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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2024·南京高三调研)You don't have to be a Grammy Awards winner like Beyonc to sing.Actually,it's a skill you can learn and practice.
Give yourself permission to try
From the beginning,set your expectations in a reasonable place.Everybody can do music—singing with kids or in a chorus.You play the guitar,but you needn't be a performer with a band.
Allow yourself to try without worrying about sounding “good” at first.Singing is a skill that takes practice and time to develop.
Practice stretching your speaking voice to your singing voice
A few exercises help make that transition:
Take a speaking phrase and start to stretch it.Make it a positive one,like “My voice is strong!” for the extra bonus of hearing some encouragement.While repeating the phrase,add some excitement to your speech—that'll help you slide into singing naturally.
There are also many vocal (发声的) exercises online.
Find your own singing style
To find what songs and styles suit you best,a music talent has established a singing method (Click HERE to find out) focusing on creating strategies specific to you.
You can copy sounds but remember you're trying to find your voice.Let Beyoncé be Beyoncé.Let whoever be whoever.That's their identity.It's important to say,“What do I sound like?”
Think of singing as a gateway to others
This process is as much about selfacceptance as it is about building community.
Whether it is in a band or a chorus,you and a bunch of friends just get together and there's something amazing about making music.It promises a really good and deep community.
For more help,you can email us at moreinfo@lifekit.org.
[语篇解读]本文是说明文。文章鼓励爱好唱歌的人勇敢去尝试,并给缺乏自信的唱歌爱好者提供一些建议和技巧。
1.What does the author suggest readers do?
A.Have a big dream when starting singing.
B.Establish a music band with friends.
C.Copy songs and styles of famous singers.
D.Mix vocal exercises with selfmotivation.
解析:选D。细节理解题。根据框内第二个小标题“Practice stretching your speaking voice to your singing voice”部分中的“Take a speaking...your speech”可知,作者建议读者将声乐练习与自我激励结合起来。
2.According to the text,singing practice can help you________.
A.live a positive life
B.land a place in the chorus
C.create music strategies
D.strengthen bonds with friends
解析:选D。细节理解题。根据框内最后一个小标题“Think of singing as a gateway to others”和该部分中的“Whether it is in a band or a...deep community”可知,无论是在乐队中还是在合唱团里,你可以和许多朋友在一起。和他们一起制作音乐会发生很多令人惊喜的事情,并且会创造一个真正优秀而有深度的团体。因此,唱歌训练可以加强和朋友之间的关系。
3.The text is targeted at those who________.
A.lack confidence in singing
B.run a band or a music studio
C.want to register for a music course
D.desire to win Grammy Awards
解析:选A。推理判断题。根据开头第一段“You don't have...can learn and practice”,再结合全文内容可知,本文旨在鼓励喜欢唱歌的人勇敢去尝试,并给缺乏自信的唱歌爱好者提供一些技巧和建议,且文中没有涉及任何课程介绍或广告,故选A。
B
(2024·黄冈高三阶段性质量抽测)“The arrow shot is so straight that it hits the bull's eye.The young people will have good luck...”Dargye sang as he worked on his handmade bag.
Dargye,56, an artist who excels at traditional craftsmanship and Tibetan folk music in Drinba village in Dragyib district, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, remembers many folk song he learned from his father and uncle.Now, it's his turn to pass them on.
“I have liked traditional songs and dances since I was a child,” said Dargye, who has four apprentices (学徒).“The songs tell the histories of our ancestors and carry our unique culture, and it's always a lot of fun to perform these traditional songs and dances at various gatherings.”The song topics vary from archery, love, to labor and praise for the land.In addition to teaching these songs to his family members and apprentices, he also uses social media platforms such as WeChat to teach songs.
His daughter, Chok Butri, also admires the folk culture.After posting a video of her daughter, Tsering Kyi, dancing on Douyin, she gained a lot of new fans on the popular shortvideo platform.“We are modern people living in a modern era, so it's important and our responsibility that we use modern tools to pass on our traditional culture to make it last forever,” said Chok Butri, adding that she often posts songs and dances on WeChat and Douyin.
Dargye and his fellow villagers also recreate songs, adding modern elements such as aircraft and trains to the lyrics.Besides singing and dancing,Dargye makes handicrafts decorated with Tibetan cultural elements,including various hide and hair ropes, bags made of leather and cloth, and knife sheaths.
The local government encourages villagers to inherit and develop folk songs and other forms of traditional culture.Dargye's efforts to preserve folk culture have been acknowledged by the government.In 2014,he was chosen as a countylevel intangible(无形的)cultural inheritor and receives funds every year.
[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。本文介绍了西藏自治区擅长传统工艺和藏族民间音乐的艺术家达杰的事迹。他为保护民间文化所做的努力得到了政府的肯定且他被选为非物质文化传承人。
4.Why does Dargye want to pass the culture on?
A.He wants to satisfy his interest.
B.He wants to learn from the seniors.
C.He wants to bring people fun.
D.He wants to inherit and develop it.
解析:选D。推理判断题。根据第三段达杰说的话中的“The songs tell the histories of our ancestors and carry our unique culture”可知,达杰认为这些歌曲讲述了祖先的历史并承载了独特的文化,所以他想将传统文化传承并发展下去,故选D。
5.What is the author's purpose of mentioning Dargye's daughter?
A.To show folk music's effect on her.
B.To stress Dargye's influence on her.
C.To emphasize the benefit of modern tools.
D.To reveal the popularity of folk culture online.
解析:选B。推理判断题。根据达杰女儿的行为并结合第四段她的话“it's important and our responsibility that we use modern tools to pass on our traditional culture to make it last forever”可知,达杰用实际行动深深地影响了女儿,作者提及达杰女儿是为说明达杰对女儿的影响之大。故选B。
6.Which of the following can best describe Dargye?
A.Ambitious and honest.
B.Talented and curious.
C.Devoted and creative.
D.Generous and determined.
解析:选C。推理判断题。第三段中的“teaching these songs to his family members and apprentices...to teach songs”以及最后一段中的“Dargye's efforts to preserve folk culture”等说明达杰为传承民族文化尽心尽力;倒数第二段“Dargye and his...and knife sheaths”表述了达杰重新创作歌曲、制作手工艺品的行为,说明达杰有创造力。A项“有雄心壮志的和诚实的”,B项“有才的和好奇的”,C项“全心全意的和有创造力的”,D项“大方的和坚定的”。故选C。
7.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.All efforts to preserve culture pay off
B.Craftsman carries a tune to preserve culture
C.An artist prefers traditional songs and dances
D.Tibetan culture is being protected and passed on
解析:选B。主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文讲述达杰尽心尽力,用多种办法保护并弘扬传统文化的事迹。故选项B作标题较为贴切。
C
(2024·河北省唐山市高三第一次模拟演练)Yesterday, after arriving in Madrid, I knocked on a stranger's door.“I searched on the website.Will you give me lessons?”I asked.This was the reason I'd come to Spain.Because I once believed I was meant to be a female flamenco (弗拉门科) guitarist.
Fortyfive years ago, when I was two, my father also came to Madrid and knocked on strangers' doors.A wellknown classical guitarist, he admired flamenco a lot, and in Spain he learned from anyone willing to teach him.He approached performers in bars, made friends with street musicians and managed to study with Paco de Lucía, the greatest flamenco guitarist of our time.
I started playing classical guitar when I was five.My father's hands exploded across the strings like fireworks.I practiced while he instructed and criticized.I played till I had sharp pain in my fingertips.By age seven, I was called a child genius.
Then, at 11, I quit.Heartbroken, my father distanced himself.Guiltily, I followed suit.Soon we spoke only when necessary.Our relationship didn't rebound until, in my early 20s, I found myself pulled back to guitar.
When I was in my early 30s, he got sick.A few years before he died, my father told me there were almost no female flamenco guitarists in the world.If I kept practicing, I could be one of the first.I promised, and he left me his guitar.But after he died, I couldn't bear to play it.He'd spent so much time with his arms around that instrument, and it seemed an extension of his own body.Holding it gave my grief an unbearable tangibility.So for 13 years it sat mostly untouched, coming out only when my son Ellis begged to see it.He was careful with his grandfather's instrument in a way that made me want to pass it down to him—both the guitar and the music.Problem was, I couldn't really play anymore.
Now, Antonia is sitting with me in her living room, teaching me patiently.I have been here for only two days, and already my fingers hurt.It's a sharp pain, like when a fallenasleep limb (肢体) returns to life.The feeling delights me.It means I'm doing something right.
[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者受父亲的影响学习弗拉门科吉他,虽然中途放弃过,但出于对父亲的爱最终又重新学习吉他,虽然辛苦但是作者认为这是正确的事情。
8.Which can best describe the father when he was learning flamenco?
A.Cautious. B.Hopeless.
C.Depressed. D.Devoted.
解析:选D。推理判断题。根据文章第二段内容可知,作为一个著名的古典吉他手,他非常欣赏弗拉门科,在西班牙,他向任何愿意教他的人学习。他在酒吧接触表演者,与街头音乐家交朋友,并设法向当代最伟大的弗拉门科吉他手学习。因此,可推知,“挚爱的;热衷的”最能描述这位父亲学习弗拉门科时的情景。故选D项。
9.Which has the similar meaning with the underlined word “rebound” in Paragraph 4?
A.Improve. B.Break.
C.Suffer. D.Blossom.
解析:选A。词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的几句话可知,作者放弃学习吉他,父亲和她疏远,并且他们只在必要的时候才说话。再结合下文“in my early 20s, I found myself pulled back to guitar”可知,有段时间作者很少和父亲讲话,直到20多岁时,作者重回吉他的怀抱,作者父亲因为作者放弃吉他而和她疏远,作者重新拿起吉他应该是让父女的关系得到了缓和。所以画线词意为“改善”,与improve意思相近。故选A项。
10.Why did the author leave the guitar untouched?
A.She intended to pass it down to her son.
B.It reminded her of her unpleasant past.
C.Deep sorrow drowned her at the sight of it.
D.Carrying it made her feel a sense of burden.
解析:选C。细节理解题。根据第五段中的“He'd spent so much time with his arms around that instrument, and it seemed an extension of his own body.Holding it gave my grief an unbearable tangibility.”可知,父亲在这个乐器上花了很长时间,它似乎是父亲身体的延伸。拿着它,作者的悲伤变得难以承受。因此,作者之所以没有动吉他是因为一看到它,就让作者感到深深的悲伤。故选C项。
11.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.Guitar Lessons From Strangers
B.Love for Father on the String Again
C.Adventures for Music Lovers in Spain
D.Journey to Success as a Flamenco Guitarist
解析:选B。主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知,文章主要讲述了作者受父亲的影响学习弗拉门科吉他,虽然中途放弃过,但出于对父亲的爱最终又重新学习吉他,虽然辛苦但是作者认为这是正确的事情。整体来看作者对父亲的爱贯穿于全文,所以B项能概括文章大意,适合用作文章标题。故选B项。
Ⅱ.七选五
(2024·济南高三考试)I've thought long and hard about individual books that have changed my life.1.________.But considering books in the broader sense, that's a different matter.Books, by themselves, have most definitely changed my life.
I still have books from my childhood, treasured and kept safe in a wooden box.I suppose you could say I had favorite authors from a very young age:Richard Scarry was the first.I loved The Supermarket Mystery most, which gave me great pleasure.Even then I knew books mattered and as soon as I could write my name correctly, I would claim ownership (所有权) of books.2.________.
The next milestone on my journey with books probably came when I discovered Enid Blyton.3.________.I read every single one of the Famous Five, Secret Seven and Adventurous Four books, but it was her boarding school books that thrilled me as a young girl and sparked a love of escapist fiction.
That love of escapist fiction has never left me.I never read nonfiction, and my pattern of finding an author I love and then reading every book he or she wrote continues, through Agatha Christie in my teens, to Lee Child as an adult.4.________.When real life gets too much, which place to seek shelter is better than the pages of a detective book that takes you away to another place?
5.________.I studied for a degree in English Literature, and three years spent analyzing texts which I would otherwise not have chosen to read, greatly took the shine off reading.It took me a long time to find my way back to books.J.K.Rowling, I have to say, was a godsend in that respect.
A.That's why I love the books
B.My spelling has improved since then
C.Her books turned me into a devoted reader
D.My favorite type is definitely detective fiction
E.The honest answer is that there really aren't any
F.My passion for reading has benefited me a lot in the long run
G.But my relationship with books hasn't always been an easy one
[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者与阅读之间的故事。
1.解析:选E。根据空前一句可知,空处应该会讲到思考的结果,结合下文的“But considering books in the broader sense...have most definitely changed my life”可知,空处与后一句形成了转折,应该会讲到没什么书改变了作者的人生,故E项符合语境。
2.解析:选B。结合下一段首句中的“The next milestone”可以推测,空处讲到的应该也是一个里程碑式的进步,故B项“从那以后,我的拼写有了提高”符合语境,且B项与空前的“write my name”相呼应。
3.解析:选C。根据空后一句,尤其是“read every single one”可知,C项“她的书让我成了一个热衷于读书的人”符合语境。
4.解析:选D。根据空后一句,尤其是“the pages of a detective book”可知,空处讲到的应该是作者对侦探小说的热爱,故D项符合语境。
5.解析:选G。根据本段中的“greatly took the shine off reading.It took me a long time to find my way back to books”可知,本段主要讲作者在阅读路上的坎坷,故G项适合作本段的主旨句。
【二次精读积语料】
核心
单词
A篇
strategy n.策略;行动计划;战略 identity n.身份,本体;特征;特有的感觉(或信仰)
C篇
guitarist n.吉他弹奏者 instruct vt.教,讲授;教导 criticize v.批评,指责 genius n.天才;天赋;天才人物 instrument n.器械;乐器;仪器 unbearable adj.不堪忍受的
词缀
变形
A篇
perform vi.& vt.表演;履行;执行→performance n.表演;演技;表现→performer n.表演者;演员
C篇
guiltily adv.有罪地;内疚地→guilt n.内疚;悔恨;犯罪;罪行→guilty adj.内疚的;有罪的;有过失的
rebound vi.弹回;回荡,回响 vt.使弹回;使回升;使回响→bound adj.一定会,注定会
核心
短语
A篇
slide into (使)滑入;溜进 focus on集中;特别关注
B篇
social media platforms 社交媒体平台 be decorated with装饰着 cultural elements 文化元素
C篇
follow suit 跟着做,照着做;如法炮制
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