1、Unit 5 Music.阅读理解Daughter of an opera singer, Pat Benatar first studied opera at Juilliard before dropping out to marry her high school sweetheart. Together they moved to New York, but the two soon separated. In the hope of living happily ever after, she remembered her earlier dream of becoming a pr
2、ofessional singer and started trying hard to realize it. At night, Benatar worked as a singing waitress. During the day, she knocked at the doors of record companies with her demo tape (样带)For three years, she was met with nothing but rejections (拒绝) from record companies. These record companies wer
3、e fond of her voice but they said that she was too feminine (女性的) for the style of music she performed. Then, on Halloween night 1977, Benatar gave a performance dressed as a modern vampire (吸血鬼). The audience went wild. This experience led Benatar to change her looks. In her later performances, she
4、 usually wore black tights and a short black top.The new style made her performances more popular, and gave her a chance to work for Chrysalis Records. Her first single, Heartbreaker, headed the Top 40 charts, as did several of her other songs. Benatar won four Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal perf
5、ormance, from 1980 to 1983. Benatar was also the winner of three American Music Awards: Favorite Female Pop/Rock Vocalist of 1981 and 1983, and Favorite Female Pop/Rock Video Artist of 1985.In 2010, Pat Benatar wrote a book. Between a Heart and a Rock Place, discussing her early life and success in
6、the music business.本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了摇滚歌星Pat Benatar。1Benatar wanted to realize her dream of being a professional singer after _.Ashe had a daughterBshe ended her marriageCshe finished her studies at JuilliardDshe lost her job as a singing waitress答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的.the two soon separated. In the hope
7、of living happily ever after, she remembered her earlier dream.to realize it可知，Benatar在离婚之后决定实现她当歌手的梦想。2Benatar was rejected by many record companies because of _.Aher looksBher voiceCher songs Dher experiences答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的These record companies were fond of her voice but they said that she wa
8、s too feminine (女性的) for the style of music she performed.可知，正是因为Benatar的外形与她唱歌的音乐风格不符，她才遭到唱片公司的拒绝。3The underlined word “wild” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”Aquiet BcrazyCnervous Dimpatient答案：B解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段的The new style made her performances more popular可知，Benatar的吸血鬼造型受到观众的喜爱。wild此处指观众为Benatar
9、的造型而着迷。4The text mainly tells us about _.Aa new style of music Ba modern vampireCan opera singer Da rock star答案：D解析：主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了摇滚歌手Pat Benatar的生活经历、所获奖项以及她最后的成功。故选D。.语法填空Alice always wanted to be a singer.Music was the_1_ important thing in her life and，to tell you the _2_(true)，she took lessons f
10、or years and practised every day._3_ in spite of this，her voice didnt improve.Honestly，it didnt get better; it just got _4_ (loud)Her teacher finally _5_(give)up and stopped the lessons，but Alice refused to quit.And one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.The t
11、eacher was very worried about _6_ to say after the performance.She knew it _7_ be terrible.She didnt want to tell a lie，but she didnt want to hurt Alices feelings _8_.Finally，she got an idea and went backstage to greet her former pupil.“Well，” said Alice，“what do you think of _9_(I) performance？”“My
12、 dear，” said the teacher，“youll _10_ be better than you were tonight.”本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了一位名叫Alice的女孩虽然喜欢唱歌，但一直没有长进。一次表演后老师担心伤害她，对她说这次表演是最好的。1most解析：考查形容词最高级。由“the _1_ important thing in her life”可知，Alice把音乐当成了自己生活中最重要的事情，故用形容词的最高级，important为多音节词，最高级是the most important。2truth解析：考查名词。to tell you the truth
13、意为“老实说”，为固定短语。3But解析：考查连词。从设空前“took lessons for years and practised every day”以及空后“her voice didnt improve”可知前后句子为转折关系，故用But。4louder解析：考查形容词的比较级。从上文中的“get better”可知，此处用loud的比较级。5gave解析：考查动词时态。由“and stopped the lessons”可知，设空处用动词的过去式。6what解析：考查疑问词。to say后没有宾语，故用疑问代词what。7would解析：考查情态动词。主句用的是一般过去时，从句要使用相应的过去时态，此处表动作未发生，故用过去将来时。8either解析：考查副词。由设空前“She didnt want to tell a lie，but she didnt want to hurt Alices feelings”可知，她不想说谎，也不想伤害Alice的感情，表示“也”，在否定句中用either。9my解析：考查代词。设空处作名词performance的定语，故用形容词性物主代词。10never解析：考查固定句式。never.better than.意为“没有比再好的了”。
