1、Module 4 Music Born in America单元素能自测.完形填空Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. _1_ the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent _2_ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was _3_， or by whom. But it began to be _4_ in the early 1900s. Jazz i
2、s an American contribution to _5_ music.In contrast to classical music, which _6_ formal European traditions, jazz is a spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, _7_ the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s, jazz _8_ like America, _9_ it does today. The _10_ of this mu
3、sic are as interesting as the music _11_. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz _12_. They were brought to southern states _13_ slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long _14_.When a Negro died, his friends and relatives _15_ a procession to ca
4、rry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the _16_. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. _17_ on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their _18_， but the living were glad to be alive. The
5、 band played _19_ music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes _20_ at the funeral. That music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.1A.ByBAtCInDOn答案：B解析：习语搭配题。这里at the turn of the century表示的是在“世纪初”这一具体时间，只有at可以用在这里。2A.music Bsong Cmelody Dstyle答案：D解析：词汇复现题。
6、根据上文所说的大多数国家都有自己的音乐风格(style)，可知后面也应该是风格，故选style。3A.discovered Bacted Cinvented Ddesigned答案：C解析：词语辨析题。本句意为“没有人确切地知道爵士乐是什么时候发明的或由谁发明的”。discover意为“发现”；act意为“行动，扮演”；invent意为“发明”；design意为“设计”。故选C。4A.noticed Bfound Clistened Dheard答案：D解析：词语辨析题。这里是说爵士乐被听到，所以用heard。listen的意思是“听”，而且须接介词to，A、B两项意思不符。5A.classi
7、cal Bsacred Cpopular Dlight答案：C解析：背景常识题。popular music指“流行音乐”，与classical music(古典音乐)相对。爵士乐(jazz)是流行音乐的一种，故选popular。6A.forms Bfollows Capproaches Dintroduces答案：B解析：词语辨析题。此处意为“古典音乐遵循正规的欧洲传统”。form意为“形成”；follow意为“遵循”；approach意为“接近，靠近”； introduce意为“引进，介绍”。7A.expressing Bexplaining Cexposing Dillustrating答
8、案：A解析：词语辨析题。express意为“表达”，与后面的宾语moods(情绪)、interests(爱好)以及emotions(感情)相搭配。explain意为“解释，说明”；expose意为“揭露，使暴露”；illustrate意为“阐明”。8A.appeared Bfelt Cseemed Dsounded答案：D解析：词语辨析题。此处意为“在20世纪20年代，爵士乐听起来像是美国风格”。只有sound有“听起来”的意思，其他三个词都无此意。9A.as Bso Ceither Dneither答案：A解析：词语辨析题。此处意为“就像爵士乐今天的样子”。as意为“正如，就像”，后面接一个
9、句子。10A.origins Boriginals Cdiscoveries Dresources答案：A解析：逻辑推理题。origin意为“起源，起始”；original意为“原作，原件”；discovery意为“发现”；resource意为“资源”。此处意为“爵士乐的起源”。故选A。11A.himself Bitself Cthemselves Doneself答案：B解析：逻辑推理题。本句意为“这种音乐的起源和音乐本身一样有趣”。故此处应选择反身代词itself。12A.players Bfollowers Cfans Dpioneers答案：D解析：逻辑推理题。本句意为“美国的黑人是爵
10、士乐的先锋”。player意为“演奏者”；follower意为“追随者”；fan意为“崇拜者”；pioneer意为“先锋，开拓者”。13A.for Bas Cwith Dby答案：B解析：背景常识题。本句意为“他们作为奴隶被带到南部各州”，只有介词as意为“作为”，符合此意。14A.months Bweeks Chours Dtimes答案：C解析：背景常识题。本句意为“他们被卖给南方种植园主们，而且被迫长时间劳动”。long一般不与month和week搭配；hour此处指工作时间；time此处指次数或倍数，当一段时间讲时是不可数名词，故只可选hours。15A.demonstrated Bc
11、omposed Chosted Dformed答案：D解析：习语搭配题。demonstrate意为“论证，说明，示威”；compose意为“组成，构成(一个整体)”；host意为“款待，主持”；form与procession搭配，意为“形成队列”。故选D。16A.demonstration Bprocession Cbody Dmarch答案：B解析：词汇复现题。上句提到形成队列，此处意为“这样的队列经常伴有一支乐队”，故选上文提到的procession。17A.Even BTherefore CFurthermore DBut答案：D解析：逻辑推理题。上句说在去墓地的路上，乐队演奏缓慢的、庄
12、重的音乐以便和悲痛的场合相配合。而本句说在回来的路上，情绪变了。所以这两句之间应该是转折关系，因此选D。18A.number Bmembers Cbody Drelations答案：D解析：词汇复现题。本句意为“死神已经夺走了他们的一个亲人，但活着的人高兴他们还活着”。relations 意为“亲戚”。并与前面的friends and relatives相照应。故选D。19A.sad Bsolemn Chappy Dfuneral答案：C解析：词汇复现题。这里选择happy，以便和上文中提到的slow和solemn相对应。20A.whistled Bsung Cpresented Dshowe
13、d答案：C解析：词语辨析题。whistle意为“吹口哨”；sing意为“唱”；present意为“表现，展现”；show意为“展示”。只有present才能和the harmony and the melody相搭配。.阅读理解MusicOpera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts.
14、 Phone: 2412742. Http：/.Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 7231182 for more information. Http：/.Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 3813300. Regular season runs Se
15、ptember through May at Music Hall and in summer at Riverbend. Http：/www.symphony.org/home.asp.College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the wellknow
16、n LaSalle Quartet, CCMs Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with ID cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 5564183. Http：/www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calen
17、dar.Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference)Big name shows all summer long! Phone：2326220. Http：/.文章大意：文章是一篇广告类短文。共介绍了五个与音乐有关的活动，包括举办的地点、举办时间、活动内容和联系方式等。1Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?A2412742. B
18、7231182.C3813300. D2326220.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据“opera”定位到第一个活动，第一个活动的联系电话是2412742，故选A。2When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?AFebruary. BMay. CAugust. DNovember.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据“Chamber Orchestra”定位到第二个活动，根据“which offers several concerts from March through June”可知，活动举办时间是三月到六月，故选B。3Where can s
19、tudents go for free performances with their ID cards?AMusic Hall. BMemorial Hall.CPatricia Cobbett Theater. DRiverbend Music Theater.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据“with their ID cards”定位到第四个活动中的“Students with ID cards can attend the events for free”，根据“usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater”可知答案，故选C。4How is Riverbend
20、 Music Theater different from the other places?AIt has seats in the open air.BIt gives shows all year round.CIt offers membership discounts.DIt presents famous musical works.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据“Riverbend Music Theater”定位到最后一个活动，根据“Large outdoor theater with the closest seats.”可知，Riverbend Music Theater是
21、一个露天剧院，不同的座位，其价格也是不同的，由此可知，Riverbend Music Theater的座位是在室外的。故选A。.读后续写Jim was walking down a dimly lit street late one evening，hoping to see his lovely children as soon as possible.As he was walking quietly，Jim heard muffled(低沉的) screams coming from behind some bushes.Alarmed，Jim stopped to listen car
22、efully.He realized that what he was hearing was the unmistakable sound of a_struggle.Thinking of the danger，he became frightened.Only yards from where Jim stood，a girl was being attacked.Jim didnt know what to do.Should he get involved in it？He was worried about his_own_safety and regretted having s
23、uddenly decided to take a new route home that night.He was afraid of becoming another victim.He was wondering whether he should just run to the nearest phone and call the_police_or went to fight with the attacker to save the unknown girl.As he struggled from within，the girls cries were growing weake
24、r.Jim knew he had to act fast.Yet he knew he couldnt just walk away from this.He realized that he could not turn his back on the_fate of this unknown girl，even if it meant risking his own life.Now，Jim was not a_brave_man，nor was he athletic.Even he himself didnt quite know where he found the moral c
25、ourage and physical strength.However once he was determined to help the girl，he became strangely transformed.He ran behind the_bushes and pulled the_attacker off the girl，who panicked very much.Seeing Jim prevent him，the attacker became crazy and began to fight with him.Jim became fearless and they
26、fell to the_ground，where they wrestled for a few minutes until the attacker jumped up and escaped.Jim felt very tired and he couldnt catch the attacker.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；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。答案Paragraph 1：Watching the attacker run into the darkness，Ji
27、m thought of the girl.Breathing hard，Jim rose from the_ground and walked towards her.The girl was sitting behind the_bushes，sobbing.Although in the darkness Jim could hardly see the girl clearly，he could certainly sense her trembling shock.Not wanting to frighten the girl further，Jim at first spoke
28、to her from a distance.Jim said soothingly that the_attacker had run away and she was safe.There was a long pause and then he heard some words from the girl.Paragraph 2：“Dad，is that you？”asked the girl in wonder and amazement as she walked from behind the bushes.To Jims shock，there stood Jims youngest daughter，who began crying.Hugging Katherine，Jim also cried.After the_police arrived，they told them about the attacker in detail.He felt it was a right decision to rush to fight with the attacker.Now in his childrens eyes，Jim is a_brave_man and a hero without fearing any danger。
