模块练测卷（一）Ⅰ. 单项填空1. All the photographs in this book, ______ stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.A. unlessB. untilC. onceD. if2. The generous man devoted all he had ______ the victims, because of which he was highly praised. A. to help B. helpingC. helpedD. to helping3. Every means has been ______. No one is effective.A. trying outB. tried inC. tried onD. tried out4. The truth is that ______ helping the situation, you’ve just made it worse.A. far fromB. out ofC. due toD. next to5. The police tried ______ to break up the protest crowds.A. in vainB. on vainC. at vainD. with vain6. He describes everything in ______ order, which makes ______ excellent impression upon us.A. the; anB. /; theC. the; /D. /; an7. He presents a new ______ to learning a foreign language, which I think is of great value.A. approachB. meansC. methodD. way8. Although some unexpected difficulties have ______ in the process, we are confident that we can han- dle them.A. risenB. raisedC. arisenD. aroused9. My life has been ______ with many milestones and accomplishments of which I am proud.A. boredB. blessedC. stupefiedD. satisfied10. —I’m sorry to have hurt you.—Forget it. You didn’t mean ______, did you?A. to doB. toC. doingD. doing so 11. The police always take ______ of dogs’ sharpsense of smell to search for the survivors in theearthquake.A. advantageB. noticeC. possessionD. care12. Although ______ to stop, she kept on working.A. tellB. tellingC. having toldD. told13. More and more people are used to riding bikes orwalking to work ______ driving cars.A. rather thanB. regardless ofC. in spite ofD. other than14. He fell off the bike and hurt himself; ______, hewould have taken part in the sports meeting.A. howeverB. otherwiseC. thereforeD. anyhow15. The reason why I quit ______ the pills is that theywere making me feel sick.A. to takeB. takeC. takingD. being takenⅡ. 完形填空The Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville, Tennessee, has always been American’s most important concert hall for country music. Every Saturday night the place is filled with country music 16 .One 17 in January 1967, was a very 18 night at the Opry and for the first time, a 19 man was an attraction. 20 music has always been thought of as “w hite music”. For many, it was a strange 21 to see Charley Pride step 22 the Opry stage. Some people felt 23 about whether a black man could sing country songs. 24 Charley’s smooth voice quickly 25 over the Opry 26 . Charley was so good that before long, he was country music’s biggest 27 .Like many country singers, Charley was 28 on a farm. He spent his youth milking cows and picking cotton. But he knew he wasn’t going to make 29 his career. Later, he became a baseball player.Charley made it to a major league team. But hedidn’t stay on for more than one season.In the winter, after the baseball season, Charley 30 at a local nightclub. One evening, Red Sovine, a great country music star, 31 Charley sing and told Charley to forget about 32 and go in for a singing career.Charley took the 33 and became a true hit-maker. His 34 were always near the top on the list. Some were Number one all over the country.Today Charley Pride is 35 one of the biggest stars in the country music. But he says his real wish is to own a baseball team.16. A. people B. soundC. fansD. songs17. A. Saturday B. dayC. timeD. concert18. A. cold B. specialC. darkD. successful19. A. young B. famousC. strongD. black20. A. Classic B. CountryC. PopularD. Light21. A. look B. sightC. placeD. evening22. A. to B. onC. forD. into23. A. unsure B. curiousC. badD. excited24. A. Then B. AsC. ButD. So25. A. brought B. wonC. flowedD. carried26. A. hall B. crowdsC. concertD. singers27. A. winner B. playerC. starD. fan28. A. known B. raisedC. trainedD. found29. A. singing B. laboringC. sportsD. farming30. A. sang B. playedC. foughtD. worked31. A. made B. heardC. helpedD. let32. A. music B. jobsC. baseballD. agriculture 33. A. career B. changeC. orderD. advice34. A. fans B. pictureC. recordsD. concert35. A. still B. againC. evenD. yetⅢ. 阅读理解AListening to music can help me focus better. Since I discovered it two years ago, I’ve used music to get through boring work or to focus creatively. I’ve found that it can make even the dullest jobs enjoyable and help clear mental blocks to creativity.I first noticed the good effects of music while playing video games. It was a few days before Christmas in 2008 and I was playing online video games. My parents had just given me a new MP3, so I decided to listen to music through the headphones while I played. After a few minutes I noticed a great change in my style of play. I was playing more naturally. The music relaxed me, and, to a certain extent, distracted me from the game, allowing my subconscious（潜意识的）talent to come through. The music also helped me block out the outside world. With those headphones on I was like a machine, moving from one task to the next without unnecessary thoughts or actions.Music can also have a great effect on mood. If I’m in a bad mood at work, I’ll listen to some of Bob Marley’s and get down to business. It always takes my mind off what I’m doing and makes me a happier person. The same is true for classic rock. One summer, I did a boring job collecting bottle openers by hand. Without a radio playing classic rock in the background, I would have hated life.Listening to music with relaxing rhythms and a positive message helps you forget your work and think happy thoughts. But the results you see will depend heavily on your personal tastes. Experiment with the types of music you listen to during certain tasks. By trial and error you’ll finally discover your best choice. I’m always looking for new concentration aids, so I’d love to know what type of music works best for me.36. We can infer that the passage was written in________.A. 2005B. 2006C. 2010D. 200837. The author first discovered the effects of music________.A. from his parentsB. by chanceC. at workD. when he was a child38. The author mentions the experience of collectingbottle openers in Paragraph 3 to________.A. tell us that life is dullB. prove that music affects moodC. tell us how to seek happinessD. tell us bad mood can affect work39. In order to get the greatest effect of music, youare advised to ________.A. listen to some of Bob Marley’sB. only choose relaxing musicC. test all kinds of musicD. listen to classic rockBAlice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life. She took lessons for years, practised every day, but in spite of all the ef forts she made, her voice didn’t improve. In fact, it didn’t get better, it just got louder.Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn’t w ant to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings either. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her pupil.“Well,” said Alice, “what do you think of my singing?”“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll never be better than you were tonight.”40. Alice wanted to be a singer because she ______.A. was good at singingB. could do nothing but singC. had a good teacherD. was most interested in music41. Alice’s teacher stopped the lessons because______.A. Alice didn’t make any progress in singingB. Alice’s voice became louder and louderC. Alice didn’t work hard enoughD. Alice was too proud to listen to her42. What made Alice decide to give a concert?A. She wanted to prove that her teacher waswrong.B. She wanted to please her teacher.C. She was sure that she could sing beautifully.D. Someone else wanted her to do so.43. What is really mean by saying “you’ll never bebetter than you were tonight”?A. You gave a wonderful concert tonight.B. You won’t make any improvement in future.C. You have never sung so well before.D. You did much better before than tonight.CI was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The advertisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again the next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there , however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realising I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realised my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold outall the tickets.44. The man learned _______ that there would be aconcert last Friday.A. from his friendsB. from one of his workmatesC. over the radioD. from the newspaper45. He tried to go to the theatre every day but ma- naged to get there only ______.A. onceB. twiceC. three timesD. four times46. One day the man took ______ to get to the thea- tre by bus.A. forty-five minutesB. fifteen minutesC. just twenty minutesD. over an hour47. The underlined word “relieved” may best be re- placed by “______”.A. surprisedB. pleasedC. puzzledD. sorryDThe audience start to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the Pops!Top of the Pops is an amazing 34-year-old TV programme. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV programme. After 1, 800 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain. So what’s the secret?“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other shows.”Chris starts planning the programme over a week before it goes out. His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands.Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show. Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practising. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practises too.First the bands go to make-up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Is sy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.Back in the studio things are happening. The audience are practising their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long.48. What makes Top of the Pops still the most popularin Britain?A. The live performances in the studio.B. The jobs carefully done by the workers of theTV station.C. The great fame of the bands.D. The large numbers of pop fans in Britain.49. When the bands receive the invitations to thePerformance, ________.A. they must decide on the songsB. they don’t have to decide what songs they willperformC. the songs that will be performed haven’t beendecided onD. they have no idea what songs they will perform50. The underlined word “costume” in Paragraph 6probably means ________.A. make-upB. stageC. studioD. clothes51. Which is the proper title for the passage?A. More Popular, More SuccessfulB. A Stage for Pop StarsC. Go Backstage of Top of the PopsD. A Popular Live BandⅣ. 书面表达音乐在我们的学习和生活中起着很重要的作用。
