1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 模块测试一 第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节 ,满分 40 分 ) 第一节 (共 15 小题 ;每小题 2 分 ,满分 30 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 Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Where:Becket,Massachusetts When:June 15-Aug.24 Each summer,this influential dance center presents a number of classes and performances by more than
2、50 companies from around the world.Highlights(最精彩的部分 )this season include the Dance Theater of Harlems production of Alvin Aileys “The Lark Ascending”,which opens the festival. Many events are free.Ticketed performances start at $22. Moab Music Festival Where:Moab,Utah When:Aug.29-Sept.9 This area i
3、s better known for mountain biking than for music.But since 1992,it has hosted a private festival that brings classical,jazz,Latin and other types of music to the land.This year there will be 16 concerts,including three “Grotto Concerts”,where guests take a 45 -minute boat ride down the Colorado Riv
4、er to performances. Events start at $25. Cheyenne Frontier Days Where:Cheyenne,Wyoming When:July 19-28 Theres something for everyone at this 117 -year-old festival,from an “Indian village” and Old West museum to country concerts.But the competition is still the main attraction,with cowboys and cowgi
5、rls competing for major money in the worlds largest outdoor stage. Competition tickets start at $18,and concert tickets at $23. The Glimmerglass Festival Where:Cooperstown,New York When:July 6-Aug.24 Each summer,opera lovers from around the country(and the world)travel to upstate New York to watch p
6、roductions that include stars like Nathan Gunn and Ginger Costa-Jackson.This years performances include Wagners “The Flying Dutchman” and Verdis “King for a Day”,in honor of the 200th birthdays of both composers( 作曲家 ). Tickets start at $26. 1.If you want to enjoy a “Grotto Concert”,which date suits
7、 you best? A.June 15. B.July 19. C.August 24. D.September 4. 2.If you go to Cheyenne to watch a competition and enjoy a concert,how much will you pay at least? A.$18. B.$22. C.$36. D.$41. 3.What are you advised to do if you are a big fan of Wagner? A.Jacobs Pillow Dance Fest ival. B.The Glimmerglass
8、 Festival. C.Cheyenne Frontier Days. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 D.Moab Music Festival. B I have no idea how these types of things still happen in 2016.We have a nice little college called Gordon College.This past weekend,a 19-year-old Gordon student Fred was found sleeping in a tent,hidden in the bushes with onl
9、y a box of cereal(麦片 )to eat. The campus police found him and told him to come out with his hands up and then realized there was something wrong.The campus police took him to a local motel and several officers paid for him two nights there. Cole and I decided to go and find him.The motel called his
10、room and asked him to come downstairs.I asked him if what I read was true.He quietly said,“Yes,maam”.When I asked him what we could do to help him,he said th at he needed to find a job.The owner of the motel graciously gave him a discount(折扣 )for the motel until the 18th and I told him we would take
11、 care of that.His face lit up. Cole and I hit the streets going to places to see if they had any jobs that would work with a school schedule.For him,we found a job washing dishes for him at a local pizza place and he could start the next day! I got the most gut-wrenching text from him where he asked
12、 if he could spend time with our family so that he could feel like he was connected to someone.I cried.and I cried.I did hate to tell him that we were leaving for Hawaii in a few weeks,for a long time. So,if you live in this area,and you have room in your heart for someone that needs family.please i
13、nvite him to dinner a few times a month.Please take time to cheer him on and tell him he can do this. 4.What did the campus policemen think of Fred at first? A.A college student. B.A bad man. C.A campus gardener. D.A college teacher. 5.What does the underlined word “gut -wrenching” mean in Paragraph
14、 5? A.Sad. B.Excited. C.Nervous. D.Disappointed. 6.According to the passage,put the following events in right order. Cole and I were leaving for Hawaii. Cole and I went to visit Fred at a motel. Fred got caught by the police. Fred got a job washing dishes at a local pizza place. The owner of the mot
15、el graciously gave him a discount(折扣 )for the motel. A. B. C. D. 7.Whats the primary purpose of the text? A.To tell us the story of Gordon student Fred. B.To share the story of the kind motel owner. C.To say the society they live in is wonderful. D.To find someone to take good care of Fred. ? 导学号 23
16、500106? C You have probably heard of the Mozart effect.Its the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart,they will become more intelligent.A quick Internet search suggests plenty of products to assist you in the task.Whatever 【 精品教育资源文库 】 your age,there are CDs and boo
17、ks to help you taste the power of Mozarts music,but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever,the picture is more mixed. The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991,but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and publi
18、c interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain.It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable.Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself;his music is complex(复杂的 )and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it,well become more intelligent. The idea got acr
19、oss to the public,with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children,and in 1998 the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US,even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music.It was not just babies and children who we
20、re exposed to Mozarts music on purpose,even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk. Ill leave the debate on the impact on milk yi eld to farmers,but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more
21、intelligent?More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally,but the benefits are short-lived and it doesnt make us more intelligent. 8.What can we learn from Par
22、agraph 1? A.Mozart composed many musical pieces for children. B.Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent. C.There are few products on the Internet about Mozarts music. D.There is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect. 9.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3
23、suggest? A.The idea was accepted by many people. B.People were strongly against the idea. C.Mozart played an important part in peoples life. D.The US government helped promote the idea. 10.What is the authors attitude towards the Mozart effect? A.Favorable. B.Objective. C.Positive. D.Doubtful. 11.Wh
24、at would be the best title for the passage? A.Listening to Mozart,necessary? B.What music is beneficial? C.What is the Mozart effect? D.To accept Mozart or not to? ? 导学号 23500107? D When I was 10 years old,I tried out for the cheerleading squad.I had taken gymnastics classes for two years to prepare
25、 for these tryouts.However,I didnt make the team.It was a heavy blow to me.I cried all night. Kids today wont experience that kind of rejection.Theyre growing up in “everybody gets a turn” world where every child gets a chance to kick the ball, sing the song,and win the award.But thats not always such a good thing. Parents have become fearful of letting kids fail,thinking that our children are easily hurt and will never recover from anything thats a serious problem.Last week,
