Unit 5 Music speaks 单元检测系列任务型阅读专项训练2026-2027学年译林版英语九年级上册
九年级英语上册 Unit 5 Music speaks 单元检测系列
任务型阅读
【热点素材】2026年中国青少年美育发展报告指出：超过58%的中学生喜爱音乐，但仅有不到三分之一坚持学习一门乐器，很多孩子中途放弃，主要挑战来自枯燥练习与学业压力。
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用完整句子回答下列问题。
Music is one of the most wonderful art forms for teenagers. It can lift our spirits and bring us joy. A 2026 report on Chinese teenagers’ aesthetic education shows that more than 58% of middle‑school students love music. However, less than one‑third of them keep learning a musical instrument. Many students give it up halfway because of boring daily practice and heavy schoolwork pressure.
Li Jia, a 14‑year‑old girl from Nanjing, used to give up practicing the guzheng. She showed amazing musical talent at the age of seven. Since her parents expected high progress, she had to practise for two hours every day after school. Gradually, she lost interest in this traditional Chinese instrument. Later, her music teacher encouraged her to try some modern pieces mixed with folk music. “I didn’t know traditional music could be so cool,” she says. Now she spends half an hour practising every day and takes part in the school music club. She even writes short pieces for guzheng in her free time.
The report advises schools to offer more music clubs and different kinds of musical activities. It also reminds parents not to push their children too hard. As music is for enjoyment, students should feel happy while creating or enjoying music, instead of only paying attention to performance results. Music speaks to our heart, and true musical growth needs time and patience.
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根据短文内容，用完整句子回答下列问题。
1. What does the 2026 report on Chinese teenagers’ aesthetic education show?
2. Why did Li Jia once want to give up practising the guzheng?
3. What advice did Li Jia’s music teacher give her?
4. What does Li Jia do for music now in her spare time?
5. What does the report remind parents to do?
【热点素材】2026《中外音乐家科普读本》面向中学生发行，向青少年介绍谭盾的创作理念：音乐无国界，自然万物都可以成为音乐的来源。
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用完整句子回答下列问题。
Tan Dun is one of the world‑famous Chinese composers. His saying “Music without boundaries” has influenced lots of young music lovers. Born in central Hunan, Tan Dun grew up near the Liuyang River. When he was very young, he fell in love with sounds from nature. Since he had no real musical instruments as a child, he made music with simple common objects like stones and paper.
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Later, Tan Dun went to the USA for further study. There he became familiar with Western classical music and got to know great musicians across the world. He is best known for winning an Oscar for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He also created his special work Water Concerto. By controlling water flow, he creates over 50 different sounds from soft drops to huge waves. He believes natural sounds are also wonderful music. He wrote the award music for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. In that piece, he mixes traditional Chinese music and ancient bell sounds together in a Western style.
Tan Dun hopes teenagers can open their ears to the world around them. He encourages young students to find music in daily life. For him, music is not only made by expensive instruments. Everyday objects, natural sounds and different cultures can all come together to create new music.
根据短文内容，用完整句子回答下列问题。
1. Where did Tan Dun grow up when he was young?
2. Why did Tan Dun make music with stones and paper in his childhood?
3. What prize made Tan Dun world‑famous according to the passage?
4. How does Tan Dun create different sounds in his work Water Concerto?
5. What does Tan Dun encourage teenagers to do?
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