end and actually come out with a product that they can take pride in. Though important, many schools exclude music lesson on the pretext of delaying students studies. Then what shall we do? () 27. What can we know from the passage? A. Music gets one to be more creative
34、. B. Music helps one to get a job earlier. C. Famous people should love music. D. Outgoing people learn music more easily. () 28. The last sentence suggests that _. A. the author wonders whether music is necessary B. the author has no way to solve the problem C. music lessons should be part of the c
35、urriculum D. all kinds of lessons should be included at school () 29. Why does the author write this article? A. To blame the present education. B. To attract attention to music education. C. To make people enjoy music. D. To take children away from computer games. () 30. The statement “So music mak
36、es children well-rounded students” should go to the end of _. A. Para. 1B. Para. 2C. Para. 4D. Para. 5 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 （有两项为多余选项） 。 Musical instruments range from simple to complex. They differ from one part of the world to another. But all instruments produ
37、ce sound the same way, by means of vibrations (rapid back-and-forth movements). These vibrations reach our ears as sound waves. (31)_ Vibrations come from striking, plucking (弹或拨), and blowing on instruments, or by moving a bow across them. Faster vibrations produce higher notes. - 6 - Instruments w
38、e strike (32)_ When we shake a rattle, objects inside it strike the rattles wall and make a sound. Instruments that make sounds by striking them have been used since the Stone Age. Striking the instrument starts the vibrations. (33)_ This kind of instrument is a drum. The stretched membrane vibrates
39、 to produce the sound. Drums are found in nearly every culture around the world. Instruments with strings Some musical instruments, such as violins and harps, have strings that vibrate. Stretching the strings by plucking or striking makes them vibrate. Violins, violas, and cellos are played by drawi
40、ng a bow across their strings. The guitar, lute, banjo, and harp have strings that are plucked with the fingers. (34)_ Pressing a key on the keyboard causes a string to be hit with a small hammer. (35)_ Flutes, trumpets, saxophones, and other instruments produce sound through vibrations of air.A flu
41、te sounds when we breathe air into a hole on its side or its end. By covering finger holes on the flute, we can change the pitch of the noteshow high or low the notes are. A. Instruments we blow on B. The piano has strings and a keyboard. C. We strike gongs and xylophones. D. We can group musical in
42、struments into families by how they produce vibrations. E. Sometimes we strike an object that has a skin or other membrane (膜) stretched tight across it. F. Instruments we strike range from hollowed-out logs to complicated bells. G. But we usually think of musical instruments as objects specially cr
43、eated to produce the sounds of the music we knowfolk, rock, classical, and all other types. 第三部分第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）分） 第一节 （共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项。 Music is part of every culture on Earth, which can be36, sad, romantic, sleepy, he
44、alingall kinds of things. But what is it? Some people call it an art that sounds37time. Our ears receive it as loud or38, high or low, rapid and short, or slow and 39. The sounds need to continue for a time in some sort of pattern to become40. Music, like41, is a human form of communication.As with
45、language, there are many different kinds. In NorthAmerica, people listen to jazz, rock, classical, folk, country, and many other kinds of music. Each kind of music has its own rules and “42” to us in its own way. No one knows for sure when music43. Perhaps while working, people sang to make it go fa
46、ster. People who were44movementspicking crops or rowing boats, for examplecould sing in time45for the work. Navajo Indians, for example, had corn-grinding songs. Over time, people46musical instruments. They might have started by clapping their hands and stamping their47. Sticks and objects that ratt
47、led (碰响) could have48 the human body as early49. Both instruments and music became more complex (复杂) - 7 - with time. Today, music in many cultures50art music and music of the people.Art music, which we call classical music, is more51than the music of the people52 music and popular music.Art music i
48、s53harder to write and perform. Musicians who perform it need a lot of54. Popular and folk styles typically are easier to55, perform, and understand. () 36.A. pleasantB. variousC. bitterD. adaptable () 37.A. inB. overC. againstD. across () 38.A. vastB. noisyC. softD. distant () 39.A. fastB. smoothC.
49、 blueD. remarkable () 40.A. musicB. tuneC. symphonyD. masterpiece () 41.A. breathB. jazzC. chorusD. language () 42.A. weepsB. turnsC. speaksD. whispers () 43.A. recordedB. beganC. composedD. transformed () 44.A. possessingB. accompanyingC. combiningD. repeating () 45.A. giftedB. particularC. suitabl
50、eD. dramatic () 46.A. defendedB. developedC. deservedD. guaranteed () 47.A. feetB. facesC. volumesD. rhythms () 48.A. overcomeB. sweptC. replacedD. steamed () 49.A. imagesB. adaptationC. surroundingsD. instruments () 50.A. tears apartB. consists ofC. throws inD. relies on () 51.A. essentialB. impres
