【步步高】高中英语 Unit 12 Culture Shock Period One Warm up Reading同步测试2 北师大版必修4(1).doc

period onewarmup & reading()基础落实.单词检测a英文释义连连看1bookato give sb.sth.and receive the same kind of thing from them2ow e bto arrange with a hotel，restaurant，theatre，etc.to have a room，table，seat，etc.on a particular date3brief cto walk slowly around or to a place，often without any particular purpose or direction4exchange dhaving a strong and pleasant flavour5wander eto have to pay sb.for sth.that you have already received or return money that you have borrowed6tasty fshort；lasting only a short timeb根据英文释义写出相应单词1_ n：a small amount of extra money that you give to sb.who serves you in a restaurant2_ v：to take o the mind and learn or understand it3_ n：the largest part of a group of people or things4_ adj.：fair，practical and sensible5_ adv.：used when adding sth.to support an idea or argument.短语检测1推迟，延期put _2首先，第一first _ all3大量，许多plenty _4因此，结果_ a result5至少_ least6支付，付款pay _7事先_ advance8嘲笑某人laugh _ sb.9习惯于get used _10为某人提供食宿put sb._.用所给词的适当形式填空1there was a general _(expect) that he would win.2honestly i thought the fried chicken was _(taste)3karen burst into _(laugh) on hearing the good news.4when its _(fog)，the trains are late more often than not.5the great _(major) of accidents in the alps occur while climbers are coming down.6i thought her request for more information was _(reason)，but it was refused.7i have been examined by a _(physical) and he told me that he found nothing wrong with me.8i made no _(apologize) for what i saidit was a fair comment.选词填空1its cheaper if you book the tickets _.2because of the heavy rain，we had to _ the sports meeting.3when i first went to london，i _ the traffic rules，which are different from those in china.4to my delight，my daughter soon _ the new life in university.5youd better _ smoking or youll harm your health greatly. 6.if you stay here，ill not let you _ anything.能力提升阅读理解ageorge gershwin，born in 1898，was one of americas greatest composers.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 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，be 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 compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it.and in that short time，he composed a piece 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.it made him worldfamous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.in 1928，gershwin went to paris.he applied to study composition(作曲) with the wellknown musician nadia boulanger，but she rejected him.she was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazzinfluenced style.while there，gershwin wrote an american in paris.when it was first performed，critics(评论家) were divided over the music.some called it happy and full of life，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.george gershwin died in 1937，just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer.he was only thirtynine years old.newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages.people mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.(2013山东，b)1many of gershwins musical works were_.awritten about new yorkersbcomposed for paul whitemancplayed mainly in the countrysidedperformed in various ways2what do we know about the concert organized by whiteman?ait attracted more people to theatres.bit proved jazz could be serious music.cit made gershwin leader of the orchestra.dit caused a debate among jazz musicians.3what did gershwin do during his stay in paris?ahe created one of his best works.bhe studied with nadia boulanger.che argued with french critics.dhe changed his music style.4what do we learn from the last paragraph?amany of gershwins works were lost.bthe death of gershwin was widely reported.ca concert was held in memory of gershwin.dbrain cancer research started after gershwins death.5which of the following best describes gershwin?atalented and productive. bserious and boring.cpopular and unhappy. dfriendly and honest.bthe united states is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. on the third sunday in june，fathers all across the united states are given presents，treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.however，the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in spokane，washington. a woman by the name of sonora smart dodd thought of the idea for fathers day while listening to a mothers day sermon in 1909. having been raised by her father，henry jackson smart，after her mother died，sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. it was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was，in the eyes of his daughter，a selfless and loving man. sonoras father was born in june，so she chose to hold the first fathers day celebration in spokane，washington on the 19th of june,1910.in 1924 president calvin coolidge declared the third sunday in june as fathers day. roses are the fathers day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.when children cant visit their fathers or take them out to dinner，they send a greeting card. traditionally，fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental. most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them. some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed dad.6the united states is special in fathers day because _.amany people celebrate the daybonly america celebrates the daycamerica makes it an official daydall men are honored in america7at first，fathers day was fixed on june 19th because _.asonora honored her father on her fathers birthdaybsonoras birthday was june 19cit was decided by the president at that timedher mother died on june 198how many years has passed before fathers day became an official day since the fathers day was celebrated?a. 4 b4 c14 d24