Module 12　Western music Unit 3　Language in use同步练习-2023-2024学年外研版英语七年级下册

Module 12　Western music Unit 3　Language in use Ⅰ.阅读理解 ①Jean-Francois Maljean is a famous composer in Belgium. He is also a famous pianist all over Europe. He writes for over 10 famous CDs, and the CDs are popular with many people in the world. ②Maljean was born in 1953. When he was 6 years old, he started to play the piano and he was really good at it. At about 12, he became interested in pop music. In 1973, he left Belgium and went to the US and studied music there. After he finished school, he started to do jobs about music. ③In 2020, Jean-Francois Maljean wanted to cheer people in Wuhan up. So with the help of several musicians in Belgium and China, he wrote a song called Chime of the Dawn Bells. It just took them about 10 days to finish the song and his daughter sang the song. ④Maljean often visits China. He visited China for the first time in 2002. He loves China and its traditional culture very much, so he used the sound of bianzhong, a symbol of Hubei, in the song. 1.What is the writer trying to show in Paragraph ②? A.Maljean's job. B.Maljean's early life. C.Maljean's music. 2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph ② refer to (指的是)? A.Playing the piano. B.Making pop music. C.Learning traditional culture. 3.Why did Maljean write the song Chime of the Dawn Bells? A.Because his daughter wanted to sing it. B.Because he wanted to cheer up people in Wuhan. C.Because he wanted to tell us something about Wuhan. 4.What is the right order (顺序) of the following events (事件)? a.Maljean visited China for the first time. b.Maljean wrote Chime of the Dawn Bells. c.Maljean studied music in the US. d.Maljean started to play the piano. A.a-b-d-c　　　 B.c-d-b-a　　　 C.d-c-a-b 5.What is the structure (结构) of the passage? A.　　 B.　　 C. Ⅱ.单项选择 6.The speaker's 　　　 was so low that Nancy could hardly hear him.   A.sound　　　 B.noise　　　 C.voice　　　 D.shout 7.—Do you like traditional Western music 　　　 pop music?  —Well, I like both. A.and　　　 B.or　　　 C.both　　　 D.but 8.He is 　　　 fa