英語課時分層作業(yè)十五UNIT5MUSIC必修第二冊

課時分層作業(yè)(十五)Ⅰ.閱讀理解AOneofthemostpopularAmericansingersofthetwentiethcenturywasElvisPresley.Hemadetherock“n”rollmusicpopularallovertheworld.Hesoldmillionsofrecordsandmademanysuccessfulfilms，andhehelpedchangethedirectionofpopularmusicinthe1960s.ElvisPresleywasborninapoorfamilyin1935.Hisparentsweresimplecountrypeoplewhooftentookhimtochurch，wherehelearnedtosing，andheneverforgotthekindofsongsthatheusedtosinginchurchasachild.Whenhewasyoung，ElvismovedfromToledotoMemphisinTennessee，whereheattendedhighschool，buthewasnotagoodstudent，hisonlyrealinterestwassinging.Hebegantosinginthestylethatiscalled“countryandwestern”．In1955herecordedsomesongsforhismother'sbirthday.Thepeopleattherecordingstudiolikedhissingingandhismusic.Itwascountryandwesternmusic，butitalsosoundedalittlelikethemusicwhichblackpeopleusedtosingintheAmericanSouth.Itwascalled“blues”．Shortlyafterthat，ElvismetTomParker，whobecamehismanagerandarranged(安排)concertsforhimacrosstheUnitedStatesandnewrecordingsaswell.SoonElvisbecamefamousaroundthecountry.LaterElviswenttoHollywoodandbegantoappearinfilmssuchasLoveMeTenderandKingCreole.ButElvisfounditdifficulttolivewithsuccess.Likemanyotherfamouspeople，hebegantotakedrugsandhishealthstartedtosuffer.Whenhediedatanearlyageof42in1977，hismillionsoffanswereshocked，“TheKingIsDead！”thenewspapersaid.ButtodayhismemoryandhismusicliveonandwillalwaysberememberedastheKingofRock“n”roll.【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了貓王ElvisPresley傳奇的一生以及他對音樂的貢獻(xiàn)。1．Fromthepassage，wecansee________．A．thechurchsongsdidn'thelpElvisdevelophisownstyleB．ElvisforgothischurchmusicatalaterageC．Elvisdidn'tgetanyhelpfromhisparentsD．thechurchsongshelpedElvis'developmentinhissingingD[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Hisparentsweresimplecountrypeoplewhooftentookhimtochurch，wherehelearnedtosing，andheneverforgotthekindofsongsthatheusedtosinginchurchasachild.”可知，Elvis的父母是淳樸的鄉(xiāng)下人，經(jīng)常帶他去教堂，在那里他學(xué)會了唱歌，他永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記小時候在教堂里唱的那種歌。由此可知，他童年時期在教堂中學(xué)會的歌曲對他有很大的影響。故選D項。]2．WhowasTomParker?A．Amanagerofabank.B．Afamoussinger.C．Elvis'manager.D．Elvis'bestfriendsincechildhood.C[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中的“Shortlyafterthat，ElvismetTomParker，whobecamehismanagerandarranged(安排)concertsforhimacrosstheUnitedStatesandnewrecordingsaswell.”可知，TomParker是Elvis的經(jīng)紀(jì)人。故選C項。]3．WhatcausedElvis'death?A．Hissingingtoomucheveryday.B．Histakingdrugs.C．Thepressurefromhisparents.D．TomParker'spunishment.B[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“...hebegantotakedrugsandhishealthstartedtosuffer.Whenhediedatanearlyageof42in1977，hismillionsoffanswereshocked.”可知，由于吸毒，Elvis在42歲的時候就去世了。故選B項。]4．WhatwasElvis'musicstylelikemost?A．Onlycountryandwestern.B．Onlycountryandblues.C．Bothwesternandchurchmusic.D．Notonlycountryandwesternbutalsoabit“blues”．D[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“Itwascountryandwesternmusic，butitalsosoundedalittlelikethemusicwhichblackpeopleusedtosingintheAmericanSouth.Itwascalled‘blues’．”可知，貓王的音樂不僅僅是鄉(xiāng)村和西部音樂，同時也和黑人的靈魂音樂“blues”很相似。故選D項。]BListeningtomusicisconsideredagoodthingforadults.Indeeditis.Scientificstudieshaveprovenit.Musichassomanygoodeffectsonourbody，mindandmoodthatthisworldwillcertainlynotbeagoodplacewithoutmusic.Then，ismusicgoodforchildren?Someparentsthinksoandlettheirchildrenlearnorlistentomusic.Butsomeparentsdon'tknowtheimportanceofmusictochildren.Herearesomereasonswhymusicisimportanttochildren.First，musicisgoodforchildren'sintelligence.Studieshaveprovedthatchildrenwholearnmusicarelikelytohavehigherintelligencethanthosewhohavenointerestinordislikemusic.Thisisbecausethebraingetsstimulated(刺激)bytherhythmandtoneofmusic.Musicalsohassoothing(撫慰的)effectonchildrenandhelpsremovetheirstress.Today'schildrenareunderalotofstressfromschoolwork.Beingundertoomuchstressimpairschildren'shealth.Luckily，listeningtomusiccanhelpthemfeelbetter.Musiccanimprovechildren'smoods.Somechildrenaresadbynature.Theyseemtobelostintheirownthoughtsanddon'ttakeinterestintheirsurroundings.Insuchcases，amethodknownas“musictherapy”comestotheirrescue.Itchangestheirmoodsandplacesanewkindofspiritinthem.Musicisalsoauniversallanguagethatchildrenoughttolearn.Ourworldhasbecomeaglobalvillage.Peoplearegettingmoreandmoreinterestedinotherculturesandcountries.Musiccanhelptheminunderstandingforeigncultures.Nowwecansaythatmusicisveryimportantnotonlytoadultsbutalsotochildren.Sochildrenshouldbeencouragedtolearnmusicorlistentomusic.【語篇解讀】小孩子接觸音樂對他們很有好處，父母應(yīng)該多讓他們接觸音樂。5．BymentioningscientificstudiesinParagraph1，theauthorwantstoshow________．A．whyadultsshouldlistentomusicB．childrenshouldlistentomusicC．listeningtomusicisonlygoodforadultsD．whyscientistsareinterestedinmusicA[推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Listeningtomusicisconsideredagoodthingforadults.Indeeditis.Scientificstudieshaveprovenit.”可知，作者提到科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)是為了表明聽音樂對成人有益處，也就是為什么成年人應(yīng)該聽音樂。]6．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“impairs”inParagraph3mean?A．Harms. B．Changes.C．Improves. D．Shows.A[詞義猜測題。根據(jù)“Luckily，listeningtomusiccanhelpthemfeelbetter.”可知，畫線詞所在的句子是指“太多壓力會‘損害’孩子的健康”。]7．Thelastbutsecondparagraphshowsthatlisteningtomusicmeans________．A．learninglanguagesbetterB．understandingforeignculturesbetterC．a(chǎn)cceptingthefastdevelopingworldeasilyD．showinggreaterinterestinotherculturesB[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Musiccanhelptheminunderstandingforeigncultures.”可知，聽音樂可以幫助孩子們更好地理解外國的文化。]8．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?A．WhyDoChildrenLoveMusic?B．HowtoChooseMusicforChildrenC．HowtoTeachChildrenMusicEasilyD．WhyIsMusicImportanttoChildren?D[標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要是講為什么音樂對小孩子很重要。]Ⅱ.讀后續(xù)寫閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。Jatinandhisyoungersister，Neha，livedwiththeirparentsinapoorneighborhood.Theirmotherwasverysickandtheirfatherwasstrugglingtofindajob，andtheyhadonlyalittlemoneywithwhichtobuyfood.Astheyhadnotpaidtherentforseveralmonths，thelandlordwasbreathingdowntheirnecks(盯著他們)．Oneday，JatintookNeha'sshoestoashoerepairmantobefixed，buthelostthemonthewayhome.Itwasn'tuntilhegothomethatherealizedhehadlosttheshoes.Hewasafraidthathisparentswouldbeangryanddisappointed，sohebeggedhissistertokeepitsecret.NehaagreedandthetwodecidedtoshareJatin'srunningshoes.Neha'sschoolhourswereinthemorning，soshewouldwearthemfirst.Afterschool，shewouldrushbackandgivethemtoJatin.Hecouldthenruntohisschool，whichbeganintheafternoon.Althoughheranasfastashecould，Jatinoftenarrivedlateandwaswarnedbytheschool.Alongdistanceracewasgoingtobeheldfortheboysinthecity.WhenJatinlearnedthatthethirdprizewasanewpairofshoes，hedecidedtotakepart.Heranhomeexcitedlyandpromisedhissisterthathewouldwinherthenewshoes.Thedayofracearrived.Jatinhadastrongstart，buthalfwaythroughtheracehebegantogettiredandhislegsbegantoache.GettingmoreandmoreexhaustedhethoughtonlyofNehaandhispromisetoher.Dreamingofthenewshoeshewouldwinforhissistergavehimstrength，andhestayedrightbehindthetwofastestrunners，determinedtofinishthird.Suddenly，asthefinishlinedrewnear，anotherrunnercollided(碰撞)withJatinfrombehindandJatincrashedtotheground.注意：1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；2．請按如下格式作答。Jatinlookedupandhesawtheotherboysrushingahead.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Filledwithpleasure，Jatinwalkedhomeinnotime._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[參考范文]Jatinlookedupandhesawtheotherboysrushingahead.Refusingtogiveupatth