1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 The universal language (35 分钟 ) .阅读理解 A (2017 全国 卷 ) Some of the worlds most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day.UNESCO(United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set Apri
2、l 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music,its significance,and its potential as a unifying(联合 ) voice across cultures. Despite the celebrations,though,in the U.S.the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older,and the music has failed to connect with younger generations. Its Jason Morans j
3、ob to help change that.As the Kennedy Centers artistic adviser for jazz,Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz,make the music more accessible,and preserve its history and culture. “Jazz seems like its not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radios reporter Neal C
4、onan.“What Im hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and white anymore.Its actually color,and its actually digital.” Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost.“T
5、he music cant be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958.It has to continue to move,because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran. Last year,Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Wallers music for a dance party,“just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is danc
6、e music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran.“For me,its the recontextualization.In music,where does the emotion(情感 ) lie?Are we,as humans,gaining any insight(感悟 ) on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotion
7、s and our thoughts?Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran,“so I want to continue those dialogues.Those are the things I want to foster.” 1.Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day? A.To remember the birth of jazz. B.To protect cultural diversity. C.To en
8、courage people to study music. D.To recognize the value of jazz. 2.What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to? A.Jazz becoming more accessible. B.The production of jazz growing faster. C.Jazz being less popular with the young. D.The jazz audience becoming larger. 3.What can we infe
9、r about Morans opinion on jazz? A.It will disappear gradually. B.It remains black and white. C.It should keep up with the times. D.It changes every 50 years. 4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A.Exploring the Future of Jazz B.The Rise and Fall of Jazz 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C.The St
10、ory of a Jazz Musician D.Celebrating the Jazz Day ? 导学号 23500094? B (2017 福建莆田高三第三次模拟 ) Carol Vaness,the well-known American opera singer,was born in San Diego and began her professional performance in San Francisco.She has sung at many of the major opera houses in the world.Unlike other world-famou
11、s male opera singers,she was particularly known for her Mozart operatic roles. At the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she often sings,Carols voice must be loud enough to be heard by four thousand people.It must reach every person in the theater,without a microphone,even when shes singing s
12、oftly.The reason Carol can project her voice that far is the way she breathes. “When you breathe,its like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,” Carol explains.“You have to take a lot of air into your lungs.” According to Carol,the main difference between pop singing and opera is “
13、ho w you breathe,how much air you take in,and how you control it coming out”.Regular singing is more like speaking,and its a lot softer. Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten,Carol has loved music.As she got older,she decided to become a music teacher.When she went to college,she to
14、ok singing lessons as part of her studies.Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano(女高音 )voice the highest singing voice for women. Today,Carol performs throughout the United States and Europe and she has sung for almost twenty years.But she has
15、 never forgotten why she started singing in the first place.“Put your heart into your singing and enjoy it,” says Carol,“because singing is a great joy.Thats why I sing.I n fact,thats why everybody sings.” 5.What is the best title for this passage? A.The Way a Star Sings B.An Opera Star C.Opera Sing
16、ing and Pop Singing D.Singing without a Microphone 6.What does the author agree with? A.Opera singing is more like speaking. B.An opera singer breathes differently from a pop singer when singing. C.A pop singer takes in much more air than an opera singer when singing. D.A pop singer breathes more de
17、eply than an opera singer when he or she sings. 7.Which words are unsuitable for Carol? A.Carol worked as a music teacher. B.Carol once learned to play the piano. C.Carol has been singing opera for 20 years or so. D.Carol is popular with Americans and Europeans. ? 导学号 23500095? .七选五 (2017 湖北石首高三第二次模
18、拟 ) It was in high school that I listened to pop music for the first time.1. Once I am addicted in the beautiful tune,I forget all of the intension around me.It seems that I have entered into another world and then consider everything in another way.After I return to the real life,I can put my heart
19、 into study again.It makes me 【 精品教育资源文库 】 no longer be tired of the real life.2. When I want to take exercise,there is a rock music sounding.Maybe the fanaticism(狂热 )could not be imagined by other people. 3. Because it can comfort me.When some pieces of good news come to me,I want to listen to som
20、e bright and happy music.In my eyes,everything seems wonderful and beautiful,even the boring noises coming from the factories. When something must be solved through thinking,some music can help me to concentrate my mind wholly on the very thing without any other thoughts.Pop music plays a very impor
21、tant role in my life.4. When I have a long journey in the train or traveling bus,I must take an MP4 full of my favorite songs.5. Do you like music?Of course you do.Are you still going to the record shop to buy your records?If you are,you may not be for much longer. A.I cannot live very well without
22、it. B.I turn to it to make myself relaxed all the way. C.Thats because music has been a part of my life. D.Nowadays,many senior students like pop music. E.Every day I must spend some time listening to the music. F.When some boring things happen,I always like listening to some gentle music. G.It give
23、s me strong rhythms and great quantity of heat,like a stick of fire in winter. ? 导学号 23500096? .短文改错 (2017 辽宁大连十校联考 ) It isnt hard to grow up into a responsible members of society. I can well remember an incident that happens on a rainy Sunday afternoon.I was on my way to the bookstore and was waiti
24、ng the green light at a crossing when a girl of about ten was knocked on by a passing car,it drove off quickly.A man immediately rushed to a girl to give her first aid and I joined in without hesitation.Luckily she was not badly injured but we sent her to the nearest hospital.Comparing with the esca
25、ped driver,I am proud of what I did. As a member of society,I am aware of that being responsible is that it takes to make a better society. ? 导学号 23500097? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 课时规范练 25(模块八 Unit 2) .A 【语篇解读】近来 ,联合国教科文组织把 4 月 30 日定为国际爵士乐日。一些世界上最 著名的音乐家聚集在巴黎和新奥尔良以庆祝第一届国际爵士乐日。 1.D 细节理解题。从文章第一段的 “UNESCO(United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to ra
