1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Module 3 Music .阅读理解 阅读下面短文 ,从每题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中 ,选出最佳选项。 (2017 课标全国 ,C) 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 Organizatio
2、n)recently set April 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 generat
3、ions. Its Jason Morans job 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 Pu
4、blic Radios reporter Neal Conan.“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
5、of the music has been lost.“The music cant be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 19 58. 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
6、 in the mind that Waller is dance music as muc h 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 u
7、s into a dialogue about our emotions 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
8、protect cultural diversity. C.To encourage people to study music. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 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 ja
9、zz audience becoming larger. 3.What can we infer 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.T
10、he Rise and Fall of Jazz C.The Story of a Jazz Musician D.Celebrating the Jazz Day .完形填空 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。 (2017 课标卷 压轴卷 ) As a child, I started learning to play the piano, my favorite musical 1 , but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school 2 I coul
11、d concentrate more on my study. Its one of my biggest 3 to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would 4 . However, I didnt keep my promise because I was 5 with my study. 6 I lost touch with my teacher. Some years late
12、r, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been 7 that I never returned. I havent taken lessons since then but to be honest, I 8 to. Sitting at the piano, I couldnt help recalling many 9 times of my
13、practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher 10 me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I 【 精品教育资源文库 】 was so 11 that I could hardly say anything. But her 12 helped me ease my shame. These memories, 13 , good or bad, never caused my 14
14、to play the piano again. This thought then led me to think that 15 is like music, and that we all try to play different 16 in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高 ) is 17 when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own 18 style of musi
15、c. No matter what style our music is, it is 19 that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesnt 20 that Ive stopped making music. 1.A.instrument B.performance C.room D.stage 2.A.in that B.so that C.now that D.except that 3.A.successes B.r
16、egrets C.decisions D.hobbies 4.A.play B.graduate C.leave D.return 5.A.busy B.angry C.satisfied D.patient 6.A.Actually B.Constantly C.Suddenly D.Gradually 7.A.astonished B.glad C.disappointed D.amazed 8.A.liked B.needed C.wanted D.decided 9.A.dreams B.expressions C.words D.memories 10.A.instructed B.
17、guided C.punished D.respected 11.A.frightened B.moved C.embarrassed D.excited 12.A.happiness B.satisfaction C.comfort D.sigh 13.A.instead B.meanwhile C.therefore D.however 14.A.hope B.courage C.feeling D.effort 15.A.life B.learning C.attitude D.enjoyment 16.A.cards B.sports C.roles D.games 17.A.hard
18、 B.wonderful C.surprising D.complex 18.A.unique B.boring C.common D.similar 19.A.necessary B.strange 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C.possible D.important 20.A.matter B.mean C.report D.appear .短文改错 (2017 河北衡水中学六调 ) 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 ( )
19、,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。 My soccer coach retired in last week. I wanted to do anything special for him at his retirement party. My mum made the better biscuits in the world, so I decide to ask her for help.
20、Mum taught me some basic step of baking. I insisted on doing most of the baking myself. I thought the biscuits were really well. My only mistake was that I dropped some on the floor after I was packing them up. At a party, my coach, with a biscuit in his mouth, asked surprisingly who made them and j
21、oked, “I might have to retire again next year just get some more of these biscuits.” My favorite picture at the party is of my coach and me enjoying the biscuits with happy laughters! .书面表达 (2017 陕西南郑中学模拟 ) 假设你是李华。你的加拿大笔友 Carl 想了解中国流行的广场舞 (square dance)的相关情况。请你用英语给他写封回信 ,要点包括 : 1.跳广场舞的时间、地点、参与人员等 ;
22、2.广场舞流行的原因 ; 3.广场舞引起的争议。 注意 : 1.词数 100 左右 ; 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2.开头和结尾已经写出 ,不计入总词数 ; 3.可以适当增加细节 ,以使行文连贯。 Dear Carl, Im delighted to hear from you and I will tell you what youre curious about. _ _ _ _ _ Yours, Li Hua 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案精解精析 .阅读理解 语篇解读 本文为说明文。联合国教科文组织把 4 月 30 日定为国际爵士乐日 ,以此提高人们对爵士乐的认识 ,突出它的重要性。 1.D 事实细节题。根据第一段最后一句话 “.to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and.” 可知 ,联合国教科文组织把这一天定为国际爵士乐日是为了提高人
