1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家UNIT 5MUSICSection BReading and Thinking课后篇巩固提升必备知识基础练.单句填空1.Mozarts (compose) are undoubtedly amongst the worlds greatest.答案compositions2.Do take advantage of this opportunity (deepen) your understanding of Chinese culture.答案to deepen3.Adjusting to the culture of a foreign country c
2、an also be a challenge,which may influence their academic (perform).答案performance4.Some people are touching a computer for the first time when they try to log the Internet.答案onto5.The warmth of the flames also helped people stay warm in cold weather,(enable) us to live in cooler areas.答案enabling6.Fr
3、ost (award) the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry four times in his life.答案was awarded7.Since he arrived in Beijing,he has adjusted to eating the northern food (gradual).答案gradually8.(original),we had intended to go to Italy,but then we won the trip to Greece.答案Originally.短语填空come up with,put.together,f
4、all in love with,for the first time,graduate from,lead to,be different from,become popular with1.The workers took the temple apart brick by brick,and it back again.答案put;together2.Several of the members have suggestions of their own at the meeting.答案come up with3.I saw your advert on Penpals and you
5、r picture.答案fell in love with4.He looked at me without speaking,and I could see the pride that filled him.答案for the first time5.Though they the university ten years ago,all the classmates try to keep up with one another.答案graduated from6.This some painful experiences on Saturday as they played again
6、st teams better trained.答案led to7.Some Chinese theme parks the tourists throughout the world.答案become popular with8.The style of how the art is produced now when I was younger.答案is different from.完成句子1.他制作了一些视频,然后把它们上传到了网上。He made some videos and uploaded them .答案onto the Internet2.我喜欢和对音乐有兴趣的人交朋友。I
7、 like to make friends with people who music.答案have interest in3.她想象着自己走进办公室,递上申请书。She the office and handing in her application.答案imagined walking into4.被他的音乐所感动,那个女孩忍不住流下了眼泪。 ,the girl couldnt help her tears.答案Moved by his music5.自去年以来,有数百万人浏览了他的博客文章。Since last year, have viewed his blog posts.答案mi
8、llions of people关键能力提升练.阅读理解Entering the main office of the Anderson Centre,its not uncommon to hear music,since the property has long served as an artists community.But recently,the sounds ringing through the building began to sound unlike others.The music was from the centres art gallery,where Jar
9、relle Barton practices his guzheng.Although the ancient Chinese instrument is popular worldwide,guzheng players are rare in Minnesota,and Barton is the first one to participate in Andersons residency program.“He was chosen because of his technical capabilities,as well as his potential,”said Stephani
10、e Rogers,the centres director.Most kids of Bartons age are more likely to take up the piano or guitar.But as his grandmother described him,Barton is a“special person”a little quiet,but with very deep feelings.When he first saw a picture of a guzheng,he tried to make his own out of a wooden tea tray
11、and guitar strings.But the instrument he made was very different from a guzheng.It was light,and it didnt sound great.Barton begged his grandmother to buy him a guzheng.She agreed,but added that he had to really practice and become a good guzheng player.Acquiring the instrument proved less complicat
12、ed than learning to play it.Barton couldnt find any textbooks in English,and the online courses he found were in Chinese too.So,he started teaching himself Mandarin(普通话).At the same time,he accustomed his body to“feeling”guzheng music.Barton recently uploaded his videos to the social media platform
13、Weibo.They soon went viral,with viewers making comments such as“Great!”or“This foreigner can play our music”.Music goes beyond nationality.You can learn an instrument regardless of what language you speak.You can learn any instrument youd like and create music to share with people.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文,文章主
14、要介绍了美国男孩 Barton学习中国乐器古筝的经过,阐释了音乐无国界的道理。1.Why was Barton chosen into the program?A.His grandmother insisted.B.He was the first to play guzheng.C.His skills and talent were impressive.D.He was one of the few who could play guzheng.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的“He was chosen because of his technical capabilities,
15、as well as his potential”可知,Barton的技巧和天赋是他被选中的原因。2.How did Barton feel when he first saw a picture of a guzheng?A.Puzzled.B.Excited.C.Disappointed.D.Anxious.答案B解析推理判断题。根据第四段中的“When he first saw a picture of a guzheng,he tried to make his own out of a wooden tea tray and guitar strings.”可知,Barton第一次见
16、到古筝的照片时,他就努力做出自己的古筝。由此可见他对古筝是充满热情的,内心是激动的。3.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably mean?A.Music is the best way to communicate.B.Music can be spread far and wide.C.Music is a universal language.D.Music can go further.答案C解析句意理解题。根据最后一段中的“You can learn an instrument regardles
17、s of what language you speak.You can learn any instrument youd like and create music to share with people.”可知,无论说哪种语言,任何人都可以学习乐器,也可以创造音乐与人们分享,任何人都可以理解音乐,即音乐无国界,音乐为通用语言。4.What is the purpose of the text?A.To promote a music program.B.To advertise the Anderson Centre.C.To persuade foreigners to play g
18、uzheng.D.To introduce the great power of music.答案D解析推理判断题。通读全文,尤其是文章的最后一段可知,本文用Briton学习古筝的例子阐释了音乐无国界以及音乐有无穷力量的道理。.七选五When early colonial settlers went to America,they took many forms of dance to their new home.Square dancing,one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing,developed from several dif
19、ferent Old World group dances,mainly English country dances,and the French quadrille(四对方舞).In the American version,a square is formed by four couples.1 Each couple stands on one side of the square,the boy on the left and the girl on the right.An American addition to square dancing is the caller.The
20、callersomeone who calls out the dance steps in time to the musicwas a completely American invention.2 Later the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues(暗示).Thus,dancers didnt have to remember so many steps.The caller didnt just call out “do-se-do your partner
21、”;a good caller also came up with colourful sayings or witty lines that he would say in between the cues such as “Dont be bashful(害羞的) and dont be afraid.” 3Although popular for years,square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s,when Henry Ford helped revive i
22、nterest in it.Ford,the automobile manufacturer,used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts.4 Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances,but Lovett said he couldnt because he had a contract with the inn.Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovetts contract.He took Lovett
23、 back to Detroit,where together they established a program for teaching Square dancing.5A.They stand facing the centre of the square.B.Lovetts dance program attracted a lot of audience.C.The caller was important because he told the dancers what to do.D.At first dancers memorized all the steps for a
24、particular dance.E.A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines.F.There he enjoyed the dance program run by a man named Benjamin Lovett.G.Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country.答案与解析【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。方形舞是美国民间舞蹈中最古老的形式之一,是由几种不同的东半球团体舞蹈发展而来。1.A根据上文提到的“在美
25、国版中,一个方块由四对组成”可知,A项“他们面对方块中心站着”可承接上文。2.D根据下文的“Later the dances became so complicated.”可知,D项中的“At first.”可与此形成对比。3.E根据上文的“a good caller also.”可知,E项“喊口令的人也可能会想出新的舞步和动作”是对the caller的进一步说明。4.F根据上文提到的“at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts”可知,F项“There he enjoyed the dance program.”可起到承接上文的作用。5.G所填的句子是本段的总结句。根据上文提到的“在那里,他们一起制定了一个教方形舞的计划”可知,G项符合语境。- 5 - 版权所有高考资源网