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Unit 5 Period 1 Listening and Speaking分层练习
语言能力 掌握不完全爆破的发音规则。
学习能力 学会听取关键信息，流畅询问表达自己的音乐喜好。
思维品质 发散思维，从多元的视角看待不同类型的音乐
文化意识 了解不同类型的音乐和乐器，比较中西方音乐的不同。
一、单词拼写
1． Will you take my p experience into account when you fix my salary
【答案】previous
【解析】【分析】句意：在确定我的工资时，你会考虑我以前的经验吗？根据句意和首字母，应用形容词 previous "以前的，先前的"，此处修饰名词 experience ，作定语，故填 previous 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作定语。
2． After combining with that large company, his business g became better.
【答案】gradually
【解析】【分析】句意：与那家大公司合并后，他的生意逐渐好转。根据句意和首字母提示，应用副词 gradually "逐渐地"，修饰动词 became ，故填 gradually 。
【点评】考查副词，本题涉及副词修饰谓语动词。
3． The pills might have c him, if only he'd taken them regularly.
【答案】cured
【解析】【分析】句意：如果他经常吃这些药的话，这些药可能会治好他的病。根据句意和首字母提示，应用动词 cure "治愈"，此处是谓语动词，结合空前的might have，可知应用might have done，故填 cured 。
【点评】考查动词，掌握 cure的应用以及固定短语might have done。
4． The correct t of cancer is a matter for almost endless debate.
【答案】treatment
【解析】【分析】句意：癌症的正确治疗是一个几乎无休止争论的问题。根据句意和首字母提示，应用名词 treatment ，"治疗"，不可数，此处作主语，故填 treatment 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作主语。
5． Dr Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with s .
【答案】satisfaction
【解析】【分析】句意：Sullivan博士被选为卫生部部长受到了满意的欢迎。根据句意和首字母提示，应用名词 satisfaction "满意"，不可数，此处作介词宾语，故填 satisfaction 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作介词宾语。
6． The number of （失业的）people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month.
【答案】unemployed
【解析】【分析】句意：上个月，波兰的失业人数增加了四分之一以上。根据句意和汉语提示，应用形容词 unemployed ，此处修饰名词 people ，作定语，故填 unemployed 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作定语。
7． To everyone's （放松），the policeman talked the man out of jumping from the top of the building.
【答案】relief
【解析】【分析】句意：让大家松了一口气的是，警察说服那个人不要从楼顶跳下去。根据句意和汉语提示，应用名词 relief ，不可数，此处作介词宾语，to one's relief 固定短语，"让某人松了一口气的是"，故填 relief 。
【点评】考查名词，以及固定短语to one's relief 。
8． It is I who am fond of French, which is a （浪漫的）language.
【答案】romantic
【解析】【分析】句意：是我喜欢法语，这是一种浪漫的语言。根据句意和汉语提示，应用形容词 romantic ，此处修饰名词 language ，作定语，故填 romantic 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作定语。
9． After a fire broke out in the lab, a lot of (设备) was damaged.
【答案】equipment
【解析】【分析】句意：实验室发生火灾后，许多设备受损。根据句意和汉语提示，应用名词 equipment ，不可数，此处名词作主语，故填 equipment 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作主语。
10． To succeed, we must combine (才能)with hard work.
【答案】talent
【解析】【分析】句意：要想成功，我们必须把才能和努力结合起来。根据句意和汉语提示，应用名词 talent ，不可数，此处作宾语，故填 talent 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作宾语。
二、语法填空
11． (offer) an important role in a new movie, Andy
has a chance to become famous.
【答案】Offered
【解析】【分析】句意：在这部新的电影里被提供了一个新的角色，Andy有了一个出名的机会。本句中的动词offer与句子主语Andy构成逻辑上的被动关系，故使用过去分词在句中作状语，填Offered。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，本题涉及过去分词作状语。
12． Those girls' behaviour is difficult to understand what are they (aim) at
【答案】aiming
【解析】【分析】句意：那些女孩的行为很难理解她们的目的是什么？此处是宾语从句的谓语动词，结合句意和are，可知应用现在进行时，故填aiming。
【点评】考查时态，本题涉及现在进行时。
13． A working party has been set look into the problem.
【答案】up
【解析】【分析】句意：已经成立了一个工作组来调查这个问题。set up固定短语，"建立"，故填up。
【点评】考查副词，以及固定短语set up。
14． As a tadpole changes into a frog, its tail is gradually (absorb).
【答案】absorbed
【解析】【分析】句意：当蝌蚪变成青蛙时，它的尾巴会逐渐被吸收。此处是谓语动词，结合句意和助动词 is，应用一般现在时的被动语态，故填 absorbed 。
【点评】考查时态语态，本题涉及一般现在时的被动语态。
15． He is so (talent) that it's difficult to praise him too highly.
【答案】talented
【解析】【分析】句意：他很有天赋，很难对他给予太高的评价。此处形容词作表语。 talent"天才，天赋"，名词，其形容词"有天赋的"，应用 talented ，故填 talented 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作表语。
16． She decided to move to the countryside for (vary) reasons.
【答案】various
【解析】【分析】句意：由于种种原因，她决定搬到农村去住。此处形容词作定语。 vary "变化"，动词，其形容词"多样的"，应用 various ，修饰名词 reasons ，故填 various。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作定语。
17． Hearing the good news, he had a (satisfy) look on his face.
【答案】satisfied
【解析】【分析】句意：听到这个好消息，他脸上露出满意的表情。此处形容词作定语。 satisfy "使满意"，动词，其形容词"满意的"，应用 satisfied ，此处修饰名词look，故填 satisfied 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作定语。
18． The heat brings about a chemical (react), and oxygen is produced.
【答案】reaction
【解析】【分析】句意：热量引起化学反应，产生氧气。此处名词作宾语。 react "反应"，动词，其名词"反应"，应用 reaction ，不定冠词后接单数名词，故填 reaction 。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作宾语。
19．Over one in four (employ) people have now been out of work for
over a year.
【答案】unemployed
【解析】【分析】句意：超过四分之一的失业者已经失业超过一年。employ与people在逻辑上构成动宾关系，过去分词表被动，此处作定语，结合句意可知填unemployed。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，本题涉及过去分词作定语。
20． (assume) you are right, we'll make a great
deal of money from the project.
【答案】Assuming
【解析】【分析】句意：如果你是对的，我们会从这个项目中赚一大笔钱。assuming此处是连词，“假定，假如”，引导条件状语从句，故填Assuming。
【点评】考查状语从句，本题涉及assuming引导的条件状语从句。
三、完形填空
完形填空
I hadn't got exercise lately and felt a bit dizzy. I was a little 21． . One of my friends invited me to show up to see a 22． that they said would help me feel better. Little did I know that I was about to see something I would never forget.
They introduced a young 23． , Mr Patrick Henry Hughes. He was 24． onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers 25． across the keys as he made beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was even more beautiful. For some reason, 26． , I knew that I was seeing something special. Ten minutes later, someone came on the stage and 27． a video of Patrick Henry Hughes.
Patrick was born with no eyes and a tightening of the joints which left him 28． for life. Before his first birthday, he 29． the piano. On his second birthday, he asked to play it. His father was 30． . "We might not play baseball, but we can play music together. "
Today, Patrick is a 31． at university. His father attends classes with him and he has made nearly all "A" s. He is also a trumpet player of a band. He and his father do it together — they 32． all the band practices and the half-time performance in front of thousands of people.
But even more than his 33． musical talent, it was Patrick's attitude to gratitude that touched me. I will never forget that night, that smile, that music, but most importantly, that 34． attitude to gratitude. Gratitude can change your attitude, 35． your life forever.
21．A．active B．down C．shocked D．eager
22．A．match B．spot C．performance D．picture
23．A．musician B．physician C．physicist D．lawyer
24．A．appealed B．rolled C．delivered D．forced
25．A．danced B．applied C．employed D．connected
26．A．briefly B．eventually C．however D．instantly
27．A．shared B．made C．released D．sold
28．A．demanded B．sad C．worried D．disabled
29．A．discovered B．displayed C．drafted D．demonstrated
30．A．proud B．satisfied C．excited D．shocked
31．A．writer B．junior C．professor D．poet
32．A．apply B．attend C．contact D．concern
33．A．available B．reliable C．unbelievable D．achievable
34．A．wonderful B．common C．useful D．strange
35．A．literally B．still C．instantly D．thus
【答案】21．B；22．C；23．A；24．B；25．A；26．C；27．A；28．D；29．A；30．C；31．B；32．B；33．C；34．A；35．D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了自己观看身残志坚的帕特里克·亨利·休斯先生弹奏钢琴后有所感悟：感恩可以改变你的态度，从而永远改变你的生活。
【点评】考查完形填空，本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
21．句意：我最近没有锻炼，感觉有点头晕。我有点沮丧。A. active"积极的"；B. down"心情沮丧的"；C. shocked"震惊的"；D. eager"渴望的"。根据下文"that they said would help me feel better"可知，作者当时心情比较沮丧。故选B。
22．句意：我的一个朋友邀请我去看一场表演，他们说这会让我感觉更好。A. match"比赛"；B. spot "地点"；C. performance"表演"；D. picture"图片"。根据下文"began to play the piano"可知，这里指朋友邀请作者去看一场钢琴表演。故选C。
23．句意：他们介绍了一位年轻的音乐家，帕特里克·亨利·休斯先生。A. musician"音乐家"；B. physician"内科医师"；C. physicist"物理学家"；D. lawyer"律师"。根据下文"began to play the piano"可知，帕特里克·亨利·休斯先生是一位音乐家。故选A。
24．句意：他坐在轮椅上滚上舞台，开始弹钢琴。A. appealed"对……提出上诉"；B. rolled"滚动"；C. delivered"交付"；D. forced"强迫"。根据空后"in his wheelchair"可知，这里指帕特里克·亨利·休斯先生用手滚动着轮椅上舞台。故选B。
25．句意：他的手指在琴键上翩翩起舞，演奏着优美的音乐。A. danced"跳舞"；B. applied"应用"；C. employed"采用"；D. connected连接。根据空后"as he made beautiful music"以及语境可知，帕特里克·亨利·休斯先生弹奏的音乐很美妙，其手指在钢琴上翩翩起舞。故选A。
26．句意：然而，出于某种原因，我知道我看到了一些特别的东西。A. briefly"简要地"；B. eventually "最终"；C. however"然而"；D. instantly"立即地"。根据空后"I knew that I was seeing something special"以及语境可知，本句话和上文存在转折关系，所以应用however，表"然而"。故选C。
27．句意：十分钟后，有人上台分享了帕特里克·亨利·休斯的视频。A. shared"分享"；B. made"制作"；C. released"释放"；D. sold"售卖"。根据下文"Patrick was born with no eyes and a tightening of the joints which left him 8 for life."可知，这里应指分享了视频，所以后面作者才会了解帕特里克·亨利·休斯以前的情况。故选A。
28．句意：帕特里克出生时没有眼睛，关节紧绷，终身残疾。A. demanded"被要求的"；B. sad"悲伤的"；C. worried"忧心忡忡的"；D. disabled"残疾的"。根据空前"Patrick was born with no eyes and a tightening of the joints"可知，这里指上述情况让帕特里克落下了残疾。故选D。
29．句意：在他一岁生日之前，他发现了钢琴。A. discovered"发现"；B. displayed"显示"；C. drafted"起草"；D. demonstrated"演示"。根据下文"On his second birthday, he asked to play it."以及语境可知，这里指在一岁时他发现了钢琴并感兴趣了。故选A。
30．句意：他的父亲非常激动。A. proud"骄傲的"；B. satisfied"满足的"；C. excited"激动的"；D. shocked"震惊的"。根据下文"We might not play baseball, but we can play music together."可知，帕特里克爸爸发现帕特里克有自己的喜好而且可以和他一起做，所以是激动的。故选C。
31．句意：今天，帕特里克是大学的大三学生。A. writer"作家"；B. junior"（中学或大学的）三年级学生"；C. professor"教授"；D. poet"诗人"。根据空后"at university"以及语境可知，这里指帕特里克是大三学生。故选B。
32．句意：和他的父亲一起表演——他们参加了乐队的所有练习和在数千人面前的半场表演。A. apply "申请"；B. attend"参加"；C. contact"联系"；D. concern"关心"。根据空后"all the band practices"以及语境可知，这里指他们参加了乐队的所有练习。故选B。
33．句意：但比起帕特里克无与伦比的音乐天赋更让我感动的是，他对感恩的态度。A. available"可获得的"；B. reliable"可靠的"；C. unbelievable"难以置信的"；D. achievable"可实现的"。根据上文"as he made beautiful music"可知，帕特里克拥有难以置信的音乐天赋。故选C。
34．句意：我永远不会忘记那晚，那微笑，那音乐，但最重要的是，那种美妙的感恩态度。A. wonderful "美妙的"；B. common"常见的"；C. useful"有用的"；D. strange"奇怪的"。根据空后"attitude to gratitude"以及语境可知，拥有一个感激的态度是美妙的事情。故选A。
35．句意：感恩可以改变你的态度，从而永远改变你的生活。A. literally"真正地"；B. still"仍然"；C. instantly"立即地"；D. thus"因此"。根据空前"Gratitude can change your attitude"以及语境可知，这里表示感恩可以改变你的态度，因此，也会改变你的生活。故选D。
四、阅读理解
阅读理解
A young musician carrying a violin case in Paraguay makes her way to rehearsal(彩排)．What's inside the case, however, is no ordinary violin. It's made from a salad bowl, a CD, and large pieces of wood.
The violinist, Ada Rios, 13, is a member of the Orchestra of Instruments Recycled from Cateura, a group of teen musicians whose instruments are made from the trash near their village. Cateura, just outside Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, is a poor area built on a very large landfill (垃圾填埋地)．Cateura is home to 2, 500 families, with 20 teens in the orchestra. They play everything from the classical works of Beethoven to Beatles' songs.
Now the orchestra is attracting world－wide attention.The musicians are being filmed for a documentary, Land－fillHarmonic.The film will show how people in Cateura turn trash into instruments, and the effect that being part of an orchestra can have on kids.
In Paraguay, nearly 35 percent of the population lives in poverty (贫穷)．In Cateura, a real musical instrument costs more than a house, says Favio Chavez, the orchestra's founder. About 1, 500 tons of waste are left at the landfill each day, and the people there earn a living searching through the garbage for things they can recycle and sell.
Chavez started teaching music in Cateura five years ago as a way to keep kids out of trouble. When he needed more instruments, he asked the landfill workers if they could build some from the trash. First, the men repaired a broken drum. Next, they built a guitar . The orchestra took off from there.
The group has already performed in Brazil and Colombia.The teens will travel to Arizona this year to play at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Ada says music has already changed her life."When I listen to the sound of a violin, I feel excited, "she says.
36．What do we know about Ada's violin
A．It's of big size. B．It cost a lot of money.
C．It has a beautiful case. D．It's made from waste.
37．The teens in the orchestra ____．
A．are mostly homeless
B．are from different cities
C．play music of different types
D．search through the garbage each day
38．Why did Chavez ask the landfill workers to make instruments from the trash
A．To recycle the trash.
B．To save some money.
C．To produce special sounds
D．To make the instruments more attractive.
39．The underlined phrase"took off" in Paragraph 5 probably means"____"．
A．became popular B．got into trouble
C．stayed unchanged D．got a lot of money
【答案】36．D
37．C
38．B
39．A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了在巴拉圭的Cateura，孩子们用垃圾制作各种乐器，演奏出美妙的音乐。同事介绍了乐队用垃圾制作乐器的原因，以及乐队成员的一些个人情况。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇新闻报道，首先要仔细阅读短文，掌握大意，然后结合具体的题目，再读短文，从中找出相关信息，就可以确定正确答案。
36．考查细节理解。根据第一段中的"It's made from a salad bowl, a CD, and large pieces of wood."它是由一个沙拉碗，一张CD和大块的木头做成的。可知，Ada的小提琴是由废物制成的。故选D。
37．考查细节理解。根据第二段中的"They play everything from the classical works of Beethoven to Beatles' songs."他们演奏从贝多芬的古典作品到披头士的歌曲。可知，管弦乐队的青少年演奏不同类型的音乐。故选C。
38．考查推理判断。根据第四段中的"In Cateura, a real musical instrument costs more than a house, says Favio Chavez, the orchestra's founder."在Cateura，一件真正的乐器比一所房子还要贵，该乐团的创始人Favio Chavez说；以及第五段中的"When he needed more instruments, he asked the landfill workers if they could build some from the trash."当他需要更多的乐器时，他问填埋工人是否可以用这些垃圾造一些。可知，为了省钱，Chavezs从垃圾中制造乐器。故选B。
39．考查词义猜测。根据最后一段"The group has already performed in Brazil and Colombia.The teens will travel to Arizona this year to play at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Ada says music has already changed her life. ‘When I listen to the sound of a violin, I feel excited, 'she says."该乐队已经在巴西和哥伦比亚演出。这些青少年今年将前往亚利桑那州在凤凰城的乐器博物馆演奏。Ada说，音乐已经改变了她的生活。"当我听到小提琴的声音时，我感到很兴奋，"她说。可知，最后一段所描述的孩子们去世界各地演出的事实可知，乐队很受欢迎，可推知画线短语took off在这里的意思是"受欢迎"。故选A。
阅读理解
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, uncovering a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, including university students.
"We found that children in the first, second and third grades who sing these songs prove skills absent in children who don't take part in similar activities," explains Dr. Idit Sulkin. "We also found that children who naturally perform hand-clapping songs in the yard during break have neater handwriting, write better and make fewer spelling errors." As part of the study, Sulkin went to several elementary school classrooms and engaged the children in either a board of education conducting music appreciation program or hand-clapping songs training — each lasting a period of 10 weeks.
"Within a very short period of time, the children who until then hadn't taken part in such activities caught up in their cognitive abilities to those who did," she said. But this finding only surfaced for the group of children undergoing hand-clapping songs training. The result led Sulkin to conclude that hand-clapping songs should be made a necessary part of education for children aged 6 to 10, for the purpose of motor and cognitive training.
During the study, Dr. Sulkin interviewed school and kindergarten teachers, visited their classrooms and joined the children in singing. Her goal was to figure out why children are fascinated by singing and clapping up until the end of third grade, when these entertainments are abruptly abandoned and replaced with sports. "This fact explains a developmental process the children are going through," Dr. Sulkin observes. "The hand-clapping songs appear naturally in children's lives at the age of 7, and disappear at the age of 10."
Sulkin says that no in-depth, long-term study has been conducted on the effects that hand-clapping songs have on children's motor and cognitive skills. However, the relationship between music and intellectual development in children has been studied extensively, causing countless parents to obtain a "Baby Mozart" CD for their children.
40．What conclusion does Dr. Sulkin make
A．Hand-clapping songs training is short.
B．Kids with hand-clapping songs training write well.
C．Kids with hand-clapping songs training are smarter.
D．Hand-clapping songs should be part of kid education.
41．How old are kids naturally performing hand-clapping songs
A．At the age of 6. B．At the age of 7.
C．At the age of 8. D．At the age of 10.
42．Why do parents tend to buy a "Baby Mozart" CD
A．To help their kids develop better.
B．To support their kids' dream.
C．To satisfy their kids' hobby.
D．To let their kids sleep well.
43．What is the text probably continued with
A．Hand-clapping songs' effect on adults.
B．Shortcomings on hand-clapping songs.
C．Sulkin's growth in the musical home.
D．Songs from "Baby Mozart" CDs.
【答案】40．D
41．B
42．A
43．A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，本古里安大学的一名研究人员对击掌歌曲进行了研究，揭示了这些活动与儿童和年轻人（包括大学生）重要技能的发展之间的直接联系。本文重点阐述儿童方面。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，事宜怕科研类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。
40．考查细节理解。根据第三段中的"The result led Sulkin to conclude that hand-clapping songs should be made a necessary part of education for children aged 6 to 10, for the purpose of motor and cognitive training."Sulkin得出结论，为了运动和认知训练的目的，拍手歌曲应该成为6至10岁儿童教育的必要部分。可知，研究结果让Sulkin得出结论拍手歌曲应该成为6到10岁儿童教育的一个组成部分。故选D。
41．考查细节理解。根据第四段中的"The hand-clapping songs appear naturally in children's lives at the age of 7, and disappear at the age of 10."拍手歌曲在儿童7岁时自然出现在生活中，在10岁时消失。可知，这些拍手歌曲在孩子们7岁时就会自然而然地出现在生活中，10岁时就会消失。故选B。
42．考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的"However, the relationship between music and intellectual development in children has been studied extensively, causing countless parents to obtain a ‘Baby Mozart' CD for their children."然而，人们对音乐与儿童智力发展之间的关系进行了广泛的研究，这导致无数父母为他们的孩子买了一张"小莫扎特"的CD。可推知，无数的父母为自己的孩子买一张"Baby Mozart"CD，目的是利用拍手歌活动促使自己的孩子发展得更好。故选A。
43．考查推理判断。根据第一段"A researcher at Ben-Gurion University conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, uncovering a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, including university students."本古里安大学的一名研究人员首次对鼓掌歌曲进行了研究，发现这些活动与儿童和年轻人（包括大学生）重要技能的发展之间存在直接联系。可知，文章整篇只阐述了拍手歌活动对儿童重要技能发展的影响。由此判断，作者下文应紧接着阐述拍手歌活动对成年人重要技能发展的影响。故选A。
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Unit 5 Period 1 Listening and Speaking分层练习
语言能力 掌握不完全爆破的发音规则。
学习能力 学会听取关键信息，流畅询问表达自己的音乐喜好。
思维品质 发散思维，从多元的视角看待不同类型的音乐
文化意识 了解不同类型的音乐和乐器，比较中西方音乐的不同。
一、单词拼写
1． Will you take my p experience into account when you fix my salary
2． After combining with that large company, his business g became better.
3． The pills might have c him, if only he'd taken them regularly.
4． The correct t of cancer is a matter for almost endless debate.
5． Dr Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with s .
6． The number of （失业的）people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month.
7． To everyone's （放松），the policeman talked the man out of jumping from the top of the building.
8． It is I who am fond of French, which is a （浪漫的）language.
9． After a fire broke out in the lab, a lot of (设备) was damaged.
10． To succeed, we must combine (才能)with hard work.
二、语法填空
11． (offer) an important role in a new movie, Andy
has a chance to become famous.
12． Those girls' behaviour is difficult to understand what are they (aim) at
13． A working party has been set look into the problem.
14． As a tadpole changes into a frog, its tail is gradually (absorb).
15． He is so (talent) that it's difficult to praise him too highly.
16． She decided to move to the countryside for (vary) reasons.
17． Hearing the good news, he had a (satisfy) look on his face.
18． The heat brings about a chemical (react), and oxygen is produced.
19．Over one in four (employ) people have now been out of work for
over a year.
20． (assume) you are right, we'll make a great
deal of money from the project.
三、完形填空
完形填空
I hadn't got exercise lately and felt a bit dizzy. I was a little 21． . One of my friends invited me to show up to see a 22． that they said would help me feel better. Little did I know that I was about to see something I would never forget.
They introduced a young 23． , Mr Patrick Henry Hughes. He was 24． onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers 25． across the keys as he made beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was even more beautiful. For some reason, 26． , I knew that I was seeing something special. Ten minutes later, someone came on the stage and 27． a video of Patrick Henry Hughes.
Patrick was born with no eyes and a tightening of the joints which left him 28． for life. Before his first birthday, he 29． the piano. On his second birthday, he asked to play it. His father was 30． . "We might not play baseball, but we can play music together. "
Today, Patrick is a 31． at university. His father attends classes with him and he has made nearly all "A" s. He is also a trumpet player of a band. He and his father do it together — they 32． all the band practices and the half-time performance in front of thousands of people.
But even more than his 33． musical talent, it was Patrick's attitude to gratitude that touched me. I will never forget that night, that smile, that music, but most importantly, that 34． attitude to gratitude. Gratitude can change your attitude, 35． your life forever.
21．A．active B．down C．shocked D．eager
22．A．match B．spot C．performance D．picture
23．A．musician B．physician C．physicist D．lawyer
24．A．appealed B．rolled C．delivered D．forced
25．A．danced B．applied C．employed D．connected
26．A．briefly B．eventually C．however D．instantly
27．A．shared B．made C．released D．sold
28．A．demanded B．sad C．worried D．disabled
29．A．discovered B．displayed C．drafted D．demonstrated
30．A．proud B．satisfied C．excited D．shocked
31．A．writer B．junior C．professor D．poet
32．A．apply B．attend C．contact D．concern
33．A．available B．reliable C．unbelievable D．achievable
34．A．wonderful B．common C．useful D．strange
35．A．literally B．still C．instantly D．thus
四、阅读理解
阅读理解
A young musician carrying a violin case in Paraguay makes her way to rehearsal(彩排)．What's inside the case, however, is no ordinary violin. It's made from a salad bowl, a CD, and large pieces of wood.
The violinist, Ada Rios, 13, is a member of the Orchestra of Instruments Recycled from Cateura, a group of teen musicians whose instruments are made from the trash near their village. Cateura, just outside Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, is a poor area built on a very large landfill (垃圾填埋地)．Cateura is home to 2, 500 families, with 20 teens in the orchestra. They play everything from the classical works of Beethoven to Beatles' songs.
Now the orchestra is attracting world－wide attention.The musicians are being filmed for a documentary, Land－fillHarmonic.The film will show how people in Cateura turn trash into instruments, and the effect that being part of an orchestra can have on kids.
In Paraguay, nearly 35 percent of the population lives in poverty (贫穷)．In Cateura, a real musical instrument costs more than a house, says Favio Chavez, the orchestra's founder. About 1, 500 tons of waste are left at the landfill each day, and the people there earn a living searching through the garbage for things they can recycle and sell.
Chavez started teaching music in Cateura five years ago as a way to keep kids out of trouble. When he needed more instruments, he asked the landfill workers if they could build some from the trash. First, the men repaired a broken drum. Next, they built a guitar . The orchestra took off from there.
The group has already performed in Brazil and Colombia.The teens will travel to Arizona this year to play at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Ada says music has already changed her life."When I listen to the sound of a violin, I feel excited, "she says.
36．What do we know about Ada's violin
A．It's of big size. B．It cost a lot of money.
C．It has a beautiful case. D．It's made from waste.
37．The teens in the orchestra ____．
A．are mostly homeless
B．are from different cities
C．play music of different types
D．search through the garbage each day
38．Why did Chavez ask the landfill workers to make instruments from the trash
A．To recycle the trash.
B．To save some money.
C．To produce special sounds
D．To make the instruments more attractive.
39．The underlined phrase"took off" in Paragraph 5 probably means"____"．
A．became popular B．got into trouble
C．stayed unchanged D．got a lot of money
阅读理解
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, uncovering a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, including university students.
"We found that children in the first, second and third grades who sing these songs prove skills absent in children who don't take part in similar activities," explains Dr. Idit Sulkin. "We also found that children who naturally perform hand-clapping songs in the yard during break have neater handwriting, write better and make fewer spelling errors." As part of the study, Sulkin went to several elementary school classrooms and engaged the children in either a board of education conducting music appreciation program or hand-clapping songs training — each lasting a period of 10 weeks.
"Within a very short period of time, the children who until then hadn't taken part in such activities caught up in their cognitive abilities to those who did," she said. But this finding only surfaced for the group of children undergoing hand-clapping songs training. The result led Sulkin to conclude that hand-clapping songs should be made a necessary part of education for children aged 6 to 10, for the purpose of motor and cognitive training.
During the study, Dr. Sulkin interviewed school and kindergarten teachers, visited their classrooms and joined the children in singing. Her goal was to figure out why children are fascinated by singing and clapping up until the end of third grade, when these entertainments are abruptly abandoned and replaced with sports. "This fact explains a developmental process the children are going through," Dr. Sulkin observes. "The hand-clapping songs appear naturally in children's lives at the age of 7, and disappear at the age of 10."
Sulkin says that no in-depth, long-term study has been conducted on the effects that hand-clapping songs have on children's motor and cognitive skills. However, the relationship between music and intellectual development in children has been studied extensively, causing countless parents to obtain a "Baby Mozart" CD for their children.
40．What conclusion does Dr. Sulkin make
A．Hand-clapping songs training is short.
B．Kids with hand-clapping songs training write well.
C．Kids with hand-clapping songs training are smarter.
D．Hand-clapping songs should be part of kid education.
41．How old are kids naturally performing hand-clapping songs
A．At the age of 6. B．At the age of 7.
C．At the age of 8. D．At the age of 10.
42．Why do parents tend to buy a "Baby Mozart" CD
A．To help their kids develop better.
B．To support their kids' dream.
C．To satisfy their kids' hobby.
D．To let their kids sleep well.
43．What is the text probably continued with
A．Hand-clapping songs' effect on adults.
B．Shortcomings on hand-clapping songs.
C．Sulkin's growth in the musical home.
D．Songs from "Baby Mozart" CDs.
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