1、2011-2012 八（上）外研版英语 Module 5 Unit 2 测试题附答案 初二新标准英语(上) Module 5 Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music测试题一、单项选择（ ）1. Johann Strauss played pianoA. the B. a C.（ ）2. The famous family of musicians were the Strauss familyA. more Bmost Cmuch（ ）3. His waltzeshim famous all over EuropeA. k
2、ept B. made C. felt（ ）4. Mozart wrote his first operathe age of 14A. in Bat C. on（ ）5. Mozartin 1791 when he was only 35A. dead Bwas die C. died二、根据所给的中文完成句子1他写了 400 多首华尔兹。He wrote 400 waltzes2施特劳斯和莫扎特是两位最重要的作曲家。Strauss and Mozart were important composers3在他 6 岁前不仅弹钢琴，而且还拉小提琴。Before six，he played th
3、e piano， the violin.4他在很多城市开音乐会。He in many cities.5施特劳斯写哪种音乐？music did Johann Strauss write？6除了戏剧外，莫扎特还写了什么？What did Mozart write operas？三、阅读理解Have you ever noticed background music？You can listen to it everywhere，restaurants，airports，supermarkets，department stores Background music is supposed to in
4、fluence(影响）your attitudes(态度）and mood 心情） Companies pay millions of dollars every year for background musicIts supposed to make you 学优中考网 feel better about yourself and the people around youFactories use it a lotIt makes the workers happy and work betterIt is said（据说）that in a factory，music can incr
5、ease the production by 4.5 percentWorkers do not easily get tired if they listen to music all dayA worker in San Francisco said：“If the music stops，somebody always runs to the telephone to complain about it ”Background music was started during World War II when some factories had their own orchestra
6、s to keep workers happy and calm Now ，of course, the music is piped in( 以电讯设备传送 ) by a machine and different kinds of music are played at different time in a day For example，the music they play are faster at 10 than 8，because workers are usually slower thenIts also very interesting that fast music i
7、s played in restaurants where hamburger is soldBefore playing fast music，customers spent 22 minutes eating hamburgers. When they started playing fast music，they found that a customer spent only 17 minutes eating! So they have more people coming in and out to buy hamburgersIts good for business. You
8、can see why music has become so popularIn Los Angeles(洛杉矶 )，for example，30 different companies are selling background music services.The Xerox Corporation(静电复印公司)in Rochester，NY(纽约州的罗切斯特市) ，spends more than$80,000 a year for background musicPrison warders(狱警)use it Farmers also use it to keep their
9、cattle calmIts said that background music even influence plants根据短文，选择正确答案。( )1According to the passage, background music_.Acan possibly make people feel better and influence their attitudesBincreases the production by 4.5 percent in every factoryCis sometimes very boring to the workers( )2A worker
10、in San Francisco said if the music stopped,_Asomeone would always go to complain about itBhe himself would call up the background music companyCpeople would go and tell the telephone operator about the accident( )3Background music was started in factories_.Ain the 1950sBbecause workers there all lik
11、ed music very muchCduring World War II( )4The eating time for each hamburger customer is _minutes less than before.A5 B7 C17( )5What can we learn from the passage?AWe can only hear background music in some public places of foreign countries.BThe Xerox Corporation in Rochester，NY，spend$800 thousand a year forbackground musicCPrison warders and farmers also use background music参考答案：一、 1. A 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C二、1. more than 2. two of the most 3. not only; but also 4. gave concerts5. What sort/ kind of 6. in addition to 三、1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5.C
