1、Module 3 Music单元素能自测.完形填空Make the Most of What You Have GotFor Nick Vujicic,life was going to be difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrived into this world,he 1 everyone. He was not like the other babies. And it was 2 obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.There was no
2、3 or answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbsthat is, he was born without any arms or legs. But despite being physically 4 he was mentally 5 and the rest of his body was functioning fine. 6 he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by
3、the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered 7 his life by drowning himself in a bathtub. These dark thoughts were 8 by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do 9 by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would
4、 always have to 10 on his parents for help. Nick was wrong.As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational 11 which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He 12 so many people with the story of his life, how he has 13 so many
5、difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day. Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives 14 , even finding ways to do almost 15 things like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming. He has to work harder than an ablebodied person and he achieves his goals.At the first impression, yo
6、u may look at Nick and feel 16 . You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his 17 and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult. But we should 18 Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life. He 19 every day and makes the best of what he has: a
7、positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful 20 . He also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love.语篇大意:本文介绍了残疾人Nick Vujicic。他天生就没有四肢,但总是微笑面对生活,主动寻找解决问题的办法,最终成了一名成功的演说家。1A.shocked Bpleased Cinspired Daccepted答案:A解析:考查动词。shock“使震惊”;please“使高兴”;inspire“鼓舞,激励”;a
8、ccept“接受”。结合下一句“He was not like the other babies”可知,Nick出生时使大家感到震惊,故选A项。2A.nervously Bpainfully Chopefully Dcautiously答案:B解析:考查副词。nervously“紧张地”;painfully“令人痛苦地”;hopefully“有希望地”;cautiously“谨慎地”。根据语境可知,Nick的情况使父母和医生痛苦,故选B项。3A.surprise Bworry Cexplanation Dapology答案:C解析:考查名词。surprise“惊奇”;worry“担心”;exp
9、lanation“解释”;apology“道歉”。结合上下文可知,Nick的这种情况是无从解释的,故选C项。4A.active Bsick Cdisabled Dabandoned答案:C解析:考查形容词。active“积极的”;sick“生病的”;disabled“有残疾的”;abandoned“被遗弃的,放纵的”。根据上一句中的“he was born without any arms or legs”可知,Nick天生身体残疾,故选C项。5A.disturbed Bchallenged Ccalm Dnormal答案:D解析:考查形容词。disturbed“心神不安的”;challeng
10、ed“有障碍的”;calm“平静的”;normal“正常的”。此处表示尽管Nick身体残疾,但是他智力正常,而且其他的身体器官功能良好,故选D项。6A.Since BIf CAlthough DUnless答案:C解析:考查连词。since“自从,既然”;if“如果”;although“虽然”;unless“除非”。此处表示尽管Nick有关爱他的父母,但是他觉得上学很难,故选C项。7A.changing Bending Crisking Dsharing答案:B解析:考查动词。change“改变”;end“结束”;risk“冒险”;share“分享”。由下文中的“by drowning him
11、self in a bathtub”可知,他曾考虑过结束自己的生命,故选B项。8A.expressed Bcollected Cgiven Ddriven答案:D解析:考查动词。express“表达”;collect“收集”;give“给予”;drive“驱使”。根据上下文可知,他对待残疾的消极态度使他产生了这些想法,故选D项。9A.something Bnothing Ceverything Danything答案:D解析:考查代词。根据上下文可知,由于残疾,他对生活失去过信心,认为自己什么也做不了,anything用于表示否定的句子中,故选D项。10A.call Brely Cagree
12、Dlook答案:B解析:考查动词。call on“拜访”;rely on“依赖,依靠”;agree on“在上取得一致意见”;look on“旁观”。此处表示Nick认为自己生活不能自理,需要依赖父母,故选B项。11A.lessons Bpoems Cspeeches Dposters答案:C解析:考查名词。根据前半句可知,Nick最终成为一名成功的演说家,因此他因演讲而著名,故选C项。12A.assists Btouches Cpuzzles Djudges答案:B解析:考查动词。assist“帮助”;touch“触动,感动”;puzzle“使困惑”;judge“判断”。此处表示Nick用自
13、己的故事感动了许多人,故选B项。13A.fought with Blived withCcome across Dgot over答案:D解析:考查动词短语。fight with“与并肩战斗”;live with“与共同生活,忍受”;come across“偶然遇到”;get over“克服”。Nick用自己的故事感动了许多人,并向他们讲述自己如何克服了诸多困难,故选D项。 14A.independently BcomfortablyChopelessly Dlonely答案:A解析:考查副词。结合空后的“even finding ways to do almost 15 things lik
14、e brushing his teeth on his own and swimming”可知,Nick尽管没有胳膊和双腿,他仍然独立地生活,故选A项。15A.impossible Bdangerous Ccrazy Dregretful答案:A解析:考查形容词。根据语境可知,Nick尽管没有胳膊和双腿,但他仍然独立地生活,甚至找到办法做几乎不可能的事,故选A项。16A.pain Bguilt Cpanic Dpity答案:D解析:考查名词。pain“疼痛”;guilt“罪行;内疚”;panic“恐慌”;pity“同情,怜悯”。结合语境可知,Nick没有四肢,因此你第一眼看到他时,会同情他,故
15、选D项。17A.anger Bselfishness Ccourage Dconfidence答案:A解析:考查名词。结合语境可知,你或许会感受到他的愤怒和沮丧,故选A项。18A.encourage Badmire Ccomfort Dcorrect答案:B解析:考查动词。encourage“鼓励”;admire“钦佩,仰慕”;comfort“安慰”;correct“纠正”。尽管Nick天生残疾,但他十分乐观,我们应该钦佩他,故选B项。19A.cries Bshouts Csmiles Dstruggles答案:C解析:考查动词。根据上文可知,Nick极为乐观,故他每天微笑着面对生活,故选C项
16、。20A.voice Bbody Cfamily Dposition答案:A解析:考查名词。由上文可知,Nick成了一位著名的演说家,故此处应表示“他充分利用自己所拥有的一切:积极的态度、有创造力的头脑和强有力的声音”,故选A项。.阅读理解One billion teenagers and young adults around the world risk losing their hearing by listening to loud music, according to the World Health Organization. The UN agency is asking yo
17、ung people to turn down the volume (音量) to prevent great damage to their hearing.Many people believe the sound being louder is better if they are listening to rock and roll. But experiencing really loud music, even really good music, can have a serious effect on the hearing. Studies in middle and hi
18、ghincome countries show nearly 50 percent of teenagers and young adults aged 12 to 35 listen to unsafe levels of sound. They are listening on their personal audio devices as well as at concerts, nightclubs and other entertainment places. But what is an unsafe level of sound?The WHO says there can be
19、 many kinds of unsafe levels of sound. It depends on how loud the sound is and how long you listen to it. Unsafe levels of sound can mean noise levels of 85 decibels (分贝) for eight hours a day or 100 decibels for just 15 minutes.Doctors say there are simple measures to protect people from unsafe sou
20、nd levels. Young people who wear earplugs (耳塞) during concerts can enjoy music at 90 decibels as much as they can at 110 decibels. But they admit that earplugs may not look very cool. A common sense suggestion is to turn down the volume on their personal audio devices. The WHO also advises young peo
21、ple to limit their use of such devices to less than one hour a day. It reminds people to use their technology to stay safe. Smartphone apps can help to monitor safe listening levels.The UN agency estimates 360 million people suffer hearing loss linked to many causes, including noise, genetic conditi
22、ons, infectious diseases and aging. It notes half of all cases of hearing loss are avoidable.语篇大意:本文属于说明文。全世界有10亿青少年和年轻人因听大声的音乐而面临失聪的危险,世界卫生组织建议调低音量,以避免对听力造成不可挽回的伤害。1Whats the purpose of the passage?ATo advise good music.BTo advise people to wear earplugs.CTo give tips on how to enjoy loud music.DTo
23、 remind people to prevent hearing loss.答案:D解析:写作目的题。本文介绍了一项关于大声的音乐对青少年和年轻人听力影响的调查结果并提出了一些建议,目的是提醒人们避免大声的音乐对听力造成伤害。2The underlined words “unsafe levels of sound” can refer to .Ahow loud the sound isBhow long you listen to the musicCloud music at 90 decibelsDnoise at 100 decibels for 15 minutes答案:D解析:
24、细节理解题。根据第五段中的“It depends on how loud the sound is and how long you listen to it. Unsafe levels of sound can mean noise levels of 85 decibels (分贝) for eight hours a day or 100 decibels for just 15 minutes”可知D项正确。3What can we learn from the passage?AOne billion young people risk hearing loss from loud
25、 music.BSmartphones can do harm to peoples hearing.CDont wear earplugs during concerts.DLouder music is good music.答案:A解析:细节理解题。根据文章首句可知A项表述正确。根据倒数第二段中的“Smartphone apps can help to monitor safe listening levels”可知,B项表述错误;根据倒数第二段中的“Young people who wear earplugs(耳塞).they can at 110 decibels”可知,C项表述错误
26、;根据第二段中的“experiencing really loud music,even really good music, can have a serious effect on the hearing”可知,D项表述错误。4Whats the main idea of the last but one paragraph?A. There are many factors that cause hearing loss.BSome measures to protect peoples hearing.CNot all cases of hearing loss are avoidab
27、le.DThe reason why people wear earplugs during concerts.答案:B解析:段落大意题。根据倒数第二段中的“simple measures to protect people from unsafe sound levels”“turn down the volume”“limit their use of such devices to less than one hour a day”可知,本段主要讲述保护听力的一些措施。.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误
28、涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改:在错词下面画一横线,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 friend Nick told me story about his experience back in the US, which was very interested. One day he was having a yard sale and the old man living next door come by t
29、o help. As the old man looked over the things in the yard that was to be sold, he stopped at a box of golden ball for Christmas trees. On the box was a card say, “25 cents each.”“You will never sell these for that much.” he told Nick. Convinced, Nick has brought the price up to 10 cents a piece. Wit
30、hout a moments delay, my neighbor picked up the box but announced, “Ill take them.”答案与解析1第一句中的story前加a。story是可数名词,前面应用“a”,表示泛指。2第一句中的interestedinteresting。表示某物所具有的特性用interesting,interested表示人的感受。3第二句中的comecame。从时间状语One day可知应用过去时态。4第三句中的waswere。本句中的关系代词指代的是复数名词things,谓语动词应用复数形式。5第三句中的ballballs。一箱球,应
31、该不是只有一个,用名词复数形式。6第四句中的saysaying。现在分词形式作状语。7第六句中去掉has。结合上下文可知应用一般过去时,说明的是过去发生的事情。8第六句中的updown。从25美分降到10美分,应用down。9第七句中的myhis。叙述的是发生在Nick身上的事,应用his。10第七句中的butand。前后是顺承关系,不是转折关系,故用and。.书面表达根据下面的内容提示用英语写一篇关于钢琴家郎朗的短文,词数100个左右。1郎朗是当今世界上最年轻、最伟大的古典钢琴音乐大师之一。2他于1982年出生于中国沈阳,年仅3岁时,就是一个一丝不苟的钢琴学生了;5岁的时候,就在当地的比赛中
32、获得一等奖,并开始了“职业”生涯;9岁进入中央音乐学院(Central Conservatory of Music);11岁参加第四届德国国际青少年钢琴家比赛,获得第一名。1999年,他在拉文尼亚音乐节(Ravinia Festival)上一鸣惊人,人们一直称赞他是“罕见的天才(a talent in a million)”。Lang Lang, one of the bestknown Chinese pianists in the world, was born in 1982 in Shenyang. He was a serious piano student at the age o
33、f three. When he was five, he won the first prize in a local piano competition and began his“professional” career. At the age of nine, he entered the Central Conservatory of Music. Two years later, he won first prize in the Fourth Young Pianists Competition in Germany. At the famous Ravinia Festival in 1999, Lang Lang impressed the audience with his excellent piano skills. People praised him as “a talent in a million” Lang Lang has been called one of the youngest and greatest classical pianists of his generation in the world.