2022九年级英语全册 Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to单元阅读专练（新版）人教新目标版.doc

1、Unit 9单元阅读专练(学生用书P40)Day 1Margaret 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，“Its the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. Howe

2、ver, she has made lots of exceptions(例外) for fiveyearolds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her childrens fiveyearold school friends at first.Margarets pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil als

3、o has one private 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 Margarets opinion, its important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one cant become a great musician at all. So

4、from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music 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 s

5、tudy the violin using more traditional methods.()1.Margarets first pupils were _Aher friends BsixyearoldsCher childrens friends Dthreeand fouryearolds()2.How many group lessons do the pupils have in a month?A1. B2. C3. D4()3.What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?AThey should

6、practice harder.BThey should go somewhere else to learn.CThey will become music teachers like her.DThey will become great violinists using her method.()4.What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?AThere are group violin lessons for your childrenno more than 5 in each

7、 group.BLearn to play the violin with your children2 lessons a week.CYou will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.DIll look after your children while you learn the violin.()5.What does the passage mainly talk about?AWhen children should learn the violin.BWhat Margarets teaching meth

8、od is.CWhy it is important to read music.DHow Margaret learnt the violin.【文章大意】文章介绍了一位音乐老师教授小提琴的方法。1C细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知，Margaret的第一批学生是她孩子的朋友。2B细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知，这些学生一个月上两次集体课。3B细节理解题。由文章最后一句可知，她认为这些学生应该去其他的地方用更加传统的方法学习小提琴。4C推理判断题。由第二段第四句可知，家长要跟着孩子一起上课，因此这位老师在介绍自己的课程的时候会告知家长要看着孩子学习小提琴。5B主旨大意题。文章开头介绍了一位音

9、乐老师对儿童学习小提琴的一些看法，接着重点介绍了她的教授方法，所以B项表述最能概括文章大意。Day 2At New Visions School, hip hop therapy(嘻哈疗法) has become part of the school culture. Students rap(说唱) about being stressed about grades, tests, relationships, etc. Taliesha Tliompson, 15, said she now raps whenever she feels pressure building inside

10、her. “It has opened me up more，” she said. “I was very shy and quiet. I kept everything to myself.”Hip hop therapy grew out of an afterschool club. The club was started by Ian P. Levy, a teacher who was developing a model for hip hop therapy as part of his research. Mr. Levys students recorded 20 so

11、ngs expressing their feelings. “When sad events happen, its important that students have a way to express themselves，” Mr. Levy said.This school year, Mr. Levy also started a music class at the school, called Hip Hop Lyricism. It is popular among students.Stacey King, the school principal(校长), said

12、hip hop helped her connect with students like Ishmel Prince. Ishmel used to miss school two or three times a week because he could not get up. Ms. King bought him an alarm clock, but he still did not show up. But that changed after Mr. Levy and 19 students were invited to rap live on a morning talk

13、show on SiriusXM Radio. Ishmel made an agreement with Ms. King. He promised to come to school on time every day in return for being allowed to go to the show. Ishmel kept his word. He studies hard now and has better relationships with others.“Hip hop therapy is great. It has the power to reach out t

14、o people and speak to certain people. It has helped me find out who I am，” said Ishmel.()1.When Taliesha has stress, she _Araps it out Bgoes to a clubCkeeps it to herself Dtalks to her teacher()2.What do we know from Paragraph 2?AStudents stresses.BMr. Levys research results.CHow hip hop therapy was

15、 born.DWhat students think of hip hop therapy.()3.What is Hip Hop Lyricism?AA class. BA test.CA talk show. DAn afterschool club.()4.What promise did Ishmel make to Ms. King?AHed go to the talk show on SiriusXM Radio.BHed arrive at school on time every day.CHed use the alarm clock.DHed study hard.()5

16、.The writer wrote the passage mainly to _Aencourage readers to learn hip hopBdescribe the development of hip hopCintroduce a popular therapy at a schoolDshow how to get on with others at school【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了嘻哈疗法的来源及功效。1A细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“Taliesha Tliompson, 15, said she now raps whenever she feel

17、s pressure building inside her.”可知，当她有压力时，她用嘻哈音乐来排解。2C细节理解题。通读第二段，尤其第二段首句“Hip hop therapy grew out of an afterschool club.”可知，第二段主要介绍了嘻哈疗法是怎样产生的。3A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“This school year, Mr. Levy also started a music class at the school, called Hip Hop Lyricism.”可知，这是一个音乐班。4B细节理解题。根据第四段倒数第三句“He promised to

18、 come to school on time every day in return for being allowed to go to the show.”可知，他承诺会每天按时去上学。5C推理判断题。文章主要介绍了嘻哈疗法的来源及功效。Day 3Alice, Harry Potter, Shrek: What do they have in common? All are characters in books, and all have made the big leap(跳跃) from the printed page to the big screen!Hollywood ha

19、s 1 that popular childrens books can be made into popular movies. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone 2 more money than any other film in the year when it hit the big screen. Filmmakers have also worked their magic with other 3, including Dr. Seusss The Cat in the Hat.Turning a book into a movie is

20、 not 4. Screenwriters(编剧) have a challenging job. They turn written words and imagined scenes into spoken words and action. 5, they must make a 400page story fit into two hours. At other times, the screenwriters make a short story longer 6 adding more to the plots(情节). Thats one reason the film is n

21、ever exactly the same as the book. “It has to be different, or it wont work，” says Natalie Babbitt, an American writer. She 7 Tuck Everlasting. The movie has a love story thats not even in the book!Some people are unhappy or even angry when the story is 8 except for Chris Van Allsburg, the writer of

22、 Jumanji and The Polar Express. The two books were also made into 9. “A book is often just the starting point，” he says. Its good 10 for both filmmakers and readers that start with the book, and then go to see the movie!()1.A.argued Bdiscovered Cdoubted Ddeveloped()2.A.made Bspent Csaved Draised()3.

23、A.tricks Bpictures Cbooks Dplans()4.A.strange Bcommon Chard Deasy()5.A.However BSometimes CFinally DSuddenly()6.A.for Bin Cby Dfrom()7.A.sold Bsang Cwrote Dcopied()8.A.finished Btold Cknown Dchanged()9.A.models Bstories Cmovies Dgames()10.A.advice Bnews Ctime Dluck【文章大意】文章介绍了当下热门书籍被改编成电影的情况。1B考查动词辨析

24、。由第一段列举的三个例子可知，好莱坞已经“发现”，热门儿童书籍可以被制作成热门电影。2A考查动词辨析。由后面的“more money than any other film”及常识可知，这部电影赚钱最多。3C考查名词辨析。由第二段第一句中的“popular childrens books”和“including”后面给出的例子可知，此处指其他的书。4D考查形容词辨析。由第三段第二句中的“a challenging job”和后文的描述可知，把一本书拍成电影不是一件容易的事。5B考查副词辨析。由下一句中的“At other times”可知，此处用Sometimes与其对应。6C考查介词辨析。空

25、后“adding more to the plots”是空前“make a short story longer”的方式。7C考查动词辨析。由前一句可知，She指代的是作家Natalie Babbitt，所以她“写”了Tuck Everlasting。8D考查动词辨析。由上一段可知，编剧会对书中的情节进行增减，故事情节会发生“改变”。9C考查名词辨析。前文一直在讲述热门书籍被改编成电影的情况，所以此处意为：这两本书也被改编成了“电影”。10A考查名词辨析。对电影制作人和读者来说，“先看书，然后去看电影”是个不错的“建议”。Day 4根据材料内容，从下面的选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使

26、文章意思通顺、内容完整。The way people listen to music has changed. 1._ But when our parents and grandparents were young, vinyl records(黑胶唱片) were popular.Some of the greatest music in history was recorded on vinyl. For example，the Beatles recorded all their music on vinyl in the 1950s and 1960s. During all tho

27、se years, many people had large collections of vinyl records which filled their homes.2_ He worked as a DJ and record producer. Because vinyl records were quite large，he knew that they were often thrown away when people needed more space.He decided he would like to collect every piece of music writt

28、en after 1945. It would be a collection reflecting a very important part of our musical culture.Word of Bobs collection spread around the music world.3._ They had 150，000 vinyl records. The house where they were kept was sinking(下沉) under their weight！Bob was happy to take the records off their hand

29、s，and his archive(档案库) began to grow fast.4_ Director Martin Scorsese used the archive when he made his famous film.Tom Hanks spent hours researching music for his film.5_ Its a paradise(乐园) for any music lover.AOne such person was Bob George.BIn 1985, ASquare Records called him asking for help.CThe

30、 archive is used a lot when it comes to choosing music for new films.DToday, we have mobile phones and can easily listen to anything we want to.EToday, the archive is home to over 3，000，000 sound recordings and 90 million songs.【文章大意】本文讲述了鲍勃收集黑胶唱片并使之组成巨大的音乐库的事情。1D本段通过对比我们和我们的父辈、祖辈听音乐的方式不同来引出“黑胶唱片”。故

31、“当下，我们有移动电话，能轻而易举地听到任何我们想听的音乐”符合语境。2A上一段提到有很多人收集黑胶唱片，此处“鲍勃乔治就是这样一个人”与上文相呼应。3B根据本段最后一句“Bob was happy to take the records off their hands, and his archive began to grow fast.”可知，此处介绍的是鲍勃的档案库发展起来的原因。“1985年，ASquare唱片公司打电话向他寻求帮助”符合语境。4C本段介绍这个档案库在电影配乐方面的使用。“当人们要为新电影选择配乐的时候经常会使用这个档案库”符合语境。5E空后提到这是音乐爱好者的天堂，

32、故此处应该讲的是这里有很多美妙的音乐。故E选项“如今，这个档案库保存了超过300万张唱片以及9千万首歌”符合语境。其中的“home”与“paradise”也相互呼应。Day 5阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。Once upon a time, there was a musician called Joanna. One day, Joanna was practicing a new song in her music room. She always liked to practice songs in 1.her (she) spare time.

33、After a while, the room was quiet, but 2.suddenly (sudden) she heard somebody crying.Then Joanna walked outside and found a girl 3.sitting (sit) on a stone.“What are you doing here？” Joanna asked.“Its a long story，” answered the girl. “I used 4.to_be (be) in a band and I was the drummer (鼓手). Severa

34、l days ago, the band broke up 5.although I wanted to stick to it. I dont know what to do, and I feel so down. I have been crying for a few days, but nothing 6.has_changed (change).”“Its 7.a pity that your band broke up, but you have wasted too much time crying.” said Joanna. “I am thinking about mak

35、ing a band. 8.In that case, would you like to be the drummer？”The girl was very happy. She had found a new friend and learned how to enjoy her life without 9.sadness (sad) when something went wrong.Joanna and the girl became best friends and the 10.members (member) of a famous band around the world.