1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Although Emily’s singing was very pleasant to hear, lacking of courage, she never dared to sing in front of strangers.

One summer, the neighborhood where she lived would hold a singing competition. Her best friend, Lucy, came to invite her to participate in the competition, but Emily said. “I’m afraid to take part in it.” Her mother said, “It’s okay, just do it bravely.” Emily followed her mama’s advice and decided to give herself a try. The day came. Emily and Lucy went to the competition site. But she was too frightened to walk onto the stage. She had been waiting until others finished singing. She shakily forced herself to stand on the stage. She started to sing, but her voice was so low. What’s worse, she was so nervous that she forgot the lyrics after singing a few words. Being laughed at by others, embarrassed and shy, she ran away from the stage.

Some naughty boys ran after her and said, “Emily, coward (胆小鬼)! Emily, coward!” Emily didn’t argue with them. What she wanted was to go back home as quickly as she could. Finally, she rushed into the house, hugged her mom and cried sadly.

“Well, my poor girl. Don’t cry. Tell me what happened to you,” asked her mom. Emily looked up at her mother and told her what she had experienced.

Listening to her, her mom cupped her face and said, “It doesn’t matter, girl. As long as you practice singing more in front of strangers, you will become braver little by little. So, my girl, don’t be beaten by a failure. You can go out to practice singing every day. No matter who is listening to you, go on singing and never stop. I believe there will be a harvest for you.”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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Emily followed her mom’s advice and walked into the park where many people were singing and dancing.

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The second year, the neighborhood held the singing competition again.

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3 . The First Try

Every girl dreams and Mary is no ________. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballet dancer and Swan Lake is her favorite. She   ________ one day her dream will come true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers ________ she is a good student.

One day she saw an advertisement that a famous ballet troupe will be ________ in her hometown. Her thoughts ran wild, “I must meet the leader of the troupe and show him my ________.”

She dressed herself in her ballet costume and ________ to hide in the dressing room. To her luck, the leader entered and she ________ approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her ________ the thorns pricked her hand but she did not ________ the pain. Mary told him her dream. “Alright, you dance and I will give you my verdict (意见).”________, half way through the dance he stopped her, “I’m sorry you’re not good enough!” On hearing this Mary was ________ and gave up her dream.

Years later, the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter ________ of the leader’s harsh words came back to her. This time she was determined to find out why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought ________. This was his reply, “I tell this to every student.” She angrily shot back, “You’ve ________ my life!” Then she got a further shock. “I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on bravely. If you only had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easily; therefore, you still ________ my verdict!”

1.

A．expectation

B．exception

C．explanation

D．preparation

2.

A．requests

B．predicts

C．tries

D．hopes

3.

A．confirm

B．admit

C．clarify

D．promise

4.

A．attending

B．performing

C．passing

D．forming

5.

A．skills

B．ideas

C．dreams

D．decisions

6.

A．happened

B．managed

C．meant

D．urged

7.

A．casually

B．cautiously

C．bravely

D．gratefully

8.

A．opinion

B．anxiety

C．effort

D．excitement

9.

A．care about

B．care for

C．look into

D．look down

10.

A．Instead

B．Lastly

C．However

D．Thus

11.

A．ashamed

B．amazed

C．amused

D．awakened

12.

A．thoughts

B．memories

C．experiences

D．attitudes

13.

A．so

B．yet

C．otherwise

D．indeed

14.

A．ended

B．ignored

C．changed

D．ruined

15.

A．require

B．remember

C．deserve

D．held

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last week, there was a "Celebrate Vietnam (越南)” show. What     1     (surprise) me was the performance of Chinese Society Orchestra in the National University of Singapore (NUS) during the show.

To be honest, I did not expect the organizers who are almost all Vietnamese to invite arts groups from other cultures,     2     it was really great to enjoy the performances from different cultures at once. Living more than 3,000 kilometers away from home, it was really rare to have the opportunity     3     (listen) to traditional Chinese performances.

Luckily, NUS Chinese Society organizes some events with Chinese elements (元素) from time to time. I've noticed that there are some people from non-Chinese background     4     (attend) the events. I feel proud that our Chinese culture attracts many people from different cultures.The performance was very     5     (impress). The audience gave     6     big round of applause (掌声) at the end, and I could tell that they really enjoyed it.

After their performance, I spoke with some of the     7     (music). I asked them     8     they decided to do so, and they told me it was     9     (main) because of their personal interest. If I have free time next term, I     10     (consider) joining them as well.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In 1991, Beijing musician Wang Wei went on a tour, when he became fascinated by the shakuhachi, a kind of Japanese bamboo flute(笛子). Later, he found out that the shakuhachi,     1     was called chi ba in Chinese, was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty (618—907).

Astonished and ashamed of how he was     2     (ignore) of the country’s rich musical tradition as a     3     (profession) musician, Wang started learning and researching on Chinese musical instruments made of bamboo. He has found that among the 90 wind instruments     4     (identify) by the Chinese Music Dictionary, 47 are made of bamboo.

During the past three       5     (decade), the talented musician traveled around the country     6     (find) the finest materials for making bamboo instruments. The small balcony at his home in Beijing has become his studio     7     instrument making.

He also gathered a group of musicians to form the country’s first bamboo orchestra. While     8     (realize) his expectation, Wang is also proud that the orchestra’s birth and development are also an effort of protecting the environment. Bamboo is among     9     fastest growing plants on earth, gaining 1.2 meters every day under appropriate conditions. Since 2002, the State Forestry Administration     10     (try)to replace the use of wood with bamboo to protect the environment.

7 . Michael Jackson was on the road of performing when he was five years old. As is known to all, the road to fame and fortune is a long, hard one.

Michael remembers those early years when lie was young. “My father was a machine operator,” he explained, “and he worked at a steel plant. My mother worked at Sears, a big department store. But they were both musicians.”

Michael’s father Joe Jackson realized his sons had a lot of talent, and he knew he could train them to become fine musicians. In those days there were plenty of music groups and some of them were very good. He knew if his sons were to stand out, they would have to be the best.

Practice makes perfect. And the Jackson boys practiced! Gradually the group took shape. Then word of this group began to get around. Thus Michael got a chance to do some solo songs. In the following years, Michael was always on the top. One million records of his were sold in New Zealand, which had only a total population of three million!

When Michael was eighteen, he entered another field of his career—acting. “I plan to star in movies,” he told his friends, “but of course, my first love is music.”

Michael wrote a lot of his own songs. “Songs came about in the strangest ways,” he said “I’ll just wake up from sleeping and there is a whole song coming into my head. And then F put it down on the paper.”

Still, with all his success, Michael managed to keep his head calm. “I just do a different job from other people,” he said, “but it doesn’t make me think I’m better than other people.”

To be quite honest, his fans just love to hear and watch him!

1. What can we know from the text?

A．Michael Jackson’s parents enjoyed music a lot.

B．Michael’s mother worked in a factory when he was young.

C．Michael’s father spent a lot of time in drinking.

D．Michael began to earn money when he was only four years old.

2. Before the Jacksons became well known ________.

A．no one would like to hear their songs	B．they only played music in the streets
C．they could not make money	D．they had a lot of practice in music

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．All of Michael’s songs were written by other people.

B．Michael thinks that he is much more clever than others.

C．Michael began to act in films when he was five years old.

D．A great number of New Zealanders bought a record of Michael’s.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．How Mr. Jackson trained his children.

B．How the Jacksons became successful.

C．Why Michael is so popular all over the world.

D．How Michael becomes so popular all over the world.

8 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Music is everywhere nowadays. Music plays     1     important part in daily life and there are different types of music in the world, such as Blues, Black music, Rock & Roll, Dance music of Punks, Disco, Jazz, Classical music, Rap, Pop-music and so on.

Music is     2     great use in many fields. It     3     (use) in advertising, radios, TV, films and the supermarkets in     4     people are always attracted by the sweet-sounding music. So, you can see that the companies need music     5     (make) more money.

Why do so many people enjoy music? In my opinion,    6     (usual) we prefer expressing through music, so we can share many feelings with other people. Music is one of the most     7     (wonder) things in our life. When we are tired after work or when we are nervous, listening to music makes us feel more     8     (relax) and better. Listening to music     9     (help) us face the difficulties we meet in     10     (we) life and makes us forget some problems. Besides, we can learn more about the cultures of different countries and then learn about the world better.

9 . There is no age limit to learn new things and be creative. That's what 102-year-old Alan R. Tripp and 88-year-old Marvin Weisbord _________ us after they released (发布) their first-ever music _________ called Senior Song Book. It just goes to show that anything is _________ even when you are very _________. You just need some willpower, a friend by your side, and a burning passion (热情) to keep on improving forever.

"_________ is that you would have loved it if you were alive back in 1940 and you can still love it today," Marvin says. The friends live in the same Pennsylvania _________ community after they didn't work any more and have been writing songs, together for the past 2 years. Their album _________ 8 songs and 2 pieces of pure music.

They are true music lovers at heart. Marvin _________ that he feels "so young" whenever he's together with Alan. After all, there's a 14-year _________ between being 88 and 102, even if it doesn't __________ it. Alan states that he "__________ getting old 10 years ago" with a naughty __________ on his face, which makes it even more funny.

"So we're writing songs that are recognizable, in all kinds that are recognizable, with lyrics telling stories about how we __________ our lives now," Marvin told Hannah Batanson of the Washington Post.

"Now we're giving people who are 64 years old a chance to be 14 again and get new songs in their heads,"__________ Alan, according to whom it was never the pair's __________ to turn a profit.

1.

A．taught

B．learned

C．abandoned

D．experienced

2.

A．film

B．album

C．concert

D．lesson

3.

A．easy

B．fashionable

C．possible

D．horrible

4.

A．rich

B．sick

C．weak

D．old

5.

A．Music

B．Performance

C．Dance

D．Song

6.

A．volunteer

B．school

C．retirement

D．youth

7.

A．makes

B．contains

C．takes

D．leaves

8.

A．wonders

B．believes

C．jokes

D．hopes

9.

A．difference

B．distance

C．shortage

D．practice

10.

A．look like

B．take over

C．set up

D．get on

11.

A．finished

B．stopped

C．enjoyed

D．refused

12.

A．nose

B．tear

C．look

D．wrinkles

13.

A．waste

B．face

C．support

D．spend

14.

A．apologized

B．guessed

C．imagined

D．explained

15.

A．result

B．invention

C．intention

D．knowledge

10 . Top Music Festivals in 2021

Coachella

Selling out fast every year, the Indio desert becomes a fashionable place where the coolest bands are watched by trendy people and celebrities. Near the top of everyone's bucket list of festivals, Coachella is a constant source of annual expectation and a hotbed for musical discussion.

When &. where: April 9-11 &. 16-18, 2021; Indio

Ultra Music Festival

Seen as the ultimate gathering for electronic music fans across the nation and globe, the streets of Miami turn into a bold and bumping party with popular DJs playing what will be the sounds of summer.

When & where: March 26-28, 2021; Miami

South By South West

Regarded as the ultimate trend-setter and launcher of careers, SXSW is an annual showcase of music, films and interactive highlights enjoyed through performances, showcases, talks, screenings and more. Virtually taking over the city of Austin, everyone in the world of music from fans to media flock here to discover the next big thing.

When &, where: March 16-20, 2021; Austin

The Governors Ball Music Festival

Another event which proves the music loving potential of Randall's Island Park is Governors Ball, an exciting and infectious mix of rock, hip-hop, electronic, pop and folk.   Providing a variety of music and food tastes, whether you look to kick back and relax or dance to the beats, Governors Ball has what you want.

When & where: June 11-14, 2021; New York

1. Which music festival lasts the most days?

A．Coachella	B．Ultra Music Festival.
C．South By South West	D．The Governors Ball Music Festival.

2. What is special about Ultra Music Festival?

A．It's held in a park.

B．It features electronic music

C．It's a gathering of popular DJs.

D．It's the most popular in the country.

3. Which city could you go if you love both music and movies?

A．Indio.

B．Miami.

C．Austin

D．New York.