Unit 21 Music

【重点、难点点拨】

1.重点介绍英语中如何表示“宁愿”的概念,并且介绍了插入语的用法。

2.课文介绍了音乐发展史,以及非洲音乐,印度音乐,加勒比海音乐和爵士乐。最后是一篇《美好的一天》的小诗。

3.语法为-ing形式作定语,表语,宾补。

(1) The story is very touching.

(2) Our job is playing all kinds of music.

(3) There is a fire burning in the fireplace.

4. be familiar with, earn one's living, learn…by heart, in praise of, get married, dance to music, pass down / on, make sth. out of some material / into,I'd prefer them not to play too loudly at the beginning,It plays an important part in…

【重点、难点例题解析】

1. I'd prefer them _________too loudly at the beginning.

A. not to play B. to play

C. play D. not play 

答案 A。 prefer something not to do something。根据too loudly 一词应该确定选用否定形式。

2. I prefer to stay at home rather than _________in my spare time.

A. to go shopping B. go shopping

C. going shopping D. shop 

答案B。 prefer to do something rather than do something.其中shop 可以做动词用,它表示购物这一行为。和stay at home这一动作不平行,但与go shopping这个动作构成平行关系。

3. Ted prefers playing table tennis to _________TV.

A. watch B. watching C. see D. seeing 

答案B。 prefer doing something to doing something。其中watch TV, see a film 为固定搭配。

4. I think at the beginning we'd rather have some fairly quiet and peaceful music.fairly表示“十分”或“相当”,通常与褒义词连用。而与它相近的副词rather常与贬义词连用。

【重点、难点练习题】

1. I'd rather live in the countryside than _________a city.

A. live in B. in

C. to live D. living in 

2. It is _________cool today. Let's go outing.

A. fairly B. rather C. too D. very 

3. He was _________angry at any words.

A. fairly B. very C. rather D. too 

4. I'd like _________TV after supper. But Jim said he

felt like _________chess instead.

A. to watch, to play B. to watch, playing

C. watching, to play D. watch, play 

5. He's too young to look after himself. I'd rather him here.

A. not to leave B. to not leave

C. don't leave D. not leave

【全方位单元综合练习题】

Ⅰ. Translate the followings

1. be familiar with

2. fairly quiet and peaceful music _________

3. start with         

4. play instrument         

5. as well         

6. earn one's living           

7. pass down from one generation to another _________

8. learn from            

9. learn…by heart           

10. used to       

11. on festivals             

12. in praise of    

13. neither read nor write _________

14. all night long    

Ⅱ. Give the topic for the following paragraphs

1. para 1               

2. para 2               

3. para 3               

4. para 4               

Ⅲ. Fill the blanks with the right forms of the verbs

 In the Caribbean the slaves who _________(bring) from Africa (develop) their own kind of music. West Indians _________(make) musical instruments out of large oil cans. They _________(hit) different parts of the drum with hammers _________(produce) different notes. This type of music _________(become) very famous in Britain and _________(be) very good music _________(dance) to.

Ⅳ. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box

share, perform, otherwise, start, with, enter, quarrelplay the guitar, pass on, be open to, get married

 1. They had a _________. So they don't talk with eachother any longer. 

2. The news was _________by word of mouth.. 

3. Study hard. _________you'll fail in the exam. 

4. She _________last month. Her husband is a doctor. 

5. The girl _________on the stage was a famous pop star. 

6. China _________the world. 

7. I heard her _________in the next room. 

8. Good friends _________each other's happiness and sadness. 

9. He _________his speech _________“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen”. 

10. I noticed a man _________the office whom I had never seen before. 

Ⅴ. Multiple Choice

1. -What about a drink?

-I _________something to eat.

A. would rather to have B. would rather having

C. would rather have D. should rather have 

2. -May I wash the dishes?

-I'd _________them.

A. prefer you to dry B. preferred you to dry

C. prefer you drying D. preferred you drying 

3. He _________rather than _________idle.

A. prefers working, sitting B. prefers to work, to sit

C. prefering to work, sit D. prefers to work , sit

4. Everyone is _________that song.

A. familiar with B. familiar for

C. familiar to D. familiar of 

5. Rock'n Roll is _________us.

A. Familiar with B. familiar for

C. familiar to D. familiar of 

6. Please _________the message _________me as soon as you get it.

A. give, to B. call, on

C. send, off D. pass, on 

7. The man _________by the window is our maths teacher.

A. sits B. sitting

C. who sit D. that sitting 

8. _________is _________.

A. To see, believing B. To seeing, to believing

C. Seeing, to believe D. Seeing, believing 

9. Do you mind _________here?

A. my smoke B. my smoking

C. to smoke D. to smoking 

10. My son learns to play _________piano for four every day.

A. a, an B. a, the C. /, an D. the, an 

Ⅵ. Error Correction

People come from different countries 1. _________

enjoy different kinds of music. Africa people 2. _________

like folk music, so it plays a important part in 3. _________

their lives. There is a basic pattern of notes

in Indian music. The musician follow it and 4. _________

write modern music for their films. West

Indians in Caribbean use large oil cans as 5. _________

musical instruments. They can produced 6. _________

different notes by hitting different parts of 7. _________

the drum with hammers. It is very good

music to dance with. Jazz was invented in the 8. _________

USA by black people and started develop in 9. _________

the 1920s in the southern states. Now it has 10. _________

become famous all over the USA.

Ⅶ. Spelling

1. The people performing at play different I_________. 

2. You often see m_________performing in the streets. 

3. He is the s_________son of his mother. He has no brother or sister. 

4. Zhang Hua is a r_________of my father. He is my father's cousin. 

5. I am f_________with the American country music. You can ask any question about it. 

Ⅷ. Cloze

 Mr and Mrs long live in a house  1  Laurel Lane.They live  2  627 Laurel Lane. This is just off Benning Road. In fact, their house is  3 the corner of Laurel Lane and Benning Road. Mr.Long goes to his office by bus, and leaves the car for his  4 . She goes to the grocery with her car.Mr. and Mrs. Long are usually at home in the evening. Just now they are in the living room Mrs.Long is sitting  5  the sofa and Mr.Long is sitting  6  a chair. Mr.Long has just dropped the newspaper on the floor. Mrs.Long, who is a very neat person,  7  a little upset. She can't decide  8  she should say to Mr.Long.“George, please pick the newspaper up off the floor.” or whether she should pick it up herself. In a few minutes, she says, “Is there anything interesting  9  the newspaper, dear?” “Not very much,” answers Mr.Long, but he  10  his wife's hint, picks up the newspaper and puts it on the table.

1. A. at B. in C. on D. of 

2. A. on B. in C. at D. over 

3. A. at B. to C. on D. for 

4. A. daughter B. son C. aunt D. wife 

5. A. on B. in C. over D. at 

6. A. at B. over C. for D.on 

7. A. looks B. looking C. looked D.and look 

8. A. weather B. if C. until D. whether 

9. A. of B. on C. in D. at 

10. A. takes B. has C. gets D. receives

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