1、课时跟踪练(四) Project.单句语法填空1People tend to_need (need) less sleep as they get older.2Today there is a trend towards less formal clothing.3It is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe.4He declined to_go (go) to the cinema with me, saying that he was busy going over his
2、lessons.5With the development of the central and western China, more and more cities have sprung up in what was a wasteland ten years ago.完成句子1去年这个海岛的游客人数减少了10%。The number of tourists to the island declined_by_10% last year.2简人倒不错，就是往往太唠叨了。Jeans nice but she has_a_tendency_to_talk too much.3是他们开创了过低
3、碳生活的新潮流。It was they that set/started_a_new_trend_of living a lowcarbon life.4无论他在什么地方都快乐。Wherever/No_matter_where_he_may_be,_he will be happy.5在你告诉汤姆真相前，他似乎还不知道这件事。Tom seemed_not_to_have_known it before you told him the truth.完形填空In my opinion, classical music is a bit like mushrooms! You dont see t
4、he _1_？ Let me explain. When I was younger, I didnt like mushrooms. They had a _2_ texture (纹理) and no taste at all, and I used to _3_ them out of every dish in which my mum tried to hide them. But gradually, as I got older, my _4_ changed. I started to try mushroomflavored things like soups and sau
5、ces, and _5_ I found I could eat mushrooms without _6_ painful expressions. And now I even quite _7_ them! So my mums prediction that I would grow into them was proved quite _8_.Similarly, I always _9_ classical music as this boring type that only boring grownups liked. _10_ my parents played it in
6、the car, I would count down the _11_ until we could change it to my preferred type: pop. But while at university, I found that _12_ orchestral music was just the thing for library revision (复习) playlists it had no lyrics to catch my _13_， and the pieces tended to be very long: _14_ for long work ses
7、sions (时间)!Recently, my developing _15_ with classical music reached a new _16_ when I voluntarily chose to go to a ballet. Admittedly, it was the dancing that originally _17_ me, but once there I completely loved the _18_ too. It was The Nutcracker, and I was _19_ by just how much of the music I re
8、cognized! The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, The Russian Dance, The Waltz of the Flowers they all sounded _20_. I didnt know how I knew them, and I just knew that I did! And I loved them. My parents would be proud.语篇解读：本文是记叙文。我们很难把蘑菇与古典音乐联系在一起。但对于作者而言，它们却有着很大的相似之处。这是为什么呢？1A.truth BcauseClink Ddiffer
9、ence解析：选C由“classical music is a bit like mushrooms”可知，此处是指蘑菇与古典音乐之间的联系。2A.natural BterribleCcomplex Ddelicate解析：选B出于对蘑菇的厌恶以及本空后的“no taste at all”可知，作者认为蘑菇有糟糕的纹理。3A.pick BkickCdrive Dtake解析：选A由“in which my mum tried to hide them”可知，作者过去常把蘑菇从饭菜里挑出来。4A.belief BmethodCview Dlife解析：选C根据后文可知，后来作者对蘑菇的观点改变了
10、。5A.recently BluckilyCundoubtedly Deventually解析：选D由“I started to”可知，最终作者发现自己可以不用面带痛苦的表情去吃蘑菇了。6A.seeing BshowingCchanging Dreading解析：选B参见上题解析。7A.value BdefendCmiss Denjoy解析：选D此处与上文“I didnt like mushrooms”形成对比，表示喜欢。8A.right BfantasticCpotential Dfalse解析：选A妈妈曾经预言作者会喜欢上吃蘑菇，事实证明，妈妈的预言是对的。9A.used BmadeCth
11、ought of Ddreamed of解析：选C同样地，作者一直都把古典音乐看成只有无聊的大人才会欣赏的无聊音乐类型。10A.Since BWhetherCHowever DWhenever解析：选D每当父母在车里放这种古典音乐时，作者都会度日如年，倒数着时间，直到可以换成作者喜欢听的流行音乐。11A.moments BminutesCdays Dnumbers解析：选B参见上题解析。12A.heavy BliveCcalming Dexciting解析：选C由“the thing for library revision playlists”可知，此处是指舒缓的管弦乐。13A.breath
12、 BattentionCheart Dsight解析：选B由“for library revision playlists”和“it had no lyrics”可知，这种音乐没有让人分心的歌词。14A.essential BnormalCpermanent Dperfect解析：选D这种持续时间比较长的音乐是很适合长时间的工作的。15A.relationship BfriendshipCleadership Dmembership解析：选A此处是指作者与古典音乐之间逐渐改善的关系。16A.attitude BlevelClook Dchallenge解析：选B此处指这种关系达到了一个新的高度
13、或水平。17A.attracted BdisappointedCworried Dcomforted解析：选A由“but once there I completely loved”可知，一开始吸引作者去看芭蕾的只是舞蹈。18A.performers BstoryCmusic Dcircumstances解析：选C下文“the music”有提示，当作者到达那里时，发现自己也很喜欢其中的音乐。19A.amused BconfusedCencouraged Dsurprised解析：选D由“how much of the music I recognized”可知，作者刚发现自己竟然知道那么多的
14、古典音乐，这让他自己都感到惊讶。20A.familiar BseriousCstrange Dwonderful解析：选A由上文作者能列出音乐的名字和下文“I didnt know how I knew them, and I just knew that I did”可知，这些音乐对于作者来说都很熟悉。.阅读理解Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.The US is well known for jazz, which has gained worldwide popularity.In co
15、ntrast to classical music, which follows formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous (自发的) and freeform.It is full of energy, expressing the moods, interests, and feelings of the people.It has a modern sound that makes people very excited.In the 1920s jazz sounded like America.And so it does tod
16、ay.The origins of this music are as interesting as the music itself. Jazz was produced by American blacks, who were brought to the Southern States as slaves.They were sold to plantation owners (种植园主) and forced to work long hours in the cotton and tobacco fields.This work was hard and life was short
17、.When a Negro died, his friends and relatives formed a group to carry the body to the cemetery.A band often went with them.On the way to the cemetery the band played slow and sad music.But on the way home the mood changed.Spirits_lifted.Everybody was happy.Death had removed one of their members, but
18、 the living were glad to be alive.The band played happy music, which made everyone want to dance.It was an early form of jazz.Music has always been important in their lives.Coming mainly from West Africa, the black men who were brought to America already possessed a rich musical tradition.This music
19、 centered on religious ceremonies (宗教仪式) in which dancing, singing, clapping and stamping (顿足) to the beat of a drum were important forms of musical expression.As these people settled in to their fields, they made up work songs.Singing made the hard work go faster.Another musical form that helped to
20、 develop jazz was the blues.Blues songs always describe something sad an unhappy love affair, a money problem, bad luck.To this day, the expression “feeling blue” means being sad.语篇解读：本文讲述了爵士乐的起源。1Through jazz, people can express _.Atheir moodsBtheir feelingsCtheir interests Dall the above解析：选D细节理解题
21、。根据第二段第二句话“It is full of energy, expressing the moods, interests, and feelings of the people.”可以得到答案。2Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AJazz follows European traditions.BJazz always describes something sad.CJazz was first produced by black slaves.DBlues made the hard work of t
22、hose slaves go faster.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话“Jazz was produced by American blacks .”可知，爵士乐是由美国黑人奴隶创作的。3The underlined sentence “Spirits lifted” in Paragraph 4 suggests that _.Aeverybody was feeling blueBeverybody was still in a sad moodCeverybody became happyDpeoples souls went to the heaven解析：选C句意理解题
23、。从“Spirits lifted.”前的“sad music”到“the mood changed”以及后面的“Everybody was happy.Death had removed one of their members, but the living were glad to be alive.The band played happy music .”可知，spirits lifted的意思为“精神振奋”。4What should be the best title for this passage?AA Light MusicBBlack Mens MusicCThe Orig
24、in of the Jazz MusicDThe Popular Music Jazz in the US解析：选C标题归纳题。本文的中心是讲述爵士乐的起源。 .短文改错The first day I went to high school, I see some of my classmates playing table tennis. Amazing at how skilful they were, I was determined to be just as good as him. Later on, I often watched them careful to learn th
25、eir techniques. And I kept practising unless I became confident enough to play in a game. At the end of the term I became one of the best player in my class. Therefore, I could be choosing to play for our school. I am really proud this experience, because it makes me to realize that we can all achieve our goals with hard work. It also helps me better understand a proverb, “Practice makes perfect.”答案：第一句：seesaw第二句：AmazingAmazed; himthem第三句：carefulcarefully第四句：unlessuntil第五句：playerplayers第六句：choosingchosen第七句：proud后加of; 去掉to第八句：athe