【创新设计】高考英语复习 第一部分 Module3 Music练习 外研版必修2

Module 3 Music

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

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(2011·河西区检测)Isaac Stern was more than a great violin player.He was one of the most honored musicians in the world，an international cultural ambassador.And he was also a teacher and activist.For more than sixty years，Mr.Stern performed excellent music.He performed in concerts around the world and on recordings. Isaac Stern was born in 1920 in Ukraine.His parents moved to California the following year.He began taking violin lessons after hearing a friend play the ter，he began studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory(旧金山音乐学院)．He progressed quickly.When he was sixteen，he played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.The next year，he performed in New York and was praised by music critics.

Isaac Stern became one of the busiest musicians of his day.He played more than one hundred concerts a year.He also became one of the most recorded musicians in history.Isaac Stern also supported artistic development and freedom.

In 1979，Isaac Stern visited China.He met with Chinese musicians and students.He taught them about classical Western music.His visit was made into a film.It is called From Mao to Mozart：Isaac Stern in China.It won an Academy Award for best documentary film.

In 1984，Isaac Stern received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for his gifts to American culture through music.He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life.He said music is an important part of a civilized life.He said people need music as much as they need bread.

Is aac Stern died in 2001 at the age of eighty­one.He was a major influence on music in the twentieth century.He leaves the world richer with his many recordings.

一、新新单词

ambassador/æm'bæsədə/ n．大使

instrument/'Instrəmənt/ n．器具，仪器

critic/'krItIk/ n．评论家；评论员

二、常用短语

play a part in在……中发挥作用

be made into被制成……

三、靓点句式

He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life.

句中that引导定语从句。

句意：他表达了关于音乐在生活中所起的作用的想法。

语篇解读：本文主要介绍了著名的小提琴演奏家Isaac Stern的一些经历。

1．What did Isaac Stern think of music?

A．Necessary. B．Difficult.

C．Entertaining. D．Interesting.

解析：细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段的最后两句话可知答案。

答案：A

2．The passage mentioned Isaac Stern's visit to China mainly to ________. A．encourage people to develop the international relationship

B．advise the readers to take up music

C．introduce more achievements of Isaac Stern

D．show he acted as an international cultural ambassador

解析：细节理解题。根据文章的上下文以及文章第一段的第二句话可知答案。

答案：D

3．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Isaac Stern?

A．He was born in California in the 1920s.

B．He had visited many countries to advertise his recordings.

C．He played less than one hundred concerts in all.

D．His excellent music life lasted over 60 years.

解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段的第一句话可知A项不正确；根据文章第一段第二句可知他访问了很多的国家是为了国际之间文化的交流，而不是为了宣传自己的专辑，所以B 项不正确；根据文章第三段的第二句，可知C项不正确；根据上下文可知，他从16岁的时候就开始表演，81岁的时候去世，所以他的音乐人生经历了60多年，所以D项是正确的。答案：D

4．From the passage，we can infer that ________.

A．Isaac Stern influenced the culture in the 20th century a lot

B．Isaac Stern was one of the most active musicians of his day

C．Isaac Stern was so busy that he couldn't spare time to educate the youth D．Isaac Stern led a rich life in his later life

解析：推理判断题。根据文章中他的音乐经历可以推知他是他所在的年代里最活跃的音乐家之一。

答案：B

5．What will be the best title for the passage?

A．Isaac Stern and the awards he got

B．Isaac Stern's life of pursuing music

C．Isaac Stern：one of the most honored musicians

D．Isaac Stern's visit to China

解析：主旨大意题。根据文章第一段第二句(即主题句)以及全文所述可知C项最适合作标题。答案：C

B

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(2011·湖北黄冈质检)Music died here last spring，or rather，it was killed by members of the school committee who ignored the importance of music and drama as part of the high­school curriculum.

The committee decided that teaching students how to take a standardized test is more important than a curriculum in which students can explore their interests in the arts as well as academics.Because the school system is running out of funding，it needs to make sure that students pass the mastery test or even more money will be lost.If students fail the state standardized test，it is not the fault of drama