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Unit 5 Music
Period 2 Reading and Thinking 练习
Ⅰ.单词语境填空。
1．It is good for you to find a quiet place, listening to some c_______________(经典的) music．
2．I have made up my mind to serve the people heart and s_______________(灵魂)．
3．You should encourage your children to make use of the o_______________(机会) to join sports teams．
4．The children’s p_______________(演出，表演) gave the elders a lot of pleasure last week．
5．He is likely to build a s_______________(工作室) of his own with the help of his friends．
6．I do hope that o_______________(普通的) people can live a rich and happy life．
7．He has broken the world record, t_______________(因此) winning his first gold medal．
8．The girl performing on the s_______________(舞台) has a gift for dance．
9．The musician along with his b_______________(乐队)members has given ten performances in the last
three months．
10．N_______________(现在) more and more people would rather not live in big cities．
.完成句子
1．我确信这是表演你最喜爱的音乐的一次好机会。
I’m sure it is____________________to perform your favorite music．
2．我们餐馆提供既有能量又富含纤维的饭菜。
Our restaurant serves foods both ______________________________fibre．
3．困难在于他如何向其他科学家证明他的想法。
The difficulty was how he _____________________________other scientists．
4．这个男孩很自豪，因为他救了这个女人的命而获得了政府的奖励。
The boy was proud to ___________________________________by the government for his saving the
woman’s life．
5．我仍记得第一次参观博物馆的情景。
I still remember ________________________________for the first time．
.课文语法填空
Can you imagine 1．_____________(sing) together with hundreds of other people while you are alone at
home? You can do this in a virtual choir ． All you need is a video camera and an Internet 2 ．
_____________(connect) ． A virtual choir 3 ． _____________(enable) people to add their voices 4 ．
_______________those of other individuals．
The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre 5．_____________ is an American composer and conductor．
He began to study music in the university and got 6．_____________master’s degree in 1997．After that, he
accomplished many well received compositions．In 2009, 7．_____________(inspire) by a video he received
from a girl singing one of his 8．_____________(work), he created his first virtual choir, LuxAurumque．Later,
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The virtual choir is a wonderful way to sing with one voice and thus make the world a 10 ．
_____________(good) place．
IV.阅读理解。
A
Our grandparents tell us stories of their years over and over again．Until finally we have heard them tell the
stories so many times that we wonder why they keep on repeating these old times．Unconsciously(无意识地)，
this is the way our minds work to pass history on．There was a time when writing, reading, books, radio, TV and
electronics of today were not present at all．Few things could be used to record and pass information on to the next
generation．People would only sit around the campfire or the kitchen table, sharing stories of the past．This is
called the “oral(口述的) tradition”．
Children listened endlessly to families sharing stories of their youth．Memories are put in the minds of young
people forever so they could later recall and tell them to their children and grandchildren．Can you recall any of
this? I can．How could life of the past be able to survive for centuries without this telling of stories and
information to the listening ears of the youth?
Just the other day, our Uncle Martin came to visit with his two kids．As we sat around the kitchen table
sharing stories and family remembrances, Uncle Martin’s laughter filled the room．He recalled several times that
he was lucky to have not been hit by the falling trees．Each person in the room listened and enjoyed his details and
humor．
We all can continue to share stories with our children, telling of those good old days．Children do listen and
want to hear true, sincere, funny and scary tales dug up from the past and then they tell their friends．So oral
tradition goes on and on．
1．According to the text, how did people pass on messages in the past?
A．By using electronics．
B．By telling stories orally．
C．By recording them in books．
D．By reading books to the next generation．
2．What will happen if the stories are repeated many times?
A．They can make the children feel bored．
B．They can make the children’s minds clear．
C．They can improve the children’s creativity．
D．They can give the children a deep impression(印象)．
3．What will the children probably do after they listen to the stories from the old?
A．Dig up more stories in the past．
B．Share them with their friends．
C．Write them down carefully．
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4．What may be the author’s attitude to oral tradition?
A．He/She values it．
B．He/She is against it．
C．He/She thinks it’s outdated．
D．He/She thinks it’s unreliable．
B
Generally, the blues are often associated with unhappy things．For example, if you lose your job, you might
want to listen to the blues．Although the blues often deal with unhappy personal things, the music itself goes far
beyond selfpity．The blues is also about overcoming hard luck, saying what you feel, ridding yourself of sadness,
making you relaxed, and simply having fun．
The blues has deep roots in American history, particularly AfricanAmerican history．The blues began in
Southern plantations(大农场) in the 19th century．Its inventors were slaves, exslaves and the children of slaves—
AfricanAmerican sharecroppers(佃农) who sang as they worked in the cotton and vegetable fields．
The blues grew up in the Mississippi Delta just upriver from New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz．Blues and
jazz have always influenced each other, and they still influence each other in many ways today．Unlike jazz, the
blues didn’t spread out quickly from the South to the Midwest until the 1930s and 1940s．When the Delta blues
made their way up the Mississippi to urban areas, the music developed into electrified Chicago blues, other regional
blues styles, and various jazzblues hybrids．About ten years later, the blues gave birth to rhythms(节奏) ‘n’ blues
and rock ‘n’ roll．
No single person invented the blues, but many people said they had discovered different styles of the blues．
For example, a bandleader, W．C．Handy insisted that the blues was first shown to him in 1903 by a street
guitarist at a train station in Tutwiler, Mississippi．
During the middle to late 1800s, the Deep South was home to hundreds of important bluesmen who helped to
shape the music．Unfortunately, much of this original music followed these sharecroppers to their graves．But the
music of these earliest blues pioneers can still be heard in the recordings of 1920s and 1930s from Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Georgia and other Southern states．
5．What can we know about the blues?
A．It can be very loud music．
B．It often tells sad personal stories．
C．It can bring sad feelings to people．
D．It is mainly about overcoming hard luck．
6．What’s the relationship between the blues and jazz?
A．The blues gave birth to jazz．
B．They have influenced each other．
C．They usually have the same rhythm．
D．Jazz made the blues popular in the Mississippi Delta．
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A．It became less popular then．
B．It developed into different styles．
C．It created many different rhythms．
D．It was replaced by other regional musical styles．
8．What is the passage mainly about?
A．The history of the blues．
B．The changes of the blues．
C．The pioneers of the blues．
D．The invention of the blues．
V. 读后续写
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
In the busy city of New York, such an amazing thing ever happened. On a cold Friday night, a poor artist stood
at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The young violinist was a student at an Arts College named
Joseph, who did so every day in order to earn his tuition fees. He planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna and
had booked the flight the next morning. Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the
weekend. Joseph was playing his last chapter when a middle aged man looking pretty excited slowed down his pace
and put 50 dollars into the hat, for which Joseph was grateful.
The next night, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station as usual, and put his hat on the ground
gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some
stones on it. Then he began playing the violin.
Before long, the young artist was surrounded with many passers－by, who were all attracted by the words
on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an unexpected thing into my hat by
mistake. Please come to claim it as soon as possible.”
It caused a great excitement and curiosity. They were dying to know what the unexpected thing could be.
After about half an hour, a middle aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and
grabbed his shoulders and said, “Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you are an honest man and would
certainly come here.”
The young violinist asked calmly, “Are you Mr George Sang？”
The man nodded.The violinist asked, “Did you lose something？”
“Lottery. It's lottery，” replied the man.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. “Is it？” he asked.
George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, and then he danced with Joseph.
注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
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Paragraph 1：
The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an ordinary office clerk.
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This was the scene just now.
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