1、.Match the word with its meaning. 1tour A天才2prince B听众3Austria C作曲家4talent D巡回演出5genius E王子;亲王6musician F奥地利7conductor G天赋;天分8composer H音乐家9classical I指挥10audience J古典音乐答案:15DEFGA610HICJB.Write down the meaning of phrases in each sentence.1Mr. Black, as well as the professor who comes from Beijing U
2、niversity, is to attend our school meeting. 也;又;和2I like to say that I was impressed with China. 对留下印象3He then sailed further south to an island which is now known as Newfoundland. 作为而出名4Beethoven went deaf almost completely at the age of 40. 变聋5Electric energy can be changed into light energy as we
3、ll as into sound energy. _变成6Many people consider him the best singer of all time. 有史以来1. Match the instruments with their names. (1)_(2)_ (3)_ (4)_(5)_ (6)_ AviolinBharpsichordCguitarDdrumEpiano Ferhu答案:(1)(6)FEDCBA2Write out the names of the following musicians.(1)_(2)_ (3)_(4)_(5)_ (6)_答案:(1)Abin
4、g(2)Nieer(3)Xian Xinghai(4)Haydn(5)Mozart(6)Beethoven.Fast-readingMatch the following information with the three composers.A.was very popular in ViennaB.is known as “the father of the symphony”Haydn C.started composing music when he was very youngMozart D.became completely deaf during the last years
5、 of his lifeE.was the son of a peasantBeethoven F.played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria答案:B,EC,FA,D.Careful-readingRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.1According to the text, we can know that_AJoseph Haydn worked in London for 30 yearsBJoseph Haydns father had
6、 a beautiful voiceCJoseph Haydn studied music in Vienna and became successful thereDJoseph Haydn is known as “the father of the symphony”2From the passage we can learn that Mozart_Astarted composing music when he was four years oldBstarted to perform when he was very youngCtoured Europe giving conce
7、rts at the age of sixDsaid Haydn was one of the greatest composers3The author wrote this passage mainly to_Aintroduce three excellent people in the field of musicBtell some stories about music creationCtell us how Joseph Haydn met MozartDintroduce the creations of Beethoven4According to the passage
8、which of the following statements is NOT true?AIt was Beethovens father who taught him how to play the violin and piano.BIn eastern Austria, Haydn was very successful.CWhen Mozart was four, he learned to play the harpsichord.DThey all met each other.5From Beethovens story, we can infer that _Agoing
9、deaf is not a bad thingBa healthy mind is in a healthy bodyCdifficulty is nothing for a real man like himDfailure is the mother of success答案:15DBABC.Study-readingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in east
10、ern Austria, where he became director of music.句式分析After studying music in Vienna在句中作时间状语,where he became director of music为定语从句修饰先行词eastern Austria。 尝试翻译在维也纳学习音乐之后,海顿前往奥地利东部一个王子的宫廷工作,在那里他成了音乐指挥家。2. Having worked there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful. 句式分析Having wor
11、ked there for 30 years为现在分词短语在句中作时间状语,where he was very successful是非限制性定语从句。 尝试翻译在那里工作了30年后,海顿搬到了伦敦,在伦敦他取得了很大的成功。 3By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. 句式分析By the time引导时间状语从句,as well as用作并列连词,意为“和;跟;除了;既又”。尝试翻译莫扎特到1
12、4岁的时候,不仅已经谱写了很多管弦乐曲,还谱写了许多拨弦琴曲、钢琴曲和小提琴曲。对应学生课下能力提升(九)阅读理解AMary Allen was my best friend like the sister I ever had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, and horseback riding.When I was 13, my family moved away. Mary and I kept in touch through letters and we saw each other on
13、 special occasions (场合) like my wedding and Marys. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back stamped “Address Unknown”Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren.
14、 And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.One day I was reading the newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman Marys married nam
15、e. “There must be thousands of Wagman.” I thought, but I wrote to her anyway.She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly. “Mary Allen Wagman” is my mother. Minutes later I heard a voice recognized immediately, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on e
16、ach others lives.Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And theres one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We dont lose each other again.语篇解读:文章讲了我与Mary是最好的朋友,一起上课,一起分享心情。后来失去联系,直到在报纸上获得信息,才重新恢复了联系。1. I want to find Mary _Ato share my storiesBto share my sorrow Cto fill the empty in my heart Da
17、ll of the above解析:选D细节理解题。根据第三段“I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.”可知,想分享的东西很多,涵盖A、B、C项。故选D。2Which of the following is TR
18、UE?A. We never see each other again when I moved away when I was 13. BI find my friend in the newspaper.CIt is 40 years since we last saw each other. DMy friends husband is Mr. Tobin.解析:选C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“I heard a voice recognized immediately, even after 40 years.”可知我们四十年没见。故选C。3The best title of the
19、passage is _AMy Good FriendBFriend Like the Brother CAn Important FriendDFriends Again Forever解析:选D标题归纳题。文章讲了我与Mary 是最好的朋友,后来失去联系到重新恢复友谊的故事。故选D。BTo me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the conce
20、rt, or listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyones life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plots and the greatest interests, be so exciting or dramatic?Im not sure
21、 about it.Now we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning the kind of music we hear in the concert hall, we discover them in our everyday life too in the rhythm of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And,
22、 of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.It is well said, “Through music a child enters a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind an
23、d makes his body strong.”语篇解读:文章讲了音乐对于人们生活的重要性。4What does the writer say more about in the text?ALife full of music.BLife without music.CThe importance of music.DThe development of music.解析:选C推理判断题。文章一开始讲了音乐对于电影电视的作用,后面又提到我们的生活中充满了音乐,最后说音乐对孩子成长的作用,可见作者着重讲了音乐的重要性。5From the text, we learn that many pe
24、ople _Adont realize the importance of musicBget along quite well without musicCgo to the concert instead of enjoying musicDthink music would be less exciting than films解析:选A细节理解题。由第一段可知,很多人没有意识到,音乐在生活中起着很重要的作用。6What does the underlined word “melody” in the second paragraph mean in the text?AFlying.B
25、Looking.CSinging. DLiving.解析:选C词义猜测题。本文主要讲的是音乐,且此处melody的意思应与rhythm并列,意为“(鸟儿的)歌唱”。7From the last paragraph, we learn that music _Ais very important, especially for childrenBis very necessary for our everyday lifeCcan make our life exciting and dramaticDcan enter into another beautiful world解析:选A细节理解
26、题。最后一段话主要讲了音乐对孩子的作用,因此A项最贴切。CIsaac Stern was more than a great violin player. He was one of the most honored musicians in the world, an international cultural ambassador (大使). And he was also a teacher and activist. For more than sixty years, Mr Stern performed excellent music. He performed in conce
27、rts around the world and on recordings. Isaac Stern was born in 1920 in Ukraine. His parents moved to California the following year. He began taking violin lessons after hearing a friend play the instrument. Later, he began studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory. He progressed quickly. Whe
28、n he was sixteen, he played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The next year, he performed in New York and was praised by music critics (评论家)Isaac Stern became one of the busiest musicians of his day. He played more than one hundred concerts a year. He also became one of the most recorded mu
29、sicians in history. Isaac Stern also supported artistic development and freedom.In 1979, Isaac Stern visited China. He met with Chinese musicians and students. He taught them about classical Western music. His visit was made into a film. It is called From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. It won
30、an Academy Award for best documentary film (奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖)In 1984, Isaac Stern received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for his gifts to American culture through music. He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life. He said music is an important part of a civilized (文明的) life. He sai
31、d people need music as much as they need bread.Isaac Stern died in 2001 at the age of eightyone. He was a major influence on music in the twentieth century. He leaves the world richer with his many recordings.语篇解读:本文主要介绍了著名的小提琴演奏家Isaac Stern 的一些经历。8What did Isaac Stern think of music?ANecessary. BDi
32、fficult.CEntertaining. DInteresting.解析:选A细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段的最后两句话“He said music is an important part of a civilized (文明的) life. He said people need music as much as they need bread.” 可知答案。9The passage mentioned Isaac Sterns visit to China mainly to _Aencourage people to develop the international relati
33、onshipBadvise the readers to take up musicCintroduce more achievements of Isaac SternDshow he acted as an international cultural ambassador解析:选D细节理解题。根据文章的上下文以及文章第一段的第二句话可知答案。10From the passage, we can infer that _AIsaac Stern influenced the culture in the 20th century a lotBIsaac Stern was one of t
34、he most active musicians of his dayCIsaac Stern was so busy that he couldnt spare time to educate the youthDIsaac Stern led a rich life in his later life解析:选B推理判断题。根据文章中他的音乐经历可以推知,他是他所在的年代里最活跃的音乐家之一。11What will be the best title for the passage?AIsaac Stern and the awards he gotBIsaac Sterns life of
35、 pursuing musicCIsaac Stern: one of the most honored musiciansDIsaac Sterns visit to China解析:选C标题归纳题。根据文章第一段第二句(即主题句)以及全文所述可知C项最适合作标题。Joseph Haydn (17321809) was an Austrian composer and is known as “the father of the symphony”. Other composers had written symphonies before Haydn, but he changed the
36、 symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.Hs was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria, where he became director of music. Having worked there for 30
37、 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (17561791) was a composer, possibly the greatest musical genius of all time. He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 pieces of music.Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. His father Leopold was a musicia
38、n and orchestra conductor. Wolfgang had musical talent from a very early age. He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four, he started composing music when he was five, and when he was six, he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria.By the time he was 14, Mozart had com
39、posed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star and toured Europe giving concerts. Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him. “He is the greatest composer the world has known,” he said. Th
40、e two were friends until Mozarts death in 1791.Ludwig van Beethoven (17701827) was born in Bonn, Germany. He showed musical talent when he was very young, and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer. Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him. “He will give somethin
41、g wonderful to the world,” he said.Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed by the older man. After they had known each other for many years, Beethoven said, “He is a good composer, but he has taught me nothing.” However, it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna.Beethoven be
42、came very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for the rest of his life. As he grew older, he began to go deaf. He became completely deaf during the last years of his life, but he continued composing.约瑟夫海顿 (17321809) 是一位奥地利作曲家,被誉为“交响乐之父”。在海顿之前,也有其他作曲家写过交响曲,但他把交响乐的形式改成了专供管弦乐队演奏的长乐曲。他出生在奥地
43、利的一个乡村,父亲是农民。他有着美妙的嗓音。在维也纳学习音乐之后,海顿去奥地利东部一个王子的宫廷工作,在那里他成了音乐指挥。在那里工作了30年后,海顿移居伦敦。在伦敦,他非常成功。沃尔夫冈阿马迪厄斯莫扎特 (17561791) 是一位作曲家,可能是历史上最伟大的音乐天才。他只活了35岁,但创作了600多首音乐作品。莫扎特出生在奥地利萨尔茨堡,他的父亲莱波尔德是一位乐师兼乐团指挥。沃尔夫冈在很小的时候就展现出了音乐方面的天分。他在四岁就学会了弹拨弦键琴,五岁就开始作曲,六岁时已经在为奥地利女皇举办的音乐会上演奏拨弦键琴了。到14岁时,莫扎特不仅谱写了许多拨弦键琴曲、钢琴曲和小提琴曲,还谱写了多首
44、管弦乐曲。青少年时,他就已经成名,并在欧洲巡回举办音乐会。海顿在1781年遇到了莫扎特,并对他印象深刻。“他是目前世界上已知的最伟大的作曲家,”他说。两人一直保持着朋友关系,直到1791年莫扎特去世。路德维格范贝多芬 (17701827) 出生在德国波恩。他在很年轻时就显露出了音乐才华,跟着当歌唱家的父亲学习小提琴和钢琴。莫扎特与贝多芬见过面,对他印象深刻。“他会为世界带来美妙的音乐,”他说。贝多芬在1791年见过海顿,但对这位老人没有什么印象。在他们认识了很多年后,贝多芬说:“他是个很好的作曲家,但我从他那学不到任何东西。”然而,是海顿鼓励贝多芬搬去维也纳的。贝多芬在奥地利首都很受欢迎,并在那里度过余生。随着年龄的增长,他的听力开始衰退。在他生命最后的几年,他完全失聪了,但他还在继续坚持创作。