人教版（2019）必修第二册Unit5 Music Reading and Thinking课后检测练（有答案）.docVIP

第PAGE8页（共NUMPAGES8页） Unit 5 Music——Reading and Thinking 一、单词拼写 1. I can speak quite fluent English, so I am _____(有能力的) of communicating with others well. 2. Most of us middle school students feel ____(不知怎么地) nervous whenever we ’re taking an important exam. 3. I do like Li Bai, a typical ________(浪漫的) poet from the Tang Dynasty and crowned as Fairy Poet. 4. His whole morning was taken up with the meeting and his head _______(疼痛) when the meeting was finally over. 5. Everyone ought to have a positive attitude to the campaign with the ______________(疾病). 二、阅读理解 Rock music in one form or another is the most popular type of music all over the world. But where did it come from? 　　Rock began in the USA in the early 1950s. At that time, “rhythm and blue” music was very popular with black Americans. “RB” was a mixture of black religious music and jazz. It had strong rhythms that you could dance to and simple, fast words. 　　Noticing the success of RB music, white musicians started to copy the same style. By the mid-1950s, this new white RB music, called rock ‘n’ roll, had become very popular. Singers like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley attracted millions of teenage fans. Their music was fast and loud. Many older people thought that rock ‘n’ roll was very dangerous. 　　By the early 1960s, even rock ‘n’ roll had become old-fashioned. Many of the songs had begun to sound the same. It was at that time that a new group from England became popular — the Beatles. 　　The Beatles first started by singing American style songs, but they soon developed their own style, with more complicated tunes. They also introduced different instruments. Groups like the Beatles had a very important influence on the style of popular music. 　　By the early 1970s, rock ‘n’ roll had developed into a new form of music. Electronics had replaced the amplified guitars and drums of rock ‘n’ roll. “Rock” had arrived. 　　Rock music had continued to change and develop. It had combined with music from dif