1、 Module 4Music Born in America Section Introduction,Reading and Vocabulary 课后训练案巩固提升巩固提升 一、写作词汇 完成下列小对话。 1.What do you think of the dancer? Her every (动作) is graceful. 答案:movement 2.Bad luck!I lost the game! Cheer up!In many sports luck is as important as (技巧). 答案:technique 3.We cant enter the palac
2、e,why? All the (通路) to it were guarded by soldiers. 答案:approaches 4.What caused the (减少) of public transport? Its an increase in private cars. 答案:decline 5.The criminal was set free,wasnt it? Yes.Thats because many facts (出现) as a result of the investigation. 答案:emerged 二、阅读词汇 完成下列句子,写出画线部分的汉语意思。 1.
3、He is trying to play the same tune in a different rhythm. 含义 答案:节奏 2.The music she played is touching. 含义 答案:令人感动的 3.When he was young,he was fond of trying out his new ideas. 含义 答案:尝试 三、用所给短语的适当形式填空 side by side be bored with rather than consist of experiment with the moment in decline take advanta
4、ge of 1.The children eating the same kind of food every day. 答案:are bored with 2.We had better the warmer weather by going for a walk this afternoon. 答案:take advantage of 3.Even though they have been living for twenty years,the neighbours are not very friendly. 答案:side by side 4.Enter their world an
5、d stand beside them, in opposition. 答案:rather than 5.A table tennis match shall the best of three games or the best of five games. 答案:consist of 6.If you want to the material,you must take the consequences. 答案:experiment with 7.There is a belief that educational standards are . 答案:in decline 8.They
6、went wild with joy they heard the news. 答案:the moment 四、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 1.I hope that full advantage can be (take) of our library. 答案:taken 2.Last year,the crime rate in that country sharply (decline). 答案:declined 3.Her (technical) has improved a lot over the past year. 答案:technique 4.The police are
7、 keeping a watch on his (move). 答案:movement 五、同义句转换 1.On hearing the bad news of Bai Jing,the fans burst into tears. they heard the bad news of Bai Jing,the fans burst into tears. 答案:The moment 2.The boy is always inventing excuses to cheat his mother. The boy is always excuses to cheat his mother.
8、答案:making up 3.We should make use of all possible chances to practice speaking English. We should all possible chances to practice speaking English. 答案:take advantage of 4.It is the manager not you that should be to blame for the incident. The manager you should be to blame for the incident. 答案:rath
9、er than 5.In our school,there are 40 classes,each of which has more than 50 students. In our school,there are 40 classes,with each of them more than 50 students. 答案:consisting of 六、阅读理解 导学号 97544015 Like many people you may be dreaming of a career as a rock and roll star.There are two ways to go abo
10、ut getting one.First there is the traditional way.Find some friends and form a group.Learn to play the guitar or the drums.Write your own songs.Spend hours arguing about the band name.Then go on the road. The next step is to spend a year or two touring.If you are good,the crowds will get bigger.In t
11、he end an artist from a record company may come to a show.If he or she likes you,there may be a deal.This is the route traditionally followed by bands in the music industry.Success means fame and wealth.And failure gives you some interesting stories to tell your children. Over the last few years a d
12、ifferent path to success has become known.Boy bands like Boyzone and girl bands like the Spice Girls dont come together on their own.They are created by managers and record companies.Their image is strictly controlled.Professional song writers usually write their music.This is a convenient arrangeme
13、nt and the public seems to love the result. Though boy and girl bands have become very popular recently,there is a long tradition of making music in this way.In the early 1960s an American businessman called Berry Gordy founded Motown Records.Motown is short for “motor town”.The record company was b
14、ased in the city of Detroit,where thousands of African-Americans had moved to work in the car industry.They brought a cultural tradition of writing and performing music.This style later became known as “soulmusic”.Berry Gordy was a diamond miner.He took raw talent from the street and polished it unt
15、il it shone.Motown stars were not just given songs to sing.They were also taught how to dress well and speak properly. 1.In the first paragraph the writer seems to tell us . A.to form a band is very hard B.the name of the band is very important C.newly-built bands can only perform by road D.to form
16、a band is very simple 答案:D 解析:推理判断题。依据第一段的内容可看出作者认为组成一个乐队非常简单。 2.If a newborn band wants to succeed,as the writer tells,it must have the chance . A.to travel in big cities B.to perform before an artist C.to make an agreement with a record company D.to experience failure again and again 答案:C 解析:细节理解题
17、。根据第二段中 “In the end an artist from a record company may come to a show.If he or she likes you,there may be a deal.”可知 C项正确。 3.From the fourth paragraph,we can conclude that . A.Motown was only enjoyed by the workers in Detroit B.Motown showed the style of the black Americans C.Detroit used to be fam
18、ous for its music industry D.Detroit was founded by African-Americans 答案:B 解析:细节理解题。依据该段中 “.where thousands of African-Americans had moved to work in the car industry.”而确定选 B 项。 4.From the passage,we can learn that Motown stars . A.used to be miners B.used to dress poorly C.became perfect little by
19、little D.came from Berry Gordys hometown 答案:C 解析:推理判断题。根据最后一段中 “He took raw talent from the street and polished it until it shone.”可 知 C 项是最佳选项。 七、七选五阅读理解 What is your favourite colour?Do you like yellow,orange or red? 1 Do you prefer grey and blue?Then you are probably quiet,shy,and you would rathe
20、r follow than lead.You tend to be pessimist.At least,that is what psychologists tell us,and they should know,because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference,as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. 2 If you happen to love brown,you did so,as soon as you ope
21、ned your eyes,or at least as soon as you could see clearly. 3 A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one;and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. 4 A black bridge over the Thames River,near London,used to be the scene of more s
22、uicides than any other bridge in the areauntil it was repainted green.The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply.Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue. 5 It is an established fact that factory workers work better,harder,and have fewer ac
23、cidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey. A.On the other hand,black is depressing. B.The rooms are painted in different colours as you like. C.Life is like a picture or a poem,full of different colours. D.Colours do influence our moodsthere is no doubt about it. E.Lig
24、ht and bright colours make people not only happier but also more active. F.If you do,you must be an optimist,a leader,an active person who enjoys life,people and excitement. G.They tell us,among other facts,that we do not choose our favourite colour as we grow upwe are born with our preference. 答案:1
25、5 FGDAE 八、短文改错 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处 语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。 修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2.只允许修改 10 处,多者(从第 11处起)不计分。 Recently I returned to my morning routine of doing exercise,jog near my home ear
26、ly in a morning.One day when I returned to my house to have a rest,I took out my cellphone and posted on my status “Good morning people.”What I said was just a greeting with a purpose.I just wanted to greet,nothing more.Then next day while running along the road,that amazed me was that everyone I me
27、t on the road greeted me. Smiling at them cheerful,I asked myself whythey were not my friend on Facebook.Maybe because they always saw me in the morning.Then I realized that spread love and you will receive love.Maybe not now,today,or tomorrow and sometime.By giving up you are the one who benefit mo
28、st. 答案: Recently I returned to my morning routine of doing exercise, near my home early in morning.One day when I returned to my house to have a rest,I took out my cellphone and posted on my status“Good morning people.”What I said was just a greeting a purpose.I just wanted to greet,nothing more.The
29、n next day while running along the road, amazed me was that everyone I met on the road greeted me. Smiling at them ,I asked myself whythey were not my on Facebook.Maybe because they always saw me in the morning.Then I realized that spread love and you will receive love.Maybe not now,today,or tomorrow sometime.By giving up you are the one who most.
