M2 Unit5 Music 同步练习材料
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Have you ever wanted to be a famous singer or ___1___ (music)? Have you ever dreamed of being in front of thousands of people at a concert, ___2___ everyone clapping and enjoying your ___3____ (sing)? Do you sing karaoke___4____ close your eyes and pretend you are Coco Li or Liu Huan? If we are honest with _5___ (we), most of us have dreamed of being famous. But just how do people get to ___6___ a band? Most musicians meet and form a band ___7___ they like to write and play music. Many times in America, bands are formed by high school students____8_____ practice their music in someone’s
home. They may play to ___9____ (passer-by) in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money. This ___10___ gives a group a chance to dream of becoming famous.
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I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company.
we discuss in our classes is the 22 of quality employees ;雇员； Among the 21
“What has caused you to stay 23 enough to become a manager?" I asked.
After a while a new manager took the 24 and said slowly, "it was a baseball
glove.”
Cynthia said she used to 25 a Circle K clerk job as an interim (时临的.) one
while she looked for something 26 . On her second day behind the counter, she
received a ( an)27 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 28 a baseball glove for
the little League. She 29 that as a single mother, money was 30 , and her
first check would have to go for paying 31.
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 32 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is 33 to
explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 34 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 35 good people like you as
36 as we would like to; but we do 37 and I want you to know how 38 you are to
us.”
The thoughtfulness, empathy (同情) and love of the store manager show
vividly that people 39 more how much a( n) 40 cares than how much he pays.
21. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
22. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
23. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
24. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
25. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
26. A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
27. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
28. A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
29. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
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30. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
31. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
32. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
33. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
34. A. after B. until C. when D. before
35. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
36. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
37. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
38. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
39. A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
40. A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
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Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shop and restaurants in the US. But it soon spread to other arts of the world. Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.
To begin with, “ muzak ” ;音乐广播网； was intended simply to create a
soothing (安慰) atmosphere. Recently, however, it’s become big business? Thanks
in part to recent research. Dr. Ronald Milliman, an American marketing expert, has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.
But, it has to be light music. A fast one has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 38%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they like to buy. Yet, slow music isn’t always answered. Dr.Milliman found, for example, that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurants owners might be well advised to play up-tempo music to keep the customers moving? Unless of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints!
1. The reason why background music is so popular is that ______. A. it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it B. it can help to create a soothing atmosphere C. it can boost sales or increase factory production everywhere D. it can make customers eat their meals quickly 2. Background music means ________. A. light music that customers enjoy most B. fast music that makes people move fast C. slow music that can make customers enjoy their meals D. the music you are listening to while you are doing something 3. Restaurant owners complain about background music because ______.
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A. it results in indigestion
B. it increases their sales
C. it keeps customers moving D. it decreases their sales
4. The word “up-tempo music” probably means_____. A. slow music B. fast music
C. light music D. classical music
B
Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts？so people can live and grow food？They are learning a
lot about the deserts？But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time？Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time？
Why is more and more land becoming desert！Scientists think that people
make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth？
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain？But they still don’t become
deserts？This is because some green plants are growing there？Small green plants
and grass are very important to dry places？Plants don’t let the sun make the
earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away？When a bit of
rain falls？the plants hold the water？Without plants？ the land can become desert
more easily？
5？ Deserts ，，，，，，，， ？
A？ never have any plants or animals in them
B？ can all be turned into good land before long
C？ are becoming smaller and smaller
D？ get very little rain
6？ Small green plants are very important to dry places because ，，，，，
，，， ？
A？ they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier
B？ they don’t let the wind blow the soil away
C？ they hold water
D？ All of the above？
7？ Land is becoming desert little by little because ，，，，，，？
A？ plants can’t grow there
B？ there is not enough rain
C？ people haven’t done what scientists wish them to do
D？ scientists know little about the deserts
8？ After reading this passage？ we learn that ，，，，，，，， ？
A？ plants can keep dry land from becoming desert
B？ it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts
C？ all places without much rain will become deserts
D？ it is better to grow crops on dry land than to cut them
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C
In Canada you can find dogs？ cats？ horses？ etc？ in almost every
family？These are their pets？People love these pets and have them as their good friends？Before they keep them in their houses？they take them to
animal hospitals to give them injections;注射；so that they won’t carry
disease？They have special animal food stores？though they can get animal
food in almost every kind of store？Some people spend around two hundred
Canadian dollars a month on animal food？When you visit people’s houses,
they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them？You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden？All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal？They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal？you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car？people would be very sad about it？
People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be，Their family ties are not as close as ours？When children grow up？ they
leave their parents and start their own life？Then the old will feel
lonely？ But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone？
？ The passage mainly talks about 9
A. how to keep disease from pets
B. pets in Canada
C. how to take good care of pets
D. life of the old in Canada
10？ In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because A. they don’t love their parents any more
B. they can only find jobs far from their parents
C. their parents’ houses are too small
D. they wouldn’t depend on their parents any more
11？ Which of the following is TRUE！
A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores？
B. Pets eat better than people？
C. Almost every family has a birdcage in his house？
D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat？
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参考答案，
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1 .musician 2.with 3.singing 4.and 5.ourselves
6 .form 7.because 8.who 9.passers-by 10.also
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阅读题答案， 1 B 2 D 3 D 4 B
5-8 DDCA
9-11 B DD
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