1、SectionListeningandTalking&ReadingforWriting课后训练提升一、单词拼写1.After the earthquake many (疾病) spread quickly in that area and killed many people.答案diseases2.She was tired out and her eyes (疼) from lack of sleep.答案ached3.Seeing his book become a best-seller,he had a great sense of (满足).答案satisfaction4.Mon
2、ey was in great need and their e was in poor condition needing fixed.答案equipment5.This spring a dozen trees of v sorts were planted in our school.答案various6.To enjoy the river comfortably,we (倚靠) on the wooden rail of the bridge.答案leaned二、翻译句子1.考试我没及格,她却通过了。答案I failed the examination,but she got thr
3、ough.2.他们给我发了邀请,让我在合唱团里试演一个角色。答案They sent me an invitation to try out for a part in the chorus.3.除英语外,他还得学门第二外语。答案In addition to English,he has to study a second foreign language.4.使我感到满足的是,我儿子通过了考试。答案To my satisfaction,my son passed the exam.5.她从那时开始就知道自己会赢。答案From then on she knew she would win.三、阅
4、读理解Music is an international language.The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class,after class and at lunch.Students with cars b
5、uy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports,the weather,politics,and activities of the American people.Most of the radio broadcast is music.Pop or popular music
6、 singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state.Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country,young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or h
7、er.Now the singer has become a national star.There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans.One is called folk music.It tells stories about the common life of Americans.Another is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they wer
8、e watching.Today,any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music.Music for instruments is called orchestral music,such as the symphonies of Beethoven.There is opera for singe
9、rs.There is ballet for dancers like the story of “Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai” in China.1.What can we know about music and people in America?A.Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.B.Students listen to music before class,after class and at lunch.C.Adult dr
10、ivers only listen to news except music when they drive to work.D.Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句话可知,学生在课前、课后和午饭的时间听音乐,故选B项。2.How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?A.Six.B.Eight.C.Five.D.Seven.答案D解析细节理解题。文中提到了popmusic,folkmusic,countrymu
11、sic,classicalmusic,orchestralmusic,opera,ballet七种音乐,故选D项。3.Country music .A.is a kind of music that is popular in AmericaB.has nothing to do with folk musicC.is only sung by cowboysD.is not played in the concert halls答案A解析细节理解题。由第五段可知B、C两项与原文意思相反,D项文中未提到,故选A项。4.Which of the following is TRUE accordi
12、ng to the passage?A.All people in America like popular music.B.Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.C.Now,western or country music is a little different from its beginning.D.“Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai” is a kind of pop music.答案C解析细节理解题。A、B、D三项都与原文不符。从第五段中可以找到countrymusic开始是牛仔们唱的歌,而现在任
13、何有关乡村生活和乡村男孩女孩爱情的歌都称为countrymusic,与开始的时候有点不一样了。四、七选五阅读理解1 But Yan Kai,14,loves old songs,some of which may be 100 years old.Yan is a Senior 1 student at Beijing International Art School.2 It is an old Chinese folk art.He began learning Taiping Geci two years ago.“I feel very good when I sing,” he sa
14、id.“Taiping Geci has beautiful melodies(旋律) and lyrics(歌词).”Taiping Geci started in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty.3 Singers use a pair of bamboo pieces to make music.Yan Kai was born in Tianjin.His parents are folk art lovers.He first saw a folk art show when he was a kid.At the age of 11,he began
15、 to study Taiping Geci with an old folk art actor.Every morning when he gets up,he begins shouting.He does exercise like somersaults(筋斗).“Sometimes it is difficult and boring,” he said.“But I know I have to go on.”4Now not many people know about it.Yan hopes to be a great singer and let more teenage
16、rs know about this old art.“Many pop singers dont sing clearly.5 But I enjoy singing Taiping Geci.” said Yan.A.Sometimes I cant even understand what they are singing.B.Many teenagers often play the guitars together.C.It tells stories of many kinds,such as wars and great people from old dynasties.D.T
17、aiping Geci is only popular in Beijing.E.Most teens like to sing pop songs.F.He is mad about Taiping Geci.G.Taiping Geci is quite difficult for most people to learn.答案1.E2.F3.C4.D5.A五、语篇填空Haydn(17321809) was an Austrian composer and is known as “the father of the symphony”.He was born in a village i
18、n Austria,the son of a peasant.He had a beautiful singing voice.1. studying music in Vienna,Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria,2. he became director of music.3.(work) there for 30 years,Haydn moved to London,where he was very 4.(success).Mozart(17561791) was a composer,po
19、ssibly the greatest musical genius of all time.He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 5.(piece) of music.He had musical talent from a very early age.While he was still a teenager,he was already a big star.Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him.“He is the greatest comp
20、oser the world 6.(know),” he said.Beethoven(17701827) was born in Bonn,Germany.He showed musical talent when he was very young,and 7.(learn) to play the violin and piano from his father,who was a singer.Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him.Beethoven met Haydn in 1791,8. was not impressed by the 9.(old) man.However,it was Haydn 10. encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna,where he became very popular.答案1.After2.where3.Having worked4.successful5.pieces6.has known7.learned8.but9.older10.who/that
