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1、2022年高考英语一轮复习 Unit 5 Music夯基提能作业 新人教版必修2.阅读理解A(2018福建福州模拟)Whether it is Mozart or Miley, your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well at your job. A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proofreadin
2、g and problem solving. In an office-based experiment, 88 per cent of participants were found to produce their most accurate work when listening to music.The study also found that 81 per cent pleted their work fastest when music was played. And it matters what type of music you listen to. For instanc
3、e, if youre doing your tax returns, then classical music is the most effective as it improves maths skills.Listening to Jessie J or Justin Bieber could also improve your speed, with 58 per cent of participants pleting data entry tasks faster while listening to pop songs. During proofreading, dance m
4、usic, such as David Guetta, had the biggest positive impact on participants increasing their speed by 20 per cent pared to tests undertaken with no music at all. Dance music also had a positive effect on spell-checking with a 75 per cent pass rate pared to 68 per cent when no music was played at all
5、.The research, undertaken by Brighton-based Mindlab International, suggests that silent offices may be the least productive. The Music Works experiment revealed a positive correlation between music and productivity. Overall, it showed that when listening to music, nine out of ten people performed be
6、tter, said Dr David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International.1.Whose music can help you do maths homework according to the study?A.The music of Justin Bieber.B.The music of Mozart.C.The music of David Guetta.D.The music of David Lewis.2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to the passag
7、e?A.Music makes you relaxed.B.Music helps you to enter data faster.C.Music improves maths skills.D.Music has a positive effect on spell-checking.3.The result of the experiment showed that when music was played, .A.88% of people worked fasterB.81% of people did their most accurate workC.90% of people
8、 worked betterD.75% of people pleted data entry tasks faster4.What can we conclude from the passage?A.Music may be helpless to people in office.B.Silent offices can make people work better.C.Different kinds of music have the same effect.D.Silent offices may make people work least profitably.BGeorge
9、Gershwin, born in 1898, was one of Americas greatest posers. He published his first song when he was eighteen years old.During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.Many of Gershwins songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays
10、were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible wayfrom jazz to country.In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked,b
11、e considered serious music?In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music.Gershwin agreed to pose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it .And in that short time,he posed a piece
12、 for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue.Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert.The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. The concert made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.In 1928,Gershwin went to Paris.He applied to
13、 study position(作曲) under the well-known musician, Nadia Boulanger,but she rejected him.She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style.While there,Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed,critics(评论家) were divided on the music.Some called it happy an
14、d full of life, while to others it was silly and boring.But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States.It still remains one of his most famous works now.George Gershwin died in 1937,just a few days after doctors learned he had brain cancer.He was only thirty-nine years old then. Newsp
15、apers all over the world reported his death on their front pages.People mourned his death.5.Many of Gershwins musical works were.A.about New YorkersB.posed for Paul WhitemanC.played mainly in the countrysideD.performed in various ways6.What do we know about the concert organized by Whiteman?A.It att
16、racted many people to the concert hall.B.It proved jazz could be serious music.C.It made Gershwin leader of the orchestra.D.It caused a debate among jazz musicians.7.What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?A.He created one of his best works.B.He studied under Nadia Boulanger.C.He argued with French critics.D.He changed his music style.8.Which of the following best describes Ger
