Theme 17 Music-（配套课件）【解密中考】2025年中考英语练测（湖北专用）

Theme 17　Music 《解密中考》 2025湖北英语 1 一、阅读还原 (2024·福建完形填空改编) (难易度★★★) Zeng Xiaomeng became blind a few months after she was born because of an illness. Years ago, she talked to her parents about her dream of learning to sing. 　1　.  It is not easy for Zeng to learn songs. She needs to use Braille(盲文) to read the words of songs. She also needs to practice the songs repeatedly. 　2　, she never gives up.  2 　3　. Her music teacher is proud of her. She posted a video of Zeng’s singing on the Internet. Zeng’s beautiful voice has amazed and touched many people. 　4　. “Thanks for your openness and encouragement. I will sing better and live better, ” she replied to the messages.  　5　. She felt much better about herself and got more courage to communicate with others after learning music. At her teacher’s suggestion, she began to share her own singing videos online last year.  With music in her heart, she becomes more active and wants to plant her feet in the field of music in the future. 3 A. Although it usually takes her at least a month to learn a song B. Music has brought great changes to Zeng’s life and her personality C. So they sent her to a special education school D. Zeng has a gift for music and learns faster than others at the school E. Her teacher was so proud of her F. They left messages praising her 1. ________　2. ________　3. ________　4. ________　5. ________ C A D F B 4 二、阅读理解 (2024·陕西) (难易度★★★) When I was young, I loved paper cutting and I was pretty good at it. As I grew up, I became busy and didn’t have much time for it. Later, I stopped doing it. However, the news I came across online touched my heart and changed my mind. A little girl from Jieyang, Guangdong was practicing lion dance when a professional lion dance performance team(专业舞狮表演队) passed 5 by. As soon as they saw the girl practicing, they started to beat drums and gongs for her and quickly she did a lion dance in return. People around all cheered for her. Her love for the ancient Chinese culture evoked my strong memories of paper cutting. I remembered the happy times of making paper cuttings with my teacher and friends in the club. When I was ten, I joined the paper cutting club. Every Monday and Friday, I learned to make paper cuttings there. Our teacher, Ms. Li, was very talented. With a pair of scissors and a piece of paper, she could 6 create lively works(作品). That amazed us. And we learned much from her. Together, we created lots of works. They covered many topics, including animals, flowers and things about Chinese history. Every time we held a paper cutting show, our works attracted many visitors. The girl in the news encouraged me to go on with paper cutting. I want to be an inheritor(继承者) of the ancient Chinese culture. Together with other inheritors, I hope to pass down our excellent culture. 7 (　　)1. What did the girl do after the team began to beat drums and gongs for her? A. She watched their show carefully. B. She did a lion dance in return. C. She cheered for the team. D. She made a paper cutting for the team. B 8 (　　)2. The underlined word “evoked” means “________” in Paragraph 2.  A. brought back B. took away C. cut off D. depended on A 9 (　　)3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? A. The long history of paper cutting. B. The steps of making paper cuttings. C. The writer’s happy times of making paper cuttings. D. The writer’s plans for setting up a paper cutting club. C 10 (　　)4. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The writer wasn’t good at paper cutting at a young age. B. Now the writer practices paper cutting twice a week. C. The writer hopes to be an inheritor of paper cutting. D. After watching the news, the writer decided to learn lion dance. C 11 (　　)5. What is the best title of the passage? A. Practicing the Professional Lion Dance B. Passing Down Ancient Chinese Culture C. Joining the Paper Cutting Club D. Holding a Paper Cutting Show B 12 三、任务型阅读 (2024·湖南长沙) (难易度★★★) Hello, I’m David Smith. Now I’d like to share with you the story of how music has had a strong influence on my life. Have you ever faced a time when things looked dark and you had no hope at all? Two years ago, my body ached all the time. So I went to the doctor. I was told I had a serious illness which was difficult to cure(治愈). And I thought I didn’t have much longer to live. I was very afraid and I felt so lonely and discouraged. 13 Then one day, I had to go through a two-hour medical treatment. The doctor wanted me to relax, so she played some music for me, and one of the songs was Happy, which has been my favorite song till now. This positive(积极的) and uplifting song gave me strength(力量) and helped me go through the darkness. From then on, I began to listen to music all the time. Johna. Logan once said, “Music is the medicine of the mind. ” And it’s true. Music worked wonders for me. It helped me recover(恢复) and come back to life. 14 Of course, I hope none of you have to experience the same kind of suffering(痛苦) that I did. However, we all go through some periods when we feel sad or lonely. During those times, music can help you in the same way that it helped me. I hope all of you will value music and make it a part of your life. 1. Was David Smith seriously ill two years ago? ____________(不超过5词)  2. How did the doctor help the writer to relax during the medical treatment? ____________________________ (不超过10词)  Yes, he was. By playing some music for him. 15 3. The writer’s favorite song is __________. (仅填1词)  4. What is music like for Johna. Logan? __________________________(不超过8词)  5. The passage is mainly about ____________________________________ ___________________.(不超过15词)  Happy The medicine of the mind. how music has had a strong influence on David Smith’s life 16 本讲内容结束 $$