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Unit 5 Music
Period 1 Listening and Speaking
练习（原卷版）
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
A
On a dark winter day in Russia in 1896, Sergei Prokofiev sat by a piano next to his
mother. She was helping him compose (作曲) his first piece of music. Sergei was only
five years old.
He had overheard his parents discussing a terrible famine ( 饥荒) in India. The
picture Sergei had of those hungry people in his mind caused him to write a story, in the
form of musical notes. Sergei could not read music, so he picked out a tune on the piano keys, and his
mother recorded the notes. Sergei titled it “Indian Gallop”.
Sergei’s mother began giving him piano lessons for 20 minutes a day, and his ability grew quickly.
She had a great love for music, too, and Sergei often lay awake in bed at night and listened to her play the
piano.
Sergei’s parents found a famous music teacher for him. The teacher shouted at Sergei when he didn’t
practice reading and playing music. Sergei later wrote, “I wanted to compose great musical plays, and
instead I was given all sorts of boring tasks. ” Yet he persisted with his studies and grew up to be a great
composer.
In 1936 a children’s theater asked Sergei to write music that would teach children about different
instruments. He was happy and wrote the piece in a week, calling it Peter and the Wolf.
Sergei’s Peter and the Wolf was enjoyed by children as well as adults. The first time Sergei played
the piece on the piano, the children listening to it loved it so much that they made him play the ending
three extra times. He was excited.
Today Sergei Prokofiev is remembered not only for his contributions (贡献) to classical music, but
also for his sense of fun.
1. When he was five, Sergei _________.
A. could read music
B. experienced a famine
C. created his first composition
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂D. wrote a story about his parents
2. The piece of music Peter and the Wolf _________.
A. was a great success
B. was one of Sergei’s early works
C. was written to teach children about the piano
D. was played three extra times when first played
3. What’s the text mainly about?
A. The greatest 20th-century composer.
B. Sergei’s contributions to music.
C. Musical plays in Russia.
D. Sergei’s musical stories.
B
Iggy Azalea doesn’t look like a rapper(说唱歌手). On May 17, she attended the 2015
Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, US, with pink hair and a blue coat. She looked like
a model, but won big as a rapper. The 26-year-old Australian beat big names like Nicki
Minaj and Drake to win the award for Top Rap Artist.
It’s a great achievement in many people’s eyes, but Azalea knew what she wanted from
the beginning. At 15 she dropped out of high school because she was only interested in art class. She
worked as a house cleaner to save money for her dream the following year. Before her 16th birthday,
Azalea left her home, a tiny town in Australia, for the US, making up her mind to become a rapper.
Moving from Miami to Houston to Atlanta, she started rapping in the Southern-style accent of her
surroundings and her single Ignorant Art came out in 2011. From then on, she has never looked back.
However, her style has caused lots of discussions. She might be one of the most polarizing(两极化
的)artists. She raps with a southern American accent, even though she speaks with an Australian one.
Many people comment that she overuses black culture in her music.
Her supporters are against it. American female rapper MC Lyte defended Azalea in an interview,
saying she should not be judged because of where she’s from. “Hip hop is universal, no color lines. ” MC
Lyte said. Azalea herself is proud of her music. “I really want to be focused on what I’m doing, ” she said
in an interview. “That’s really dangerous when you’re trying to figure out ways to entertain people and
make them happy. I don’t want to be a part of that. ”
4. After leaving for America, Azalea _________.
A. went to an art school for her dream
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂B. worked as a cleaner in the first year
C. never returned to her hometown in Australia
D. developed her Southern-style accent rapping
5. Azalea’s music style is questioned because _________.
A. she sings with Australian accent
B. she looks like a model herself
C. people think her music is of too much black style
D. people don’t accept singers from southern America
6. By saying “I don’t want to be a part of that. ” Azalea means that _________.
A. she’s unwilling to become popular
B. her music is not for entertainment
C. she refuses to learn from other Rappers
D. her music is not affected by others’ taste
7. Which of the following can best describe Iggy Azalea?
A. Kind and easy-going.
B. Determined and confident.
C. Honest and serious.
D. Talented and friendly.
Ⅱ. 七选五
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
(2018·全国卷Ⅲ)
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate,
joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
8 We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings,
birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.
“I adore dancing, ” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing
anything else with my life. ” Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dancing is wonderful. 9
It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life. ”
10 “I can tell you about one young couple, ” says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional
dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. 1 1 ”
So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says,
“Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better.
12 I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive. ”
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B. Dance in the U. S. is everywhere.
C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.
D. My older students say it makes them feel young.
E. I keep practicing even when I’m extremely tired.
F. Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.
G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.
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