人教版高一英语必修二 Unit 5 Music单元过关检测

人教版高一英语必修二Unit 5 Music单元过关检测

一、单选题

1.The boy pretended ______ when his mother came in.

A. to fall asleep

B. sleeping

C. asleep

D. to be asleep

2.—I ______ becoming a pilot when I was at school. —Really? Do you still think it will ______？

A. was dreaming; come truth

B. was dreaming of; come true

C. was dreaming; come true

D. was dreaming of; come truth

3.When I moved into the new house, I felt that the happy life I had been dreaming of ______ at last.

A. coming

B. having come

C. came

D. would come

4.The number of people ________ this happens is not very large.

A. with whom

B. to which

C. to whom

D. on which

5.Mother bought many tomatoes from the market two days ago, ________ some have gone bad due to the bad weather.

A. of those

B. from which

C. of which

D. in which

6.Who will be in charge of Tom’s life if his parents______ ?

A. break down

B. break up

C. break out

D. break off

7.The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ______ the sailing time was 226 days.

A. of which

B. during which

C. from which

D. for which

8.We had to be patient because it ______ some time ______ we got the full results.

A. has been; since

B. had been; until

C. was; after

D. would be; before

9.While advertisements are of great help, I don't think we should entirely ________ them.

A. insist on

B. rely on

C. keep on

D. catch on

10.He is ______ my English teacher; he is one of my good friends.

A. more than

B. less than

C. no more than

D. not more than

二、单词拼写（词汇运用）（共10题；共10分）

1.—What a pity! I've not got a ticket for the concert.

—Don't worry. It will be b________ live on the air.

2.The engineer is so busy that he doesn't have time to shave his ________ (胡须) off.

3.The d________ of too much time to sports leaves too little time for studying.

4.D________ your hand into the water to see how hot it is.

5.He knew nothing about the matter, but he p________ to know it.

6.I haven't much time left, so tell me b________ what happened.

7.In recent years, parents ________(附加) a great deal of importance to the education of their children.

8.She looked at Ginny and tears ________ (滚动) down her cheeks.

9.With his broken leg, walking was too ________ (痛苦) for Tom.

10.Now many children are learning to play different kinds of musical i________.

三、阅读理解

A

Ray Charles Robinson, a blind musician in America, was famous for his records of jazz, rock 'n' roll, blues and country music. But the world knew him better as Ray Charles. He had an influence on American popular music. The song Let's Go Get Stoned is an example of Ray Charles' own kind of music—his own sound. He worked hard for several years to create that sound. No one ever tried it before. He mixed black church music, blues and rock 'n' roll. The sound was extremely successful. In the nineteen fifties, his records began to sell millions of copies. At the same time, Ray Charles recorded jazz music. Those records sold well, too. People said they were new and exciting.

Ray Charles became famous because he could play blues, rock and jazz. He also liked other kinds of music. He told the record company officials that he wanted to record an album (专辑) of country- and -western music.

The president of the record company told him it would be a mistake. He said Ray's fans would not buy the album. Charles disagreed. He said he believed he would gain many new fans to replace the few he might lose. He produced the album and it was an immediate success.

The album was called Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Many of the songs sold very well. One of the most popular songs was I Can't Stop Loving You. It is a country-and-western song with Ray Charles' sound of blues and black church music.

（1）Ray Charles became popular with Americans because ________.

A. he mixed black church music, blues and rock 'n' roll

B. he worked hard to create his own sound

C. he recorded Jazz music

D. he could play blues

（2）Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Ray Charles Robinson had a great effect on American popular music.

B. His album about country-and -western music didn't sell well.

C. The president of the record company didn't think that his new album would be popular with his

fans. D. Ray Charles thought he would gain new fans though he would lose some old fans.

（3）Ray Charles achieved great success after producing his album because of ________.

A. the president of the record company

B. his supporters

C. his own confidence

D. his own hard work

（4）The song Let's Go Get Stoned consists of all the following music EXCEPT ________.

A. black church music

B. jazz

C. blues

D. rock 'n' roll

B