内容正文:
[基础性]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.Does the bank ________ (收费) a fee for setting up the account?
2.George was responsible for the accident because he didn't give a ________ (信号) to other drivers.
3.He began to play the ________ (钢琴) when he was six years old.
4.The boy is a musical ________ (天才) but not gifted in dance.
5.The ________ (奋斗) for freedom was long and hard.
6.He came into the classroom with a b ________ smile.
7.To relieve the t ________ atmosphere in our room, he tells a story.
8.The c ________ on the stage is waving his arms hard.
9.His father and mother are ________ (自豪的) of what he did.
10.The ________ (作曲家) wrote more than 30 musical works in his life.
答案:1.charge 2.signal 3.piano 4.genius
5.struggle 6.broad 7.tense 8.conductor
9.proud 10.composer
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.Young ______ he is, he has travelled to many countries.
2.He is always ________ the bottom of the class.
3.He ________ (signal) wildly for help, but nobody noticed.
4.Dr.Yuan Longping ________ (struggle) for the past five decades to help farmers.
5.Who will take charge ________ the company after the manager retires?
6.Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturally and ________ (soft) .
7.Some think that studying abroad can ________ (broad) their horizons.
8.You see,there were always a great number of tourists visiting the shops,so I could always find someone ________ (interest) to talk with.
9.—Why not buy a secondhand car first if you don't have enough money for a new one?
—That's a good ________ (suggest) .
10.The customer thought for a moment,but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an ________ (argue) .
答案:1.as/though 2.at 3.signaled 4.has struggled 5.of 6.softly 7.broaden 8.interesting 9.suggestion 10.argument
[应用性]
Ⅲ.完成句子
1. ________________ , they stayed up preparing the report.
尽管他们很疲惫,他们还是熬夜准备报告。
2.As long as you've paid in advance, we won't ________________________________ delivery.
只要你预先付款,我们就不收运费。
3. ________________ , the old man jumped into the river to save the drowning young woman.
这位老人毫不犹豫地跳下河去救落水的年轻女子。
4.The soldier died for saving the child, so ________________ than Mount Tai.
这个士兵因为救那个男孩而牺牲,他的死重于泰山。
5. ________________ , the girl finished the job quite well.
令大家满意的是,这个女孩工作完成得很好。
答案:1.Tired as/though they were 2.charge you for 3.Without any hesitation 4.his death is heavier 5.To everyone's satisfaction
[综合性]
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
What role could the arts play in response to climate change and related economic and ecological crises?
It's often said that a novel,a painting,a song or a motion picture changed how a lot of people thought or felt about the world.Anthropologists (人类学家) and historians rightly argue that major changes in society have sprung up not from the arts,but from our relationship to our environment.Nevertheless,artists' efforts help shape the terms by which society adapts to such changes and their consequences.Think of how Beethoven marked the beginnings of modern democracy and the nascent (初期的) Industrial Revolution,or how Hollywood writers and directors inspired massive support for the U.S.war effort during the early 1940s.
We have stepped into a century in which the social systems have been built since the start of the Industrial Revolution.Our food system,transport system,energy system,financial system,and possibly our political and governance systems were designed during an era in which fossil fuels met the great quantity of our fastgrowing energy demand.But fossil fuels are exhaustible resources,and their reduction will drive ever more desperate methods of extraction(提炼),create ever more environmental risk and require ever more capital—even as alternative energy sources they are also costly.Further,burning fossil fuels changes our planet's climate.So,at the same time our economy will need to be redesigned to run on entirely different energy sources,and the natural world will be shifting around us in unprecedented (空前的) ways,with more frequent disastrous storms,floods,droughts,etc.
Everything will be ready for negotiation,redesign and change.And artists have the opportunity and duty to translate the resulting tumultuous (动荡的) human experience into words,images,and music that help people not only to understand these events mentally,but also to come_to_grips with them willingly.The economic and environmental shifts described above are currently being detailed in evergreater specificity in hundreds of reports released yearly by climate and energy experts.What's missing in their carefully worded journal articles is the human dimensions of imagination,joy or sorrow,inspiration,and passion.Art can help us cope with the possible effects of our collective challenges.It can help prepare society for a possibly painful future.It can give voice to suffering and loss,helping people deal with life's unavoidable stress.And it can also offer beauty,which can be especially important in hard times.
Meaningful art can and must express the chaos we encounter and help us process it mentally and emotionally.To achieve this,artists need to dig deeper,observe more closely and help their audiences connect abstract explanations and predictions with actual experiences.
1.Why does the author mention Beethoven?
A.To suggest that musicians can easily adapt to changes in society.
B.To suggest that music can control the social change of the world.
C.To suggest that anthropologists are right about major changes in society.
D.To suggest that artists serve as a bridge for people to understand the world.
2.What do the underlined words “come to grips with” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Start to create.
B.Begin to deal with.
C.Try to record.
D.Take an interest in.
3.According to the author,the artists ________ .
A.are expected to show human experience in works
B.deal with the unpleasant events willingly
C.help people forecast a painful future
D.are the voice of suffering and loss
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Art in Greater Need During Climate Change
B.The Relationship Between Society and Art
C.The Climate Clues Hidden in History
D.The Best Ways to Change the World
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇议论文。讨论了艺术与环境的关系。化石燃料的燃烧造成了污染,甚至更严重的灾难性的环境变化,艺术帮助人们理解并应对这些变化。
1.D [推理判断题。根据第二段前三句“It's often said that a novel...adapts to such changes and their consequences.(人们常说,一部小说、一幅画、一首歌或一部电影改变了许多人对世界的想法或感受。人类学家和历史学家理所当然地提出理由证明,社会的主要变化不是来源于艺术,而是来源于我们与环境的关系。尽管如此,艺术家的努力却有助于塑造社会适应这些变化及其产生这些后果的条件。)”可知,作者提到贝多芬是为了证明艺术家能够帮助人们了解世界,故选D。]
2.B [词义猜测题。根据文章第四段倒数第四句“Art can help us cope with the possible effects of our collective challenges.(艺术可以帮助我们应对共同挑战的可能影响。)”可知,come to grips with的意思应该与cope with相近,所以B项“开始应对”符合题意。故选B。]
3.A [推理判断题。根据文章第四段第二句“And artists have the opportunity and duty to translate the resulting tumultuous human experience into words,images,and music...(艺术家有机会也有责任将产生动荡的人类经历转化为文字、图像和音乐……)”可知A项“are expected to show human experience in works(被期望在作品中展示人类的经历)”正确,故选A。]
4.A [主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“What role could...ecological crises?(艺术在应对气候变化以及相关的经济和生态危机方面可能扮演什么角色?)”点题,第二段讲到艺术家能够帮助人们理解和适应社会变化,第三段讲到气候变化的原因以及可能带来的后果,第四段讲到艺术家在帮助人们应对气候变化带来的一系列问题方面所能做的努力,最后一段总结。故A项“气候变化期间更需要艺术”最适合作文章标题。]
B
Music is not just a set of sounds and rhythms. Its influence on the brain is much deeper than any other human experience.Keep on reading to know that amazing power of music.
A recent study suggests that preterm (早产的) babies appear to experience less pain and feed more when listening to music. A team of experts led by Dr.Manoj Kumar of the University of Alberta,Canada, found that music had a beneficial effect on reducing pain for preterm babies experiencing painful medical tests. It also appeared to benefit fullterm babies during operations.
Many people experiencing brain damage have speechand movementrelated problems.Music can help them recover from brain injuries. As a different and effective treatment,doctors often advise such patients to listen to good music to improve the parts of the brain responsible for these two functions. When people with neurological (神经系统的)disorders hear a musical beat, it helps them to regain a balanced walk.
Though music cannot make deafness disappear, it can really stave_off the loss of hearing. There was an experiment involving 163 people, among whom 74 were musicians.Participants were asked to do some listening tests. Musicians heard the sounds better than nonmusicians, and this difference got clearer with age.This means that a 70yearold musician hears better than a 50yearold nonmusician,even in a noisy environment.
Besides, music mends a broken heart.It is not about abandoned love, but about a heart attack. The matter is that music can help people recover from a heart attack or a heart operation by reducing blood pressure, slowing down the heartbeat rate, and reducing anxiety. Listening to highquality music produces positive emotions, improves the movement of blood,and expands blood vessels, thus, promoting quick recovery of the whole cardiovascular (心血管的) system.
5.How does music affect preterm babies?
A.It helps reduce their pain.
B.It helps develop their potential in music.
C.It helps improve their hearing systems.
D.It helps repair their neurological systems.
6.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “stave off”in Paragraph 4?
A.Lead to. B.Increase.
C.Prevent. D.Break into.
7.Why can music mend a broken heart?
A.It has a positive effect on human body systems' work.
B.It can help people prevent diseases caused by anxiety.
C.It helps make a person feel optimistic about life.
D.It can help patients recover in a slow way.
8.Which of the following may be the best title for the text?
A.Who can benefit from music?
B.The best time to listen to music
C.The way to choose highquality music
D.The music's effects on one's body and mind
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文,介绍了音乐给人带来的益处。
5.A [细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“A recentstudy suggests that preterm babies appearto experience less pain and feed more when listening to music.”可知,音乐可以帮助早产儿减少痛苦,故选A。]
6.C [词义猜测题。由第四段最后三句“Participants were asked to do...even in a noisy environment.”可知,音乐家能比非音乐家更清楚地听到声音,一个70岁的音乐家的听力会比50岁的非音乐家的听力好,故音乐能阻止听力的丧失,由此可推知,stave off与prevent意思相近。故选C。]
7.A [细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句“Listening to highquality music produces positive emotions...the whole cardiovascular system.”可知,音乐能治愈一颗破碎的心是因为它对人体系统的工作有积极的影响。故选A。]
8.D [主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要介绍了音乐对人身体和心理的影响。所以文章的最佳标题为“音乐对一个人的身心的影响”。故选D。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
Alan Tripp,102,and Marvin Weisbord,88,recently released (发行)their first music album together,Senior Song Book.
The inspiration for the album came when Tripp __1__ a poem,which was about life,getting old,and losing friends,shortly before he turned 100.He __2__ it with his friend Weisbord,who grew up playing the piano, and he was __3__ to it immediately.Weisbord decided to set it to music as a surprise __4__ for Tripp's 100th birthday.
On his birthday party,listening to Weisbord perform his words on the __5__ inspired the idea for an album.“I spent my whole life time wanting to become a __6__ ,and at 102,I thought,why not finally do it?” Tripp said.Over two years,they spent several hours each week testing the composition and writing lyrics (歌词).They would __7__ in the morning and sit at the grand piano in Weisbord's apartment.Tripp and Weisbord __8__ the money of the album on their own.In addition to Weisbord's band, they employed ten singers to __9__ the songs.
The album,released on 15 November,has a 1940s tune with __10__ lyrics.“It is the great music of the 1940s,1950s and 1960s,but the words are looking ahead to the 2020s,” Tripp said,laughing happily.The album's first copies __11__ within days—but you can __12__ listen to the album on YouTube.
Tripp and Weisbord hope their album will __13__ other seniors to try something __14__ .“You don't retire from something.Instead,you should retire to something,” Tripp said.“We __15__ what we're doing,and that's what makes us live so long.”
1.A.picked up B.made up
C.gave up D.mixed up
2.A.admired B.exchanged
C.shared D.connected
3.A.related B.addicted
C.applied D.attracted
4.A.case B.gift
C.secret D.party
5.A.piano B.violin
C.guitar D.board
6.A.composer B.pianist
C.songwriter D.conductor
7.A.chat B.meet
C.dance D.leave
8.A.won B.earned
C.used D.raised
9.A.sing B.play
C.record D.write
10.A.classic B.strange
C.funny D.modern
11.A.came out B.set out
C.sold out D.gave out
12.A.also B.already
C.thus D.even
13.A.instruct B.persuade
C.discourage D.inspire
14.A.new B.traditional
C.difficult D.popular
15.A.hate B.appreciate
C.observe D.plan
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。文章写了作为好友的两位高龄老人,虽然退休,但是并未放弃梦想,并合作发行了歌曲专辑,诠释了“梦想永不嫌晚”这一主题。
1.B [根据下文中的“which was about life,getting old,and losing friends,shortly before he turned 100”和“perform his words”可知特里普在快到100岁时写了一首诗。pick up意为“捡起”;make up意为“创作;编写”;give up意为“放弃”;mix up意为“混合”。故选B。]
2.C [根据下文中的“Weisbord decided to set it to music”和第三段第一句话可知,特里普与朋友韦斯伯德分享了他的诗。admire意为“欣赏”;exchange意为“交换”;share意为“分享”;connect意为“连接”。故选C。]
3.D [根据“Weisbord decided to set it to music as a surprise __4__ for Tripp's 100th birthday.”可知,韦斯伯德被这首诗所吸引。be related to意为“涉及”;be addicted to意为“沉溺于”;be applied to意为“应用于”;be attracted to意为“被……吸引”。故选D。]
4.B [根据“for Tripp's 100th birthday”和“On his birthday party”可知,韦斯伯德决定把这首诗谱成音乐,作为特里普100岁生日的礼物。gift意为“礼物”。故选B。]
5.A [根据上文中的“He __2__ it with his friend Weisbord,who grew up playing the piano”可知,韦斯伯德从小弹钢琴,所以是用钢琴演奏。故选A。]
6.C [根据上文特里普写诗这件事和下文中的“Over two years,they spent several hours each week testing the composition and writing lyrics.”可知,特里普梦想成为一名歌曲创作者。故选C。]
7.B [根据设空处后的“sit at the grand piano in Weisbord's apartment”可知,两人在早上见面。故选B。]
8.D [根据设空处后的“the money of the album on their own”可知,两位老人自己筹集(raised)资金。故选D。]
9.A [根据设空处前的“they employed ten singers to”可知,他们雇用歌手的目的是唱出这些歌曲。故选A。]
10.D [根据“It is the great music of the 1940s,1950s and 1960s,but the words are looking ahead to the 2020s”可知,他们创作的歌曲的曲调是经典的,但歌词却是现代的。故选D。]
11.C [根据下文中的“but you can __12__ listen to the album on YouTube”可知,第一批唱片已售空。come out意为“出版”;set out意为“出发”;sell out意为“售光”;give out意为“用完”。故选C。]
12.A [根据“The album's first copies __11__ within days”和“listen to the album on YouTube”可知,虽然买不到唱片,但人们也能在YouTube上听这张专辑。故选A。]
13.D [根据“You don't retire from something.Instead,you should retire to something,”Tripp said.可知,两位老人希望他们的专辑能鼓舞其他老年人尝试新事物。inspire sb.to do sth.意 为“鼓舞某人做某事”。故选D。]
14.A [由文章内容可知,两位老人做了新的尝试,所以他们希望激励其他老年人也去尝试新事物。故选A。]
15.B [根据“and that's what makes us live so long”可知,两位老人做的是自己热爱的事情,并且非常感激(appreciate)这一切。故选B。]
1
学科网(北京)股份有限公司
$