Module 4 课下能力提升(十四)
Ⅰ.根据提示写出单词的正确形式
1．The firefighters have been ________ (受到尊重) for their courage.
2．Perhaps the most important ________ (特征，特性) of rap music is the way that the artists sing.
3．She began to ________ (作曲) songs at an early age, which showed her gift.
4．________(关于)the punishment, what would you advise?
5．Charles Chaplin has his own way of________ (诠释)life of little people in cities.
6．Jim took it into his head to give up his good job and go off for a holiday with a ________ (relate)．
7．Such poets as Keats and Shelly wrote romantic ________ (poetic)．
8．He felt greatly ________ (depress)at the news that he had been turned down by the company.
9．There are three basic ways of committing language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a ________ (combine) of these.
10．Old Tom's son was ________ (ambition) to be a soldier though he was young.
Ⅱ.选词填空
give concerts, give life to, the same with, share feelings and ideas with, be true of, combine ...with ..., be relative to, make contact with1.She is always
________________ her friends.
2．The three heroes____________ others and risked death themselves.
3．One should speak clearly and the same ____________ writing.
4．By ____________ with other famous pianists, he collected enough money for saving the dying boy.
5．I've tried to ____________ them, but they've brushed me off.
6．The man is considered to ____________ the murder.
7．What they all have in common is that they ________ fun ________ learning.
8．My cousin likes playing computer games but works hard.It's ____________ my brother.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．她不喜欢古典音乐，她姐姐也是如此。
She doesn't like classical music.So ________________．
2．把你的知识和技术结合起来，你就能把它做得很完美。
____________________ your skills and you'll do it perfectly.
3．专家认为这个地区大量的癌症病例与这家化工厂有关。
Experts believe that a huge number of cancer cases in this area
________________ the chemical factory.
4．我写了一封关于我女儿学校考试的信。
I wrote a letter ________________________．
5．阴雨天总让我感觉抑郁。
Wet weather always____________．
Ⅳ.阅读理解
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Marc Yu, a nineyearold boy from California, has achieved more than most musicians do in their whole life.He has learned two musical instruments, played the piano at the most famous US concerts and won a couple of musical scholarship.
Marc was an unusual child even as a baby.At just six months of age, he would sit through a twohour classical music concert.By the time he was two he started to read and sing Beethoven symphonies (交响曲)．While his mother thought this was unusual, she did not realize his musical gifts until he was at a friend's party and started to play a nursery rhyme on the piano.
With lessons from his mom and then a professional teacher, Marc's skills improved a lot.By the time he was five, he had learned another musical instrument — the cello (大提琴)．When he was just six and a half, he picked up a famous prize —the Davidson Fellowship in Music, which is usually given to musicians 18 or older.
After making his orchestra debut (初次演出) at the age of six, there has been no looking back for this musical genius.He is always traveling, either to perform at concerts or for piano lessons.
On August 31st, Marc will perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, one of the world's most famous concert halls.He will be playing the piano alongside Lang Lang, a classical pianist, who has performed at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.。