2018-2019学年高中英语课时阅读训练十三Module4MusicBornin

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China' s TV singing con test

Super Girl will retur n to scree ns. The show is

to be rela un ched by Hunan Satellite TV, in Chan gsha, the capital of centralChina' s Hunan Provinee. It is similar to American Idol . The show offers ordinary

people a cha nee at stardom amon gthe earliest con tests in China. About 610, 000 people have registered to en ter the con test, accord ing to a press conference held on

Tuesday. Womenabove 18 years old can apply to be a con testa nt. They will be scored by the judging team and public votes. The twenty finalists will be announced on June 18.

The show was first produced in 2004, and at its height 200 million people

tuned in to watch the live, three-hour final of Super Girl 2005. Hong Tao, a judge, said that the show aims to

“ discover un cut stones that will shine with a bit of

polish ing ” . Li Yuch un, a stude nt of Sichua n Con servatory of Music, won the con test in 2005. She later appeared on the cover of Time Asia Magazine as one of the 25 Asian Heroes of the year. A set of stamps were issued featuri ng her.

Some con testa nts who win the fame through the show are still sin gers, such

as Zhang Liangying and Shang Wenjie. Others married, like

Ye Yiqian whose husband

is Chin ese diver, Sydney and Athe ns Olympic gold medalist Tian Lia ng.

Since the run-away success of Super Girl , Chinese TV producers have competed to make

similar reality shows, like

The Voice of China. There are some concerns

that Super Girl may not be able to achieve its past glory.

【语篇概述】 文章主要介绍了湖南电视台的选秀节目《超级女声》比赛将重返舞台。 1. The TV show, Super Girl ,

_____ .

A. is to be lau nched firstly at Hu nan Satellite TV B. gives com mon people a cha nee C. allows all the wome n to atte nd

D. will only be scored by the public votes

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第四句话\"The show offers ordinary people a cha nee at stardom among the earliest con tests in China. 人一个机会。其余三个选项与原文不符。

2. What ' s the purpose of the show to be relaunched? A. To make more people watch the show. B. To discover new tale nts. C. To appear on the cover of D. To issue a set of stamps.

【解析】选Bo细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句话 Hong Tao, a judge, said that the show aims to “discover uncut stones that will shine with a bit of polishing ” . \"洪 涛，一位评委，说这个节目的目的是‘寻找到需要一点雕琢的可造之材’。”可知选 3. The con testa nt can _________ from the final show. A. be on the cover of Time B. become Asia n Hero C. get the husband D. get the honor

Bo

”可知这个节目给了普通

Time

【解析】 选D。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句话 through the show are still sin gers...

Somecontestants who win the fame

可知通过最后决赛可以得到荣耀和名声。其余

三个选项只是发生在个别人身上。故选 0

4. Which of the following will be the best title for the passage? A. China ' s TV Singing Contest B. Success of Super Girl C. Super Girl to Be Relaunched D. The Voice of Chi na Is Comi ng

【解析】选C。主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了时隔多年 重返舞台。故选Co

B

，中国选秀歌唱比赛《超级女声》将

Budget cuts and an in creased focus on test ing have made field trips, once a popular way to get stude nts out of the classroo m, in creas in gly rare.

“Local school districts don 't have the funds (money kept for particular

purposes) anymore, ” says Stephanie Norby, director of the Smithsonian Center for Education and MuseumStudies in Washington, D. C. The Smithsonian museumsare some of the most popular field trip destinations in the country. Although there is little hard data to definitively prove that schools are taking fewer field trips, Norby says it seems as though fewer schools have visited the Smithsonian in recent years.

Money once spent on field trips is being spent to help students prepare for standardized tests that might make or break a teacher

's evaluation, according t

o

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union that represents more than 1 million educators nationwide.

“In school these days, if people have a dollar to spare, they spend it on test prep because they get regulated there,

” she says.

't

Field trips provide students with a window to the real world that they don

get in the classroom, and they can help students understand real-world applications of seemingly abstract topics in math and science, says Weingarten.

Susan Singer, CEOof Field Trip Factory, an organization that has spent the last 18 years designing free field trip outlines for schools nationwide, says she thinks schools are merely scheduling around testing.

“During testing periods, we don 't see a lot of field trips, ” she says.

”

“Either right before or right after a standardized test, we get a shut door.

Spending time outside the classroom doesn

't mean students aren 't learning

knowledge that could show up on standardized tests. Several studies have shown that students acquire more information and skills through the type of experience-based learning that field trips provide when compared to in-class learning.

A field trip should be relevant to topics students are studying in school. That way, the Smithsonian Norby says, it will have a lasting effect.

【语篇概述】本文是议论文。因为预算减少、忙于备考 , 学校组织的实地考察正在减少。 5. Why is it difficult for schools to take field trips according to Norby? A. Students dislike the trips. B. They are short of finances.

C. They have fewer dest in ati ons. D. Field trips are harder to orga ni ze.

【解析】 选B。细节理解题。由第二段中的 Local school districts don' t have the funds (money kept for particular purposes) anymore 此开展实地考察变得困难了。

6. What do we lear n from Wein garte n?

A. Stan dardized tests can measure stude nt lear ning. B. Money for field trips is used for test preparation. C. Schools ' education budgets are properly regulated. D. Schools encourage students to know the real world.

【解析】选Bo细节理解题。由第三段中的 Moneyonee spent on field trips is being spent to help students prepare for standardized tests 资金被用在备考上了。

7. In the author ' s opinion, field trips A. may lead to lower test scores B. sometimes waste a lot of time C. help stude nts gain more kno wledge D. are less importa nt tha n in-class lear ning

【解析】选C。推理判断题。由倒数第二段可知，作者认为实地考察能够帮助学生获得更多 的知识。

8. The text is mai nly about

_____ .

_____ .

可知,Weingarten

说用于实地考查的

可知, 学校没有专款用于实地考查 , 因

A. the adva ntages of in-class lear ning B. the effect of sta ndardized tests C. the problem of budget cuts

D. the decline of field trips

【解析】 选D。主旨大意题。通读全文可知

，本文主要关注的是实地考察减少的问题。

C

Samuel Osm on dis a 19-year-old law stude nt from Cornwall, En gla nd. He n ever

studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chop in and Beethove n just a few minu tes after he hears them. He lear ns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his

head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（ 奏鸣曲 ）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.

Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played

it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but doesn' t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted

to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.

Samuel can' t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother

played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me— I hear the notes and can bear them in mind — each and every note, ” says Samuel.

Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college.

The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can't play it. Samuel says confidently,

guess I have that gift. ”

However, Samuel ' s ability to remember things doesn't stop with music. His family says that

even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.

Samuel is still

only a teenager. He doesn ' t know what he wants to do in the

“It 's all about super memoyr — I

Samuel

future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies. 【语篇概述】 本文是

记叙文 , 介绍有音乐天赋的 Samuel Osmond 的故事。 9. What is special about Samuel Osmond? A. He has a gift for writing music. B. He can write down the note he hears. C. He is a top student at the law school. D. He can play the musical piece he hears.

【解析】 选D。细节理解题。由第一段中的第三句可知 他听到的音乐片段。

10. What can we lear n from Paragraph 2?

A. Samuel chose law aga inst the wish of his pare nts. B. Samuel pla nned to be a lawyer rather tha n a musicia n.

Samuel的特别之处在于他可以弹出

C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第二段最后两句可知 的。

11. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?

Samuel按照父母的意愿计划成为律师

A. He became famous duri ng a special eve nt at his college. B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately. C. He plays the pia no better tha n many professi onal pia ni sts. D. He impressed the audie nee by play ing all the musical pieces.

【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第四段第四句可推出答案。 12. Which of the following is the best title for this passage? A. The Qualities of a Musicia n B. The Story of a Musical Tale nt C. The Importa nee of Early Educati on

D. The Relati on ship betwee n Memory and Music

【解析】选B。主旨大意题。由全文可知，本文是关于一位音乐天才的故事。 阅读填句

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选 项。

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