Unit 5 Music Reading and Thinking课文学案-2026-2027学年高一英语 人教版（2019）必修第二册

该高中英语学案聚焦虚拟合唱团的定义、运作方式、创始人及影响等核心知识点，通过Pre-reading的文体选择（说明文）导入，While-reading分段落设计问题链（运作流程、优势对比、创始人信息、时间数字分析），Post-reading进行段落匹配与选择练习，构建从导入到深化再到巩固的学习支架。 该资料特色在于通过表格对比虚拟与真实合唱团、提取创始人关键信息、分析数字意义等活动培养思维品质，借助文体判断和段落结构梳理提升语言能力，分层练习（填空、问答、选择）优化学习策略，答案详细辅助自主学习，有效助力学生核心素养发展。

必修二Unit 5 MUSIC THE VIRTUAL CHOIR 课文阅读学案（附答案） Pre-reading： What do you want to know about the virtual choir? So the passage may be a/an _________. A. narration (记叙文) B. argumentation (议论文) C. exposition (说明文) While-reading Para 1. 1. How a virtual choir works? Members: ________________ Place: ________________ Equipment: ________________and ________________________ Making progress: ①__________________________________ ②__________________________________ ③__________________________________ 2. What are the advantages of the virtual choir? 1). Helps connect__________________________. 2). Helps people meet friends or contacts with _________________________. 3). Gives people __________________a local choir. 4). Enable people to become ________________________ 5). Have a _____________________ on the lives of many people. 3. Read Para 1 and tell the difference between the virtual choir and the real choir. Virtual choir Reality choir Form live Place stage of music hall Identity of singers Number of singers Limited to the required programme Influence on singers many people as singers (becoming part of the global community) Para 2. 1. fill in the blanks Profile Adjectives (形容词) to describe（描述） him: Name: Sex: Age: Nationality: Career: Education background: Degree: Major: 2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? _________________________________________________________________________ 3. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir? ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Think about in what order the author introduces Eric Whitacre. _________________________________________________________________________ Para . 3 1. mark out the time. 2. How many people joined in the song “what if”?(在文中找出来） _________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do the numbers show? _________________________________________________________________________ Para.4 1. What is the author’s attitude towards the virtual choir? A．Indifferent. B．Negative. C．Positive. D．Unknown. 2. How to understand “sing with one voice”? ___________________________________________________________________________ Post -reading Skim to match the main idea with each para. Para.1 A. The influence of the virtual choir. Para.2 B. The introduction of the virtual choir. Para.3 C. The creator of the virtual choir. Para.4 D. The creation of the virtual choir. 1.What is required to join a virtual choir? A. A professional studio. B. A video camera and Internet access. C. A local choir membership. D. A master’s degree in music. 2.How is a virtual choir different from other choirs and who can take part in it? A. It needs members to meet in person; Only skilled singers can join. B. Members don’t have to be together and no studio is needed; Anyone can take part. C. It requires a big studio; Only famous singers can join. D. Members must sing at the same time; Only students can join. 3.What made Eric Whitacre fall in love with Mozart’s classical music? A. Winning an award for his composition. B. Studying at the Juilliard School. C. Singing for the university choir. D. Creating the virtual choir. 4. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir? A. a girl’s online video. B. a teacher’s advice. C. online classes. D. a singer’s help. 5.The underlined word “phenomenon” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______. A. a famous person B. a remarkable and widely successful event C. a musical instrument D. a difficult problem 6.What is the passage mainly about? A. Eric Whitacre’s early life. B. The origin, development and influence of the virtual choir. C. Mozart’s influence on modern music. D. UNICEF’s youth music projects. 7. What can we infer from the passage? A. The virtual choir was created only for commercial profit. B. Eric Whitacre had no formal music education. C. The virtual choir helps connect people across the world. D. Local choirs are better than virtual ones. 必修二 Unit5 The Virtual Choir 答案 Pre-reading C (exposition 说明文，文章介绍虚拟合唱团的定义、发明者、发展与影响) While-reading Para 1 1. How a virtual choir works? Members: ordinary people from all over the world Place: anywhere / not a real stage Equipment: a video camera and an Internet connection Making progress: ① Record themselves singing alone at home ② Upload their videos onto the Internet ③ Put all videos together to make a virtual choir 2. Advantages of the virtual choir 1. Helps connectpeople across the world. 2. Helps people meet friends or contacts with the same interest. 3. Gives people access to a local choir. 4. Enable people to become part of the global community. 5. Have a positive influence/effect on the lives of many people. 3. Differences between virtual choir and reality choir Virtual choir Reality choir Form virtual / online live Place anywhere online stage of music hall Identity of singers common people worldwide professional/local singers Number of singers unlimited Limited to the required programme Influence on singers many people as singers (becoming part of the global community) limited influence Para 2 1. Profile Name: Eric Whitacre Sex: male Age: in his 50s Nationality: American Career: composer and conductor Education background: graduated from the Juilliard School Degree: master’s degree Major: music composition Adjectives: talented, creative, outstanding, hard-working 2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? He sang in the university choir and fell in love with Mozart’s classical music. 3. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir? He saw a girl singing online and had the idea of combining people’s videos together. 4. Writing order Life experience → education → music career → inspiration of creation (时间顺序+人物介绍顺序) Para 3 1. Time markers： 2009, 2012 2. How many people joined “What If”? More than 2,000 singers from 80 different countries. 3. What do the numbers show? The rapid development and great popularity/influence of the virtual choir worldwide. Para 4 1. Attitude：C (Positive) 2. How to understand “sing with one voice”? People from different countries and backgrounds unite as one, singing together peacefully and harmoniously through the virtual choir. Post-reading Paragraph matching Para.1 —B (The introduction of the virtual choir.) Para.2 — C (The creator of the virtual choir.) Para.3 — D (The creation/development of the virtual choir.) Para.4 — A (The influence of the virtual choir.) Multiple choice 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. C 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $