Unit4 Starting out and Understanding ideas提升测评
Ⅰ.阅读理解
Kyle started playing the trumpet（小号）in third grade. At first, he was worried about how he sounded To help him improve, his mother signed up for private lessons for him at the music school in town.
Kyle’s music teacher was different from his other teachers. He didn’t make Kyle call him “mister” or anything. He just said, “Call me A.J.” Soon, Kyle got more comfortable with the trumpet. A.J. would play the notes on his trumpet, and Kyle would try to copy him. Sometimes, Kyle did not sound at all like A. J., and they would both laugh. Whenever Kyle got the notes right, A.J. would smile. “That’s it!” A.J. would say.
Kyle’s friend John took lessons from A.J.，too.
They wanted to know about A.J.’s name, but when they asked, A. J. would smile and said they had to guess. They got one guess every lesson if they could get through an entire song without stopping.
At the concert, Kyle and John sat next to each other. Kyle was nervous, but he got through the show without making any big mistakes. When it was over, all the parents clapped.
Kyle went to stand next to his parents. Soon A. J. came by. “Hi. Kyle was great, wasn’t he ” A.J. said.
“Yes! We are so proud of him,” Kyle’s dad said. Kyle let out a deep breath and relaxed his shoulders.
“Arthur Jerome,” a woman called from across the room. A.J. turned around. “That must be my mom,” he said. “She’s the only person that calls me that.”
1. How did Kyle feel about his music teacher A.J.
A. He was afraid of A.J.
B. He thought A.J. was strange.
C. He felt uncomfortable with A.J.
D. He liked A.J. and enjoyed his music lessons.
2. Why did A J. ask the boys to guess his name
A. He was bored and found a way to kill time.
B. He wondered who could guess his name first.
C. He knew that it got the boys to practice harder.
D. He made the boy who got his name right attend the concert.
3. According to the passage, we know ________.
A. A.J. was stricter than other music teachers.
B. Kyle felt nervous with A.J. and disliked learning from him.
C. A.J. had a good relationship with boys while working.
D. Kyle felt quite confident about playing the trumpet all the time.
Ⅱ.七选五
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
1 We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to South and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays，office parties and just to fill the time.
“I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing Edges runs for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful. 2 It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life.”
3 “I can tell you about one young couple says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. 4 ”
So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier Andrea Hillier says, “Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. 5 I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive.”
A. So why do we dance
B. Dance in the U.S. is everywhere.
C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.
D. My older students say it makes them feel young.
E. I keep practicing even when I’m extremely tired.
F. Dancing seems to change their feelings completely.
G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.
答案：
I.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了Kyle跟A.J.老师学习小号，很轻松，进步很快，并在音乐会上获得了成功。
1.D 推理判断题。根据第二段可推断，Kyle喜欢A.J.和他的音乐课。故选D。
2.C 推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句 They got one guess every lesson if they could get through an entire song without stopping.可推断，A.J让孩子们猜他的名字，因为他知道这可以让他们更努力地练习。故选C。
3.C 推理判断题。根据第二段第六句 Sometimes，Kyle did not sound at all like A.J.，and they would both laugh.可知，在上课时，A.J.跟孩子们有很好的关系。故选C。
II.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了跳舞的好处。
1.B 根据后面两句 We dance from Florida to Alaska，from north to south and sea to sea，We dance at weddings birthdays，office parties and just to fill the time.可知，此处指在美国到处有人跳舞，从佛罗里达州到阿拉斯加州，从北到南等。故选B。
2.D 根据前文可知，Bridges为各个年龄段的人开设了舞蹈课，教跳舞是非常好的。根据本段最后一句 For many of them，it's a way of meeting people and having a social life.可知，此段主要介绍了跳舞对他们的好处。故选D。
3.A 第四段通过举例介绍人们跳舞的原因。故选A。
4.F 根据前面一句 They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile.可推断，他们的态度彻底改变了。故选F。
5.E 根据空格前后句可知，Andrea hillier结合自己的跳舞经历介绍了跳舞对自己的影响。故选E。
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