必修二UNIT5单元卷
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（1-20题略）
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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The term country music refers to a variety of styles，originally popular among working class white Americ ans in the rural areas of the South and West.Originally known as “hillbilly music”，the term was replaced by country and western music in 1949 and eventually shortened to country music.
But the origins of country music go way back a century ago，to the waves of immigrants from Britain and Ireland.Their songs and dances，nursery rhymes and ballads，would form the most important part of the folk musical tradition of rural America，and the basis for what became known as “old time”music.
These roots of country music lie largely in the folk songs and instrumental music of the English，Irish，and Scots who settled in the Appalachian areas of the MidSouth during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Many of these mountainous areas were not settled until the 1830s，and then by impoverished immigrants who were concerned with the daily struggle for survival.The communities were cut off from the rest of America and still attached to their traditions.
Other origins of country music can be traced back to the flamenco and habanera music of Spain，the polka and other dances of Eastern Europe and—as with almost all the popular music of the United States—the influence of the slave populations shipped from the African continent.In fact one of the major instruments in Appalachian and early country music，the banjo，has its origins in AfroAmerican history.
Two publishing events in the early part of the 20th century excited a widespread interest in America's white musical tradition and “old time” music.First，in 1910，the musicologist John Lomax published Co w boy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.Then in 1916 the English song collector Cecil Sharp put together a collection of folk music from the Appalachian mountains.
But it wasn't until 1922，when Texas fiddler(小提琴家) Eck Robertson cut the firs t record of “old time”music，that the popularity of what also became known as“hillbilly music”really began to grow，via pioneering artists，record labels and radio stations.The record that more generally gets cited as the first country release was made in June 1923 by Fiddlin' John Carson.
21．What does the text mainly discuss?
A．The history of the US folk music.
B．The origins of country music.
C．The influence of “old time” music.
D．The waves of immigrants in the US.
22．The underlined word “impoverished” in Paragraph 3 most probably means“______”．
A．brave B．poor C．legal D．kind
23．Who made a great contribution to the spread of Appalachian music?
A．Fiddlin' John Carson. B．Eck Robertson.
C．Cecil Sharp. D．John Lomax.
24．Country music first became widely known in the ______.
A．1830s B．1840s C．1910s D．1920s
B
Music for Little Mozarts is a program designed to help your little ones develop a love of music.Learning music at an early age helps develop little minds and expand their cognitive(认知的)ability.While listening to music can certainly help your youngster pick up songs，actually learning to play the piano can help your child's education development.
This program focuses on little creatures that both entertain and teach.By grasping the attention of a young child's mind and engaging them with stories along with hands on experience，you can provide them with a positive experience that just may fuel a little Mozart in later years.
Within this multibook and multiyear lesson plan there are ten little characters that help draw the child into the lesson plan.These little creatures actually can be used to help the child grasp basic concepts in music.The series starts out in the preschool years and provides day by day lessons that can aid the child or a classroom of children right through early adolescence(青春期)．
The series is designed for both classroom and preschool use and for those at home with homeschoolers.It contains a series of books along with audio CDs，flash cards，and other visual aids that can help very young children develop an ear and an eye for music.
It can be hard to hold the attention spans of children for very long.However，with the right creativity and the proper attention along with simple，easytomaster daily lessons，most children will not only grasp music rather quickly，they will also develop a love of real music，not just banging on a piano keyboard and making sounds.
The short，daily lessons are planned out so that children learn to play music by ear.They learn to play real songs and master real passages quickly and easily.This element keeps them involved.They also master playing by ear and then later by reading rather quickly.
25．This program is intended for children to ______.
A．learn how to sing songs B．master playing the piano quickly
C．learn some basic music knowledge D．experience charm of music
26．The underlined word “creatures” probably refers to ______.
A．children to learn music B．the characters of the program
C．cartoon animals D．education methods
27．The last two paragraphs mainly tell the readers ______.
A．what this program offers B．the relation between ear and music
C．it's more important to use ear than reading ability to learn music
D．this program is useful to develop children's love of music quickly
C
Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee，according to an Australian study.
The University of Melbourne study shows that people who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not.Study author Brent Coker said，“Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employee's attention.”
“People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention，”Coker said on the university's website.“Having a short break，such as a quick surfing of the Internet，helps the mind to rest itself，leading to a higher total Internet attention for a day's work，and as a result，increases productivity(生产效率)，”he said.
According to the study of 300 workers,70 percent of the people who use the Internet at work surf the Internet for their own reasons during office hours.Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products，reading online news，playing online games and watching
