1、江苏省太仓市20132014英语译林牛津版选修8U2同步教案（Word power）【高考阅读理解】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I used to think of myself as a fairly open person, but my bookshelves told a different story. Apart from a few Indian novels and the Australian and South African book, my literature collection consisted
2、of British and American titles. Worse still, I hardly ever read anything in translation. My reading was limited to stories by English-speaking authors.So, at the start of 2012, I set myself the challenge of trying to read a book from every country in a year to find out what I was missing. As I was u
3、nlikely to find publications from nearly 200 nations on the shelves of my local bookshop, I decided to ask the planets readers for help. I created a blog called A Year of Reading the World and put out an appeal for suggestions of titles that I could read in English.The response was amazing. Before I
4、 knew it, people all over the planet were getting in touch with ideas and offers of help. Some posted me books from their home countries. Others did hours of research on my behalf. In addition, several writers sent me unpublished translations of their novels, giving me a rare opportunity to read wor
5、ks otherwise unavailable to the 62% of the British who only speak English. Even so, selecting books was no easy task. With translations making up only around 4.5 percent of literary works published in the UK and Ireland, getting English versions (版本)of stories was difficult.But the effort was worth
6、it. I found I was visiting the mental space of the storytellers. These stories not only opened my mind to the real life in other places, but opened my heart to the way people there might feel.And that in turn changed my thinking. Through reading the stories shared with me by bookish strangers around
7、 the globe, I realised I was not alone, but part of a network that spread all over the planet. 21. Which of the following might be found on the blog A Year of Reading the World?A. Lists of English version books. B. Research on English literature.C. Unfinished novels by British writers.D. Comments on
8、 English literature.22. Why was it hard for the author to select the right books to read? A. The author had a busy schedule.B. The author was only interested in a few topics.C. The author could only read books written in English.D. Most books recommended are not available in local bookshops.23. The
9、author is probably from_.A. AmericaB. the UKC. AustraliaD. Canada24. Which of the following words can best describe the authors experience?A. fast and effortless B. challenging but rewardingC. hopeless but beneficialD. meaningful but fruitless【参考答案】21-24 ACBBFor reference1. piano: a large musical in
10、strument with a row of black and white keys which are pressed to play notes. 2. violin: a wooden musical instrument with four strings which is held against the neck and played by moving a bow across the strings.3. guitar: a musical instrument with six strings and a long neck which is usually made of
11、 wood, and which is played by pulling or hitting the strings with the fingers.4. cello: a wooden musical instrument with four strings, that is held vertically between the legs and is played by moving a bow across the strings.5. trumpet: a brass musical instrument consisting of a metal tube with one
12、narrow end, into which the player blows, and one wide end. Three buttons are pressed in order to change notes. 6. horn: a curved musical instrument made of metal, which is narrow at the end you blow down to make a sound, and wider towards the other end.7. flute: a tube-shaped musical instrument with
13、 a hole that you blow across at one end while holding the tube out horizontally to one side of you.8. clarinet: a tube-shaped musical instrument which is played by blowing through a single reed and pressing the metal keys to produce different notes.9. cymbal: a flat round musical instrument made of
14、brass, which makes a loud noise when hit with a stick or against another cymbal.10. bass drum: a large drum that produces a low sound2. QuestionsDo you know how to play the piano/violin/guitar?Have you ever seen a live orchestra performance or seen any orchestras playing on TV? What was it like?What
15、 is an orchestra like?What kind of music is performed by an orchestra?Do you know any famous orchestras in China or in other places around the world?For referenceUsually there are two types of orchestra. A chamber orchestra is a small group, and a symphony or philharmonic orchestra is a larger group
16、 which includes all of the instrument families.The music that an orchestra plays is usually classical.The members of an orchestra are musicians, including the conductor, the pianist, the violinist, the flutist and so on. There are different types of musical instruments in an orchestra. The percussio
17、n family includes the piano, the timpani, the xylophone, the triangle, the snare drum, the bass drum, the woodblocks and the gongs. The brass family are the trumpet, the horn, the trombone and the tuba. The woodwind family members are the flute, the clarinet, the oboe and the bassoon. Sometimes the
18、saxophone also joins the orchestra. The string section has four kinds of stringed instruments in the orchestrathe violins, the violas, the cellos and the double basses.Step 2: Vocabulary learning1. Please read Part A, and then complete the following chart.Small: a _orchestra (chamber)An orchestra la
19、rge: a _ orchestra (symphony/philharmonic) _ (strings) _ (woodwind) Four groups of musical instruments _ (brass) _ (percussion) _ classical music (Western) _ (opera) Music of an orchestra popular music Music from different _(countries)2. Please focus on Part B and then finish the exercise.AnswersB s
20、trings: harp, violas, double bassesbrass: saxophones, trombones, tubaswoodwind: oboes, bassoons, piccolospercussion: timpani, xylophones, gongs3. Read the passage in Part C. Fill in the missing words.AnswersC (1) orchestra (2) chamber (3) symphony (4) strings (5) brass (6) violins4. Answer the follo
21、wing questions according to the passage in Part C.What instruments are in the string section?What instruments are in the brass section?What instruments are in the string woodwind section?What instruments are in the percussion section?Step 3: Vocabulary extension1. Now, lets come to Part D. Next time
22、 while watching the concert, be aware of these musical instruments.Answers D the instruments in red: stringsthe instruments in blue: woodwindthe instruments in green: brassthe instruments in yellow: percussion 2. Readingwords: 258 time: 6City people usually think they are a lot smarter than country
23、people. They often laugh at simple country ways. But people do not laugh at country music. It is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Perhaps it is so popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events, love, sadness, good times and bad times. It te
24、lls real-life stories the way people really talk. As life becomes more and more complicated, it is good to hear music about ordinary people. Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the
25、Eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Souther
26、ners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned to like country music. Slowly it became popular all over the world. Today country music is popular everywhere in the U
27、nited States and Canada, in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educators and uneducated people. About 1200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. People sing it in their languages. The music that started with cowboy and poor farmers is now popular all over the world.
