Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical
music.
Ⅰ.根据首字母及汉语提示补全单词
1.Beijing is the cultural centre/center (中心) of China.
2.We are very sad (难过的) to hear that you are leaving.
3.The kind man is trying his best to help the poor (贫穷
的) students.
4.(安徽中考)You will be masters of the 21st century (世
纪).
5.Our head teacher often tells us that practice makes
perfect (完美).
Ⅱ.根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空
1.He likes music very much.He is going to be a musician
(music) when he grows up.
2.We all know England is a European (Europe)
country.
3.The Smiths will be (be) here in two minutes.
4.My elder (old) sister is two years older than me.
5.Mozart is one of the best⁃ known composers (compose)
in the world.
Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词
1.她会弹奏好几首动听的曲子。
She can play several beautiful pieces of
music .
2.如果你来我的故乡,我会带你参观这座美丽的城市。
If you come to my home town,I will take/show you
around this beautiful city.
3.那个乐队准备在广州举办演唱会。
The band is going to give concerts in Guangzhou.
4.我们送了一些花给她,这令她非常高兴。
We gave her some flowers and this made her very
happy.
5.那位画家在18世纪变得有名。
The painter became famous in the eighteenth
century .
Ⅳ.按要求完成句子,每空一词
1.I’d like to eat two more cakes.(改为同义句)
I’d like to eat another two cakes.
2.He learnt to play the piano when he was five.(改为简单句)
He learnt to play the piano at the age of
five.
3.There is a famous singer.His name is David.(合并为一句)
There is a famous singer called/named David .
4.Alan can play both basketball and football.(改为同义句)
Alan can play not only basketball but also
football.
Ⅰ.单项填空
( B )1.(江苏泰州中考)Mum won’t let Simon go out unless
he promises to be back 10 o’clock tonight.
A.till B.before
C.as D.since
( C )2.China is famous its silk and tea in the
world.
A.as B.from
C.forD.of
( A )3.If you are lazy,you can’t become .
A.successful B.exciting
C.interesting D.important
( C )4.—Who is the song ?
—I think Jay Chou wrote it.
A.forB.to C.by D.out
( A )5.Uncle Wang can make his kite high in the
sky.
A.fly B.flies
C.to fly D.flying
( C )6.(江苏连云港中考)I don’t like the style of this T-
shirt.Please show me one.
A.either B.neither
C.another D.other
( C )7.(山东临沂中考改编)A break between classes is a
good time for students to play sports and talk with their
classmates.So it helps with students’ health
improves their social skills.
A.either;or
B.neither;nor
C.not only;but also
D.both;and
( B )8.I’m reading a book_______Alice in Wonderland.It’s
very interesting.
A.call B.called
C.calling D.calls
Ⅱ.完形填空
On 27th January 1756,a baby boy was born in Salzburg.His
family was not rich and they lived in a small house.His father
was a very good 1 .When he was three and his sister was
seven,his father started teaching his sister to play the 2
.The little boy could not stay away!He loved listening to her
play the piano and he loved the 3 of music.
He always sat on the floor, playing 4 his toys when his
sister practised music.After her 5 ,he would come up to
the piano,stand on tiptoe(脚趾尖) and 6 the keys with his
little fingers.After he played one note(音符),he wanted to
play 7 .He knew which notes together sounded good,and
which ones didn’t. 8 he played two notes that he didn’t
like,and that would make him cry.
When he was four,his father gave him piano lessons.It
made him so 9 .When he was only five years old,he 10
a wonderful piano solo.It’s pretty good for a five-year-old
boy.Don’t you think so?
Who was the boy?He was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
( C )1.A.doctor B.singer C.musician D.dancer
( A )2.A.piano B.violin C.drum D.game
( D )3.A.noise B.number C.voice D.sound
( D )4.A.in B.for C.by D.with
( C )5.A.works B.school C.lessons D.answers
( C )6.A.send B.taste C.touch D.write
( B )7.A.other B.another C.much D.the other
( A )8.A.Sometimes B.Always C.Never D.Often
( A )9.A.happy B.sad C.free D.tired
( D )10.A.listened B.read C.believed D.wrote
Ⅲ.阅读理解
Are you tired after studying hard?American country music
will take you away for a while.The guitars and songs will
take you to mountains and fields there.
Country music is simple music.It talks of everyday life and
feelings.It’s the spirit of America,easy to understand,slow
and basic.
Country music developed in the Southern United States.It
was the folk(民俗的) music of the American
countryside.Many of the songs tell about the lives of
farmers.They talk about love,crops(庄稼) or death.
Rural life can be hard,so the words are often sad.At
first,people played the music only at family parties.But it
became more popular.In the 1920s,people played country
songs on the radio,and they made them into records(唱片).
When people moved to towns and cities to look for
work,they took their music with them.Country music
continued to change and became popular across America.
John Denver was one of America’s most famous country
singers in the 1970s.His song Take Me Home,Country Roads is
well-known and people still play it today.
( A )1.People often play country music with________.
A.the guitars B.the pianos
C.the violins D.the drums
( D )2.The underlined word “Rural” probably means
“ ” in Chinese.
A.城市的 B.学校的
C.工作的 D.乡村的
( B )3.What can we know about American country music
from the passage?
A.It’s fast and loud.
B.It’s usually about everyday life.
C.It started in the north of the US.
D.The words about country life are often happy.
( C )4.When did people begin to make country songs into
records?
A.In the 1950s. B.In the 1930s.
C.In the 1920s. D.In the 1940s.
( B )5.Take Me Home,Country Roads is a music.
A.pop B.folk
C.jazz D.dance