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1、Unit 5 第一课时 Warming up.阅读下面的内容，从所给的音乐种类中，判断出他们是哪种音乐种类。JazzBluesRock n RollHiphopCountry musicPop musicRapFolk music1This type of music usually tells simple stories about love and is written to entertain people. It makes people feel easy and forget about the real world. It is popular, especially, wit
2、h young people for a short time, but will soon be forgotten.2This type of music was born in the USA around 1890. It came from work songs sung by black people and had its root in Africa. It started developing in the 1920s in the southern states. Soon it was played by white musicians, too, and reached
3、 other parts of the USA.3This type of music has a long history. It is a way for people to show who they are and what is in their heart. It comes from African songs that people used to sing when they worked and during festivals.4This type of music can be fast or slow, and it will often combine parts
4、of other styles to create music that will help people hear new things in old music.5In this type of music, the singer will speak the words along with the beat.6It is always rooted in the folk songs. Simple melodies(手风琴) and lyrics(抒情诗) that express everyday emotions such as loneliness, love and grie
5、f. It began with small groups of country musicians singing and playing songs of love, hard times and social problems.7This type of music is made up of the old songs of a people. Most of the type of music comes from the ordinary people. They are passed from generation to generation.8This type of musi
6、c usually expresses true feelings about society, friendship and even war. It makes people think about the world and how to make their life better.答案：1.Pop music2.Jazz3.Blues4.Hiphop5.Rap6Country music7.Folk music8.Rock n Roll.完形填空阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(2008江苏)Evelyn Glennie was the
7、first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员)in spite of her disability.“Early on I decided not to allow the_1_of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began_2_piano lessons w
8、hen I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱)for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my_3_. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the_4_and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never_5_me.“My_6_was to become a percussion soloist, even though there
9、were none at that time. To perform, I_7_to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can_8_the pitch of a note(音调高低)by the vibrations(振动)I feel through my body and through my_9_. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every_10_that I have.“I was_11_to be assess
10、ed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had_12_this before and some teachers_13_my admission. Based on my performance, I was_14_admitted and went to_15_with the academys highest honours.”“After that, I established
11、myself as the first fulltime solo percussionist. I_16_and arranged a lot of musical compositions since_17_had been written specially for solo percussionists.”“I have been a soloist for over ten years._18_the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didnt_19_that my passion couldnt be realized. I would
12、encourage people not to allow themselves to be_20_by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”短文解析：英国古典乐打击乐独奏家艾弗玲葛蓝尼8岁开始学习钢琴到12岁时完全失聪，但是她一直没有放弃自己对音乐的爱好。最终毕业于伦敦皇家音乐学院的她取得了正常人也不及的成功。1A.conditionsBopinionsCactions Drecommendations答案：B上下文可以看出应该是“不让别
13、人的看法阻碍自己成为音乐家”。2A.enjoying BchoosingCtaking Dgiving答案：C“上钢琴课，学弹钢琴”应该用take piano lessons。而give piano lessons则成了教别人学钢琴了。3A.sight BhearingCtouch Dtaste答案：B下一句话中的“completely deaf”可给出暗示。4A.evidence BresultCexcuse Dcause答案：D“医生诊断说神经遭到破坏是她失聪的缘由”。5A.left BexcitedCaccompanied Ddisappointed答案：Aleft“离开”；excite
14、d“使激动”；accompanied“陪伴”；disappointed“使失望”。句意为“我对音乐的热爱从来没有停止(即离开我)”，所以A正确。6A.purpose BdecisionCpromise Dgoal答案：D我的目标是成为一名打击乐器独奏演员。7A.turned BlearnedCused Dought答案：B句意“为了表演，我学会了听不同的音乐”。注意听是加引号的。8A.tell BseeChear Dsmell答案：Atell此处意为“判断出，识别”。句中的“in my stocking feet”意为“只穿袜不穿鞋”。即“我脱下鞋子来演奏，通过身体和想像力来判断音调高低发出的
15、振动”。9A.carefulness BmovementCimagination Dexperience答案：Ccarefulness“细心”；movement“移动，运动”；imagination“想像力”；experience“经验”。葛蓝尼因为听不到，所以应该是凭感觉加上发挥自己的想象力来学习演奏的。10A.sense BeffortCfeeling Didea答案：Asense“感觉器官”，我用几乎每一个感觉器官来形成自己的音乐世界。而feeling仅指“触摸”。11A.dissatisfied BastonishedCdetermined Ddiscouraged答案：Cbe determined to do sth.“下决心干某事”。12A.done BacceptedCadvised Dadmitted答案：A“以前从未有失聪的学生这样做”用had done this指代上一句中“
