专升本英语阅读理解专项强化真题试卷2
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What is music? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting【C1】______It is part of every culture on Earth. People use music to【C2】______feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.
Music is a performing art. It【C3】______from such arts as painting and poetry, in which artists【C4】______works and then display or publish them. Musical composers need musicians to【C5】______and perform their works.【C6】______, most musical performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.
Music also plays a major role in other arts. Opera【C7】______singing and music with drama. Ballet and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers【C8】______their steps. Motion pictures use music to help set the mood as well as introduce the actions or enhance its【C9】______on the audience.
Music is one of the【C10】______arts. People probably started to sing as soon as【C11】______developed. Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical【C12】______. By about 10,000 B. C. ..hollow bones had been used by【C13】______people to make flutes. The first written music dates from about 2,500 B.C.
There are two chief kinds of Western music, classical and popular. Symphonies, operas, and ballets are【C14】______music. It is generally harder to write and perform. Musicians who perform it need a lot of training. Popular music【C15】______country music,folk music,jazz,and rock music. It is easier to perform and understand.
1.【C1】(D)
A. models
B. types
C. styles
D. patterns
解析：该句子的含义为：音乐是一种以悦耳或有趣的节奏模式编排的声音。此处应该用单词pattern(声音或词汇的)模式，方式。
2.【C2】(A)
A. express
B. explore
C. cover
D. test
解析：人们用音乐来表达(express)感觉和想法。explore探索；cover覆盖；test测验，试验。
3.【C3】(C)
A. results
B. develops
C. differs
D. separates
解析：根据下文的内容可知，音乐与绘画和诗作有不同之处。differ fron与……不同，符合题意，因此此处选择differs。
4.【C4】(B)
A. discover
B. create
C. imagine
D. invent
解析：根据句意，这句话是说艺术家先进行创作，然后再将作品进行展示或出版.因此此处选择create表示“创作”。
5.【C5】(B)
A. adapt
B. interpret
C. follow
D. complete
解析：作曲家需要音乐家来诠释(interpret)并演奏他们的作品。adapt改编，改写；follow跟随：complete完成。
6.【C6】(A)
A. Thus
B. However
C. Besides
D. And
解析：该空白处之后的句子含义为：大多数音乐演出实际上是作曲者和演奏者之间的合作.这和前面的句意为承接关系。因此空白处应填thus，表示“因此”。
7.【C7】(D)
A. joins
B. associates
C. connects
D. combines
解析：join指把不相连的事物连接起来，还可以再分开。associate指物时表示事物自然地联想在一起。connect表示两事物在某一点上相连接，但相互是独立的。combine指两个或以上的事物结合而成为一个整体。歌剧是由歌唱、音乐和戏剧构成的整体，因此本题选Combine。
8.【C8】(A)
A. with
B. for
C. after
D. upon
解析：help sb．with sth．为固定搭配用法，表示“帮助某人做某事”。
9.【C9】(B)
A. force
B. effect
C. influence
D. impact
解析：force指“力量”；effect意为“影响，效果”，侧重于结果，指事物通过因果关系所产生的直接效果。influence作为“影响”之意，通常指长期的潜移默化的影响。impact则表示“强大作用，冲击”，通常用来指负面作用。因此本题选B。
10.【C10】(C)
A. greatest
B. easiest
C. oldest
D. best
解析：根据本段的内容可知，其主要陈述的是音乐的起源。因此此处应选择oldest，表示“最古老的”。
11.【C11】(D)
A. agriculture
B. society
C. humanity
D. language
解析：根据常识可以判断，只有在语言形成时人们才可以进行歌唱。比较四个选项，D项“语言”最符合题意。
12.【C12】(C)
A. performers
B. events
C. instruments
D. notes
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