选择性必修第1册 Unit 4 Meeting the muse-【创新教程】2024高考英语总复习大一轮课时作业word（新教材，外研版）

Unit 4　Meeting the muse

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

Happy birthday

The China National Opera (CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.

Different generations of CNO vocalists, like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like “The White­haired Girl” and “The Hundredth Bride”， as well as, arias of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”， “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”．

Time/ date: 7：30 p．m., September 7th, 8th

Location: Tianqiao Theatre

Tel: 6551­4787, 8315­6170

Tickets: 60­500 yuan (U.S. $7.2­60.2)

Folk music

A concert will be held to feature some recently composed traditional Chinese music works. The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood”， “Memorial Ceremony for God” and “Wine Song”．

Time/date: 7：30 p．m., September 13th

Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China

Tel: 6848­5462, 6841­9220

Tickets: 30­200 yuan (U.S. $3.6­24.1)

Moon music

A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year. The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on the theme of the moon, such as “Moonlight”， “Spring night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River”．

A number of established traditional Chinese music performers like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate with the folk music orchestra.

Time / date: 7：30 p．m., September 21st

Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

Tel: 6606­8888, 6606­9999

Ticket: 40­240 yuan (U.S. $4.8­27)

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了一些歌剧、音乐会以及相关演出时间、票价、地点等等。

1．“Madame Butterfly” is______.

A．a Chinese opera　　 B．a piece of music

C．a Western opera  D．a song

解析：C　[细节理解题。根据Happy birthday部分的“Different generations of CNO vocalists, like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like ‘The White­haired Girl’ and ‘The Hundredth Bride’， as well as, arias of such Western opera classics as ‘Madame Butterfly’， ‘La Traviata’ and ‘Rigoletto’．(李广西、姚红、马梅等几代CNO声乐家将为您献上《白毛女》、《第一百个新娘》等中国戏曲名曲，以及《蝴蝶夫人》、《茶花女》、《弄臣》等西方戏曲经典的咏叹调。)”可知，《茶花女》是西方歌剧。故选C。]

2．If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “Memory of Childhood”， you will dial ______.

A．6551­4787　　　 B．6606­9999

C．8315­6170  D．6848­5462

解析：D　[细节理解题。“Memory of Childhood”出现在“Folk music(民俗音乐)”这一部分，根据这部分的“Tel: 6848­5462, 6841­9220”可知，如果你想购票听“Memory of Childhood”，可以拨打这两个电话号码。故选D。]

3．In which column of a newspaper will the article be published?

A．Sports.  B．Entertainment.

C．Culture.  D．News.

解析：B　[推理判断题。通读全文后，可知，文章主要介绍了一些歌剧、音乐会等等，这些知识是属于娱乐报道，所以会出现在报纸上的娱乐版面。故选B。]

B

Eliana Yi dreamed of pursuing piano performance in college, never mind that her fingers could barely reach the length of an octave. Unable to fully play many works by Romantic­era composers including Beethoven and Brahms, she tried anyway—and in her determination to spend hours practicing a Chopin concerto, wound up injuring herself.

The efforts of Professor Carol Leone from the Southern Methodist University(SMU) are changing all that: twenty years ago, the school became the first major university in the U．S. to introduce smaller keyboards into its music program, leveling the playing field for Yi and other piano majors.

Yi, 21, tried one of the smaller keyboards, “I remember being really excited, because my hands could actually reach and play all the right notes，” she said.

For decades, few questioned the size of the traditional piano. For those with small hand spans, it's difficult to properly play many works of Beethoven and Brahms. Those who attempt to play them either get used to skipping notes or risk injury with repeated play. Leone is familiar with such challenges. Born into a family of musicians, she favored classical music and pursued piano despite her small hand span and earned a degree as a doctor in musical arts.

The idea of smaller keyboards first met resistance from some traditionalists. Leone also said that when she raised the issue with one Viennese professor, he told her there were already too many pianists anyway.

Though such resistance is fading, there are some very traditional people who think of piano as a competitive thing. Leone said, “This is art, it's not sport. It's about making as much beautiful art as possible, and we should give everybody the opportunity to do that.”

[语篇解读]　这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了为了给钢琴专业的学生提供公平的竞争环境，一位教授引入了更小的钢琴琴键，文章介绍了不同的人对此的不同看法和态度。

4．Why did Eliana Yi find it hard to play a Chopin concerto to well?

A．Her fingers got injured.

B．It was time­consuming.

C．Her hand spans were small.

D．The traditional piano was out of tune.

解析：C　[细节理解题。根据第一段“Eliana Yi dreamed of pursuing piano performance in college, never mind that her fingers could barely reach the length of an octave. Unable to fully play many works by Romantic­era composers including Beethoven and Brahms, she tried anyway—and in her determination to spend hours practicing a Chopin concerto, wound up injuring herself.(Eliana Yi梦想着在大学里追求钢琴演奏，尽管她的手指还不到一个八度。她无法完全演奏浪漫时期作曲家的许多作品，包括贝多芬和勃拉姆斯，但她还是尝试了——她决心花几个小时练习肖邦的协奏曲，结果伤了自己)”可知，Eliana Yi觉得很难把肖邦协奏曲演奏好是因为她的手跨度小。故选C。]

5．What is Paragraph 4 intended to do?

A．Summarize the previous paragraphs.

B．Provide some advice for pianists.

C．Introduce a new topic for discussion.