Unit 4 Meeting the Muse 单元强化检测题 -2026-2027学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Meeting the muse 单元强化检测题

一．单句语法填空

1. I like Bach and Mozart, not these modern ________(compose)．

2. Peter stood there, so ________(motion), just like a log.

3. Technical ________(innovate) plays an important role in increasing production.

4. Some of our friends can be similar to us, and some of them can have many ________(distinct) in some ways.

5. Students are encouraged to take control of their own learning, rather ________ just depending on the teacher.

6. This custom has been passed ________ since the 18th century.

7. He is totally dedicated and brings ________ the best in his pupils.

8. You see, our story was set ________ motion before I was even born.

9. ________ we all know, the sun rises from the east.

10. His speech was ________(inspire) and touched my heart.

11. To answer correctly is more important than ________(finish) quickly.

12. You sound very much ________(interest) in the job, which makes me excited.

13. In this case we have no choice, but to turn ________ others.

14. It is a disturbing problem that many chemicals can lead ________ cancer.

15. China is the only country ________ wild pandas can be found.

二．课文语法填空

Every 1.__________(artist) wish is to create something 2.__________ expresses an idea. But who or what 3.__________(inspire) them? Here are three artists and their sources of inspiration.

Florentijn Hofman is 4.__________ visual artist. Rubber Duck and Floating Fish are his famous 5.__________(work). The sources of his inspiration are his children’s toys, Chinese folk tales 6.__________ the experience in Wuzhen.

Tan Dun is a composer who is known for 7.__________(compose) music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sources of

his inspiration come from a mix of Chinese 8.__________(music) traditions and Western influences.

Yang Liping is a dancer known 9.__________ the “Peacock Princess” because of her Spirit of the Peacock dance. As for 10.__________(she), the sources of inspiration are the life in Xishuangbanna, the dance style of the Dai people and the Dai people’s traditional belief.

三.阅读理解

A

Growing up in Pasadena in the 1960s meant, tolerating its reputation for little old ladies, New Year’s floats and football. But that wasn’t all there was to Pasadena. It had classic art, a good public library, and good schools. And it had the Pasadena Art Museum.

Just the place to excite a curious teenager, the Pasadena Art Museum was informal, appealingly ramshackle(破烂不堪的) and accessible. I could ride my bike to the Chinese－style building. I felt welcome to hang out there. I must have gone to the famous Marcel Duchamp exhibition of 1963 a dozen or more times.

Then, in 1965, came the concerts：Leonard Stein’s Encounters series. The museum presented modern composers not as outsiders, which is how the traditional music world viewed them, but as part of a larger world of modern art.

I heard John Cage fill the gallery with sound in such a way that the art on the walls seemed to come to life. Then I read of his early friendship with Mark Tobey, whose paintings I had seen in the galleries.

Stunned by the powerful new sounds I heard at Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Encounters concert, I asked him where he got his ideas of futuristic electronic composition. He said he had tried modeling musical forms after sketches by Paul Klee, which I also knew from the museum.

The Pasadena Art Museum provided me with the experience of art as a part of everything else. What it ultimately provided me with was a model of art and life as a

huge jigsaw(拼图) puzzle. It supplied some of the pieces. It suggested possible methods for fitting them together. And I now, thanks to the museum, spend my life finding new pieces and seeking new connections, happy to observe the network of arts become ever more global, ever more entwined(交织的)．

1. What can be learned about the author from Paragraph 2?

A. He used to wander purposelessly.

B. He frequented the Pasadena Art Museum.

C. He had great interest in Chinese－style architecture.

D. He enjoyed cycling around Pasadena.

2. What did the author think of John Cage’s music?

A. It contributed to the development of modern art.

B. It was a valuable source of inspiration.

C. It helped to improve Mark Tobey’s paintings.

D. It was truly amazing and impressive.

3. What does the underlined word “Stunned” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Annoyed.　　　　　　 B. Confused.

C. Astonished.    D. Discouraged.

4. How would the author describe the Pasadena Art Museum?

A. It helped him see a close connection between art and life.

B. It excited his interest in establishing a network.

C. It fired his enthusiasm for solving jigsaw puzzles.

D. It boosted his confidence in creating art.

B

I wonder if I’m getting to be transparent. I can see waiters, but they can’t see me. Ticket agents look right through me at the person next in line. I have the same feeling when I try to catch the attention of salesgirls, taxi drivers and my wife.

I’m substantial enough, maybe a little too substantial in places. And there’s an undeniable air of authority about the way I stride(阔步行走) into a restaurant, pull my