假定你是李华,请给你的笔友Martin写一封电子邮件,介绍音乐的魅力所在,并说明你喜欢的两种音乐类型及其原因。
音乐的魅力 | 1.心情愉悦,减轻压力,给人以鼓舞。 |
2.抚慰心灵,了解国外文化。 | |
喜欢的音乐 | 1.流行音乐:旋律优美。 |
2.传统音乐:使人安静,领悟生活的真谛。 |
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.为使行文连贯,可适当增加内容;
3.参考词汇:tune 曲调。
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科目:高中英语 来源:山东省临沂市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
When US musician Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for literature last month, many people took to social media to suggest that Leonard Cohen was the only other living songwriter who deserved(值得)the honor.
Sadly, on Nov 7, the deep-voiced Canadian artist died at the age of 82.
Many tributes(称赞)were written for Cohen, who had just released his 14th album, You Want It Darker, on Oct 21st. “Leonard Cohen is as important today as he was in the 1960s,” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on in a statement. “ His ability to describe human emotion made him one of the most influential and lasting musicians ever.”
Cohen’s most famous song, Hallenlujah, in which he compared physical love to a need for spiritual connection, has been recorded hundreds of times by different musician since it was first released in 1984.
And Cohen’s song Bird on a Wire(1969) could be considered a perfect epitaph(墓志铭)that he wrote for himself. As the song’s first line goes, “Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in midnight choir(合唱团), I have tired in my way to be free.”
“Cohen writes words that explain what it means to be human. I’ve read poetry that has as much beauty as Cohen’s work, but in the world of music, Cohen is a rarity,” US singer Jennifer Warnes told Austin American-Statesman newspaper. ‘He describes things that go on inside a heart and what it feels like to be here.”
Along with his spirituality, Cohen’s dry, deep voice also helped his popularity. In 2006 he spoke with the NPR radio station about how he got his interesting voice—apparently it was “500 tons of whiskey and a million cigarettes.”
But he never forgot to work on the instruments that made up his songs, even though he was most famous for his lyrics (歌词)and voice.
“There is no difference between a poem and a song,” Cohen said in 1969 interview with the New York Times newspaper. “Some were songs first and some were poems first and some were written at the same time. All of my writing has guitars behind it, even the novels.”
“When people talk about Cohen, they fail to mention the melodies(旋律), which to me, along with his lyrics, are his greatest genius,” Bob Dylan told the New York magazine.” They give a lift to every one of his songs. As far a I know, no one comes close to this in modern music.”
1.What do Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan have in common?
A. They have both written beautiful lyrics.
B. They have both achieved outstanding things in literature
C. They both came from the same country
D. They were both considered the possible winners of Nobel Prize in literature.
2.People often speak highly of Cohen for many things except for_____.
A. his voice B. his melodies
C. his lyrics D. his influence
3.What can be inferred from the article?
A. Hallenlujah is the most performed song in the world
B. Bird on a Wire was written to describe Cohen’s personality
C. Bob Dylan took inspiration from Cohen’s work
D. Cohen said his unhealthy habits contributed to his unique voice.
4.Which of the following words best describe Cohen?
A. Humorous and optimistic B. Sensitive(敏感的)and moody
C. Insightful(深刻的)and talented D. Expressive and rebellious(叛逆的)
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科目:高中英语 来源:江苏省如皋市2016-2017学年高二英语选修六Unit 3 Understanding each other练习 题型:单项填空
—What about the actor’s Chinese?
—Very good except that he speaks in a German ________.
A. accent B. tone
C. pronunciation D. voice
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科目:高中英语 来源:吉林省2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:单项填空
David worked very hard and_______ set up a company of his own.
A. continually B. eventually
C. randomly D. apparently
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科目:高中英语 来源:吉林省2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:单项填空
This page needed_______ again.
A. being checked B. checked
C. to check D. to be checked
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科目:高中英语 来源:黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Internet data shows that younger adults have become the main audience crazy about changing their appearance. Once the world of the female in her fifties, plastic surgery(整形手术) has become the focus of the younger Internet users.
The recent death of Stephanie Kuleba, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader who died as a result of plastic surgery, brought our attention to the fashion of becoming a more “ideal” body among teenagers. In fact, search data confirms this phenomenon. One of the most popular sites visited from the search term “plastic surgery” is the official site of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (www. plastic surgery. org). Over 25% of the visitors, which is up from 19.6% two years ago, fell within the 18 to 24 years old.
Plastic surgery has become an American obsession (痴迷). Checking other countries, such as the UK and Australia, the 18 to 24-year-old’s being interested in plastic surgery is an obvious US phenomenon. Unlike the other groups who visit sites related to diseases and keeping healthy, younger Internet users rush to sites that deal with personal appearance, such as those focused on body-building, weight loss and skin-care, and obviously plastic surgery.
While television on surgery may be driving the interest of a younger audience, one factor appears to be a key in preventing such teens from changing their bodies: the failing U.S. economy. There has been a decline in all plastic surgery topics over the last year. While older age continue to search for information on procedures such as liposuction(抽脂), it’s younger Internet users who in tough economic times are focusing on improving their outer beauty, though at a discount price.
1.Why does the author mention the death of the 18-year-old cheerleader?
A. To show cheerleaders pay more attention to their appearance.
B. To warn people that plastic surgery is not as safe as it is said to be.
C. To prove the fact that people will pursue beauty at any cost.
D. To draw attention to the issue of young people having plastic surgery.
2.While young people are surfing on the Internet, they are very interested in____________.
A. how to be physically and mentally healthy.
B. how to make themselves look young.
C. how to prevent and cure diseases.
D. how to have more attractive appearance.
3.What may affect young people’s decision on whether to have plastic surgery?
A. The safety of the operation
B. The total expense of the surgery.
C. The need for having the operation.
D. The results of the surgery.
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科目:高中英语 来源:江苏省张家港市2016-2017学年高二下学期周考4英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
When one loves one’s Art, no service seems too hard.
Joe was a man with a genius(天才) for art. Delia did things in six octaves(音阶) promisingly.
Joe and Delia became in love with one of the other, or each of the other, as you please, and in a short time were married – for (see above), when one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
They began housekeeping in a flat. It was a lonesome(无人迹的) flat, but they were happy; for they had their Art, and they had each other.
Joe was learning painting in the class of the great Magister – you know his fame. His fees are high; his lessons are light – his high-lights have brought him fame. Delia was studying under Rosenstock – you know his reputation as a disturber of the piano keys.
They were mighty(非常地) happy as long as their money lasted.
After a while, Art flagged(减退). Everything going out and nothing coming in, money was lacking to pay Mr. Magister and Rosenstock their prices. When one loves one’s Art, no service seems too hard. So, Delia said she must give music lessons to make the ends meet.
For two or three days she went out looking for pupils. One evening she came home overjoyed.
“Joe, dear,” she said, cheerfully, “I’ve a pupil. And, oh, the loveliest people! General – General Pinkney’s daughter Clementina – on Seventy-first street.”
“That’s all right for you, Dele,” said Joe, “but how about me? Do you think I’m going to let you work while I play in the regions of high art? ”
Delia came and hung about his neck.
“Joe, dear, you are silly. You must keep on at your studies. It is not as if I had quit my music and gone to work at something else. While I teach I learn. I am always with my music.”
“All right,” said Joe. “But I may sell some of my pictures as well.”
The next few weeks, they both busied themselves with their own business and brought back a ten, a five, a two and a one – all legal tender notes – and laid them beside each others’ earnings.
One Saturday evening Joe reached home first. He spread his $18 on the table and washed what seemed to be a great deal of dark paint from his hands.
Half an hour later Delia arrived, her right hand tied up in a shapeless bundle(束) of wraps and bandages(绷带).
“How is this?” asked Joe. Delia laughed, but not very joyously. “Clementina,” she explained, “insisted upon a Welsh rabbit(一种奶酪) after her lesson. In serving the rabbit she spilled a great lot of it, boiling hot, over my wrist. Nothing serious, dear.”
“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Dele?”
“Five o’clock, I think,” said Dele. “The iron – I mean the rabbit came off the fire about that time.”
“Sit down here a moment, Dele,” said Joe. “What have you been doing for the last few weeks, Dele?” he asked.
She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love and stubbornness, but at last down went her head and out came the truth and tears.
“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she wept. “I got a place ironing shirts in that big Twenty-fourth street laundry(洗衣店). A girl in the laundry set down a hot iron(熨斗) on my hand this afternoon. I think I did very well to make up both General Pinkney and Clementina. What made you ever suspect that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”
“I didn’t,” said Joe, “until tonight. And I wouldn’t have then, only I sent up this cotton waste and oil from the engine-room this afternoon for a girl upstairs who had her hand burned with a smoothing-iron. I’ve been firing the engine in that laundry for the last few weeks.”
“And then you didn’t …” said Delia
And then they both looked at each other and laughed, and Joe began:
“When one loves one’s Art no service seems …”
But Delia stopped him with her hand on his lips. “No,” she said – “just ‘When one loves.’”
1.What can we know about the couple from the story?
A. They both became famous for their talents in art.
B. They turned out to be working at the same laundry.
2.What qualities of the couple’s are best conveyed in the story?
A. intelligent and economical B. faithful and romantic
C. considerate and giving D. hardworking and loyal[
3.Which of the following does NOT give readers a clue(线索) that the couple were telling white lies?
A. Delia said she must give music lessons to make the ends meet.
B. Joe washed what seemed to be a great deal of dark paint from his hands.
C. Delia’s right wrist was tied up in a shapeless bundle of wraps and bandages.
D. “The iron – I mean the rabbit came off the fire about that time” said Dele.
4.Why does the author repeat “When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.”?
A. To reveal the theme of the story.
B. To explain the author’s writing purpose.
C. To indicate the sad mood of the story.
D. To assist with the development of the story.
5.What can serve as the best title of this story?
A. A Service of Love B. A Service of Art
C. No Art No Love D. The Love for Art
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科目:高中英语 来源:江苏省张家港市2016-2017学年高二下学期周考4英语试卷 题型:单项填空
The natural environment should be protected because of the important role _______ plays in human survival and development.
A. which B. the one
C. it D. that
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖南省五市十校教研教改共同体2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:完形填空
“I don, t feel right about this,” I said to one of my cousins in a low voice. She nodded in ______. Not wanting to be the first to touch the food, I waited for one of the older adults to start.
Thanksgiving usually meant ______ and full stomachs. However, this year was ______. My family sat around the dinner table ______ at our feast. Everyone had a full plate, everyone except Grandma. The treatment for throat cancer would ______ one of her great pleasures, eating. This was the first of many food-focused ______ to come. I could not imagine what it would be like to never taste ______ food again. My cousin Molly broke the ______ with a raise of her glass, “To Nat.” We all followed her lead. “Your ______ and strength encourage us all,” she continued. Grandma smiled, holding back her tears with great ______. “Thank you. Please, please eat.” And with that, we all began to eat. Conversation broke ______ around the room while Grandma laughed and talked with us all. Cancer would take away her ability to eat, but not the gift of being the best hostess. The evening went on as normal ______ do. By the time the night was over, I felt ______ to my family than ever before. I learned that we gather together on holidays not to eat a rich feast, but to ______ and share with one another. We ______ my Grandmother’s courage, but we all learned a lesson in grace. In the years following, my Grandma ______ to create meals for family events. She told me once with a laugh, “I may not be able to eat, but I can ______ taste things.” With a ______ heart, Grandma prepared what she could not have for the only purpose of making us ______. She inspired me to learn to cook and helped me find the ______ to make everything come together: love.
1.A. excitement B. surprise C. satisfaction D. agreement
2.A. disappointment B. thoughts C. laughter D. sorrow
3.A. different B. popular C. same D. similar
4.A. glaring B. nodding C. joking D. staring
5.A. take away B. take in C. take up D. take down
6.A. plans B. dinners C. holidays D. action
7.A. delicious B. expensive C. cheap D. terrible
8.A. record B. rule C. dark D. silence
9.A. wish B. concern C. courage D. confidence
10.A. efforts B. effects C. relief D. patience
11.A. into B. up C. down D. cut
12.A. New Year’s Days B. Christmases C. Thanksgivings D. April Fool’s Days
13.A. farther B. closer C. happier D. stranger
14.A. apologize B. promise C. forgive D. support
15.A. remembered B. mentioned C. followed D. celebrated
16.A. decided B. continued C. hated D. started
17.A. still B. ever C. just D. even
18.A. selfless B. selfish C. anxious D. pitiful
19.A. sad B. happy C. surprised D. lovely
20.A. sign B. skill C. attitude D. secret
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