Unit 5 Music speaks Reading 课后练习2026-2027学年译林版英语九年级上册

Unit 5 Music speaks Reading 课后练习

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单词拼写

1．The little girl showed a great ________ (天赋) for playing the violin at a very young age.

2．At the Sand Therapy Health Centre, people can experience the ________ (独特的) treatment of burying their body parts in the sand with temperatures of the sand surface reaching up to 50℃.

3．The students weren’t listening to the teacher carefully when the ________ (电铃) rang suddenly.

4．The water began to ________ (流) down the hill after the heavy rain stopped.

5．Beethoven was a famous ________ (作曲家) who wrote many beautiful pieces of music.

二、用所给单词的正确形式填空

6．Most students are ________ (familiar) with this piece of classical music. They have heard it many times.

7．As a child, he________ (show) a gift for music.

8．Music without ________ (boundary) is Tan Dun’s lifelong dream.

9．His unique style has won ________ (he) great respect.

10．Mount Zijin is a beautiful mountain which rests in the ________ (east) part of Nanjing.

三、完成句子

11．他的音乐就是梦想无边。

His music ___________________________________.

12．他用石头和纸等简单的物品做音乐。

He ____________________________ stones and paper.

13．谭盾出生于中国湖南省，他是在浏阳河边长大的。

_____________________, China, Tan Dun _____________________ the Liuyang River.

14．他爱上了奔涌的流水与呼啸的微风，因为在他眼中，这些便是最动人的音乐。

 He _____________________ and ____________________ , because to him, they were _________________ music.

15．Tan’s life experience __________________________ Eastern and Western music.

谭先生的人生阅历使他得以搭建起连接东西方音乐的桥梁。

16．他独特的音乐风格为他在音乐界赢得了广泛的尊重与成功。

His unique musical style ________________ ____________________________________________________________ in the world of music.

四、短文填空

Many people may have heard one of the world’s most famous piano pieces Für Elise. It was     17     (write) by German composer Beethoven. He is considered by some to be the greatest composer of all time.     18     

(sad), Beethoven didn’t live long enough to enjoy the popularity of this little piece. It was published many years after his     19     (die). Though Beethoven composed Für Elise in 1810, it wasn’t discovered     20     1865. It was published two years     21     (late), and the music became popular right away. But because Beethoven wasn’t alive to discuss the work, some details remain a mystery, especially the title.

Ludwig Nohl, the man who discovered the piece, believed the title read Für Elise. Yet because Beethoven had terrible handwriting, others weren’t sure who it was dedicated to. Some     22     (think) it might have read Für Therese. The title “Für Elise” means “For Elise” in German. But to this day, no one knows for sure     23     Elise was.

Why is Für Elise still so popular today? It is     24     many piano students are introduced to it by their teachers. It’s also part of our pop culture. For example, the     25     (easy) recognizable (可识别的) music can be heard in advertisements and in movies. A website has reported millions of searches     26     this piano piece. There’s little doubt that Für Elise will continue to be a favourite of many.

五、阅读理解

Creativity plays an important role in modern music. Music does not have to come from expensive instruments.     27   

Tan Dun has won worldwide praise for his creative ideas. He refuses to be limited by traditional composing rules.     28     He believes wonderful music can come from stones, paper and running water.

When he was little, he lived close to the Liuyang River and enjoyed natural sounds.     29     Later, further study abroad helped him understand Western musical culture.

    30     His award-winning music for the Beijing Olympics is one of his most well-known works. It combines ancient Chinese bell sounds with modern musical styles.

We should not judge musical works only by their instruments.     31     We are supposed to discover beauty from simple things around us.

A．He draws lots of creative inspiration from nature.

B．His works receive high praise both at home and abroad.

C．Natural sounds can become important parts of musical pieces.

D．He never listens to any Chinese traditional music in his entire life.

E．As a kid, he made music with simple everyday objects.

F．Creative thinking is more valuable than costly musical tools.

G．Every composer has to buy plenty of expensive instruments.

六、任务型阅读

阅读课文 Tan Dun’s music，完整回答下列问题

32．What did Tan Dun use to make music when he was a little boy?

                                                                   

33．Why is the Liuyang River special to Tan Dun?

                                                                   

34．What special material does Tan Dun use in his work “Water Concerto”?

                                                                   

35．What famous piece of music did Tan Dun write for the Beijing 2008 Olympics?

                                                                   

36．What idea about music does Tan Dun want to show to people through his works?