Unit 2 The universal language Period 5 Extended reading(1)同步练习-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 The universal language Period 5　Extended reading(1) Ⅰ. 话题拓展阅读。 Samuel is a student from the UK. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him. Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable.① They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn't even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music. Samuel can't understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons.② It comes easily to me—I hear the notes and can bear them in mind—each and every note，” says Samuel. Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can't play it.③ Samuel says confidently, “It's all about super memory—I guess I have that gift.” However, Samuel's ability to remember things doesn't stop with music.④ His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word. Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn't know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies. 一、 阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 (　　) 1. What is special about Samuel? A. He has a gift for writing music. B. He can write down the note he hears. C. He is a top student at the law school. D. He can play the musical piece he hears. (　　) 2. What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents. B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician. C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers. (　　) 3. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he ________． A. received a good early education in music B. played the guitar and the piano perfectly C. could play the piano without reading music D. could play the guitar better than his father (　　) 4. Which of the following is the best title of the text? A. The Qualities of a Musician B. The Story of a Musical Talent C. The Importance of Early Education D. The Relationship between Memory and Music 二、 分析文中加序号句子的结构，在原句上标出基本成分，然后试着在下面横线上写出译文。 1. 译文：________________________________________________________ 2. 译文：_________________________________________________________ 3. 译文：_________________________________________________________ 4. 译文：_________________________________________________________ Ⅱ. 七选五。 Adele's new album, 30, is finally available. Last month, hundreds of millions of us streamed its first single, Easy on Me. This song arouses feelings not easily put into words, but we can probably agree it is a sad song. __1__ Yet sad music does pull us in and lift us up. Let's start with a biological theory. When we experience real­life loss, or empathize(产生共鸣) with another's pain, certain hormones are released within us. __2__ They do so by making us feel calmed and supported. Feeling Adele's pain, or recalling our own, may cause such chemical changes within us. __3__ Feeling moved can come from us suddenly feeling closer to other people. Indeed, when we have listened to 30, we may turn to reaction videos to see how others feel. This lets us share an emotional experience with others. And it boosts our feeling of being moved and triggers(激发) feelings of comfort and belonging. We can also think at the spiritual level. Adele's songs allow us to view the pleasure in terms of the meaning she helps us make. Adele takes hard life experiences and makes sense of them. This is what sad art does. __4__ As philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once put it, someone who has a why to live for can bear almost anyhow. Ultimately, we listen to Adele's songs when we want to recall, reflect, or belong. They let us feel her sadness, share our suffering, and connect with others. To all of us, Adele's songs say: __5__ A. You are not alone in your pain. B. Life is meaningless without sad music. C. These help us to deal with loss and pain. D. Few people are aware sad music makes us feel good. E. This may make us better prepared when real loss strikes. F. It takes the pain and suffering of the world and gives it meaning. G. Psychologically, a key reason we enjoy sad songs is that they profoundly move us. 1.___________ 2.___________ 3.___________ 4.___________ 5.___________ Ⅲ. 语法填空。 China's space programme started later than those of Russia and the US, 1. ____________ it has made great progress in a short time. China became the third country in the world to 2. ____________(independent) send humans into space in 2003, 3. ____________ Yang Liwei successfully orbited Earth in the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. Then Shenzhou 6 and Shenzhou 7 completed a second manned orbit and the first Chinese spacewalk, 4. ____________(follow) by the vehicle Jade Rabbit being sent to the moon to study 5. ____________(it) surface. After that, China 6. ____________(launch) the Tiangong 2 space lab into space and Tianzhou 1 to dock 7. ____________ it. This signalled one step further in China's plan 8. ____________(establish) a space station in the future. On 8 December, 2018, China sent Chang'e 4 to explore the surface of the far side of the moon to make measurements and 9. ____________(observe). At the end of 2022, the construction of China's Space Station Tiangong was completed as Shenzhou 15 wrapped up its mission. However, some people argue that it is a waste of time and money 10. ____________(explore) space. What's your opinion on this? Ⅰ.一、 1—4 DBCB 1. D　细节理解题。根据第一段中“However, he can play very difficult … minutes after he hears them.”可知，Samuel在听完一个乐曲几分钟后，就可以立刻演奏出这些很难学的乐曲。 2. B　推理判断题。根据第二段中“Samuel wanted to become a lawyer … studies law and music.”可推知，Samuel本想成为律师而不是音乐家。 3. C　细节理解题。根据第三段中“About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons.”可知，Samuel在读不懂乐谱也没上过音乐课的情况下就会弹钢琴，这让人们非常惊讶。 4. B　标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了音乐天才Samuel的故事，他在不懂乐谱，也从来没有上过钢琴课的情况下就能够演奏很难的乐曲。 二、 1. 分析：本句为主从复合句。Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly做状语，其中that引导宾语从句，主体部分“his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable”是主谓宾结构，其中“Samuel is unbelievable”是宾语从句。 译文：他的老师们说，Samuel记住了这首又长又难的乐曲并完美地演奏出来，这让人惊叹不已，他真是不可思议。 2. 分析：本句为简单句。About two years ago为时间状语；I为句子主语；decided是谓语动词；to start playing the piano为动词不定式短语做宾语；without being able to read music and without having any lessons为方式状语。 译文：大约两年前，在既不会读乐谱，也没有学过任何课程的前提下，我突然决定开始弹钢琴。 3. 分析：本句为主从复合句。“that is so difficult that many professional pianists can't play it”为定语从句，修饰 a piece；在这个定语从句中，so … that … 引导结果状语从句，表示 “如此……以至于……”。 译文：他正在学的一首曲子太难了，以至于许多专业钢琴家都弹不出来。 4. 分析：本句为简单句。However为过渡词，主体部分“Samuel's ability to remember things doesn't stop with music”是主谓结构；主语Samuel's ability to remember things中to remember things为不定式做后置定语，修饰ability。 译文：然而，Samuel的记忆能力并不局限于音乐方面。 Ⅱ. 1—5 DCGFA Ⅲ. 1. but　2. independently　3. when 4. followed　5. its　6. launched　7. with 8. to establish　9. observations　10. exploring 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $