Unit 5 Music
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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[2020·高考桂林市、崇左市联合模拟]Jamey Turner often performs to large crowds in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. You can find him playing an unusual musical instrument, the glass harp(竖琴), near Alexandria's historic waterfront.
A glass harp is made up of different－sized drinking glass, each containing water. Turner makes music by running his fingers over the tops of the glass. By doing so, each glass makes a different musical sound.
Turner is 78 years old now. He became interested in playing the glass harp at the age of six, when he heard his father playing with a glass of water at the dinner table. He has been playing it for 50 years.
Today Turner puts together his instrument by placing 60 different glass on a wooden soundboard. He holds the glass in place with rubber bands, which keeps them from breaking. He then adds different amounts of water to each one to create different musical notes. Adding or taking away just a little water will change the sound. Adding water to a glass will make a lower sound. The smaller bowls of water produce a higher sound, while the larger ones produce a lower, deeper sound.
Turner always us low－priced glass becau it sounds better than costly crystal (水晶) and he has more control over the sound. Before buying new glass，he will test them in stores.
The glass harp was popular 300 years ago when compors like Wolfgang Mozart wrote music for the instrument. There have been about 400 pieces of music written just for the glass harp. But Turner plays all kinds of music, even popular music from China. Few people play the glass harp the days, but Turner says he es videos of people experimenting with the instrument on the Internet. He hopes the next generation will continue making their music.
1．What do we know about Turner?
A．He began playing the glass harp at six.
B．He often teaches glass harp lessons online.
C．He is a great master of the Chine language.
D．He was inspired by his father to learn the glass harp.
2．What does the author say about the glass harp?
A．Its inventor is Wolfgang Mozart.
B．It is made up of glass of the same size.
C．It appears to be gaining in popularity today.
D．Its sounds are affected by the amount of water in the glass.
3．Why does Turner prefer to u cheap glass?
A．To save money.
B．To produce better sounds.
C．To help recycle drinking glass.
D．To increa difficulty in performing.
4．What would be the best title for the text?
A．A Musician Pleas Crowds by Playing Glass
B．Playing the Glass Harp：a New Trend
C．Jamey Turner's Dream Coming True
D．Wonderful Music Has No Borders
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[2020·昆明质量检测]March 3 marks World Hearing Day. This year's theme is “Check your hearing！\” Many experts and health organizations, including tho who pay attention to the hearing－impaired(听力受损的), are working to help people realize the importance of protecting their hearing and avoid hearing loss.
When we talk about music, what kind of feelings does it bring? and relaxation. But what if the music lasts for hours?
We interviewed a group of musicians bad in Beijing during the weekend. They all said that hours of exposure to loud music can cau discomfort. One added that band members like to play at maximum volume and forget the harm that loud music can cau. The same thing not only occurs to musicians. It's also not rare for daily urs since listening to loud music on loud sound equipment has become a part of modern life. According to the WHO, the practice has put more than a billion people around the world, aged 12－35, at risk of losing their hearing.
We also interviewed some headphone urs in the street, and most of them said that the
y are not heavy urs but admitted that they u headphones for hours on the subway and in the office or home. It's easy for the people to gradually increa the volume without awareness, especially in a noisy environment. Often, headphone urs fail to realize they're listening to audio at unsafe levels until rious hearing problems suddenly occur.
There are many reasons for hearing loss, including loud acoustic(听觉的) sources, drug abu, and dias. Experts suggest frequent medical checks and prevention measures.
Whether congenital(先天的) or acquired, loss of hearing is usually irreversible.“Once the hearing loss occurs, it's already too late to be changed back to what it was before，\” said Yang Shiming, an expert of the Chine PLA General Hospital.“Early prevention, early identification and early treatment. If everyone could do the things, hearing loss and its harm could be kept to a minimum，\” Yang said. Of cour, this applies to every one of us.
5．What might be a reason for hearing loss?
A．Listening to music.
B．Taking medicines.
C．Ignoring sound pollution.
D．Using headphones.
6．What does Yang Shiming advi people to do about hearing loss?
