1、阶段质量评估( 五) Unit 5 Music第卷 第一部分：听力(共两节，满分 30 分)第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1What does the man think of his new English teacher?AHandsome. BWarmhearted.CStrict.答案： C2Where does the conversation take
2、 place?AIn a car. BAt a bus stop.CAt home.答案： A3What time is it now?A6：10 am. B6：20 am.C.6：30 am.答案： C4Why doesnt the woman buy the coat?AThe coat is too expensive to her.BThe coat doesnt suit her very well.CThe coat needs to be fixed.答案： A5How long will the woman stay in China?AAbout twelve days. B
3、About eight days.CAbout seven days.答案： C第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段对话，回答第 6、7 题。6Which kind of drinks does the man like most?AOrange juice. BBeer.CCola.答案： B7What
4、does the man mean at the end?AWine isnt a must for him.BHe likes wine very much.CHe hates drinking wine.答案： A听第 7 段对话，回答第 8、9 题。8Why does the woman look worried?AShe cant buy plane tickets to London.BShe doesnt know how to use the Internet.CShe cant get cheaper plane tickets to London.答案： C9What is
5、the woman going to do?ATry the Internet.BGo to the airport.CAsk the man for help.答案： A听第 8 段对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。10What does the woman look like?AVery fat. BVery healthy.CSlim.答案： C11What does the man advise the woman to do?AGo on a diet. BDo regular exercise.CHave a walk after dinner.答案： B12Why doesnt
6、the woman have breakfast every morning?AShe doesnt feel like eating in the morning.BShe gets up very late in the morning.CShe wants to keep in good shape.答案： A听第 9 段对话，回答第 13 至 16 题。13What does Erica look like?AShe looks big for her age.BShe has brown straight hair.CShe is very thin.答案： C14Which col
7、or Tshirt is Erica wearing?ABrown. BRed.CYellow.答案： B15What was the woman doing when Erica went missing?AShe was buying vegetables.BShe was buying fruit.CShe was making a phone call.答案： A16What does the policeman advise the woman to do?AStay right in front of the store.BLook for her daughter around
8、the store.CWait for her daughter in the police station.答案： A听第 10 段独白，回答第 17 至 20 题。17What is a problem for visitors to Britain?AThey dont eat in an English home.BThey dont like the English food.CThey cant go to the countryside.答案： C18Where can visitors to Britain find the best English food?AIn larg
9、e towns. BIn good restaurants.CIn the countryside.答案： C19Why do most visitors choose to visit London?AFor shopping and food.BFor shopping and sightseeing.CFor sightseeing and food.答案： B20What kind of food do people in large towns prefer?AFood that takes a long time to cook.BFood that is easy to cook
10、.CFood that doesnt need heating.答案： B听力材料第一节 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。(Text 1)W：Tom ，I like our new English teacher very much.He is so handsome and warmhearted.M：But I do think he is too strict with us.(Text 2)W：Thank you v
11、ery much for giving me a lift home.M：Oh，its my pleasure.Where shall we stop?W：Just at this gate，please.(Text 3)W：Hey，Jim ， wake up!M：Why? Its only 6：20.Let me sleep for 10 more minutes.W：Im afraid you cant.The clock is 10 minutes slow.(Text 4)W：OK，it seems this coat suits me very nicely.But cant you
12、 make it cheaper?M：Sorry，but our prices are fixed.W：Im afraid thats more than I can afford.(Text 5)M：So you plan to travel to China.How long will you stay there?W：Well ，just a week.I have to attend a meeting on September 12th.M：Oh，thats just eight days from now.第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A
13、、B 、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段对话，回答第 6、7 题。(Text 6)M：Were going to have a party tonight.Thats great，but what kind of drink should we get?W：I know that beer is your favorite，but I dont think everyone likes it.So how about some soft
14、drinks?M：Okay ，but I dont think we need too many soft drinks.Weve got one bottle of orange juice，so another two bottles of cola will be enough.Is there anything else we need to prepare?W：Well ，let me see.Maybe wed better get some wine.M：I agree，if you must.But you know，I dont have any interest in dr
15、inking wine.听第 7 段对话，回答第 8、9 题。(Text 7)M：Hey ，Susan，what are you thinking about？You look so worried.W：Yes.I have been planning to go to London for our honeymoon.But you know，the plane tickets are so expensive.I dont know how I can find cheaper ones.M：Hmmm.let me see.Have you thought about booking ti
16、ckets on the Internet?W：No，not yet.Can I find lowprice tickets there?M：Wow ，youve really fallen behind the times，honey.W：Maybe.But how can I do it?M：Just go to and click on “Travel” and then “Tickets”You will see millions of sites about it.W：OK，thanks.Ill try and let you know if I can get the ticke
17、ts.听第 8 段对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。(Text 8)W：Id like to go on a diet.M：Why ？You look so slim.W：Yes，and I want to have a good figure all the time.M：I think youd better do it by doing regular exercise.Eating less is bad for your health.W：So how do you keep in good shape as well as being healthy?M：Well，I have b
18、reakfast every morning and then I have a walk after dinner every day.W：Usually，I dont have breakfast.I dont feel like eating anything in the morning.M：So I think you probably eat too much in the afternoon and then go to bed with your full stomach.W：Thats true.M：Well，its quite easy for you to get fat
19、.I suggest that you exercise a lot and have breakfast every morning.听第 9 段对话，回答第 13 至 16 题。(Text 9)W：Help! Police ！I need your help!M：Whats wrong?W：My daughter is missing.Ive searched everywhere，bur still，I cant find her.M：OK.Calm down.Im going to help you find her.Whats her name?W：Erica.Shes only f
20、ive.M：OK.What does Erica look like?W：She has brown curly hair.Shes very thin and small for her age.M：OK.What is she wearing today?W：Blue shorts and a red Tshirt.She has a yellow hat on too，I think.M：How long has she been missing?W：Ive been looking for her for almost an hour now.M：And where did you l
21、ast see her?W：We were just shopping in the vegetable section.I turned around and she was gone.M：Dont worry.Everything is going to be fine.W：What should I do?M：Stay right in front of the store in case she comes to look for you.Well start looking for her now.听第 10 段独白，回答第 17 至 20 题。(Text 10)Visitors t
22、o Britain often say that English food isnt very good.But they do not really know what they are talking about because they havent had the chance to eat real English food.Most of the restaurants in large towns in Britain are owned by foreigners and serve foreign food.When visitors are invited to eat i
23、n an English home，their hosts often feel they must offer them some special or foreign food.However，some people do know English food.They think that it can be really good.On the other hand，it is true to say that sometimes it is terrible.Part of the problem is that in most big towns and cities in Engl
24、and the British are not really interested in food.They dont spend much time cooking really good meals.They prefer food that is simple and easy to cook，or ready prepared food that only needs heating before eating.You can find the best English food in the countryside，away from large towns.Life is slow
25、er and people are not in such a hurry in the countryside.However，most visitors choose to visit London.They come because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing.They dont come for food，so how can they know the real English food?第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分)第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)阅读下列短文，从各题所给的
26、4 个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。AOn a dark winter day in Russia in 1896，Sergei Prokofiev sat by a piano next to his mother.She was helping him compose (作曲) his first piece of music.Sergei was only five years old.He had overheard his parents discussing a terrible famine (饥荒) in India.The picture Sergei had of
27、those hungry people in his mind caused him to write a story，in the form of musical notes.Sergei could not read music，so he picked out a tune on the piano keys，and his mother recorded the notes.Sergei titled it “Indian Gallop”Sergeis mother began giving him piano lessons for 20 minutes a day，and his
28、ability grew quickly.She had a great love for music，too ，and Sergei often lay awake in bed at night and listened to her play the piano.Sergeis parents found a famous music teacher for him.The teacher shouted at Sergei when he didnt practice reading and playing music.Sergei later wrote， “I wanted to
29、compose great musical plays，and instead I was given all sorts of boring tasks.” Yet he persisted_with his studies and grew up to be a great composer.In 1936 a childrens theater asked Sergei to write music that would teach children about different instruments.He was happy and wrote the piece in a wee
30、k，calling it Peter and the Wolf.Sergeis Peter and the Wolf was enjoyed by children as well as adults.The first time Sergei played the piece on the piano，the children listening to it loved it so much that they made him play the ending three extra times.He was excited.Today Sergei Prokofiev is remembe
31、red not only for his contributions (贡献) to classical music， but also for his sense of fun.语篇解读 本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了前苏联著名作曲家谢尔盖普罗科菲耶夫。21When he was five ，Sergei_.Acould read musicBexperienced a famineCcreated his first compositionDwrote a story about his parents解析： 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 She was helping him compose
32、 his first piece of music.Sergei was only five years old 以及第二段介绍 Sergei 完成他的作曲并将其命名为“Indian Gallop”可知，Sergei 在五岁时就创作出他人生的第一支乐曲。答案： C22What does the underlined part “persisted with” in Paragraph 4 mean?AHurried up. BPut up with.CContinued with. DWalked away from.解析： 词义猜测题。根据划线部分前的 The teacher shouted
33、 at Sergei when he didnt practice reading and playing music 和 I wanted to compose great musical plays 可知，正因为Sergei 坚持自己的学习才使得他成为一名伟大的作曲家。答案： C23The piece of music Peter and the Wolf_.Awas a great successBwas one of Sergeis early worksCwas written to teach children about the pianoDwas played three ex
34、tra times when first played解析： 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的 Sergeis Peter and the Wolf was enjoyed by children as well as adults 和 the children listening to it loved it so much that they made him play the ending three extra times 可推测， 彼得和狼这支乐曲大获成功。答案： A24Whats the text mainly about?AThe greatest 20thcentury comp
35、oser.BSergeis contributions to music.CMusical plays in Russia.DSergeis musical stories.解析： 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了与 Sergei 的音乐有关的故事。答案： DBI love listening to music and theres never been a better time to be a music fan.With so many ways to get music，we can listen to it any way we want，wherever we want.A
36、lthough some fans still like to use CD players， the most popular way to listen to music nowadays is by either downloading (下载 ) or streaming (在线试听) As Internet connections got better，more MP3s were downloaded and shared.But the sound quality of these MP3s is not so good when compared to tapes or CDs
37、.However，new generations (代) of music fans have grown used to this cheapened sound quality and dont mind.Streaming technology has made it even easier to listen to your favorite music.For a monthly price of about $10 (there are also free services with advertisements)，users can listen to an endless am
38、ount of music from smartphones，computers and television sets.Unfortunately， streaming is not without its downsides.Because all of the music is provided online， a strong Internet connection is necessary.And although it may seem like the Internet is available everywhere，there may be situations where y
39、ou dont get connected.Agreements with music companies and artists also need to be reached before streaming services are allowed to host their music.Whether you choose to download or stream music，the artist does not make much money.The low payment from downloading and streaming music has also led to
40、the continuing increase in concert ticket prices.And we can only expect these prices to increase greatly in the future.Much as I would like to have all my music for free，I realize that it will kill the industry Ive enjoyed for most of my life.I cant say for certain which is betterdownloading or stre
41、amingbut I do know how I can do my little part to help musicians continue making great music.Rather than focus on (关注) one or the other，Im going to continue doing what Ive been doing since I first discovered music：listen to it any way I can.语篇解读 本文是议论文。文章主要讨论了两种不同的听音乐的方式。25What are new groups of mus
42、ic fans attitudes towards MP3s?AThey dont care how they get them.BThey refuse to get them online.CThey show no interest in them.DThey are satisfied with them.解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段的 new generations of music fans have grown used to this cheapened sound quality and dont mind 可知。答案： D26One of the disadvantage
43、s of streaming lies in that_.Athere is a possibility of disconnectionBthere isnt much choice in the musicCits music is of very poor qualityDone has to pay for it解析： 推理判断题。根据第四段介绍在线试听受到网络连接和艺人及其公司协议的影响可知，在线试听的不足之处在于可能会有突发状况导致不能聆听音乐。答案： A27What will the author probably do in the future?AStop downloadi
44、ng or streaming music.BListen to music in different ways.CHelp musicians make music.DTry to choose free music.解析： 推理判断题。根据最后一段的 Rather than focus on one or the other.listen to it any way I can 可知，作者在今后不会只是下载或在线试听音乐，也会通过其它方式来听他喜欢的音乐。答案： B28The text is probably written to_.Adescribe the difficult situ
45、ation of the music industryBexplain the influence of the Internet on musicCdiscuss two ways of listening to musicDcompare two different music types解析： 写作目的题。文章主要讨论了当下最流行的两种不同的听音乐的方式，故 C项符合题意。答案： CC“I really like dancing， ” says 11yearold Jonathan Rosario of New York City.“Thats what I want to be whe
46、n I grow upa dancer.”Every Saturday，Jonathan and hundreds of other children from New York City public schools take classes at National Dance Institute (NDI)The nonprofit (非营利的) organization in Upper Manhattan was founded in 1976 by dancing star Jacquesd Amboise，who grew up in a tough (充满犯罪与暴力的 ) nei
47、ghborhood.It has been teaching school children how to dance through weekly classes for over 30 years.NDI also supports programs in New York City public schools， helping thousands of children to express themselves creatively.On a recent visit to NDI，I watched as Jonathan and other students practiced
48、for an upcoming performance.I also spoke with dAmboise about the influence that dance has had on his life and why he started a program for children.“Dance changed me， ” he said， “and Id like to see other young peopleespecially boyshave the arts in their life，using dance as a window.”For dAmboise，dancing is like competitive sports.Ice hockey (冰球) players，for example， “learn to compete as a single person and as a team， ” he said.“They learn how to win or lose and accept
