1、Unit5 Music Section Reading and Thinking 基础巩固 单句语法填空 1Follow these steps to convert a physical system to a _ (虚拟的) system. 2Why didnt you select a better subject for your _ (作文)? 3They performed their first concert in America at CBS televisions 53rd street _ (演播室) 4The _ (最初的) design was to include
2、a private art gallery. 5Traditional technology still has a place _ (目前) 6She sings in the school _ (choir) 7We have good _ (contact) with the local community. 8Wood is a poor _ (conduct) 9Deeply _ (move) by her performance, the whole audience gasped with admiration. 10Alot of _ (effort) has gone int
3、o making this event a success. 11 In spite of all the problems, several of the players produced excellent _ (perform) 12The software _ (able) you to access the Internet in seconds. 13For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team _ (prove) a good method. 14With joy, I _ (award) him t
4、he prize. 15Some working _ (phenomenon) are observed and discussed. 16My mother was a singer in a dance b_. 17Id like to take this o_ to say a few words. 18He can make o_ things sound interesting. 19 Whatever s_ of life youre at, youll create positive changes in a poor community. 20A_ there are some
5、 ten thousand of these volcanoes on Earth, all but a few hundred of them extinct. 单句写作 1她爬到了他窗外的窗台上。 She _ the ledge outside his window. 2那就好像第一次见到她。 It was _ for the first time. 3受他的榜样鼓舞，我们又继续工作。 _， we went on working again. 4与福特的密切合作令我爱上了电影。 Working with Ford closely, I _ the cinema. 5.大学扩招了，这样就使更
6、多人能有机会接受高等教育。 The universities have expanded, _ the chance of higher education. 提升训练 阅读理解 A It was around the 4th grade when I started noticing that I didnt fit inP1that well with a lot of kids in my grade. While the other girls were starting to wear make upP2， style their hair, and only wear fashio
7、nable clothing, I stayed the same. At first I didnt care, but then I started to feel a little worried. I was afraid that the other girls wouldnt like me. I wanted to be like them, but I really hated that. After I entered the 5th grade my mom found a local vocalW1studio. I had always loved to sing, a
8、nd taking lessons seemed like fun. I was thrown into a brilliantW2world of music. Something inside me just clickedW3， and I had finally found where I belonged. Music gave me a place of my own in the world. Starting voice lessons was the first of many times that music has changed my life. In the 7th
9、grade, I really didnt fit in at middle school. Being an athlete is what made you popular, and I was not super athletic. Music saved me again. Every day I knew I could come home from school and sing. I would become someone else. I would let the music fill my body and shine its light in the darkest co
10、rners. The light gave me strength. I became friends with other people who were into music. Music also gave me courage. Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Life without music would be a mistake.” This is true for me. Without music, my life would be a mistake. Maybe I would have found another hobby, but I
11、 doubt that it would help and change me the way music did. I know that music had changed my life. 1What was the problem that faced the author in the 4th grade? ANo one around her liked her. BShe had no fashionable clothing. CShe didnt know how to dress up. DShe didnt fit in well with others. 2Taking
12、 music lessons made the author most probably _. AworriedBdisappointed CcheerfulDsurprised 3When the author was in middle school, she _. Afell in love with sports Bbecame very popular at school Cdecided to become a great athlete Dmade friends with those who loved music 4What would be the best title f
13、or the text? AMusic Changed MeBMy Young Life CI Found MyselfDMy Hobbies B Chinese pianist Lang Lang won the respected Spanish Premios Ondas award on Tuesday in Barcelona, Spain, becoming the first Chinese to receive the honor. The committee said Lang got the award in recognition ofP1his achievements
14、 in bringing classical music to the whole world and especially to new and younger audiencesW1. Lang, 32, accepted the Special Mention of Musics Award during the 61st Ondas Awards Ceremony 2014 and performed on stage at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. “To receive this award is an encouragement for me，” La
15、ng told China Daily, adding that he would try his best to promote music education for children all over the world and help more children appreciate classical music. Lang also said that he gave a master classP2to junior music camp students in Barcelona on Nov.15. The Premios Ondas awards were first s
16、et up in 1954 and are given out annuallyW2. In 1956, the program extended its range with an international awards categoryW3. Wellknown bands U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Coldplay, as well as pop singer Ricky Martin, have all previously won the award. On Nov.13, Lang won the German Bambi Award in B
17、erlin for his outstanding achievements in classical music. Last year, Lang was also the first Chinese to be named International Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards in Britain. 5Why did Lang Lang win the Spanish Premios Ondas award? ABecause he plays music well. BBecause he is the best pian
18、ist in China. CBecause he has made achievements in bringing classical music to new and younger audiences. DBecause he gave a master class to junior music camp students. 6Which word can be used to replace the underlined word “previously” in the fourth paragraph? ABefore.BQuickly. CSurprisingly.DNorma
19、lly. 7What is the main idea of the passage? AThe story of Lang Lang. BLang Lang won Spanish Premios Ondas award. CThe Premios Ondas awards of Spain. DThe achievements of Lang Lang. C Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people ever
20、ywhere. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car
21、 radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcastW1is music. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape which radio stationsP1 use in every state. Once the pop
22、ular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star. There are other kinds of music that are important
23、 to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his
24、 girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra musicP2， such as the symphoniesW2 of Beethoven. There is opera for singers. There is balletW3for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai i
25、n China. 8In what way can music be regarded as an international language? APopular music is what everyone enjoys. B The songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and understandable that everyone can enjoy them. CWhen music is played, it seems as if it were speaking to us. DMusic
26、is so popular throughout the world that everyone can play it. 9What can we know about music and people inAmerica? AStudent drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets. BStudents always listen to music before class, in class and after class. CAdult drivers listen to news
27、as well as music when they drive to work. DAdult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work. 10How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage? ASix.BEight. CFive.DSeven. 完形填空 I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all _1_
28、 of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they _2_ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought _3_ for the performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldnt go, so my brother _4_ me the ticket. I was really _5_！ I remember the buzz (
29、嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our _6_. After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became _7_. I could barely make out the stage in the _8_. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band _9_ the stage. My brot
30、her leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldnt _10_ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as _11_ as a jet engine. I could _12_ the drum beats and the bass notes in my stomach. I cant recall any of the songs that the band played. I just _13_ that I
31、 really enjoyed the show and didnt want it to _14_. But in the end, after three encores (加 演 ), the show finished. We left the _15_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just _16_ from a long sleep. My ears were still _17_ with the beat of the last song. Aft
32、er the _18_， I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, _19_， I listen to one of their songs and _20_ Im back at that first show. 1A.membersBfriends CfansDvolunteers 2A.guessedBdiscovered CthoughtDpredicted 3A.flowersBdrinks Cclothes
33、Dtickets 4A.bookedBoffered CreturnedDfound 5A.relaxedBembarrassed CexcitedDencouraged 6A.seatsBentrance CspotsDspace 7A.comfortableBquiet CseriousDnervous 8A.silenceBnoise CdarknessDsmoke 9A.fell uponBgot through Cbroke intoDstepped onto 10A.forgetBhear CrepeatDbear 11A.loudBhard CsweetDfast 12A.fee
34、lBtouch CenjoyDdigest 13A.realizeBunderstand CbelieveDremember 14A.continueBdelay CfinishDchange 15A.partyBtheatre CoperaDstage 16A.escapedBtraveled CbenefitedDwoken 17A.achingBburning CringingDrolling 18A.competitionBperformance CinterviewDcelebration 19A.thoughBotherwise CinsteadDbesides 20A.decid
35、eBregret CconcludeDimagine 语法填空 Here is a story about a wise man. One day, the wise man was on his way to teach a village. _1_ (interest) in his ideas, each person in the village had made great preparations, thinking about _2_ questions he or she might ask the wise man. The wise man finally arrived.
36、 _3_ (take) into a large room, he found himself surroundedwith people who gathered to ask their questions. There were great expectation and _4_ (excite) all around. The wise man walked around the room, _5_ (sing) a sweet and soft song. One by one, people _6_ (follow) up the song. Soon everyone was s
37、inging along with the wise man. As people became comfortable with his song, the wise man started to dance _7_ the sweet and soft music. He danced everywhere in the room, and one by one, people danced with him. Soon everyone in the whole village was dancing _8_ (wild) together. Later in the night, th
38、e wise man gradually slowed the dance and eventually brought it to _9_ stop. He looked into everyones eyes and said gently, “I trust that I _10_ (answer) all of your questions.” 1_2._3._4._ 5_6._7._8._ 9_10._ 读后续写 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 When Karen was pregnant again, she tried her best to he
39、lp her 3yearold son, Michael,_to prepare for a new brother or sister. They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl,_and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommys tummy (肚子). Hebelieved that his little sister could hear his songs. Then the day came when Karen w
40、as going to give birth to the baby. After a few hours, Michaels little sister was finally born. But she was in serious condition. With sirens (警报器) ringing in the night, the ambulance rushed the baby to the neonatal ICU (新生儿重症监护室) at St. Marys Hospital. The days went slowly by. The little girl becam
41、e worse. The doctor told the parents to prepare for the worst. Before the baby was born, Karen and her husband had fixed up a special room in their home for her, but now they had to plan a funeral. Michael kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to sing to her， ” he said. The bab
42、y had been living in ICU for more than a week. It looked as if a funeral would come before thesecond week was over. Michael kept saying that he wanted to sing to his sister, but kids were not allowed to enter ICU. Karen made up her mind. She decided to take Michael to see his sister whether they lik
43、ed it or not. If he didnt see his sister now, he may never see her alive. She dressed him in a very big scrub suit (手术服) and they marched into ICU. But the_head_nurse recognised him as a child and shouted, “Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed.” Usually Karen was very polite and gen
44、tle, but this time she looked straight into the nurses eyes and firmly said, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister！” 注意： 1所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右； 2至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1： Karen led Michael to his sisters bedside. Paragraph 2： Seeing th
45、is, Karen was so excited that she asked Michael to keep singing. 参考答案： 【单句语法填空】 1.答案：virtual 2.答案：composition 3.答案：studio 4.答案：original 5.答案：nowadays 6.答案：choir 7.答案：contacts 8.答案：conductor 9.答案：moved 10.答案：effort 11.答案：performances 12.答案：enables 13.答案：proves 14.答案：awarded 15.答案：phenomena 16.答案：band
46、 17.答案：opportunity 18.答案：ordinary 19.答案：stage 20.答案：Altogether 【单句写作】 1.答案：climbed onto 2.答案：like seeing her 3.答案：Inspired by his example 4.答案：fell in love with 5.答 案 ： thus allowing many more people 【阅读理解】 A: 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者描写了上学时不合群的她，庆幸音乐给 了她勇气，改变了她。 (1)答案：D细节理解题。由第一段第 一句可知，作者当时不是很合群。故选 D。 (2)答案
47、：C推理判断题。由第二段最 后三句可推断出上音乐课使作者很快乐。故选 C。 (3)答案：D细节理解题。由第三段倒 数第二句可知作者跟一些喜欢音乐的人成为了朋友。故选 D。 (4)答案：A标题判断题。根据文章内 容可知，作者在学校里并不是很合群，后来是音乐给了她勇气，改变了她； 主要是作者和音乐之间的故事。故选 A。 B: 篇章导读：本文是一篇新闻报道，主要讲述了郎朗获得了西班牙 Premios Ondas 奖和其他奖项。 (5)答案：C细节理解题。根据第二段 可知答案为 C。 (6)答案：A词义猜测题。根据第三段 中的“Lang told China Daily”可判断出，本文是一篇新闻报道，
48、而新闻报道都 是报道时下正在发生的事， 所以像“U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Coldplay”等著 名乐队获此奖应该是在此报道之前，故选 A。 (7)答案：B主旨大意题。纵观全文可 知，本文讲的是郎朗获得西班牙 Premios Ondas 奖，故选 B。 C: 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了各种不同种类的音乐在美国的情 况。 (8)答案：B细节理解题。本文在开篇 第一段即点明“音乐是一种国际语言。用乐器演唱或演奏的歌曲对所有人来 说都是美妙的”。故选 B。 (9)答案：C细节理解题。由第三段第 一、二句可知，成年人在开车去上班时会听音乐或者新闻。故选 C。
49、(10)答案：D细节理解题。文中共提到 七种音乐：pop/popular, folk, western/country, orchestra, symphonies, opera 和 ballet。故选 D。 【完形填空】 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者回忆了自己 8 岁时和哥哥一起去看的第 一场 Black Wednesday 的摇滚演唱会的情景。 1.答案： C与最后一段中的“I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years”相照应可知，哥哥和他的朋友都是 重金属乐队 Black Wednesday 的粉丝(fans)。故选 C。 2.
50、答 案 ： B他 们 发 现 Black Wednesday 要在当地的一家剧院演出。discover 与语境相符，故选 B。 3.答案： D与下句中的“so my brother _4_ me the ticket”相照应可知，这里是他们都买了演出的票(tickets)。故选 D。 4.答案：B在最后一刻，其中的一个 朋友不能去，哥哥就把这张票给了我。offer sb. sth. “把某物给某人”，与语境 相符。故选 B。 5.答案：C根据下文可知，作者是非 常兴奋的(excited)。故选 C。 6.答案：A根据语境可知，这里应该 是作者依然记得他们找到自己的座位(seats)时剧院里人们
