Unit 5 Art world（人与社会：文学与艺术）【同步拓展阅读】九年级上册英语

（译林版）Unit5Art work人与社会文学与艺术单元引言解读“To be an artistis to believe inlifb.-Henry Moore释义成为一名艺术家就是要相信生活一亨利•摩尔启示艺术来源于生活，艺术可以点亮人生，艺术是无国界的通用语言，艺术可以启发思考和共鸣名言名句积累人与社会

1.To me,art isthe most important wayof life.-Wassily Kandinsky对我来说，艺术是生活中最重要的方式-瓦西里・康定斯基

2.Art isthe onlyway toput onessoul intoanother personshead.-Van Gogh艺术是将一个人的灵魂植入另一个人的头部的唯一方式-梵高

3.The truevalue of a workof artis notwhat itcosts,but whatit cando foryou.-Picasso一件艺术作品的真正价值不是它的成本，而是它能为你做什么-毕加索

4.Art is not amirror heldup toreality,but ahammer withwhich toshape it.-Bertolt Brecht“艺术不是一面用来反映现实的镜子，而是一个用来塑造它的锤子”-贝托尔特・布莱希特艺术唤起了神秘感，没有这种神秘感世界就不存

5.Art evokesthe mysterywithout whichthe worldwould notexist.在艺术从灵魂中洗去了日常生活的尘埃

6.Art washesaway from the soulthe dustof everydaylife.时文拓展阅读（《黑神话悟空》）The Chinesevideo gameBlack Myth:Wukong hasbecome a big hit.It soldmore than10million（百万）（基于）copies injust threedays afterit cameout onAug

20.The gameis basedon the Chinese storyJourney（《西游记》）to the West.In thegame,you playas theDestined One,a monkeyfollowing in the footstepsof the Monkey Kingon ajourney tobringhim back.Many players,especially thosefrom Westerncountries,find thegames storyand charactershard to understandbecause itsso muchabout Chineseculture.To help,some Westernfans haveput in a lot of work.One faneven wrotea（章）long summaryof Sun Wukongs abilitiesin all100chapters of Journey to the West.（背景），By lookinginto thegame and its backgroundWestern playersnot onlyimproved theirgaming skillsbut

2.What arethe maintopics ofcountry musicA.Love,crops anddeath.B.Sad lovestories ofsome musicians.C.Only the life of farmers in the countryside

3.Why didthe words in country music alwayssound a little sadA.The writerof musicalways lived a hardlife.B.The lifeof thecountryside couldbe difficultC.It alwaysmade peoplefall inlove withcountry music.

4.Why doesthe writerrefer toJohn Denverin thelast paragraphA.To givean exampleabout thepopularity ofcountry music.B.To explainwhy John Denver is still populartoday.C.To encouragepeople tobe country music singers.

（九）Chinese New Year Painting,or nianhuain Chinese,is akind of traditional paintingstobeput uponwalls andwindowsduring theSpring Festival.Its bright colors and different subjectsshow theChinese greatexpectation forhappiness andwealth.（最初的）Chinese New Year Paintingis anold handicraft.Its originalform was a picture of adoor godduring the TangDynasty.Later,more subjectssuch as the Kitchen God,women andbabies wereincluded.As theChinese New Yeararrives,every familyputs upits New Year paintings in orderto saygoodbye to the pastand welcomethe future.One of the（木亥版）most famouswoodblock Uiffll New Year paintingscomes fromYangjiabu ofShandong Province.It coversallkinds of themes andforms.They reflectpeoples everydaylife.As timewent by,people found New Year paintings old-fashioned.Besides,they consideredthe door god tooscary tohangin theirhomes.They wanted something more artistic.So in the middleof the1980s,the salesof New Year paintingsdroppedgreatly.（素Usually,colorful woodblockNewYear paintings areproduced infour steps.Firstly,artists drawa simplesketch描）（样品）.on thepaper.Secondly,they makethe simplesketch on the woodboard andprint afew samplesThirdly,they addcolor to the sample.Lastly,when thepreparation isfinished,the printerspaint color onthecolor board,and thenputpaper onthe woodboard andbrush thepaper.Then thecolorful woodblockNewYearpaintings areready.There arefour main themes in theChinese NewYearpaintings...

1.Which isthe firstform of Chinese NewYear PaintingA.A pictureof babies.B.A pictureof adoor god.C.A pictureof women.D.A pictureof theKitchenGod.

2.Why didfewer andfewer peoplebuy ChineseNewYearpaintingsin the middleof the1980sA.Because theywantedsomethingthat wasmoreartistic.B.Because theyfoundNewYearpaintingsunimportant.C.Because theythought thedoorgodcouldnt bringgood luck.D.Because theyfound it hard toproduce NewYearpaintings.

3.What willthe writerprobably writenextA.The history of ChineseNewYear Painting.B.The development ofChineseNewYearPainting.C.The processof creatingChine NewYear PaintingD.The introductionto main themes ofChineseNewYearPainting.（）10A teachersays music education in schools haskind ofturned intoamusement,Classroom lessonsfocus heavilyon（古典的）pop whileunderstanding theclassical artform and its historyshould bepaid attentionto.A professorin music and music education atthe Universityof NSW,Robert Walker,argues that all students shouldstudy theworks ofWestern classicalcomposers such as Haydnand Tchaikovsky.（遗产）Professor Walker says studentsare missingout on an importantpart of the culture heritage because they fail（缺乏）to study classical music,as thelittle musicthat childrenlearn atschool is mainly pop.The lackof musicteaching（专业的）is serious,especially ingovernment schoolswhere there are notenough specialist music teachers.A nationalreview in2005made15suggestions,but Professor Walker saidit stillfailed todeal withthe lackofclassical musictaught inschools.Im notagainst pop music,but itsvery simple,and notdifficult eitherto playor tosing,n Professor Walkersays.nBut classical music ischallenging and although it is part of Australiasculture heritage,most childrenlearn itonly throughHollywoodfilms.nnAt leastchildren oughtto knowwhat*s happeningin Westernculture.Its part of cultureheritage/he says.n Asianstudentsknow moreabout Westernclassical musicthan most children in the West.n（首席ProfessorWalkerhas taughtmusic andmusic teachers in Britain,Canada andAustralia andis a former chief的）examiner for the InternationalBaccalaureate andaformerchairman of the researchcommittee of the International（课程）Society forMusic Education.ProfessorWalkersays noschool curriculumin Australialists apiece ofmusic thatchildrenshould study,such asthe Mendelssohns.This lackof standardtexts meansthat somechildren can be brought up totallyon Westernclassical music,others onElvis Presley,oronany musicthe teacherwants toteach.The situationshould bechanged assoon aspossible,n hesays.

36.Whafs theproblem inmusiceducationin ProfessorWalkers opinionA.Children knownothing about their cultureheritage.B.Classical musiceducation isntvalued inschools.C.Pop musicis simple and notdifficult toplay andsing.D.Australian schoolsneed morespecialistmusic teachers.

37.According to the passage,studentsshouldstudyclassicalmusic becauseit is.A.partofcultureheritageB.good fortheir growingupC.difficult toplay andsing D.popular onlyin Asia

38.According tothe passage,which oneis different from theother threeA.Haydn.B.Tchaikovsky.C.Mendelssohn.D.ElvisPresley.

39.Which of the followingstatements is NOT trueabout ProfessorWalkerA.He worriesabout the musiceducationinschools.B.He thinkspopmusicteaching shouldntbe allowed.C.He iswell knownin Westernclassicalmusicteaching.D.He hasworked inBritain,Canada andAustralia.

40.From thelast paragraph,we canlearn that.A.music teachersshould teachanything that they likeB.mostchildrentoday arebroughtupby their music teachersC.musicteachersshouldn*t teachthemusicof ElvisPresley atallD.childrens musiceducation todaydepends ontheir teacher*s taste思维素养提升ftTaskl本单元的话题艺术作品开始介绍谭盾的音乐及音乐对我们的影响，掌握阅读传记体文章的阅读技巧，接着介绍各种艺术形式，要求我们懂得欣赏，学会保护我们的传统艺术V\Task2以“为题写一篇关于你最喜欢的艺术形式的文章，艺术形式不限，如画画，剪纸，The artform Ilike best”乐器等，字数不少于词.可用下列表达90；；；I havea realgift forI becameinterested in...when Iwas Ionce didnot like...because...；I forgot...until..Since then,I havebeen crazyabout...I enjoymyself...every time...also grewto understandSun Wukongand the storyofJourney tothe West.（逍遥的）,（无秩序的）“Sun Wukonggives offa carefreeindependent andchaotic nature.He isnot controlledby（能the needto seta goodexample forothers likeSpider-Man orSuperman,who followstrict ruleslike with great power力）（责任）comes greatresponsibility Jsaid Patrick McCarthy from the US.Journey tothe Westtells anexciting storyof adangerous journeyand looksat differentideas.It hasinspired alot ofstoriesacross cultures.The bookhas beentranslated intomany languages,showing itslasting popularity.

1.What dowe knowabout the gameA.Its playersare mainlyWesterners.B.Players playastheMonkey King.C.Players needto bringtheMonkeyKing back.D.It tellsthestoryofJourney totheWest.

2.What problemdo Westernplayers facewhen playing thegameA.The gameis toolong tofinish.B.It ishard to usethecharacters9abilities.C.They findithardtounderstand the culturalmeaning.D.They cantunderstand theChinese languagein thegame.

3.According toPatrick,what makesSunWukonga differentkind ofheroA.He strictlyfollows rules.B.He hasgreat power and abilities.C.He setsa goodexample forothers.D.He followshis ownrules andwishes.

4.What isthe textmainly aboutA.Culture inJourneytotheWest.B.Peoples lovefbr videogames.C.Famous booksabout Chineseculture.D.Worldwide interestin aChinese game.【文章解读】文章介绍了中国视频游戏《黑神话悟空》在全球范围内取得的巨大成功，该游戏基于中国古典名著《西游记》游戏于月日发布，仅三天就卖出了超过万份玩家在游戏中扮演的是“天选之子”，一只猴8201000子，它追随猴王的脚步，踏上了寻回猴王的旅程许多玩家，尤其是来自西方国家的玩家，发现游戏的故事和角色难以理解，因为它们与中国的文化密切相关为了帮助这些玩家，一些西方粉丝付出了很多努力，甚至有粉丝为《西游记》中孙悟空的能力写了一篇长总结通过研究游戏及其背景，西方玩家不仅提高了他们的游戏技能，而且对孙悟空和《西游记》的故事有了更深的理解文章中提到了一位来自美国的的观点，他认为孙悟空与蜘蛛侠或超人等英雄不同，PatrickMcCarthy他不受为他人树立榜样的需要所控制，他遵循自己的规则和愿望《西游记》讲述了一段充满危险的旅程，并探讨了不同的想法，它激发了跨文化的故事创作这本书已被翻译成多种语言，显示了其持久的受欢迎程度【答案】DCDD综合实战演练（）-From Chineseculture enthusiaststo Leagueof Legendsfans,everyone canfind somethingthey,re passionateabout at（）the ZigongLantern Festivalin Zigong,Sichuan province.Dating back totheTang Dynasty618-907,the festivalhas（发展），rapidly evolvedincorporating thefinest elementsfrom othersplendid culturesand usingmodern technologies.In2008,the ZigongLantern Festivalwas listedas anational culturalheritage.“Making agiant lanternsuitable forexhibition typicallyrequires17steps,“said WanSongtao,an inheritor of Zigong（日#）lantern-making.Each stepis accomplishedby a team insteadofasingle maker,“Wan added.A sundialmade by（工匠）Wans team,for example,took about80artisans over50days fromdrafting thedesign tofinal lightadjustments（调整）.Setting themselvesapart fromlanterns in other places,Zigong lanternsuse moderntechnologies such as AI,（全息摄影术）.mechanical engineering,and holographyThey serveas perfectcombinations oflights,sounds andmovements.For example,the sundialemploys mechanicaltransmission topoweranamazing Chinesedragon thatrevolves（旋转）（边缘）.around itsrimMost traditionalcrafts havebeen limited to specific families or groups.However,the inheritanceof Zigonglantern-making isunique as it“is drivenand ledby the government,which encouragesall citizensto learnthe craft”,explained Zhang Fanglai,a leadingresearcher atthe ColorfulLantern Museumof China.Furthennore,thereareno thematiclimits atthe ZigongLantern Festival.Anything that canbeshown ona lanterncanmake awonderful display,and everyoneis encouragedto turntheir ideasinto reality,“Zhang stated.（包容性）The diversethemes of Zigong lanternsmirror theinclusivity thathas beenrooted in the heartsof the localpeople foryears.ZhangFanglaisaid thatZigong is a cityshaped byimmigration.Migrants fromother citiesnot onlyinvestedtheir moneybut alsobrought theirunique cultures/Zhang explained.（合作）“At theheart of the ZigongLantern FestivaPssuccess isthelocaltradition ofcollaboration andembracingcultural diversity,both withinand beyondthe city,“Zhang remarked.Driven by the collectiveefforts ofthe entirecity,it ishardlysurprising thatZigong lanternshave reachedcountries likeFrance,Russia,the United States andLithuania.

1.Which ofthe followingbest describesthe processof makingthe sundiallanternA.Efficient.B.Unpredictable.C.Smooth.D.Demanding.

2.How areZigong lanternsdifferentfromthose madeinotherareasA.They aremade byateamof artisans.B.They makeuse ofadvanced technology.C.They are not limitedby themes.D.They arefinancially supportedby thegovernment.

3.What isunique about the inheritanceofZigonglantern-makingA.It ispromoted bythegovernment.B.It islimitedtospecificfamiliesorgroups.C.It isopen toall netizensin thecountry to learn.D.It isenriched bythe culturalbackgrounds ofimmigrants.

4.What doesthe underlinedword embracing“in thelast paragraphmost probablymeanA.Removing.B.Accepting.C.Challenging.D.Ignoring.

（二）（）Vincent Willemvan Gogh30March,1853-29July,l890is seen as one ofthegreatest artistswithgreatinfluence onthe20th centuryart.（艺术商）Van Goghspent hisearly adultlife workingfor acompany ofart dealers.After ashort periodas a teacher,（传教士）he becamea missionary.He didnot beginhis careeras an artist until

1880.However,during thelast tenyears（素of hislife,he producedmore than2,000pieces,including around900paintings and1,100drawings andsketches描）.（患上）Most of his bestknown workswere producedduring hisfinal two years,when hewas sufferingfrom seriousmentalillness.In1890,Van Goghshot himselfwhen hewas

37.He diedtwo dayslater.Theo,his brotherand hisbest friend,at his（名声）side reportedhis lastwords as“The sadnesswill lastforever.It wouldnot takelong before his famegrew higherandhigher.Van Goghs mother threwaway quitea number ofhis paintings.The onlypainting hesold duringhis lifetime.TheRed Vineyard,was createdin

1888.It isnow onshow in the PushkinMuseum inMoscow,Russia.Several paintingsbyVan Goghis among the mostexpensive paintingsin the world.On March30,1987,Van Gogh*spaintingIrises wassold forarecord of$

53.9million atSothebys,New York.On May151990,his Portraitof DoctorGachet wassold for$

83.5million atChristies,setting anew pricerecord.

1.How oldwas Van Gogh whenhe becamean artistA.

27.B.

31.C.

35.D.

37.

2.Van Goghworked asthe followingEXCEPTA.ateacherB.a missionaryC.anartist D.a manager

3.From the passage wecan inferthat.A.Van Gogh*s mental stress camefrom hisfamilyB.Van Goghsmentalstresswas veryserious beforehis deathC.Van Goghlivedapoor lifebefore hewas anartistD.Van Gogh produced2,000pieces

4.Which statement is TRUE according tothe passageA.Van Gogh*smotherliked hissons paintingvery much.B.The firstpainting Van Goghproducedwas TheRed Vineyard.C.Van Goghwas notvery popularbeforehisdeath.D.VanGoghshot himselfand diedtwo dayslater.

5.What doesthe passagemainly talkaboutA.VanGogh.B.Van Cogh*s works.C.Van Goghsfamily.D.Van Coghsdeath

（三）Yang Hongwei,56,makes kitesat hershop in Weifang,Shandong.Known asthe birthplaceof kites,Weifang inShandong Provincehas a long historyof making kites.According to（军local artisans,Weifang kite-making canbe datedbackto2,000years ago.At first,they wereoften usedbythemilitary事）（）for measuringdistance andcommunication purposes.During the Ming Dynasty1368-1644,kites startedto bepopularamongthepeople asentertainment.Made frombamboo andfeaturing traditional Chinese paintings,Weifang kite-making wasincluded in the National（国家级非物质文化遗产名录）Intangible CulturalHeritage Listin

2006.Started in1984,the InternationalKite Festivalhas been held inWeifang every year.（继承人）Yang Hongweiis aninheritorofthe Weifangkite-making technique.Born intoa kite-making family,Yangoften saw kites with brightcolors anddifferent shapes in her grandfather^workshop.Having a special connection with kites,Yang learnedthe techniquefrom hergrandfather atthe age of

16.Afterpracticing thetechnique for10years,she startedher ownshop in

1992.（花样）On Yangskites,people cansee notonly common patterns likebutterflies andswallows,but someprints（凤凰）telling Chineselegends and history.For example,she evermade akite showinga phoenixhead linedwith portraits（肖像）of50famous womenin Chinesehistory oneach side.Though theidea wascool,the processwas noteasy.Yang saidthat eachwoman hasdifferent characteristicsin look,clothes andmakeup style.To createtheir portraits,she spentmuch effortand timechecking historicalrecords ordiscussing thedetails withprofessionals.In herspare time,she alsotravels todifferent countriesincluding Germany,Australia,the USand NewZealand totellpeople aboutChinese storiesseen onkites and the traditionalways of makingkites.

1.What werekites usedfor atfirstA.For entertainment.B.For measuringdistance andcommunication.C.For education.D.For decoratingthe housesin festivals.

2.The kitesbecame popularduring the.A.Han DynastyB.Qing DynastyC.Ming DynastyD.Yuan Dynasty

3.What arethe featuresof kitesaccording toParagraph3

①②made ofpaper onlymade frombamboo©featuring traditionalChinese paintings©featuring modernChinese paintings

①②②③③④①④A..B..C..D..

4.Which ofthe followingstatementisTRUE according tothetextA.On Yangskites,people canonly seecommonpatterns.B.The InternationalKite Festivalhas beenheldinWeifangeverytwoyears.C.Yang spentmuch timeand effortcreating theportraits of50women onthe kite.D.Yang oftensawkiteswithbrightcolorsanddifferentshapesinheruncles workshop.

5.In whichsection ofthe newspapercan youread thetextA.Sports.B.Health.C.Travel.D.Culture.

（四）Abing,one ofChinese musiciansofthe20th century,was bornonAugust7,893intheeastern Chinesecity ofWuxi.His officialname wasHuaYanjun.Abings fatherwas goodatanumberofmusical

2.He trainedAbingin drumsfromtheage of

10.Abing beganlearning thedizi atage2,then the erhu.When hewas7,Abing first3in religiousceremonies,and wonacclaim forhismusical talentand voice.（庙）After hisfathers4in94,Abing alongwith hiscousin tookcharge ofthe templewhich supportedthe family.（贫穷）.However,Abing didnthave the5to runit well.This droveAbing intopoverty However,badluck nevercame6,At theageof34,he developeda seriousillness andbecame blind.He became7and madea livingas astreet performer.In1939,he married Dong Caidi,a countrywoman inJiangyin.After his8Abing performedevery afternooninapublicsquare inWuxi.He becamefamous foradding newsinto hismusicandsongs,9the warwith Japan.After theperformance,he wouldwalk throughthe citystreets,playing the erhu.This wasa periodof manyworks forAbing,andhismost famouscomposition,Erquan Yingyue,was performed in thisperiod.Till

1.A.important B.more importantC.mostimportantD.the mostimportant

2.A.instruments B.instrument C.tools D.materials

3.A.performance B.perform C.performing D.performed

4.A.died B.dead C.death D.being died

5.A.able B.ability C.smooth D.director

6.A.along B.lonely C.loneliness D.alone

7.A.homeless B.hunger C.electronic D.afraid

8.A.marriage B.marry C.marriedD.getting marry

9.A.specially B.particular C.especially D.pity

10.A.considered B.thought C.is treatD.is regarded

（五）today,it20asaclassic ofChinese erhuand pipamusic.（哲学家）Without music,life wouldbeamistake,“famous Germanphilosopher FriendrichNietzschesaid overa centuryago.Music is abigpartofour lives.But inrecent years,some USschools havecut music classes to（预算）.control budgetsFor example,Chicago publicschools hurtarts educationwhen itfired over1,000teachers.Among them,10percentof theteachers taughtart ormusic,according toThe WashingtonTimes.In fact,this isnot justa probleminthe US.Inother countries,such asChina andthe UK,music classesarenotthought tobe asimportant asones likescience,math andhistory.Thats partlybecause musicisnotseenasa veryimportant lifeskill,anditisnt tested.Many studentsare busywith（关注）schoolwork,so parentsand studentschoose tofocus onsubjects thatare testedmore often.However,learning musicis usefulin manyways.When playing music,you needdifferent abilitiesto worktogether.It isnot as simple asit looks,according toKennethGuilmartin ofMusic Together,an earlychildhood musicdevelopment program.Forexample,when playingthe（解码）piano,people see music notesand decodethem intheir brains.They alsouse theirfingers to make sounds.Youneed todeal with all thesethings atthe sametime.Music hasaspecialconnectionwithscience aswell.You cansee thatmany scientistsare goodat playing music:Einstein playedthe violin,and Germanphysicist MaxPlanck didwell inplayingthepiano.

1.Some schoolsinthe US cutmusicclasses,because.A.they weretoo difficulttolearnB.students intheUSwerent interestedin musicC.the schoolswanted tocontrol budgetsD.there werentenough musicteachersintheUS（指代）

2.In Paragraph2,what doesthe underlinedword“them”refer toA.Fired teachers.B.Public schools.C.Parents inChicago.D.Students inChicago.

3.Whats themain ideaofParagraph4A.Playing thepiano needspeople toseemusicnotes.B.Playing thepiano needspeople touse fingerstomakesounds.C.Decoding musicnotes isneeded whilewe areplayingmusic.D.Different abilitiesare neededto worktogether whilewe areplayingmusic.

4.How manyscientists whoare goodat playingmusic arementioned inthis passageA.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.

5.Whafs thewriters opinionaccordingtothis passageA.Music is assimpleasitlooks.B.Music classesshould becut insome schools.

（六）We allknow thefolk musicianAbing andhis famouserhu pieceErquan Yingyue.But howmuch doyou knowaboutthe erhuErhuisatraditionalChineseinstrument withalonghistory.The modernerhu developedfromthexiqin,which was（少数民族）played bymany ethnicminorities duringtheTang Dynasty.In theSong Dynasty,musicians begantousetheerhu toperform differentkinds ofmusic,anditbecame quitea popularinstrument.With the rise ofsome formsof folkart,（伴奏）the artofthe erhu developedquickly duringthe Mingand QingDynasties.It becamean importantaccompanyinginstrument indifferent folkmusic.At present,itisused inboth traditional and modernmusic,such asin pop,rock andjazz.（独奏）It haseven becomea soloinstrument.（口头地），As the erhu wasmainly played by commonpeople andthe playingskills werepassed downorally therearefew written records about the erhuthatcanbe found.To studythe historyandthe developmentofthe erhu,historiansusually turnto ancientpaintings.The earliestpictures ofthis instrumentwere foundin YulinCaves andEastern Thousand（壁画）.Buddha Cavesin GansuProvince,where fiveerhu pictureswere discoveredon murals

1.Erhu became popular.A.intheTangDynastyB.intheSong DynastyC.intheMing DynastyD.inthe Qing Dynasty

2.Paragraph2mainly talksabout.A.when theerhu becamean importantinstrument B.who playedtheerhufirstC.theriseof differentfolk artsD.thedevelopmentoftheerhu art

3.The underlinedword historian“means A.a personwho studieshistory B.a personwho studiesmusicC.a personwho playstheerhuD.a personwho writestheerhupieces

4.Which isTRUEaccordingtothepassageA.The erhucant beused toplay popmusic.B.People canfind alotofwrittenrecordsabouttheerhu.C.The earliestpictureoftheerhuwas foundin Gansu.D.The erhuhasbeena soloinstrument sincetheQingDynasty.

5.We mayfind thepassage inthe sectionofthenewspaper.A.travel B.health C.nature D.culture

（七）（皮影戏）,Shadow theateroneofthe oldestperforming artsintheworld,appeared in China longbefore theinvention（木偶）（用隹刻）of moviesand televisions.The puppetsfortheshow arecarved fromthe skinsof cows,horses orsheep.Making puppetsincludes severalsteps,suchaschoosing materials,carving,painting,sewing andinking.Performers usethesepuppets totell differentstories.In thepast,the shadow theater wasperformedinthe fields,withallperformers hiddenbehind thescenes.Somecontrolled thepuppets andsang,while othersmanaged themusic.A teamwas madeup ofsix orseven peopleandabox ofpuppets.When puttingonaplay ata marketor square,performers wouldstart theshow afterfixing lightboxes andcurtains（窗帘）.Shadow theaterteams oftenperformed upto30or40times aday,even intothe nightat times,and whenthecurtain fell,the performerspacked upand movedon.Shadow theateris seenthe oldestactive filmart intheworld.Some peoplecall shadowtheater theancestor ofthemodern artofmakingfilms”.And amongall thecountry9s branches（分支）,Beijing shadowtheater standsout forits skills.Beijing shadowtheaterwas dividedinto twoschools:east andwest.The eastern-school disappearedvery early,while thewesternschool appearedduringtheMingDynasty.In1842,Lu Dechengpassed downthis artand setup Beijing Xiangshun ShadowTheater.Sincethen,the artof Beijing western-school shadowtheater hasbeen passeddown generationsoftheLu family.Shadow theaterisapopular formof dramainChina.It hasinterested theChinese forcenturies,bringing joyto themandraising theirhopes.

1.According tothepassage,which ofthe followingisNOTthe stepto createpuppetsA.Heating.B.Painting.C.Inking.D.Sewing.

2.What canbe inferredabouttheperformance of shadowtheaterfrom Paragraph2A.It wenton withoutmusic atfirst.B.It couldbe movedfrom placeto place.C.It neededthe teamworkof30-40people.D.It couldonly beperformed duringthe day.

3.In Paragraph4,the underlinedwords thisart referto.A.Beijing shadowtheater B.BeijingXiangshunShadow TheaterC.Beijingwestern-school shadowtheater D.Beijing eastern-school shadowtheater

4.This passageismainlyabouttheofshadowtheater.A.history B.achievement C.introduction D.popularity（）A（融合）Country musicisablend oftraditionalandpopular musicalforms.There aremany branchesof countrymusic,suchasCowboy,Bluegrass andCountry rock.Country musicusually talksabout everydaylife andfeelings.Itsslow,simpleandeasy tounderstand.Country musicdeveloped inthe southernUnitedStatesinthe1920s.It wasthe folkmusicof Americancountryside atfirst.Many ofthe songstalked aboutthelifeoffarmersthere.The maintopics werelove,（农作物）crops anddeath.It seemedthatthesound ofthe violinandtheguitar tookpeople tomountains andfields whenpeoplelistened tocountry music.The lifeofthecountryside couldbe hard,so thewordsincountry musicalways soundedalittlesad.In thebeginning,people playedcountry musiconly atfamily parties.But itbecame morepopular later.Country musicwas heardon theradioin1925,and laterit wasmade intorecords.When peopleinthecountryside movedto townsand citiesto lookfor jobs,they tooktheirmusicwith them.Then（继续）countrymusiccontinued tochange andbecamepopularacross America.JohnDenverwas oneof Americasmost famouscountry singersinthe1970s.His songTake MeHome.CountryRoads iswell-known andisstillplayedbymany peopletoday.

1.What doescountrymusicusually talkaboutA.Modern livesof people.B.Everyday lifeand feelingsC.Traditional musicalforms.。