Unit5 拓展阅读专项训练（一）

2/2Unit5Music拓展阅读专项训练（一）刷阅读理解体裁：说明文题材：介绍说明词数：278难度：中建议用时：7分钟[山东泰安一中2019高一期中]It’sOKtosayyou’veneverheardofGrime—unlessyou’refromtheUK.That’sbecausethismusictypewasinventedintheUKintheearly2000s.Tosomeonewho’snotfamiliarwithundergroundmusicculture,it’seasytogetconfusedbetweenhip-hopandGrimesincetheyarebothnoisy.Andmanypeopledidn’tbothertotellthemapart,untilearlierthismonthwhenGrimestarslikeStormzyledthisyear’sMOBO—“musicofblackorigin”—awardnominations（提名）intheUK.JustlikeUKelectronicmusicandhip-hop,bywhichGrimewasinfluenced,itmostlyreflectsthethoughtsofyoungpeople.Butdifferentfromhip-hopGrimesingerssingindialectswithstrongaccents,givingaspecialflavourtotheirsongs.LadyLeshaurr,knownasthe“GrimeQueen”,saidthatsheoncetriedtohideheraccent,asshedidn’twantpeopletojudgeher.Butoneday,sherealisedthatshedidn’tneedtochangeherselfjusttopleaseothers.Andthere’snodoubtthatthisisthemostbasicandimportantqualityofGrimemusic:beyourself.Alsodifferentfromthehip-hopculture,whichusuallyfocusesonbeingrich,GrimesingerspaymoreattentiontosocialphenomenalikeEurope’srefugeeproblemandthegapbetweentherichandthepoor.Althoughstillquiteyoung,Grimeseemstobegettingfavouredbymoreandmorepeople.In2016,theEnglishGrimeartistSkeptawontheMercuryPrizewithhisalbumKonnichiwa,beatingbignameslikeDavidBowieandRadiohead.However,nomatterwhetherGrimeisonedayacceptedbythemainstreammusicworldornot,onethingisforsure:inGrime,singersalwaysstaytruetothemselves.1.Whatdohip-hopandGrimemusichaveincommon?A.TheyarebornintheUK.B.Theymakealotofloudnoise.C.Theychallengetraditionalcultures.D.Theyarefullofcreativeideas.2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inParagraph3referto?A.Electronicmusic.B.Hip-hop.C.Grimemusic.D.Blackmusic.3.Whatcanbelearntaboutgrimesingers?A.Theycaretoomuchaboutthemselves.B.Theyrefusetobejudgedbyothers.C.Theytendtocareaboutsocialproblems.D.Theyshowstrongindependencequalities.4.WhatdoesSkepta'ssuccesssuggest?A.Grimeisgraduallygettingrecognized.B.Singersshouldtrytobethemselves.C.Grimehasbecomemainstreammusic.D.ItiseasytowintheMercuryPrize.刷7选5体裁：说明文题材：介绍说明词数：259难度：中建议用时：7分钟HowSimilarAreLanguageandmusic?Languageispartofourdailylife,nomatterwhereweliveintheworld.Itisthesamewithmusic,whetheryoulistentoitontheradioonyourdrivetoworkorsitbeforeanorchestra.Bothlanguageandmusicplayahugeroleinourculture.1Bothlanguageandmusichaveawritingsystem.InEnglishwerecordlanguageusingthealphabetwhichisacollectionofletters.Similarly,weusenotestokeeparecordofmusic.Musiciansreadnotesandcreatemeaningintheformofmusic.2Bywritingpiecesoftextormusic,weareabletoshareexperiencesthroughtime.Wecanreadtheideasorhearthecompositionofsomeonewholivedhundredsofyearsago.3Youcanmakeagoodguessatwheresomeoneisfrombylisteningtothelanguagetheyuse.Inthesameway,weknowthatstylesofmusicaredifferentaroundtheworld,givingustheopportunitytoexploremanydifferentculturesthroughtheirmusicandprovidinguswithmusicforeverysituation.Bothshareemotion.4Ofcourseyoumaybeabletoseeitinmyface,butyouwillknowforsurethroughmywords.Similarly,musiccansoundangry,sadorhappy.Musiccanshowyouexactlyhowthecomposerwasorisfeeling,andallowsustoshareinthatemotion.Whenyoufeelhappy,youmightwanttosinganddancetoahappysongtocelebrateyourhappiness.5Ithinkwehaveallusedmusictoexpressorprocessouremotions,oftencombiningitwithlanguageintheformsonglyrics.A.Bothareexpressive.B.Bothvarywithculture.C.Herearesomeoftheirsimilarities.D.HowdoyouknowthatIamangry?E.Weuselanguagetoexpressourthoughts.F.SojustasyoureadEnglish,youcanreadmusic.G.Incontrast,youprobablyalsolistentosadmusicwhenyouarefeelingdown.答案：刷阅读理解【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了来自英国的一种音乐类型—Grime。1.B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Tosomeonewho’snotfamiliarwithundergroundmusicculture,it’seasytogetconfusedbetweenhip-hopandGrimesincetheyarebothnoisy.可知，不熟悉地下音乐文化的人很容易混淆hip-hop和Grime,因为它们都很吵。故选B项。2.C词义猜测题。根据第三段中的JustlikeUKelectronicmusicandhip-hopbywhichGrimewasinfluenced，itmostlyreflectsthethoughtsofyoungpeople.可知，Grime受到英国电子音乐和嘻哈音乐的影响，它主要反映了年轻人的思想。所以主语it指代的是Grime。故选C项。3.C细节理解题。根据第五段中的GrimesingerspaymoreattentiontosocialphenomenalikeEurope'srefugeeproblemandthegapbetweentherichandthepoor可知，Grime歌手更多地关注诸如欧洲难民问题和贫富差距等社会现象。故选C项。4.A推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句和第二句Althoughstillquiteyoung，Grimeseemstobegettingfavouredbymoreandmorepeople.In2016,theEnglishGrimeartistSkeptawontheMercuryPrizewithhisalbumKonnichiwa,beatingbignameslikeDavidBowieandRadiohead.可知，Grime歌手Skepta凭借专辑Konnichiwa获得了水星奖，打败了像大卫·鲍伊和电台司令乐队这样的知名音乐人。由此可推断出，Grime在逐渐被人们认可和接受。故选A项。刷7选5【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了语言和音乐有哪些相同之处。1.C根据上文Bothlanguageandmusicplayahugeroleinourculture.可知，语言和音乐在我们的文化中扮演着重要的角色，下文介绍了语言和音乐的一系列共同点。C项（以下是它们的一些相似之处）承上启下，符合语境。2.F根据设空处前两句可知，英语和音乐都是可以被记录下来并且能读取的。F项（正像你可以读英语一样，你也能读音乐）承接上文。故选F项。3.B本空下段落的主要内容是音乐和语言都随着文化而变化关键词是c