课时作业(十) [必修2 Unit 5 Music](限时：30分钟).完形填空Hu Yanbin was born and grew up in Shanghai. At the age of 15, he made a(n) __1__ that he would make his own album before he was 18. Fortunately, the __2__ boy's dream came true. His first album Adept with Both Pen and Sword__3__ in 2002 and he became the first mainland artist to release a solo album in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan __4__at the same time. The album __5__ him to become a popular star.
His success is not only because of his excellent singing__6__， but also because of his talent in song__7__Hu Yanbin's __8__company tried to invite someone else to write several songs for him. None of them were as good as they'd hoped. Then Hu Yanbin came into the office with a guitar on his back and played several songs. __9__， everyone in the office really liked these tunes and they decided to__10____11__this rising star with Jay Chou from Taiwan, but Hu says his musical__12__ is quite different from Jay Chou's, even though he likes Jay Chou's music. With many music awards already in his __13__， Hu Yanbin seems to be __14__any of the superstars in the country. Though some people don't like him and say __15__ things about him, he says that it doesn't matter. All he plans to do is focusing on his music and bringing out more and better songs for his fans.
1．A.concert
B．devotione over
C．sorted out
D．came out
4．A.even
B．all
C．still
D．yet
5．A.wanted
B．expected
C．pretended
D．helped
6．A.skills
B．ideasrecord
C．music
D．performance
9．A.To his surprise
B．Above all
C．To be honest
D．Afterwards
10．A.take
B．include
C．contain
D．attachA.pockets
B．minds阅读理解－year, 12－album history, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr altered(改变) popular culture dramatically. And it wasn't just the suits and changing lengths of hair the four Liverpool boys wore that had such an impact, but what they seemed to stand for. The world saw them as the voice of a new generation, one with a very different attitude to life.
Their influence was at its height in the 1960s, but their music continues to stir listeners today. However, up until recently one aspect of the Beatles was struck in Yesterday: the music had never been remastered(重新灌录). But on September 9th that situation came to an end, with the release of the entire band's music in a digital makeover. It is probably the biggest reissue(重新发行 in pop music history, said British newspaper the Financial Times.
The albums were remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, the location where the band produced much of their work. The cover of their last album, Abbey Road of 1969, featured the four young men striding(大步行走) across a self. It is one of the most famous of all Beatles images.
Recently, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album, hundreds of Beatles lovers gathered there to show their appreciation.
Pop groups come and go. The boy band pursued by screaming fans one year will be forgotten the next. But the Beatles are one of the few groups whose music seems to have endured(持久). Why? Paul McCartney's biographer Barry Miles has an explanation. “They were the first rock band… and they just happened to be the best. They were the first band to play at stadiums and to have their own products. They were groundbreaking in every way，” he says.our Liverpool boys.
B．Because of their albums.
C．Because of their different attitude to life.
D．All the above.
17．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph?
A．The Beatles influenced people at its height in the 1960s.
B．Their music Yesterday had never been remastered until September 9th.
C．The entire band's music in a digital makeover will be remastered.
D．On September 9th, their music came to an end.
18．What is their last album?
A．Yesterday.
B．Abbey Road of 1969.
C．Come Together.
D．In My Life.
19．What is NOT the reason why their music can endure?
A．That they were the first rock band.
B．That they were the best one.
C．That they were the first band to play at stadiums and to have their own works.
D．That they wore special suits.
20．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．What are the Beatles?
B．A legendary band stays on top in digital times.
C．The origin of the Beatles.
D．Why are the Beatles popular with people?
B
One of the world's richest men has taken a close interest in one of man's most basic functions: visiting the toilet. Bill Gates' charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world.
So, what's wrong with the traditional flush toilets? Firstly, they waste a huge amount of potential drinking water. Secondly, they are more likely to cause pollution. This is a real problem in many areas of the developing world, where, according to United Nations estimates, unsafe sanitation causes half of all hospitalizations. Younger people are particularly at risk. Illnesses which cause diarrhea are responsible for the deaths of about 1.5 million children a year. Finally, standard lavatories simply aren't practical in remote areas.
The challenge set by Bill Gates was to come up with a latrine which works without running water, electricity or aseptic tank. It also needed to operate for less than 5 cents. 28 designs were displayed at the recent Reinvent the Toilet Fair, in Seattle, USA. Among them was one which turned human waste into electricity using microwaves, another which converted human waste into charcoal, and yet another which used urine for flushing.
But the winner was a solar－powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity. The team from the California Institute of Technology (CIT) picked up a prize of ，000.ut clearly Bill Gates doesn't feel he's flushing money down the toilet. After the Seattle event he said, “We couldn't be happier with the response we've gotten.” Gates has even pledged $370 million (2.2 billion RMB) more to the future toilet project. They hope to field test more prototypes over the next three years.
21．Why is Bill Gates paying people to invent new toilets?
A．Because he wants to test people's sense of creativity.
B．Because he wants to improve sanitation for many people.
C．Because he thinks the traditional ones are out of fashion.
D．Because he can't design this kind of things himself.
22．Which of the following is NOT a problem with the traditional flush toilets?
A．They waste too much water.
B．They might cause diseases.
C．They are not always practical.
D．They are too complicated to use.
23．The underlined word “latrine” in the third paragraph might have the similar meaning to the word “________” in the text.
A．loo
B．sanitation
C．diarrhea
D．prototype
24．The team from CIT won the prize because their design ________．
A．can change human waste into electricity
B．can turn human waste into charcoal
C．can produce power with solar energy
D．can use urine for flushing
25．If someone “flush money down the toilet”， they are ________．课时作业(十)
that后的句子描述的是他的一个愿望，由此可知选D。make a wish是固定词组，意为“许下一个心愿”。 clever聪明的；talented有天赋的；confident有信心的；familiar熟悉的。联系上下文可知，这个有天赋的男孩的梦想实现了。 come out出版，发行，出来come up出现，流行，发生；come over过来；sort out分类。 all完全。此处的意思是：在中国大陆、香港和台湾完全同步发行专辑。even甚至；still仍然；yet仍，至今。 句意：这张专辑帮助他成为受欢迎的明星。 skill技巧。此处的意思是：他的成功不仅是因为他出色的唱歌技巧。 考查句意理解。联系上下文可知，胡彦斌不仅在演唱上有天赋，在写歌方面也有一定的造诣。 concert音乐会；record唱片；music音乐；performance表演。由常识可知应是唱片公司。 to his surprise令他惊讶的是；above all首先，最重要的是；to be honest说实话；afterwards之后。 考查动词辨析。此处的意include与contain的区别为：include包含部分，而contain包含全部；contain强调容量，而include强调范围。 compare…with…“拿……与……做比较”。此处的意思是：有人会拿胡彦斌和台湾的周杰伦做比较。 style风格，时尚，文体；performance表演，演出；taste味道，品味ability能力。 此处的意思是：胡彦斌获得许多奖项(把奖项收入囊中)。 考查动词词组。 catch up with跟上，赶上。 考查形容词辨析。有些人不喜欢他，说他的坏话。文章主要介绍Beatles至今仍然影响着人们。 细节理解题。从文章第一段的“And it wasn't just the suits and changing lengths of hair the four Liverpool boys wore that had such an impact, but what they seemed to stand for. The world saw them as the voice of a new generation, one with a very different attitude to life.”可知选D。 细节理解题。从文章第二段的“Their influence was at its height in the 1960s, but their music continues to stir listeners today.” 可知A项正确；从文章第二段的“However, up until recently one aspect of the Beatles was struck in the music had never been remastered(重新灌录)．” 可知B项正确；从文章第二段的“But on September 9th that situation came to an end, with the release of the entire band's music in a digital makeover. ”可知C项正确；从文章第二段的“It is probably the biggest reissue(重新发行) in pop music history, said British newspaper the Financial Times.”可知D项错误。 细节理解题。从文章第三段的“The cover of their last album, y Road of 1969, featured the four young men…”可知选B。 细节理解题。从文章最后一段的“‘They were the first rock band…and they just happened to be the best. They were the first band to play at stadiums and to have their own products.’”可知选D。 主旨大意题。综合全文可知答案。文章主要介绍了比尔·盖茨提出为了改善世界上成千上万人们的环境卫生，希望有人发明出既不用水、电，也不用无菌马桶的公厕，由比尔·盖茨基金会提供奖金。加州理工学院的一个10万美元的大奖，他们的设计是用太阳能产生能量。他们希望通过更多的实验，在三年的时间里见到雏形。 细节理解题。从第一段的“…they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world.”可知，他是想改善人们的环境卫生。 细节理解题。从第二段的“Firstly, they waste a huge they are more likely to cause pollution.”和“Finally, standard lavatories simply aren't practical in remote areas.” 可知，A、B和C项是文章中提到的。 词义猜测题。从本句中“…a latrine which works without running water, electricity or aseptic tank.”可知latrine是指“公共厕所”。从第一段的“…design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people 可知，loo也是指“公共厕所”。 细节理解题。从第四段的“the winner was a solar－powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity.” 可知，他们的设计是用太阳能产生能量。