期末备考人教必修二Unit5Music单元滚动复习卷.pdfVIP

Unit5 Music 单元滚动复习卷 时间：100 分钟　　　满分：120 分 　选择题部分 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分30 分) 第一节(共10 小题；每小题2 分，满分20 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A One of the most famous buildings in the United States is Carnegie Hall, the home of classical and popular music concerts in New York. Carnegie Hall is known not just for its beauty and history, but also for its amazing sound. Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction. Construction of Carnegie Hall began in 1890 and the official opening night was on May 5, 1891. The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1924 when it was sold to Robert E Simon. The building became very old and in 1960, the new owner made plans to destroy it and build an office block. Isaac Stem led a group of people who fought to save Carnegie Hall and finally, the city of New York bought it for $5 million. It was thenfixed up between 1983 and 1995. Advertisements and stories in newpers about how Carnegie Hall needed help to recover its history led people to send in old concert programmes and information from all over the world. Over 12,000 concert programmes were received and with these it was possible to make a proper record of Carnegie Halls concert history. Carnegie Hall is actually made up of several different halls, but the Main Hall, now called the Isaac Stem Auditorium, is the most famous. The hall itself can hold an audience of 2,804 in five levels of seating. Because the best and most famous musicians of all time have played at Carnegie Hall, it is the dream of most musicians who want to be great to play there. This has led to a very old joke which is now part of Carnegie Halls history. Question ：“How do I get to Carnegie Hall ？” Answer ：“Practice, practice, practice.” 1．It can be inferred that people wanted to save Carnegie Hall mainly because ________. A ．it made a lot of money B ．it was worth visiting C ．m