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Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to 一、短文填空 Music’s influences on health have been known for thousands of years. Ancient educators from Plato to Confucius agreed to the 1 (important) of music. They used it to help make 2 (little) stress. Military bands use music to build confidence and courage. Sports events need music to excite 3 (player). Schoolchildren use music 4 (remember) their ABCs. Shopping malls play music to attract customers and keep them in the store. Dentists play music to help calm nervous patients. Modern research supports that music makes better feelings. Because of our special experiences, we develop different 5 (music) tastes and preferences. Despite these 6 (different), there are some common responses to music. Babies love sleeping music. Mothers’ singing voice is quite smooth. Some music makes almost everyone feel even 7 (bad). In a study of 144 adults and teenagers who 8 (listen) to 4 different kinds of music, boring music led to 9 (sad), anger and illness. In another study, college students reported that pop, rock and classical music helped them feel 10 (happy), calmer and more relaxed. When the evening lights are lit, a big performance opens at Xi’an’s Tang Paradise. Dressed up as people from the Tang Dynasty with 11 (tradition) clothes, 20 musicians play the traditional instruments. They are 12 (member) of the Dongcang Drum Music Society playing Xi’an guyue, which started in the Tang Dynasty. At first, guyue only 13 (include) wind instruments and percussion instruments (打击乐器). Later, string instruments such 14 zheng and pipa were also added. “Guyue is our own music from ancient China, ” said Qi Xingfeng, 15 manager of the Dongcang Drum Music Society. “It has been played for over 1, 000 years and now we add modern performance things such as stories, sound and light to make guyue more enjoyable, ” Qi explained. Another thing the Dongcang Drum Music Society is doing is 16 (spread) guyue to more young people. They do live streaming (直播) on Douyin for two hours every day. They’ve got more than 725, 000 followers. They sometimes play songs from TV series and video games. They want to 17 (show) that guyue can be playful and fun, too. “Many kids’ parents have contacted us that they want their children to learn guyue. It is a very cheerful sign to me—our ancient music is really 18 (come) back, ” Qi said. Most of the members in the society are in 19 20s and 30s. Many were teenagers from local villages when they joined the Society. Then they had two years of training in the society. Now, new members have 20 (most) graduated from music schools. In music you will find love of the country, nature and home. Music is also 21 expression of the musician. He or she expresses 22 (he) or her own music ideas. He or she 23 (study) music and writes his or her own music. Classical music is a form of music 24 needs high musical skills. If you wish 25 (learn) it, you have to go through proper training. Only in this way can you play or sing this kind of music 26 (successful). Hip-hop music 27 (start) in Africa. It always includes the use of 28 (instrument). In it, the bass is very important. It was 29 (one) played by a group of West African traveling singers and poets. Jazz music has the strong melody (旋律). The main musical instruments are the trumpet (小号) and the violin. Jazz is kind of difficult. 30 there are still thousands of people who are crazy about it. Besides these, there are many other kinds of music. All these kinds of music can bring pleasant feelings to people. 二、完形填空 It was noon in summer. As I drove along the road in a mountain, I could see some pretty wildflowers. When I turned the corner and saw some 31 picking up litter on the roadside, I stopped 32 and smiled at them. They volunteered here on such a hot day. How helpful they were! I 33 a spring day long ago. When my children were younger, we often took a walk around the lake near our home. One 34 day, we noticed much litter lying there. The next day, we brought a big litter bag and started to pick up the litter along our way. 35 , the bag was nearly full. Tired but 36 , we put the bag in an empty bin. We 37 before we went home and took one last look at the lake as the sun set. It looked more beautiful than ever. I know this world’s problems sometimes seem 38 , but how can we solve them? The 39 is that everything we do kindly can make a difference. Every time we pick up a piece of litter, we make a difference. Every smile we share makes a difference. Our small act of being 40 can make this colorful world even better. 31.A.children B.drivers C.volunteers 32.A.driving B.walking C.running 33.A.talked about B.wrote down C.thought of 34.A.autumn B.winter C.spring 35.A.Normally B.Finally C.Suddenly 36.A.surprised B.excited C.bored 37.A.stopped B.danced C.waited 38.A.useful B.simple C.hard 39.A.story B.truth C.news 40.A.busy B.polite C.kind Evelyn Glennie is one of the most famous solo (独奏的) drum players in the world. The 41 thing about Evelyn is that she is deaf. Let’s listen to her talking about her 42 . When I was about 12, I became 43 percussion instruments (打击乐器) and began to play them. At that time I lost all of my hearing. I remembered when I 44 playing the tympani (定音鼓), my teacher said, “Well, how are you going to do this? You know, music is about 45 . How are you going to hear this and that?” I asked, “Well, how do you hear it?” He pointed to his 46 and said, “I think I hear it through here.” Then I told him, “I think I do too, 47 I also hear it through my hands, my arms, my back, my legs and so on.” I meant that I can feel the music, see it and touch it. That’s 48 I can experience every kind of music from classical music to pop even though I can’t actually hear it. Now I travel around the world 49 concerts. When I am in different countries, I like to go to other people’s concerts. I also like to find new 50 . I have a huge collection of them. They often remind me of how excited I was when I first saw local musicians playing them. 41.A.lucky B.secret C.exciting D.surprising 42.A.story B.music C.teacher D.body 43.A.proud of B.sorry for C.interested in D.nervous about 44.A.started B.stopped C.enjoyed D.hated 45.A.singing B.dancing C.listening D.playing 46.A.eye B.nose C.mouth D.ear 47.A.so B.but C.though D.since 48.A.when B.why C.what D.where 49.A.with B.in C.for D.among 50.A.movies B.dishes C.paintings D.instruments Recently, a special kind of Chinese rap becomes popular on the Internet. The singer is Guo Yuanfeng. The 51 from Fuzhou, Fujian Province, is an inheritor (继承人) of “versatile paper flowers (纸翻花)”, a traditional Chinese paper handicraft. He uses rap to 52 others how to play with versatile paper flowers. This rap is known as Funky Rapping Paper or Funky Paper Rap on the Internet. The 53 of the rap sound smooth and easy to understand. His video has been watched over 1.5 billion times. Why do people call it Funky Paper Rap? 54 , “funky” comes from the word “funk”. Funk music is a 55 of dance music that developed from Black R&B, soul and jazz in the mid-1960s. When Guo first put his video online, people thought he 56 wonderfully and that the performance matched funk music perfectly. They all praised that he was 57 . Many are curious (好奇的) about it, “What is this song? I don’t understand the words, but it’s so easy to remember!” They started to reproduce the rap with different 58 instruments and music styles. Versatile paper flowers have a long history. They have been 59 as Intangible Cultural Heritage (非物质文化遗产) of China. The paper handicraft was started by the Guo family during the Qing Dynasty. As time went by, the Guo family 60 mixing art forms with the paper flowers. They did this to bring more fun to the traditional handicraft. 51.A.leader B.inventor C.master D.director 52.A.teach B.ask C.sense D.recall 53.A.lyrics B.wounds C.dialogues D.voices 54.A.Recently B.Actually C.Suddenly D.Finally 55.A.circle B.land C.purpose D.style 56.A.praised B.performed C.supposed D.spared 57.A.foolish B.stupid C.intelligent D.silly 58.A.local B.historical C.medical D.musical 59.A.competed B.appeared C.missed D.listed 60.A.stuck to B.gave up C.put off D.felt like 参考答案 题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 答案 C A C C B B A C B C 题号 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 答案 D A C A C D B B C D 题号 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 答案 C A A B D B C D D A 1.importance 2.less 3.players 4.to remember 5.musical 6.differences 7.worse 8.listened 9.sadness 10.happier 本文围绕音乐对健康的影响展开,介绍了音乐在不同场景的作用,还提及因个人经历产生不同音乐喜好,以及音乐带来的普遍和不同情感反应等内容。 1.句意:从柏拉图到孔子的古代教育家都认同音乐的重要性。the + 名词 + of...是常用结构,important为形容词,其名词形式importance符合此结构要求,用于表达“音乐的重要性”。故填importance。 2.句意:他们用它(音乐)来帮助减轻压力。根据“They used it to help make ... stress. ”可知,这里指使压力比之前更小的含义,应用little的比较级less。故填less。 3.句意:体育赛事需要音乐来激励运动员。体育赛事中涉及的运动员是多个,player是可数名词,复数形式players表示“运动员们”,符合语义。故填players。 4.句意:小学生用音乐来记住他们的基础知识。use sth. to do sth“用某物做某事”,此处用动词不定式to remember说明用音乐的目的。故填to remember。 5.句意:由于我们独特的经历,我们形成不同的音乐喜好和偏好。根据“tastes and preferences”可知,需要形容词修饰。music的形容词形式musical“音乐的”修饰,表示“音乐方面的喜好”。故填musical。 6.句意:尽管有这些差异,对音乐还是有一些普遍的反应。根据“these”可知,后接可数名词复数,different是形容词,其名词形式 difference的复数differences符合语境,指代前文提到的不同音乐喜好等差异。故填differences。 7.句意:有些音乐几乎让所有人感觉更糟糕。根据“even”可知,其常用来修饰比较级以加强语气,bad的比较级worse“更糟糕的”。故填worse。 8.句意:在一项对 144 名听了 4 种不同音乐的成年人和青少年的研究中发现,无聊的音乐导致悲伤、愤怒和疾病。who引导的定语从句修饰“144 adults and teenagers”,研究是过去开展的,听音乐这一动作发生在过去,要用一般过去时,listen的过去式是listened。故填listened。 9.句意:无聊的音乐导致悲伤、愤怒和疾病。根据“led to”中to是介词,后接名词,sad是形容词,其名词形式sadness符合“导致某种负面情绪”的语境。故填sadness。 10. 句意:在另一项研究中,大学生报告称流行、摇滚和古典音乐帮助他们感觉更快乐、更平静和更放松。根据“and”连接并列的形容词比较级,后面calmer、more relaxed是比较级,应用happy的比较级happier。故填happier。 11.traditional 12.members 13.included 14.as 15.the 16.to spread 17.show 18.coming 19.their 20.mostly 本文围绕西安东仓鼓乐社展开,讲述其用唐代装扮演奏古乐、传播及传承鼓乐的情况。 11.句意:身着唐代传统服饰,20位乐师演奏传统乐器。根据“clothes”可知,名词需用形容词修饰,tradition的形容词形式为traditional,符合语法和语境。故填traditional。 12.句意:他们是演奏西安鼓乐的东仓鼓乐社成员,西安鼓乐始于唐代。根据“They”可知,member应是复数概念,其复数形式为members。故填members。 13.句意:起初,鼓乐只包含管乐器和打击乐器。根据“At first”可知,是描述过去情况,用一般过去时,include的过去式为included。故填included。 14.句意:后来,像筝、琵琶这类弦乐器也被加入进来。“such as”是固定短语,意为“例如”,用于列举事物。故填as。 15.句意:“鼓乐是我们中国古代流传下来的本土音乐,” 东仓鼓乐社社长齐兴峰说。根据“manager of the Dongcang Drum Music Society”可知,此处是特指,用定冠词the。故填the。 16.句意:东仓鼓乐社正在做的另一件事是向更多年轻人传播鼓乐。根据“Another thing the Dongcang Drum Music Society is doing is ...”可知,空格处缺少表语,后用动词不定式to spread作表语,说明具体内容。故填to spread。 17.句意:他们想展示鼓乐也可以有趣好玩。根据“want to”可知,to后接动词原形show。故填show。 18.句意:对我来说,这是一个非常令人欣喜的信号——我们的古乐真的在回归。根据“is”可知,后接现在分词,构成现在进行时,come的现在分词是coming,符合语法。故填coming。 19.句意:社团里大多数成员是二三十岁。根据“in ... 20s and 30s”可知,此处指在他们二三十岁时,“in one’s + 数词复数”表示“在某人……岁时”,members对应的形容词性物主代词是their。故填their。 20.句意:现在,新成员大多已从音乐院校毕业。“graduated”是动词,需用副词修饰,most的副词形式是mostly,符合语境。故填mostly。 21.an 22.his 23.studies 24.which/that 25.to learn 26.successfully 27.started 28.instruments 29.first 30.But 本文通过介绍不同音乐类型,告诉我们不同音乐各有特点,所有音乐都能给人带来愉悦的感受。 21.句意:音乐也是音乐家的一种表达。expression是可数名词,此处表示“一种表达”,且以元音音素发音。故填an。 22.句意:他或她表达自己的音乐理念。此处表示他自己的;one’s own“某人自己的”,要填入he的形容词性物主代词his。故填his。 23.句意:他或她学习音乐,并且写她或他自己的音乐。and并列句,时态要保持一致,因此此句为一般现在时,主语是He or she,第三人称单数,因此填入三单形式studies。故填studies。 24.句意:古典音乐是一种需要高超音乐技巧的音乐形式。此句为定语从句,先行词是music指物,关系代词在从句中作主语,引导词为which/that。故填which/that。 25.句意:如果你希望学习古典音乐,你必须接受适当的训练。根据wish to do sth.“希望做某事”可知,此处需要填入不定式。故填to learn。 26.句意:只有通过这种方式,你才能成功地演奏或演唱这种音乐。sing为动词,此处需要用successful的副词修饰动词sing。故填successfully。 27.句意:嘻哈音乐起源于非洲。此处在谈论嘻哈音乐的起源,时态为一般过去时。故填started。 28.句意:它总是包含乐器的使用。of是介词,介词后跟名词;instrument“乐器”是名词,乐器的使用很多,所以用复数形式。故填instruments。 29.句意:它最初是由一群西非巡回歌手和诗人演奏的。这里强调时间上的先后顺序,用first(最初)符合语境。故填first。 30.句意:爵士有点难,但仍然有成千上万的人对它狂热。根据“Jazz is kind of difficult. ”和“ there are still thousands of people who are crazy about it”可知,两个句子是一种转折关系,but(但是)符合语境,放在句首,首字母大写。故填But。 31.C 32.A 33.C 34.C 35.B 36.B 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.C 文章讲述作者夏日驾车途中看到志愿者捡垃圾,由此回忆起多年前春日和孩子一起捡垃圾让湖泊变美的经历,传达出善意小举动能让世界更美好的感悟。 31.句意:当我转弯看到一些志愿者在路边捡垃圾时,我停下车,冲他们微笑。 children孩子;drivers司机;volunteers志愿者。根据后文“They volunteered here on such a hot day.”可知,这些人是志愿者,描述看到志愿者捡垃圾的情景。故选C。 32.句意:当我转弯看到一些志愿者在路边捡垃圾时,我停下车,冲他们微笑。 driving开车;walking走路;running跑步。根据前文“As I drove along the road...”可知,作者当时在开车,所以是stopped driving,符合开车途中看到情况停车的语境。故选A。 33.句意:我想起了很久以前的一个春日。 talked about谈论;wrote down写下;thought of想起。 根据“a spring day long ago”可知,是作者脑海中“想起”过去和孩子的经历,体现回忆的动作。故选C。 34.句意:在一个春日,我们注意到那里有很多垃圾。 autumn秋天;winter冬天;spring春天。根据前文提到“a spring day long ago”可知,回忆的是春天发生的事。故选C。 35.句意:最终,袋子几乎满了。 Normally通常;Finally最终;Suddenly突然。描述捡垃圾从开始到袋子装满的过程,Finally体现捡垃圾的结果,符合“开始捡垃圾,最后袋子满了”的逻辑。故选B。 36.句意:虽然疲惫但很兴奋,我们把袋子放进一个空垃圾桶。 surprised惊讶的;excited兴奋的;bored无聊的。根据原文可知,做了捡垃圾让环境变美的有意义之事,即便身体疲惫,心情也会是兴奋的,体现积极的情绪。故选B。 37.句意:回家前我们停下脚步,在日落时最后看了一眼湖。 stopped停下;danced跳舞;waited等待。根据“took one last look at the lake”可知,是先停下脚步,然后做看湖的动作,符合行为逻辑。故选A。 38.句意:我知道世界上的问题有时看似很棘手,但我们怎么解决它们呢? useful有用的;simple简单的;hard难的。根据“but how can we solve them?”可知,有些问题问题解决起来是难的,体现问题的难度。故选C。 39.句意:真相是,我们怀着善意做的每件事都能产生影响。 story故事;truth真相,事实;news新闻。根据“the truth is that...”可知,此处强调“事实是我们做的善事能有影响”这一观点。故选B。 40. 句意:我们善意的小举动,能让这个多彩的世界变得更美好。 busy忙碌的;polite礼貌的;kind善良的。根据前文“everything we do kindly”可知,这些行为是善良的举动,契合“小善举让世界更好”的主题。故选C。 41.D 42.A 43.C 44.A 45.C 46.D 47.B 48.B 49.C 50.D 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了世界著名独奏鼓手伊芙琳・格伦尼的特殊经历。她虽失聪,却通过身体感受音乐,不仅学会演奏多种打击乐器,还能演绎从古典到流行的各类音乐,如今更环游世界举办音乐会并收藏乐器的故事。 41.句意:伊芙琳最令人惊讶的一点是她失聪了。 lucky幸运的;secret秘密的;exciting令人兴奋的;surprising令人惊讶的。根据前文“Evelyn Glennie is one of the most famous solo drum players in the world”和后文“she is deaf”可知,“著名鼓手”与“失聪”的身份矛盾,这种反差会让人感到意外,surprising符合语境。故选D。 42.句意:让我们听听她讲述自己的故事。 story故事;music音乐;teacher老师;body身体。后文伊芙琳详细回忆了“12岁接触打击乐器、失聪后与老师的对话、用身体感受音乐”等个人经历,这些内容属于“个人故事”,story符合语境。故选A。 43.句意:我大约 12 岁时,开始对打击乐器感兴趣,并开始演奏它们。 proud of为……骄傲;sorry for为……难过;interested in对……感兴趣;nervous about对……紧张。根据后文“began to play them”可推断,“开始演奏”的前提是“对乐器感兴趣”,interested in符合语境。故选C。 44.句意:我记得当我开始演奏定音鼓时,我的老师说:“好吧,你打算怎么学这个?你知道,音乐是关于聆听的。你要怎么听到这些声音呢?” started开始;stopped停止;enjoyed喜欢;hated讨厌。根据后文“Well, how are you going to do this?”可知,伊芙琳处于“刚开始学定音鼓”的阶段,老师对她的学习方式提出疑问,started符合语境。故选A。 45.句意:你知道,音乐是关于聆听的。 singing唱歌;dancing跳舞;listening聆听;playing演奏。根据后文“How are you going to hear this and that?”可知,老师认为音乐的关键在于“聆听”,listening符合语境。故选C。 46.句意:他指着自己的耳朵说:“我想我是通过这里听到的。” eye眼睛;nose鼻子;mouth嘴巴;ear耳朵。根据“I think I hear it through here.”可知,是通过耳朵听到的。故选D。 47.句意:然后我告诉他:“我想我也是通过耳朵听,但我还通过我的双手、手臂、背部、腿部等等来感受它。” so所以;but但是;though虽然;since自从;因为。前文老师说 “通过耳朵听”,伊芙琳先回应“I think I do too”,即认同“通过耳朵听”,随后补充“also hear it through my hands ... ”,前后是“认同 + 补充” 的转折关系,but符合语境。故选B。 48.句意:这就是为什么即使我实际上听不到声音,也能体验从古典音乐到流行音乐的各种音乐。 when何时;why为什么;what什么;where哪里。根据前文“I can feel the music, see it and touch it”可知,她“能体验各种音乐”的原因,且后文“even though I can’t actually hear it”中进一步强调“身体感受”的重要性,That’s why ... 句型意为“这就是为什么……”,why符合语境。故选B。 49.句意:现在我环游世界举办音乐会。 with和……一起;in在……里面;for为了;among在……之间。根据“Now I travel around the world ... concerts.”可知,此处表示“为了音乐会环游世界”。故选C。 50.句意:我也喜欢寻找新的乐器。我收藏了很多。 movies电影;dishes菜肴;paintings绘画;instruments乐器。根据后文“I have a huge collection of them”以及“when I first saw local musicians playing them”可知,此处指“寻找新的乐器”。故选D。 51.C 52.A 53.A 54.B 55.D 56.B 57.C 58.D 59.D 60.A 本文是一篇说明文,介绍了福建福州“纸翻花”非遗传承人郭元丰,将传统纸艺与嘻哈说唱结合,创作“纸翻花说唱”走红网络的故事,同时提及纸翻花的历史背景及人们对该说唱的喜爱与再创作。 51.句意:这位来自福建福州的大师,是中国传统纸艺“纸翻花”的传承人。 leader领导者;inventor发明者;master大师、能手;director导演、负责人。根据“an inheritor of ‘versatile paper flowers’”可知,他在纸翻花技艺上有深厚造诣,master能体现其在该领域的专业地位,符合语境。故选C。 52.句意:他用说唱的形式教别人如何把玩纸翻花。 teach教、教授;ask询问、请求;sense感觉、意识到;recall回忆、记起。根据“how to play with versatile paper flowers”可知,是具体的技能方法,结合郭元丰“非遗传承人”的身份,其行为应是“传授技能”,teach符合语境。故选A。 53.句意:这首说唱的歌词听起来流畅且易懂。 lyrics歌词;wounds伤口、创伤;dialogues对话;voices声音、嗓音。根据“sound smooth and easy to understand”和主语“of the rap”可知,描述的是说唱的内容层面,lyrics符合语境。故选A。 54.句意:事实上,“funky”一词来源于“funk”。 Recently最近;Actually事实上、实际上;Suddenly突然;Finally最后。根据“Why do people call it Funky Paper Rap?”可知,空格后是对“funky”词源的具体解释,Actually可用于承接问题、引出事实性解释,符合语境。故选B。 55.句意:放克音乐是一种舞曲风格,于20世纪60年代中期由黑人节奏布鲁斯、灵魂乐和爵士乐发展而来。 circle圈子、圆圈;land土地、陆地;purpose目的、意图;style风格、类型。根据“that developed from Black R&B, soul and jazz”可知,是在介绍放克音乐的“音乐类别属性”,style符合语境。故选D。 56.句意:当郭元丰第一次把视频传到网上时,人们认为他表演得非常精彩,且这场表演与放克音乐完美契合。 praised表扬、赞扬;performed表演;supposed认为、假定;spared抽出、节省。根据“When Guo first put his video online”可知,播放的视频内容是郭的说唱表演,且后文“the performance matched funk music perfectly”中performance也提示空格处应是“表演”的动作,performed符合语境。故选B。 57.句意:他们都称赞他很有智慧。 foolish愚蠢的;stupid笨的;intelligent有智慧的、聪明的;silly傻的、可笑的。根据“people thought he performed wonderfully and that the performance matched funk music perfectly”可知,人们对郭的评价是正面的,intelligent符合语境。故选C。 58.句意:他们开始用不同的乐器和音乐风格重新创作这首说唱。 local当地的、本地的;historical历史的;medical医学的、医疗的;musical音乐的。根据“instruments and music styles.”和结合“reproduce the rap”的场景可知,需要“音乐相关的器械”,musical instruments符合语境。故选D。 59.句意:它们已被列为中国非物质文化遗产。 competed竞争、比赛;appeared出现、显得;missed错过、想念;listed列出、列入。根据“Intangible Cultural Heritageof China”可知,是官方认定的名录,listed符合语境。故选D。 60.句意:随着时间的推移,郭家人坚持将艺术形式与纸翻花相结合。 stuck to坚持、固守;gave up放弃;put off推迟;felt like想要、感觉像。根据前文“The paper handicraft was started by the Guo family during the Qing Dynasty”和后文“They did this to bring more fun to the traditional handicraft”可知,郭家人长期主动坚持“将艺术形式与纸翻花结合”,stuck to符合语境。故选A。 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $