2015屆高考英語二輪專題專練 閱讀理解（5）

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1、2015屆高考英語二輪專題專練：閱讀理解(5 ) A (2014·河南焦作市高一上期末) One of the most popular American singers of 20th century was Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley made the music called rock’ n’ roll popular around the world. He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of po

2、pular music in 1960's. Elvis Presley was born in 1935 in a small town called Tupelo, in Mississippi in the southern United States; he came from a very poor family. His parents were simply country people who often took Elvis to church. At church he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of son

3、gs that he used to sing in church as a child. When he was a school boy, Elvis moved to the town of Memphis in Tennessee. He attended high school in Memphis, but he was not a very good student. His only real interest was singing. He began to sing in the style that is popular in Tennessee, a style ca

4、lled country and western. In 1955 in Memphis he recorded some country and western songs for his mother's birthday. And the people at the recording studio liked Elvis's singing and music. There was something different about it. It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the

5、music which black people used to sing in the American South. It was called blues. 1．Elvis Presley will always be remembered by American people as________. A．a(chǎn) film star B．a(chǎn) famous conductor C．a(chǎn) great singer D．a(chǎn) recorder maker 答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。由第一段第一句話可知。 2．Elvis learned to sing________. A．a(chǎn)t home B．

6、at church C．in Memphis D．a(chǎn)t high school 答案：B　細節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后一句話“At church he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used...”可知。 3．The music Elvis recorded was the style called________. A．blues B．country and western C．rock’ n’ roll D．popular 答案：B　細節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后一句話“He bega

7、n to sing in the style that is popular in Tennessee, a style called country and western”可知。 4．When he was at high school, Elvis didn't do well in his studies because________. A．he was only interested in singing B．his family was very poor C．he went to church too often D．he was slow in learning

8、 答案：A　細節(jié)理解題。由第二段前三句話可知，他上學時成績不好是因為他只對唱歌感興趣。 5．At the recording studio, people noticed country and western________. A．used to sing in church B．was the same as blues C．was popular in South America D．had a unique style 答案：D　推理判斷題。由第三段的第三和第四句話可知，他錄制的唱片有一種很特別的韻味。 B (2014·白銀高一檢測)

9、 Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer (作曲家) begins, how he manages to keep going—in fact, how and where he learns his trade—all are covered_in_complete

10、_darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery (神秘)． One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration (靈感) plays in a composer's work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for

11、the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for. The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: “Do I feel inspired？” He says to himself: “Do I feel like working today？” And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like

12、 saying to himself: “Do I feel sleepy？” If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don't feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn't feel like working, he doesn't work. It's as simple as that. 文章大意：美妙的音樂旋律，往往讓我們身心愉悅，我們或許想知道，作曲家們是怎樣把它們創(chuàng)作出來的？作曲家是不是很神秘？ 6．What would be the best title for the t

13、ext? A．Composer: a Man of Mystery B．Practice Makes Good Music C．Relation between Sleeping and Music D．Music: Product of Nature 答案：A　主旨大意題。從本文第一段末句The composer，in short，is a man of mystery.可推知A項為本文的題目最佳。 7．The underlined words “covered in complete darkness” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean

14、________. A．difficult to be made 　　　　 B．without any light C．black in color 　 D．not known 答案：D　詞義猜測題。be covered with/in被……覆蓋著，在這里應是引申義“不被人知道”，故選D。 8．Most people seem to think that a composer ________. A．finds it difficult to write music B．considers it important to have a good

15、 rest C．should like to talk about inspiration D．never asks himself very simple questions 答案：C　推理判斷題。從第二段前兩句話可知：大多數(shù)普通人都想知道作曲家們的靈感到底在他們的工作中起多大作用，而作曲家們對這個問題不感興趣，在他們看來那是很自然的事，故選C。 9．The author will most probably agree that composers ________. A．a(chǎn)re born with a gift for music B．a(chǎn)re people full of m

16、ystery C．work late at night for their music D．know a lot about eating and sleeping 答案：A　細節(jié)理解題。從第二段末句Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.可知答案為A。 C Music is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing, banging a stick, plucking a tight st

17、ring or blowing through a pipe. All over the world, many kinds of music have developed as people found out how to make sounds in different ways. There are so many kinds of music to hear that you can soon find a kind that you like. People can get all kinds of feelings hearing music. Music can make y

18、ou march or dance; it can make you feel happy or sad. More than other arts, music can affect your moods and feelings. This is why music is so popular. Every country has its own kind of music. In France many people like dance-music played on the accordion(手風琴)，and many Americans enjoy banjo music. S

19、pain is famous for its guitar music and India for the twanging sound of the sitar. Many people like music in their own national style. But there are also people who enjoy classical music and pop music, which has spread throughout the world with the help of the record-player and radio. However, the

20、re are still great differences between the music of the west and that of the east. Many of the instruments are very different. The guitar and sitar are both instruments in which strings are plucked by fingers, but they do not sound alike. The musical differences between east and west are not only i

21、n the instruments, but also in the ways the notes are put together. 1．Music is an art that is very popular in the world because________. A．everybody can make a beautiful music B．people can get different feelings from music C．music can only make people happy D．music is much better than other ar

22、ts 答案：B　細節(jié)理解題。 見第一段第一、二句“Music is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing, banging a stick, plucking a tight string or blowing through a pipe.”。 2．If you're very good at playing the guitar, you may be popular in________. A．America B．France C．India D．Spain 答案：D　

23、細節(jié)理解題。 見第三段第三句 “...Spain is famous for its guitar music...”。 3．The word “sitar” in the passage is a name of________. A．a(chǎn) stringed musical instrument B．a(chǎn) record-player C．a(chǎn) place of interest in India D．a(chǎn) radio 答案：A　猜測詞義題。第三段中，說在法國人們拉著手風琴，西班牙人們彈著吉他，在印度人們也應是演奏著某種琴弦類樂器。 4．In the opinion of the wri

24、ter of this passage________. A．a(chǎn)ll countries and races have the same kind of music B．the musical differences between east and west are only in the instruments C．a(chǎn)ll the French people enjoy dance-music played on the accordion D．different people like different kinds of music 答案：D　信息判斷題。選項A錯在the

25、 same; 選項B錯在 only; 選項C錯在all。 5．The title of this passage should be________. A．Music B．Music-the Best Art C．How to Enjoy Music D．Different Music 答案：A　歸納總結題。 選項A、B、C都只片面地提及文章中一部分內容，沒有概括全部。 D Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about

26、 simple but strong human feelings and events—love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk; as life becomes more complicated(復雜的)it is good to hear music about ordinary people. Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from t

27、wo lands of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country mus

28、ic was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slow

29、ly it became popular all over the country. Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day.

30、 English stars sing it in British and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world. 1．It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from________. A．the Northeast and Midwest B．fa

31、ctories and army camps in the South C．the Appalachian Mountains and the West D．real-life stories in small towns 答案：C　主旨大意題。依據(jù)第二段可知答案。 2．During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Midwest because________. A．they wanted to take music with them B．they wanted to make oth

32、er people like country music C．they wanted to work in the factories there D．they wanted to make country music popular 答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)是第三段“But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories.” 3．Country music is one of the most popular kinds

33、of music in the world today because________. A．many people said it was low class B．people could sing it in different languages C．it started with cowboys and poor Southerners D．it is loved by different kinds of people in the world 答案：D　因果推斷題。由最后一段的第一句 “Today country music is also popular everywh

34、ere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people.”可推知答案為D選項。 4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Country music is sung by stars all in English. B．Country music is about human feelings and events. C．Country music is only popular with city people today. D．The singers started using electric guitars in the 1930s. 答案：B　正誤判斷題。根據(jù)第一段可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂是表達人們情感和事情的一種音樂。