Unit 2 The universal language Grammar and usage 一课一练-2024-2025学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 The universal language 一课一练Part II 1、 语法专练。 (一)单句填空 1. Though it was raining heavily outside, the farmers went on ________ ( get) their crops in. 2. This music-themed town in Suzhou is definitely worth_________ ( visit). 3. No sooner had she got to the office than she got down to__________ ( compose ) her musical work. 4. _______ (greet)with applause from the audience made the performer relaxed immediately. 5. He controlled the bleeding by _____ (apply) pressure to the wound until the ambulance and police arrived. 6. lt's no use ________ ( argue) with Tom because he will never change his mind. 7.The customers couldn’t help ___________ ( complain) about the terrible service. 8. How would you feel if moving to a new town meant __________ (lose) track of your friends? 9. Many students have difficulty __________ ( deliver) a speech in public, but they can overcome it through training. 10. I recommend __________ (buy)this album, for the songs in it have beautiful melodies. (二)语篇填空. At the age of ten, Liu Wei lost both his arms in an accident. Instead of 1. ________ (feel)pity for himself, he wanted to live life to the full. He learned 2._______ (use) his feet for everyday activities, such as eating and brushing his teeth. He also started to swim and won two gold medals. When he had to stop 3._______ ( swim ) due to health problems, he decided 4._______ ( learn ) how to play the piano with his toes(脚趾). It was difficult, but he kept 5._______ ( practise) until he achieved his goal. In 2010, he won the championship in China's Got Talent and becam famous nationwide. Today, Liu Wei still enjoy 6. _______ (play)music. Music has helped him forget his physical imperfections, 7._______ (greet)with applause from the:( bring)him strong confidence. He thinks that 8.___________( play) the piano is his favorite activity in life. And he looks forward to 9. _________ (explore ) more possibilities in life. His positive attitude is an inspiration to us all. We should learn from him and not be afraid of 10.________ ( chase) our dreams. 二、单句语法填空 1. Her talent for music was so extraordinary_________ her competitors admired her very much. 2.China's hydrogen energy industryis now developing rapidly and as a new industry, it is very___________ ( suit ) and promising for young people to work in. 3. As the old Chinese saying goes, close neighbors are better than _______ ( distance) relatives. 4. There's no way to see the result _______ the film has been processed. 5. In order to achieve the desired result she prefers to perform live rather than perform in a ______ ( record) studio. 三、完形填空。 The turning pointof my life was my decision to abandon a promising business career and study music. My parents, although 1._____my love of music , disapproved of my taking it as a profession. This was 2._____ considering the family background. My grandfatherhad taught music for decades. Though respected, he earned 3._____ enough to feed his family. So the mention of the musical profession predicted a risky existence with 4._____ financial rewards. My parents 5._____ college instead of a music school，and I went to college quite 6._____， for although I loved my violin, I had many other interests. Before my graduation，my family suffered severe financial failures and I felt it my 7.______ to leave college to work. Thus, I got a 8.______ career，which I always think of as the wasted years. I do not mean to 9.______ business. My whole point is that it was not for me. I went into it for 10.________but it was not enough. I felt life was 11.______ me by. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, 12.______ enough money to go abroad to study music. I resigned from my position. Feeling like a man released from 13.______ I sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years, and enjoyed every minute of it. "Enjoyed" is too 14.______ a word, I walked on air. I really 15._______and I was finally free. 1. A. sharing B. forgiving C. weakening D. hiding 2.A. dramatic B. avoidable C. absurd D. understandable 3.A. nearly B. barely C. mostly D. possibly 4.A. unexpected B. stable C. uncertain D. fixed 5.A. insisted on B. turned down C. picked out D. entered for 6.A. painfully B. desperately C. cautiously D. happily 7.A. honor B. duty C. chance D. turn 8. A. music B. teaching C. business D. writing 9.A. quit B. assess C. disrespect D. conduct 10.A. money B.contentment C. achievement D. glory 11. A. dropping B. passing C. standing D. stopping 12. A. raised B. counted C. spared D. accumulated 13. A. prison B. hospital C. jungle D. school 14.A. complex B. clear C. mild D. vague 15.A. suffered B. struggled C. learned D. lived 四、阅读理解 The power of music is central to writer-director Garth Jennings’ Sing 2, particularly through a new character voiced by musie idol Bono. As the sequel (续集) to Jennings’crowd-pleaser in 2016, the animated movie features a new original song titled " Your Song Saved My Life" . The movie hit theaters on Dec, 22, 2021. Bono plays Clay, a lion that has stopped singing. Jenning said he had already started writing Sing 2 when he first talked with Bono about the project, but Clay character wasn't fully completed. But what was clear to Jennings was that Clay had to be a lion: " legendary and the greatest creature. "The goal was to find a way to touch him enough so that he would comeback and reengage with the world he'd left behind. " Jennings added, " When I first talked with Bono about it, we just had a long and enthusiastic conversation about music and what it could do for a character like this, " According to Bono, when askerwhat would lead someone to stop singing, Bono answered that it was " grief" . In Clay's case, he lost hiwife , he lost his reason to sing, and no amount of success could compare with the loss. Recalling the first time Bono played him " Your Song Saved My Life" , Jennings admitted, " I was quite overcome because of the song itself. I could completely see the end of the movie. " A music video for " Your Song Saved My Life", in support of the non-profit program EducationThrough Music, was released so people could send their stories of how their music teachers encouraged them to sing. And in lreland Bono backed a similar program called Music Generation. 1.What caused Clay to stop singing? A. Sadness. B. Failures. C.Old age. D.Unknown reasons. 2 . By saying " I could completely see the end of the movie" in Paragraph 4, what did Jennings mean? A. The song had the same length as the movie. B. The song touched him as much as the movie. C. The song explained to him the end of the movie. D. The song gave him the inspiration to write the end of the movie. 3. Why was a music video for " Your Song Saved My Life" released? A. To advertise Bono. B. To promote the movie. C. To popularize the song. D. To support Education Through Music. 4. What is most likely to be discussed next? A. The influence of the movie. B. The importance of music to people. C. The introduction to another program. D. The process of creating the music video. 【参考答案】 1、 语法专练 （一）单句填空 1. getting 2. visiting 3.composing 4. Being greeted 5. applying 6. arguing 7. complaining 8.losing 9.delivering 10.buying （二）语篇填空 1. feeling 2.to use 3.swimming 4. to learn 5.practising 6.playing 7. bringing 8.playing 9.exploring 10.chasing 二、单句语法填空。 1. that 2. suitable 3. distant 4. until 5.recording 三、完形填空。 1-5 ADBCA 6-10 DBCCA 11-15 BDACD 四、阅读理解：ADDC 第 1 页 共 8 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$