—What do you do _______?

—I practice _______ English.

A.everyday; everyday B.everyday; every day

C.every day; everyday D.every day; every day

There is going to _______ a football match the day after tomorrow

A.have B.has C.host D.be

—Hi, Linda. _______ a hot day! Let’s go swimming, OK?

—That’s a good idea!

A. What B. How C. / D. Which

Drums and pianos are the same in some ways because _______ makes their sounds.

A. blowing B. taking C. hitting D. moving

—I’m busy. I can’t go shopping with you tomorrow.

—_______

A.I’d love to. B.Wonderful!

C.What a pity! D.Go ahead!

情景交際

選擇方框中的句子完成對(duì)話，其中有兩項(xiàng)多余

He Jing：What do you often do in your spare time?

Wei Han： 1

He Jing：It’s great! But I can’t play the piano. I can play the guitar.

Wei Han： 2

He Jing：I like pop music. What about you?

Wei Han：I also like it. 3 I like folk music best. I’m Tenger’s fan. I like singing all of his songs.

He Jing：I know little about folk music, but I enjoy listening to Song Zuying’s songs.

Wei Han： 4

He Jing：Yes, I like them. My favorite English song is Yesterday once More.

Wei Han： 5 But I prefer Take Me to Your Heart.

A.What kind of music do you like?
B.It is a sweet song.
C.I like playing the piano.
D.Classical music is serious music.
E.Do you like English songs?
F.Do you like foreign music?
G.But it’s not my favorite.
 

Louis Armstrong, a great American Jazz musician, was born in “the birthplace of jazz” —New Orleans in 1901. His father left home without a word and never returned. He had a _______ life when he was young. Sometimes he had to make money by himself to help support the family. But he showed a great ______ in music. He bought an old cornet (短號(hào)) ______ the money he made and taught ______ how to play.

In 1913, he was taken to a home for bad boys. There, he ______ a band (樂隊(duì)) and practiced very hard. In 1914, he left the boys’ home. A famous cornet player, Joe Oliver, found that he was a ______ musician. Then he liked him and ______ him a lot. Louis Armstrong followed Joe Oliver and played with his band in Chicago.

Two years later, he left Joe Oliver’s band and joined ______ band started by Fletcher Henderson in New York. People there liked his playing very much. In 1926, Louis made his first ______ under his name. His name and music were known by the people all over the world. He was called the ______ of Jazz. He died in 1971. But he lives in people’s hearts forever.

1.A.hard B.happy C.sad D.interesting

2.A.hobby B.interest C.happiness D.fun

3.A.used B.with C.for D.without

4.A.people B.children C.himself D.father

5.A.found B.had C.liked D.joined

6.A.born B.good C.bad D.great

7.A.gave B.provide C.taught D.talked

8.A.other B.another C.the other D.one

9.A.record B.money C.card D.band

10.A.Lover B.Father C.Player D.Band

Avril (艾薇兒) Lavigne is an excellent teenage (十幾歲的)singer. She made a great success because of her musical talent (天才, 天賦).

She wrote her songs by herself, played the guitar and had a wide range of voice (音域) when she was only 17 years old. She began to sing her own rock-and-roll (搖滾樂) music. She is a talent in the musical world. People in many different countries like her songs very much.

Avril Lavigne isn’t a quiet girl. She is a true, wild, active and crazy girl. She started showing her voice and character at around age 2. “I’m just coming out and I’m going to be myself. I write what I feel. I never worry about what others think. ” Avril said.

Her music can reach girls’ and boys’ hearts and even some adults’, too. I can’t wait to be out there; I want to rock the world! I want people to know that music is real and honest (坦率的) ——it comes from my heart. I am just being true to myself.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子正(T)誤(F)。

1.Avril became a singer when she was 27 years old.

2.She asked a famous writer to write songs for her.

3.Only Canadian people like her songs very much.

4.She wants to sing and rock all over the world.

5.Avril is a quiet and lovely girl.

Frederic Chopin was born in March 1810 near Warsaw in Poland(波蘭). He was one of the greatest musicians in the world. In 1831, he went to Paris. No people but he could play the piano very well. At that time, people in Paris liked the Hungarian (匈牙利的) pianist（鋼琴家）Franz Liszt.

One night, at a concert, Liszt went to the piano and people shouted. As all the lights in the concert were turned off, a wonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners were all greatly interested. They kept praising (不停地贊揚(yáng)) the pianist and thought that Liszt had reached something new in playing the piano.

Suddenly, all the lights were turned on again as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man instead of the famous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.

Liszt planned all this. As the lights went out, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place. So with the help of Liszt and his own talent (天賦), Chopin soon became famous.

1.Chopin was _______.

A.the greatest musician in the world B.a famous Polish pianist

C.a famous Paris pianist D.one of the greatest musicians in Hungary

2.The wonderful piano concert started _______.

A.after all the lights were turned on B.when Liszt sat down at the piano

C.after the lights were turned off D.when Chopin went to the piano

3.When the music came to an end, _______.

A.Liszt stood at the piano B.all the lights were turned off again

C.Chopin stood at the piano D.people went out of the hall

4.Chopin became famous _______.

A.before he came to the concert B.because he was a student of Liszt’s

C.because people in Paris liked him very much D.since he played so well at the concert

5.From the story we know _______.

A.Chopin could be famous because of his own talent and the help from Liszt

B.Liszt planned to make Chopin famous

C.Liszt was Chopin’s teacher

D.one could be famous only with the help of a famous pianist

Aleksander Kudajczyk was born in Poland. When he was four years old, he began to play the piano. He ① made a living by playing the piano in restaurants after he graduated(畢業(yè)) from a music school.

Then he left for Britain and wanted to find a job for teaching piano. But he didn’t. He had to work as a cleaner in a university (大學(xué)). ② But the 28-year-old cleaner didn’t give up his music dream. He was always practicing the piano in an empty (空的) room when he was free. And the web camera (攝像頭) in the room recorded (記錄) it and many people in the university heard his playing. They couldn’t believe (相信) their ears because he played so well.

Later, he gave a concert in the chapel (小教堂) of the university and got great success. Now he is famous, but he hasn’t stopped working as a cleaner. There must be a good future waiting for him.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成任務(wù)。

任務(wù)一：判斷正（T）誤（F）。

1.He works as a piano teacher in a university in Britain.

2.He began to play the piano at the age of four.

任務(wù)二：①處畫線部分的中文意思是：

3._________________________________

任務(wù)三：將②處畫線句子翻譯成中文。

4._________________________________。

任務(wù)四：回答問題。

5.Is he still a cleaner after he was famous in the university?

_________________________________________________.