初中英语九年级全册-人教版英语 Unit9 检测(含答案)

人教版英语九年级Unit9测试

一、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

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Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.

Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil also has one individual (一个人的) lesson a week with her. Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.

In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music (读懂乐谱) until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.

( )1. Margaret's first pupils were ______.

A. her friends

B. six-year-olds

C. her children's friends

D. three- and four-year-olds

( )2. How many group lessons do the pupils have a month?

A. 1.

B. 2.

C. 3.

D. 4.

( )3. What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?

A. They should practice harder.

B. They should go somewhere else to learn.

C. They will become music teachers like her.

D. They will become great violinists using her method.

( )4. What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?

A. There are group violin lessons for your children — no more than 5 in each group.

B. Learn to play the violin with your children — 2 lessons a week.

C. You will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.

D. I'll look after your children while you learn the violin.

( )5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. When children should learn the violin.

B. What Margaret's teaching method is.

C. Why it is important to read music.

D. How Margaret learnt the violin.

There are many different kinds of music in the world. Now let's study some of them.

Classical music Classical music is a form of music which needs high musical skills. If you want to learn this kind of music，you have to go through proper training.

Heavy metal music Heavy metal music came out after World War Ⅱ. The melody (旋律)of the song is heavily influenced by the structure of it. It is also known as “information music”. In heavy metal music，songwriting is based on a form.

Hip－hop music This kind of music always includes the use of instruments such as the guitar，violin，piano，bass (低音电吉他)，drums and so on. In this kind of music，the bass is the main instrument. It was first played by a group of traveling singers and poets of West Africa.

Opera music It first appeared in Italy in the 1600s.It has a great mixture of theatrical (喜剧的)art and musical invention and is used in theaters.

Jazz music This kind of music has strong and complex (复杂的)melodies. The main musical instruments are the cornet，trumpet and violin，which help carry the melody.

Besides these，there are many other kinds of music such as the blues，new－age music，Celtic music，religious music，and chamber music (室内乐).

()6. ________ music needs high musical skills.

A. Classical

B. Heavy metal

C. Hip-hop

D. Opera

()7. The main instrument in hip-hop music is the _________________.

A. guitar

B. violin

C. piano

D. bass

()8. The ________ is used in both hip－hop music and jazz music.

A. piano

B. violin

C. trumpet

D. cornet

()9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Heavy metal music appeared after World War Ⅱ.

B. Only after proper training can you learn classical music.

C. Opera music first appeared in Italy.

D. People call jazz music “information music”.

()10. What's the BEST title for the passage?

A. Different kinds of music

B. Our favorite musicians

C. We love music best

D. Welcome to the music club