（整理版高中英语）Unit5第一课时Warmingup.doc

Unit 5 第一课时 Warming up.阅读下面的内容，从所给的音乐种类中，判断出他们是哪种音乐种类。JazzBluesRock' n' RollHip­hopCountry musicPop musicRapFolk music1This type of music usually tells simple stories about love and is written to entertain people. It makes people feel easy and forget about the real world. It is popular, especially, with young people for a short time, but will soon be forgotten.2This type of music was born in the USA around 1890. It came from work songs sung by black people and had its root in Africa. It started developing in the 1920s in the southern states. Soon it was played by white musicians, too, and reached other parts of the USA.3This type of music has a long history. It is a way for people to show who they are and what is in their heart. It comes from African songs that people used to sing when they worked and during festivals.4This type of music can be fast or slow, and it will often combine parts of other styles to create music that will help people hear new things in old music.5In this type of music, the singer will speak the words along with the beat.6It is always rooted in the folk songs. Simple melodies(手风琴) and lyrics(抒情诗) that express everyday emotions such as loneliness, love and grief. It began with small groups of country musicians singing and playing songs of love, hard times and social problems.7This type of music is made up of the old songs of a people. Most of the type of music comes from the ordinary people. They are passed from generation to generation.8This type of music usually expresses true feelings about society, friendship and even war. It makes people think about the world and how to make their life better.6Country music7.Folk music8.Rock' n' Roll.完形填空阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最正确答案。(·)Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员)in spite of her disability.“Early on I decided not to allow the_1_of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began_2_piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱)for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my_3_. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the_4_and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never_5_me.“My_6_was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I_7_to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can_8_the pitch of a note(音调上下)by the vibrations(振动)I feel through my body and through my_9_. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every_10_that I have.“I was_11_to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had_12_this before and some teachers_13_my admission. Based on my performance, I was_14_admitted and went to_15_with the academy's highest honours.“After that, I established myself as the first full­time solo percussionist. I_16_and arranged a lot of musical compositions since_17_had been written specially for solo percussionists.18_the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't_19_that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be_20_by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.短文解析：英国古典乐打击乐独奏家艾弗玲·葛蓝尼8岁开始学习钢琴到12岁时完全失聪，但是她一直没有放弃自己对音乐的爱好。最终毕业于伦敦皇家音乐学院的她取得了正常人也不及的成功。BopinionsCactions Drecommendations答案：B上下文可以看出应该是“不让别人的看法阻碍自己成为音乐家。2A.enjoying BchoosingCtaking Dgiving答案：C“上钢琴课，学弹钢琴应该用take piano lessons。而give piano lessons那么成了教别人学钢琴了。3A.sight BhearingCtouch Dtaste答案：B下一句话中的“completely deaf可给出暗示。4A.evidence BresultCexcuse Dcause答案：D“医生诊断说神经遭到破坏是她失聪的缘由。5A.left BexcitedCaccompanied Ddisappointed答案：Aleft“离开；excited“使冲动；accompanied“陪伴；disappointed“使失望。句意为“我对音乐的热爱从来没有停止(即离开我)，所以A正确。6A.purpose BdecisionCpromise Dgoal答案：D我的目标是成为一名打击乐器独奏演员。7A.turned BlearnedCused Dought答案：B句意“为了表演，我学会了听不同的音乐。注意听是加引号的。8A.tell BseeChear Dsmell答案：Atell此处意为“判断出，识别。句中的“in my stocking feet意为“只穿袜不穿鞋。即“我脱下鞋子来演奏，通过身体和想像力来判断音调上下发出的振动。9A.carefulness BmovementCimagination Dexperience答案：Ccarefulness“细心；movement“移动，运动；imagination“想像力；experience“经验。葛蓝尼因为听不到，所以应该是凭感觉加上发挥自己的想象力来学习演奏的。10A.sense BeffortCfeeling Didea答案：Asense“感觉器官，我用几乎每一个感觉器官来形成自己的音乐世界。而feeling仅指“触摸。11A.dissatisfied BastonishedCdetermined Ddiscouraged答案：Cbe determined to do sth.“下决心干某事。12A.done BacceptedCadvised Dadmitted答案：A“以前从未有失聪的学生这样做用had done this指代上一句中“申请伦敦皇家音乐学院一事。13A.supported BfollowedCrequired Dopposed14A.usually BfinallyCpossibly Dhopefully答案：Bfinally“最终。因为我听不见，当然被录取不会很容易，但由于“表演出色，最终还是被录取。用finally说明被录取不容易。15A.study BresearchCgraduate Dprogress答案：C此题易错选study，但由句意不难看出我不但继续在那里学习而且“毕业时获得了最高的荣誉。由with the academy's highest honours可知应用graduate“毕业。16A.wrote BtranslatedCcopied Dread答案：A因为很少有专为打击乐谱写的曲子，“所以我自己写乐曲。17A.enough BsomeCmany Dfew答案：D参见16。18A.However BAlthoughCWhen DSince答案：B由上下文可以看出应为让步转折关系，所以应用although。“虽然医生认为我完全失聪，但是这并不就意味着我的爱好不能实现。19A.mean BseemCconclude Dsay答案：Amean“说明，意味着，参见18。20A.directed BguidedCtaught Dlimited答案：D“我要鼓励人们不要让自己受别人的限制。要追求自己的酷爱，遵循自己的心愿。这样你就能到达自己的目标。.阅读理解阅读下面的文章，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确答案。AMusic is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing, banging a stick, plucking a tight string or blowing through a pipe. All over the world, many kinds of music have developed as people found out how to make sounds in different ways. There are so many kinds of music to hear that you can soon find a kind that you like.People can get all kinds of feelings hearing music. Music can make you march or dance, it can make you feel happy or sad. More than other arts, music can affect your moods and feelings. This is why music is so popular.Every country has its own kind of music. In France many people like dance­music played on the accordion(手风琴)，and many Americans enjoy banjo music. Spain is famous for its guitar music and India for the twanging sound of the sitar.Many people like music in their own national style. But there are also people who enjoy classical music and pop music, which has spread throughout the world with the help of the record­player and radio.However, there are still great differences between the music of the west and that of the east. Many of the instruments are very different. The guitar and sitar are both instruments in which strings are plucked by fingers, but they do not sound alike.The musical differences between east and west are not only in the instruments, but also in the ways the notes are put together.1Music is an art that is very popular in the world because_.Aeverybody can make a beautiful musicBpeople can get different feelings from music Cmusic can only make people happyDmusic is much better than other arts答案：B细节理解题。 见第一段第一、二句“Music is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing, banging a stick, plucking a tight string or blowing through a pipe.。2If you're very good at playing the guitar, you may be popular in_.AAmerica BFranceCIndia DSpain答案：D细节理解题。 见第三段第三句 “.Spain is famous for its guitar music.。3The word “sitar in the passage is a name of_.Aa stringed musical instrumentBa record­playerCa place of interest in IndiaDa radio答案：A猜想词义题。第三段中，说在法国人们拉着手风琴，西班牙人们弹着吉他，在印度人们也应是演奏着某种琴弦类乐器。4In the opinion of the writer of this passage_.Aall countries and races have the same kind of music Bthe musical differences between east and west are only in the instrumentsCall the French people enjoy dance­music played on the accordionDdifferent people like different kinds of music 答案：D信息判断题。选项A错在the same; 选项B错在 only; 选项C错在all。5The title of this passage should be_.AMusic BMusic the Best ArtCHow to Enjoy Music DDifferent Music答案：A归纳总结题。 选项A、B、C都只片面地提及文章中一局部内容，没有概括全部。BThe king of Rock' n' RollElvis Presley(艾尔维斯·普莱斯利/猫王)was a world­famous pop star and will always be liked by his fans from different countries. He made the rock' n' roll music popular around the world.He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960s.Elvis Presley was born in a poor family in 1935.His parents lived in a two­room house with him. His parents were simple country people who often took him to church，where he learned to sing，and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.When he was young, Elvis moved from Toledo to Memphis in Tennessee，where he attended high school，but he was not a good student. His only real interest was singing. He began to sing the style that is called “country and westernIn 1955，he recorded some songs for his mother's birthday. The people at the recording studio like his singing and music. There was something different about it. It was country and western music，but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sing in the American South, music known as “bluesShortly after that，Elvis met Tom Parker，who became his manager and arranged concerts for him across the United States，and new recordings as well. Soon，Elvis became famous all over the country. Later，Elvis went to Hollywood and began to appear in films like Love Me Tender and King Creole. During his lifetime, Elvis made more than 200 records and 30 films.But Elvis found it hard to live with success, like many other entertainment personalities. He began to take drugs and his health began to suffer. When he died at an early age of 42 in 1977，his many millions of fans were shocked.“The King Is Dead！ the newspaper said.But today his memory and his music live on and will always be remembered as the king of rock' n' roll. The house where he once lived has been turned into a museum and is visited by thousands of tourists every year.6Judging from the passage, we may conclude_.AElvis forgot his church music at a later ageBhis church songs helped his development in his singingCElvis didn't get any help from his parents in singingDhis church songs didn't help developing his own style答案：B信息判断题。见第二段第三句“.took him to church，where he learned to sing，and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.7What was Elvis' style of singing like most probably?AOnly country and western.BOnly country and blues.CBoth western and country.DNot only country and western but also a bit “blues答案：D细节理解题。见第三段第三句“.sing the style that is calledcountry and western8Who was Tom Parker?AA rock' n' roll singer.BA famous dancer.CA manager of a farm.DElvis' manager.答案：D细节理解题。见第五段第一句 “.Tom Parker，who became his manager.。9What caused Elvis' health to become worse?AHis parents' deaths.BHis singing too much.CHis taking drugs.DTom Parker's help.答案：C细节理解题。见第六段第二句“.He began to take drugs and his health began to suffer.10Which is the right order of Elvis Presley's life?aElvis went to high school in Memphis.bElvis was born in Toledo, Mississippi.cTom Parker became Elvis' manager.dElvis recorded some songs for his mother's birthday.eElvis learned to sing at church.fElvis gave concerts all across America.Ab, e, a, d, c, f Bb, e, a, c, d, fCb, a, e, d, c, f Db, a, f, e, d, c答案：A细节排序题。根据整篇文章的表达，e. Elvis learned to sing at church(猫王学习在教堂唱歌)比a. Elvis went to high school in Memphis.(猫王在Memphis上高中)要早；d. Elvis recorded some songs for his mother's birthday.(猫王为母亲的生日录歌)比c. Tom Parker became