发布时间 : 星期二 文章Unit 5 Music 单元测试题 2 必修2更新完毕开始阅读2265c46680c758f5f61fb7360b4c2e3f5627256c
Unit 5 Music
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，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Hi Ellie,
It’s Jack’s friend Dan here. Hope all’s going well at uni. I can’t believe you’re in your final year already! I’m at Leeds doing the same engineering degree as you. The amount of work was huge at first, but by and large the course is going OK.
You’re probably wondering why I’m writing to you out of the blue like this. I spoke to your brother and he said you wouldn’t mind if I got in touch with you. We’ve been given the chance next year of doing the same year-abroad programme that you did last year in Austria and I just wanted to pick your brains about a couple of things. The choices they’ve given us are Poland, Lithuania,
the Netherlands, Portugal and Greece. To be honest, I don’t know much about any of those countries and my foreign language skills only stretch (伸展) to a bit of broken French — languages were never my strong point!
So first and foremost, how important do you think it is to be able to speak the language of the host university country? Does the organisation set up language classes for the foreign students? Another thing I wanted to ask you about was accommodation (住宿). How did you go about looking for a place? Did the organisation help you out or did you find your own accommodation?
One more thing, do you know how I can go about applying for a scholarship (奖学金)?
Sorry to ask you so many questions, but I really appreciate you helping me out and any advice about anything connected to the year abroad will be happily received!
Thanks so much and hope all goes well with your finals. No doubt you’ll pass with flying colours!
Yours,
Dan
21. Who is Dan? A. Jack’s neighbour. B. Ellie’s classmate. C. A friend of Ellie’s. D. A friend of Ellie’s brother. 22. What do we know about Dan? A. He is studying engineering. B. He is interested in travelling. C. He is going to Austria to study. D. He is attending language classes. 23. Why did Dan write this letter to Ellie? A. To talk about Jack. B. To offer suggestions. C. To ask for information. D. To report his college life.
B
Andrew Feldman is a student at Lawrence Woodmere Academy (LWA) in Woodmere, New York. On June 25, 2018, he took home the top prize at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (全美高中生音乐剧奖) at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre.
Also known as the Jimmy Awards, the awards were named to remember James M. Nederlander, a theater owner and Broadway producer who died in 2016.
Feldman won the award for Best Performance by an Actor for playing Frank Abagnale Jr. in LWA’s production of “Catch Me If You Can.” He and Reneé Rapp each received a $10,000 scholarship. Rapp from Charlotte, North Carolina, is the winner of the Best Performance by an Actress award. The other remaining seventy-eight finalists received $3,000 scholarships.
The finalists received a week of training at the New
York University Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) before the awards event. Instructors from Broadway taught them basic skills of performing arts.
Feldman also won the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College
Scholarship. Carnegie Mellon University, based in Pittsburgh, was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie. Feldman received an additional $7,500 to attend the university’s six-week summer play program.
He has been a Broadway lover since seeing “Beauty and the Beast” when he was young. And then he performed in his first play, a production of “Annie,” at eight.
The shock of winning has still not disappeared. “Winning the Jimmy Award is not something I even imagined,” Feldman said. “I didn’t think it could actually happen! It’s now been about a week and a half and I still don’t believe it.”
In 2014, Feldman created a theater company called Zneefrock Productions. The company is run totally by teens. It was set up to raise money for NEXT for Autism, an organization helping to support autism programs. 24. What did Feldman do during the week before June 25? A. He traveled around Pittsburgh. B. He received training at TSOA. C. He performed at the Minskoff Theatre. D. He visited Carnegie Mellon University. 25. What did Feldman say about winning the prize? A. He was certain of it. B. He was not expecting it. C. It took him a lot of effort. D. It was not a great achievement.
26. Why did Feldman create Zneefrock Productions? A. To support an organization. B. To raise money for a theater. C. To help teenage Broadway lovers. D. To remember a Broadway producer.
27. What is the text mainly about? A. A group of Broadway lovers. B. A theater company run by teens. C. The winner of the Jimmy Awards. D. The influence of the Jimmy Awards.
C
Until March 18, New York City is hosting the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF). The festival presented films from 24 countries. 50% of the filmmakers are women.
Since February 23, when the festival began, viewers have been able to choose from more than 100 films at six theaters across the city. Although the event is considered as a children’s festival, the films set no rules as to who you are or where you come from.
Among the films presented at the festival, Zoo and Zombillenium are two impressive (给人深刻印象的) ones. Zoo is a British war film that shows the difference that a kid can make.
Tom is the protagonist (主角) of this heartwarming story. Tom’s dad is the owner of the Belfast Zoo. After he leaves to fight in the war, Tom has to save the zoo’s baby elephant, Buster, from being killed in the war.
“I loved it,” said 9-year-old Gabriel Bieller of New York City after seeing the film. “It really taught how kids could make a difference.”
Ella Hanson, 7, was also moved. “The sweet story of a kid like me making a difference when faced with difficulties caused by a war,” she said, “was very encouraging.”
Zombillenium is an animated (动画的) French film about working hard to achieve your dreams. Hector Saxe is the immediately dislikeable protagonist. His management job is all about rules. But after he starts working at the amusement park (游乐园) that he hates, he puts all of his love into getting it ready for his daughter to visit.
The film had many positive reactions (反响) from the audience. “The story presented great, lifelike characters,” said Sami Ali, 12.