Unit 11 Country music

【重点、难点点拨】

  1.交际用语

  (1) Haven't you heard of …? (2) That's a good ideA. (3) You'd better …

  (4) I think you'd enjoy it. (5) I'm afraid I'm not. (6) Why not ? 

  (7) Why don't you…?

  2.语言现象

  (1) make a record; (2) on the radio; (3) think of; (4) make fun of;

  (5) the coming year; (6) to hear of; (7) more and more;

  (8) no longer; (9) to write about; (10) to be common for sb.;

  (11) during/in the 1990s; (12) For example;

  (13) to think sth. to be important; (14) to turn to;

  (15) to be angry with society; (16) to be full of; (17) to bring in;

  (18) to think well of sB.; (19) to appear on television;

  (20) while doing sth.; (21) as before; (22) as a result of sth.;

  (23) on one's travel。

  3. 语法和写作

  基本掌握过去完成时的用法,学习说明文的基本特点。

【重点、难点例题解析】

  1. hear和hear of 都表示"听说过",hear之后加that 从句,指亲耳听到;hear of之后加名词或代词,强调从别人那里间接得到,其否定表示"不同意,不予考虑"。 hear from 表示"收到……来信(来电),得到……消息",其宾语可以是人也可以是物,还可以用被动语态。强调从别人那里接到。

  I.listened but couldn't hear anything.

  I hear that there will be a meeting this afternoon, won't there?

  I don't know the writer, but I have heard of him.

  I haven't heard from my hometown for months.

  2. alone表示 by oneself, without others,可作表语和宾补,不带感情色彩。lone表示"孤独的,无伴的,孤零" 。 lonely表示 unhappy because is away from family or friends。译为"孤独的,寂寞的", 带有浓厚的感情色彩,主观上寂寞,渴望有伴,修饰地点时译为"偏僻的,荒凉的,人际罕见的"(有not often visit之意)。如:

  When the baby woke up, he found himself alone.

  In that cloudy sky only one lone star could be seen.

  He was alone, but he didn't feel lonely.

  【重点、难点练习题】

  1. I have never     that before.

  A. heard  B.heard of  C. heard from  D. listened to

  2. He     his mother once a week.

  A. heard  B.heard of  C. heard from  D. listened to

  3. The old man lives     in a     small mountain village.

  A. alone…alone B.lonely…lonely  

  C. alone…lonely  D. lonely…alone

【全方位单元综合练习题】

  Ⅰ 单项选择

  1. -Did you     the terrible noise?

  -No, I    a talk by Mr. Liu then.

  A. listen… hearing B.hear… was listening to

  C. hear… listened to  D. hear of, listening to

  2. The coat is so worn out that it can't be mended    .

  A. no longer B.no more C. any more  D. any longer

  3. Although we had a meeting, a lot of problems     to be solveD.

  A. remain  B.leave  C. stay D. forget

  4. I have a lot of things    .

  A. to think of  B.to think C. thinking of  D. thinking

  5. The famous film star     on the screen since last summer.

  A. didn't appear  B.doesn't appear

  C. hasn't been appeared  D. hasn't appeared

  6. He said he     to Pairs, it was the first time for him.

  A. has never been B.had never gone

  C. had never been D. had ever been

  7. When the police    , the thieves had run away.

  A. got B.had arrived  C. had got D. arrived

  8. When he     all the wine, he left his house.

  A. drink  B.drinks  C. has drunk  D. had drunk

  9. I remembered that I     her somewhere before.

  A. saw  B.has seen

  C. had seen  D. would have seen

  10. He    a hat, but I     it.

  A. gave… lost  B.gives… loose

  C. had given…had lost  D. had given … lost

  11. I     to help him, but I couldn't get here in time.

  A. wanted  B.have wanted  

  C. had wanted D. was wanting

  12. Pop music is     by most young people.

  A. thought well of  B.well thought of

  C. well thought  D. thought well

  13. After graduation, my interest has    .

  A. turned up  B.turned back  C. turned for D. turned to

  14. He fell asleep while     TV.

  A. watches  B.watched  C. watching  D. to watch

  15.    , when Marx was    , he began to learn Russian.

  A. In 1870's, in fifties  

  B.In the 1870's, in the fifties

  C. In the 1870's, in his fifties 

  D. In 1870's, at fifties

  16. Though he has been working hard, his pronunciation remains    .

  A. bad  B.badly  C. OK D. nice

  17. Let's find a room    .

  A. to put these things  B.putting these things in

  C. to put these things in  D. putting these things in

  18. The ice is hard enough    .

  A. to skate B.to skating C. to skate on  D. skating

  19. -Do you think he can pass the exam?

  -    .

  A. I am afraid he can B.I'm thinking of it

  C. I'm afraid not  D. I'm glad that

  20. Rike didn't mind being left     in the     house.

  A. lonely…alone  B.lonely …lonely

  C. alone…alone  D. alone… lonely

  21. She     quickly and went    .

  A. dressed herself,downstairs B.dressed, out

  C. wore,upstairs  D. put her dress on, in

  22. By the end of last term, we     800 English words.

  A. have learnt B.had been learnt

  C. had learnt  D. learnt

  23. Mary is great     as a dancer.

  A. successful  B.success  C. famous D. popular

  24. The singer danced    .

  A. while she was there B.when she was there

  C. while singing D. when she sang

  25. The cloud    . It will rain tonight.

  A. appear B.appeared  C. comes  D. coming

  26. -How nice it is meeting you here!

  -    Bye.

  A. Glad to meet you  B.I'd better be going

  C. Nice to meet,too  D. I've had such a good time

  27. -Will she win the tennis game?

  -    .

  A. I don't believe it B.I believe not to

  C. It appears not  D. I'm sure not so

  28. He failed many times.    , he didn't stop trying.

  A. So  B.But  C. Although  D. However

  29. Listening to music is still much     with the young people than watching TV.

  A. popularer B.popular

  C. more popular D. most popular

  Ⅱ 完成下列对话

  Li Lei:    1

  Jackie: I'm going to hear Zero Point.

  Li Lei: What is it?

  Jackie:    2 It's a very famous music team. They are singing at the Capital Theatre.

  Li Lei:What kind of music do they sing?

  Jackie:   3They wrote most of their songs themselves.

  Li Lei: Is that right?

  Jackie: Of course they are. They made a made of records.

     4

  Li Lei: That's a good ideA. Jackie:   5It'll be very popular.

  A. You'd better hurry and buy a ticket then.

  B.What are you going to doing this Sunday?

  C. Haven't you heard of it?

  D. Why don't you come ?

  E. You'd enjoy it very much.

  F. Pop musiC.

  Ⅲ 完形填空

  During the 1990s, American country music has become more and more popular. Song writers are no longer writing about the modern 1of the USA- money, success or expensive things to buy. 2they are writing once more about things that are common for everyone: feeling lone in the modern world, the value of having good3and so on.

  In the 1950s, American 4was about other things, for example, love- getting or lost a boyfriend or girlfrien D.Money was also 5to be important.Then in the 1960s song writers turned to other 6. During these 7many young students were 8with society, so songs were often anger. Political 9were not well thought of and those songs often made fun of 10.

  1. A. prize B.price  C. worth D. values

  2. A. Instead  B.But C. And  D. However

  . A. comrades  B.partners  C. friends D. companies

  4. A. feel  B.music C. feeling D. country

  5. A. thought  B.asked C. said  D. made

  6. A. thought  B.project C. subject D. opinion

  7. A. times B.period  C. dates  D. years

  8. A. interested B.anger C. satisfy D. fun

  9. A. leaders B.writers C. singers  D.office

  10. A. us B.you  C. them D. those

  Ⅳ 阅读理解

  Mike as a young man. He has a big dog and a small car. He likes playing tennis. Last Saturday afternoon he played tennis for an hour at the club (俱乐部). and then he ran out and got into a car. His dog came after him, but it did not into the same car. It jumped into the next car.

   " Come here, foolish dog !" Mike shouted at it, but the dog still in the next car.

  Mike put his key into the lock of the car, but the key did not turn. Then he looked at the car again. It was not his car! He was in the wrong car! And the dog was in the right car !" He's sitting and laughing at me!" Mike said angrily. But then he smiled and went to the right car.

  1. Mike has    .

  A. a small dog  B.a big dog  C. a big car  D. an old car

  2. Last Saturday Mike played     for an hour.

  A. football B.basketball  C. tennis  D. volleyball

  3. Mike shouted at his dog,    .

  A. so it got out of the car

  B.so it came up to Mike

  C. but it still stayed in the next car

  D. but it ran away

  4. When Mike put his key into the lock of the car,    .

  A. the car was broken  B.the key turned

  C. the car started  D. the key didn't turn

  5. In fact,     was in the right car.

  A. his dog B.Mike  C. his tennis D. his bag

  6. Mike got into the wrong car because    .

  A. he was every tired  B.he was not careful

  C. he was too busy  D. he was foolish

  Ⅴ 单词拼写

  1. The town is town with over 100    (剧院).

  2. You'd better go and visit our new     (邻居).

  3. Who broke the window     (仍然) unknown.

  4. She likes to sing    (流行)songs.

  5. The New Years Concert is     (举行)every year.

  6. A r    is a place where you can go to buy a meal to eat it.

  7. Pens,pencils and paper are writing e   .

  8. It is useful to learn some g    of a foreign language.

  9. Please give your e    of this sentence.

  10. Would you please give us some a    on how to skate.

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