Module4 Fine Arts-Western，Chinese and Pop Arts
Ⅰ.阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
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(2017·安徽安庆二模)The composing career(作曲生涯)of Albert Roussel got off to a changeable start，and received one of its biggest successes from a lie.
Roussel became an orphan(孤儿) at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather.He built on the music he had learned from his mother，entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing operatic selections and popular songs on the piano.Three years later Roussel's grandfather died，and his mother's sister took him in.Her husband arranged for young Albert to take piano lessons.Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside added a second love to his life—the sea.He studied to be a soldier in the navy，but still made time to study music.
In the French Navy，he and two friends found time to play the music of Beethoven and other composers.Roussel also began composing.At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892，he had his first public appearance as a composer.That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march，and one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to a famous conductor，Edouard Colonne.When Roussel's friend returned with the manuscript(手稿)，he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long afterward，at the age of 25，Roussel did just that.He applied the qualities that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music.As for Edouard Colonne's inspiring advice that Roussel should devote his life to music，Roussel's naval friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the conductor.
1．What information can we get from the second paragraph?
A．Albert's grandfather died when Albert was eight years old.
B．Albert's aunt arranged for him to take piano lessons.
C．Albert gave up studying music after he studied to be a soldier in the navy.
D．Albert came to love the sea after summer vacations at the seaside.
解析：选D。细节理解题。由该段的倒数第二句可知，在比利时海边度假让他爱上了大海，因此选D项。
2．From the third paragraph we know that
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A．in the French Navy，Roussel and two friends began composing
B．Roussel's first public appearance at the church was successful
C．Roussel's naval friend showed the wedding march to Edouard
D．Edouard Colonne advised Roussel to devote his life to music
解析：选B。细节理解题。第三段讲述他当海军的生活，从文中的“he had his first public appearance as a composer”和后面的“That success”可知，B项正确。
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A．The composing career of Roussel started stably.
B．Roussel learned basic music knowledge from his aunt.
C．A white lie helped Roussel achieve success.
D．Roussel was cheated and hurt by his naval friend.
解析：选C。正误判断题。从故事内容可知，鲁塞尔的朋友谎称著名的乐队指挥科罗内对他很赞赏并鼓励他退役专心从事音乐创作，这促使鲁塞尔在音乐创作上获得了成功。因此选C项。
4．Who told a lie according to the text?
A．Roussel's grandfather.
B．Albert's naval friend.
C．Roussel's aunt.
D．Edouard Colonne.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“...Roussel's naval friend later admitted that he had made it up...the conductor.”可知，选B项。
B
(2017·福建四地六校第三次联考)On a Friday night，a poor young artist stood at the gate of a New York subway station，playing his violin.Many of passers－by slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day，at the same place，he put his hat on the ground gracefully.Different from the day before，he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it.Then he adjusted the violin and began playing.It seemed more pleasant to listen to.
The words read，“Last night，a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat mistakenly.Please come to claim it soon.”
Seeing this，people wondered what it could be.After about half an hour，a middle－aged man ran there hurriedly and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said，“Yes，it's you.You do come here.I knew that you're an honest man and would certainly come here.”
“Are you Mr.George Sang？” asked the young violinist.
The man nodded.“Did you lose something？”“Lottery.It's lottery.”“Is it？”The violinist took out a lottery ticket and asked.
George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it，and then he danced with the violinist.
The story turned out to be this：George Sang bought a lottery ticket，winning a prize of $500,000.After work，he passed the station and felt the music was so wonderful that he took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat.However，the lottery ticket was also thrown in.The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to attend further study in Vienna.He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning.However，when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket.Thinking that the owner would return to look for it，he cancelled the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
When asked why he didn't take the lottery ticket for himself，the violinist said，“Although I don't have much money，I live happily；but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever.”
5．What is the sequence(顺序)of the story?
a．The violinist tried to look for the ticket owner.
B．George Sang won a lottery.
c．George Sang threw $50 and his ticket in the hat of a violinist.
D．The violinist found the owner of the lottery ticket.
e．A young student played the violin near a subway station.
A．c，d，e，a，b B．b，c，e，d，a
C．b，e，c，a，d
D．c，a，d，b，e
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的内容可知，正确的顺序为C项。
6．George Sang was so
that he kissed the lost ticket and danced with the violinist.
A．moved
B．disappointed
C．mad
D．pleased
解析：选D。推理判断题。由倒数第三段的内容可推知，乔治·桑中了50万美元的彩票失而复得，所以他应该是非常高兴地吻了彩票并和小提琴手跳舞。
7．By telling the story，the writer intends to tell us that
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A．getting rich overnight is important
B．showing sympathy for others is important
C．being honest is of great importance
D．school fees are high at present
解析：选C。推理判断题。根据故事情节并结合文章最后一段中小提琴手说的话可知，作者想通过这个故事告诉我们诚实的重要性。
8．We can learn from the passage that
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A．the college the young violinist was going to attend is not in New York
B．many people usually put their money in their hat in the distant past
C．George Sang may give some money to the young violinist as a reward
D．all the people who win lotteries are generous and easy－going
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“The violinist was a student...in Vienna.”可知，小提琴手要上的大学在奥地利的维也纳，不在纽约，因此选A项。
Ⅱ.语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Jenny：Mike，we have to prepare for the trip to the beach.
Mike：Oh，what's the exact date when we
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leaving，Jenny？The 19th day of July or the 20th day?
Jenny: It's the 19th day.
Mike：There are still 20 days left.We don't have to make
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(prepare) so early.And I won't take many things with me.I don't like carrying large bags while
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(travel)．
Jenny：Then
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do you plan to take with you?
Mike：Just a pair of sunglasses and some clothes，
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(include) my swimming suit.
Jenny：You need more than those.Let me see.You can use my sunscreen(防晒霜)，so you don't have to take it yourself.
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you have to take an umbrella.
Mike：Oh，that's right.I guess it will rain two or three
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.
Jenny：Yes.We will spend a whole week there.That's a long time.Mike，make sure you take a jacket in case it
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cold.
Mike：Which one should I take?
Jenny：How about the blue jacket which you
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for $495？I can't understand why you bought it.It isn't
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the money.
Mike：OK.Don't complain.Let's go on.
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1．解析：考查动词时态。根据上下文语境可分析，此处该用一般将来时，意即“珍妮，我们打算动身的具体日期是什么时候？”动词leave为短暂动词，该类动词常用现在进行时表示一般将来时，故填入are。
答案：are
2．解析：考查固定搭配。根据语境即可分析，此处该用动词prepare的名词形式preparation构成make preparations，意即“作准备”，此结构中该名词多用复数形式。
答案：preparations
3．解析：考查现在分词。当主从句主语一致，且从句谓语含be动词的某种形式，可将从句主语与be一同省去，while travelling的完整形式为while I am travelling。故填入动词travel的现在分词形式travelling。
答案：travelling
4．解析：考查疑问代词。根据语境及句子结构可分析，句中take缺少宾语，表示“什么东西”，故用疑问代词what。
答案：what
5．解析：考查介词。此处用动词include转换成的介词including，表示“包含……在内”。
答案：including
6．解析：考查转折连词。根据上下文语境分析，此处表示转折关系，故填入but。
答案：But
7．解析：考查名词复数。由上文的two or three即可分析，此处该用times表示“次数”。
答案：times
8．解析：考查动词时态。in case引导条件状语从句，从句中可用一般现在时表示一般将来时，故用be动词的第三人称单数形式is或动词get的第三人称单数gets。
答案：is/gets
9．解析：考查动词时态。此处指花了495美元购买的那件夹克，显然，buy表示的动作发生在过去，故该填入bought。
答案：bought
10．解析：考查形容词。此处表示“它根本不值那个钱”，故应用worth“值……钱”。
答案：worth
Ⅲ.短文改错
(2017·沈阳模拟)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
What is your favorite kind of music？Do you like jazz，popular music，classical music，folk songs，blues，and so on？In high school I took one course calling music appreciation which I great enjoyed.This was not only to learn how to play a specific instrument but learn how to read and listen to music as an art form.We read the stories about the life of many composers and the history of the music instruments themselves.Sometimes we listen to tapes in the language laboratory or concerts.Music is sometimes called an universal language.A composer whom cannot speak a single word of our language can make us feel joy and pride，excitement and despair，peace and mystery along his music.
答案：What is your favorite kind of music？Do you like jazz，popular music，classical music，folk songs，blues，and so on？In high school I took one course
music appreciation which I
enjoyed.This was not only to learn how to play a specific instrument but
learn how to read and listen to music as an art form.We read the stories about the
of many composers and the history of the
instruments themselves.Sometimes we
to tapes in the language laboratory or concerts.Music is sometimes called
universal language.A composer
cannot speak a single word of our language can make us feel joy and pride，excitement and despair，peace and mystery
his music.
Ⅳ.微型写作
【写作素材】
1．他喜欢爵士乐，梦想成为音乐家。
2．可他没有钱，没有工作室，所以只好在酒吧表演挣钱。
3．这样痛苦的日子大约过了三年。
4．他依靠自己的诚实劳动成功了。
【连句成篇】 (将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文)
答案：He loved jazz so much and he dreamed of being a musician.But he had no cash and therefore no studio，so he had to perform in pubs to earn some money.After 3 or so painful years，he succeeded by relying on his honest work.