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Unit 5 Music 寒假作业
一、语法填空
1.These external(外部的) influences are always present, ________ there are certainly ways to deal with them.
2.Her________ (argue)was that it would be cheaper to buy a new radio than to get the old one repaired.
3.Approaches to ________ (deal) with the problem have caused heated discussion among the students.
4.We should help the elderly make better use of smart technology to access medical _____(treat).
5.They had prepared a lot of Spring Festival-related cultural exhibitions and activities for the athletes, and they hoped athletes could _____(relief) the pressure a little through these activities.
6.There are _____(variety) reasons for the mental problems of middle school students. It's very important for students to have an optimistic attitude.
7.To compete more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves _____ a higher education.
8.Senior high school students should make the most of their precious school time so that they can have the opportunity _____(enter) a top university.
9.We are looking for applicants who are qualified, responsible and _______(energy).
10.The Medal of the Republic was awarded to Zhong Nanshan _____ his outstanding contributions to our country's fight against COVID-19.
11.The Xi'an City Wall was built _____(original) to protect the city in the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored(修复).
12.The band's _____(perform) was very wonderful, and it left a deep impression on us.
13._____(move) by the film The Battle at Lake Changjin Ⅱ, we all cried.
二、阅读理解
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova—not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”
Mr. Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr Titterton explained.
Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner.
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”
Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.
“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
14.What should Titterton be able to do to be a page turner
A. Read music. B. Play the piano.
C. Sing songs. D. Fix the instruments.
15.Which of the following best describes Titterton’s job on stage
A. Boring. B. Well-paid.
C. Demanding. D. Dangerous.
16.What does Titterton need to practise
A. Counting the pages. B. Recognizing the “nodding”.
C. Catching falling objects. D. Performing in his own style.
17.Why is Ms Raspopova’s husband “the worse page turner”
A. He has very poor eyesight. B. He ignores the audience.
C. He has no interest in music. D. He forgets to do his job.
三、七选五
Should you listen to music when you work Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say they cannot work effectively with music playing in the background. ①_____ It just depends on what sort of work you're doing.
In a recent study, we brought participants into our lab with a variety of tasks. They included an easy task—searching through word lists and crossing out words containing the letter "a" and a more difficult task—memorizing word pairs and recalling the partner of each word. Some participants completed all of the tasks in silence, whereas others completed the tasks with instrumental music that was either loud or soft, and either simple or complex, the latter meaning music with more instrumental tracks. ②_____
We found that participants who listened to simple music or no music performed about the same on the easy task. ③_____ Contrarily, participants performed worse on the more difficult task when they listened to any music, regardless of complexity or volume(音量), compared to those who didn't listen to any music.
④_____ Not surprisingly, we typically need to use fewer of our mental resources when we perform easy tasks, whereas demanding tasks require more brainpower. However, because we might be less engaged during easier tasks, there's a greater risk of drifting off to sleep. Music might give us the extra boost we need to get refreshed. ⑤_____ Listening to music can become overkill(过犹不及). So we have to strike a balance between the type of music and the type of a task.
A.How should we understand these findings
B.We concluded several key findings from our study.
C.However, difficult tasks already demand a lot of our mental resources.
D.Our research has found that the effects of work may depend on our personalities.
E.We want to develop a more comprehensive framework that could be applied more broadly.
F. However, participants who listened to complex music performed best on the easy task.
G. Interestingly enough, our research has found that both of these views can be true.
答案以及解析
一、语法填空
1.答案：but
解析：考查连词。句意：这些外部影响总是存在的，但肯定有办法处理它们。根据“there are certainly ways to deal with them”可知，句子表示“这些外部影响总是存在的，但肯定有办法处理它们”，空格处意为“但是”，用but表转折，故填but。
2.答案：argument
解析：考查名词。句意：她的论点是买一台新收音机要比修理旧收音机便宜。作主语，应用名词argument，结合后文was可知应用单数。故填argument。
3.答案：dealing
解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：解决这个问题的方法在学生中引起了热烈的讨论。approach(es) to...意为“……的方法”，to是介词，跟动名词作宾语。故填dealing。
4.答案：treatment(s)
解析：考查名词。设空处作access的宾语,且设空处由空前的medical修饰,故此处应填名词,treatment意为“治疗”时既是可数名词又是不可数名词,故填treatment(s)。句意:我们应该帮助老年人更好地利用智能技术来得到医疗。
5.答案：relieve
解析：考查动词。athletes could _____ the pressure a little through these activities为宾语从句,作hoped的宾语,设空处与空前的情态动词could一起在从句中作谓语,此处应填动词原形relieve。句意:他们为运动员们准备了大量的与春节相关的文化展览和活动,希望运动员们能通过这些活动来缓解一点儿压力。
6.答案：various
解析：考查形容词。设空处修饰后面的复数名词reasons,作定语,故应用形容词various。句意:中学生出现心理问题有着各种各样的原因。对学生来说有一个乐观的态度很重要。
7.答案：with
解析：考查介词。equip...with...表示“用……把……武装/装备起来”。句意:为了和别人更有效地展开竞争,越来越多的人用更高的教育武装自己。
8.答案：to enter
解析：考查不定式。opportunity后常用不定式作后置定语,故填to enter。句意:高中生应该充分利用他们宝贵的在校时间,以便他们能有进入一流大学的机会。
9.答案：energetic
解析：我们正在寻找能够胜任的，负责且精力充沛的申请人。qualified(胜任的)，responsible(负责任的)是并列关系，故都用形容词。energy(能量)与前面的词也为并列关系，用它的形容词形式energetic(精力充沛的)。故答案为energetic。
10.答案：for
解析：考查介词。award sth. to sb. for...表示“因……授予某人某物”,此处为其被动形式。故填for。
11.答案：originally
解析：考查副词。设空处作状语,应用副词originally。句意:西安城墙最初是为了保护唐朝的城市而建造的,现在已经完全修复了。
12.答案：performance
解析：考查名词。由设空处前面的名词所有格The band's可知此处应用名词,根据空后的was可知应用单数名词,故填 performance。
13.答案：Moved
解析：考查过去分词作状语。该句中已有谓语动词,所以此处应用非谓语动词的一种形式,设空处与其逻辑主语we之间为被动关系,故用过去分词Moved,构成过去分词短语作原因状语,表示“由于被电影《长津湖之水门桥》打动,我们都哭了”。
二、阅读理解
14.答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中“but I've learnt to read music(但是我已经学会了识谱）”可知一个翻乐谱的人应该学会识谱，故答案为A项。
15.答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中“A lot of skills are needed for the job.(这份工作需要大量的技巧。)”以及下文中的关键信息“have to”和“make sure”可综合推断Titterton在舞台上的工作要求很高，故选C项。boring 没趣的，令人厌倦(或厌烦）的；well-paid 工资高的；dangerous 危险的。
16.答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中“and each pianist has their own style of 'nodding' to indicate a page turn(每个钢琴家都有自己的‘点头’风格来示意翻页）”可推断Titterton需要识别钢琴家发出的“点头”信号，才能准确地翻页，故答案为B项。
17.答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中“He's interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: 'Turn，turn！' (他对音乐很感兴趣，能感受到每一个音符，我不得不提醒他：‘翻页，翻页！’）”可推断他由于专注于音乐，忘了翻页，故答案为D项。
三、七选五
答案：GBFAC
解析：①上文提到有些人喜欢在工作的时候听音乐,有些人在听音乐的情况下不能有效地工作,设空处下一句提到这要看你在做什么工作,G项“有趣的是,我们的研究发现,这两种观点都可能是正确的”与下文在意思上表述是一致的,符合语境。G项中提到的两种观点就是上文所述的两种观点。
②设空处上文主要介绍了实验参照组之间的区别还有实验流程,下段阐述的是实验结果,B项“我们从我们的研究中总结了几个关键的发现”既是对本段的总结,又引出下文内容。故选B。
③设空处上文提到听简单音乐或不听音乐的参与者在简单任务上的表现都差不多,F项“然而,听复杂音乐的参与者在简单任务上表现最好”符合语境,都是在说在简单的任务上各类参与者的表现。故选F。
④上一段提到了研究结果,设空处后文解释了执行简单的任务时和执行要求高的任务时所需的脑力的区别以及基于这点音乐对我们的不同影响,这是在说明研究结果背后的原理,所以A项“我们应该如何理解这些发现 ”符合语境,可以引出下文内容。
⑤设空处上文提到了在执行简单的任务时音乐会给我们带来好处,而C项“然而,困难的任务已经需要我们大量的精神资源”与下一句“听音乐可能会变为过分之举”是在说明执行困难的任务的情况,符合语境。

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