四、将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中,每词仅用一次
composer, rating, deaf,
rhythm, performance
In a small village, a boy named Kaito loved music. But he was born 1. . He could not hear anything.
One day, a famous 2. saw him sitting alone. "Why don't you play?" he asked. Kaito wrote, "I am deaf. I can only feel the music." The composer smiled and taught Kaito to play the drums. Kaito practised hard and
learned to follow the 3. through his feet.
Other children wanted to play with him. They didn't look down on him. Instead, they asked him to teach them. Soon, even some masters came to hear him play. They wrote beautiful words about his music. His 4. moved everyone. The audience gave him a high 5. .
Kaito proved that music is felt in the heart, not just heard by the ears.

1. deaf 2. composer 3. rhythm
4. performance 5. rating

【分析】首先通读全文，理解短文讲述了天生耳聋的男孩Kaito通过感受节奏学习音乐，最终获得认可的故事。接着逐个分析每个空格的语境，结合方框内词汇（composer作曲家、rating评分、deaf聋的、rhythm节奏、performance表演）的词义，选择符合语境的词汇，同时注意每词仅用一次：1. 由后句“听不到任何声音”可知，他天生耳聋；2. 由后文提到的作曲家可知此处指著名作曲家；3. 打鼓需跟随节奏，通过脚感受节奏；4. 他的表演感动了众人；5. 观众给予他高评分。
【解析】1. 句意：他天生耳聋，听不到任何声音，故填deaf；2. 句意：一天，一位著名的作曲家看到他独自坐着，后文提到该作曲家教他打鼓，故填composer；3. 句意：他通过脚感受节奏，follow the rhythm是固定搭配，意为“跟随节奏”，故填rhythm；4. 句意：他的表演感动了所有人，performance意为“表演”，符合语境，故填performance；5. 句意：观众给了他高评分，high rating是固定搭配，意为“高评分”，故填rating。
【答案】1. deaf 2. composer 3. rhythm 4. performance 5. rating
【知识点】词汇运用、语境理解、固定搭配
【点评】本题为基础选词填空题，侧重考查学生对常用词汇的词义辨析及上下文语境的理解能力，难度较低，有助于巩固基础词汇的运用。
【难度系数】0.8

五、阅读理解
①If you visit some villages in the English countryside, you might be lucky to see Morris dancing(莫里斯舞). People are not sure how old this kind of dancing is. Some think it started 2,000 years ago, but most agree that Morris dancing is probably about five centuries old.
②Many agree that it celebrates traditional English farm life on holidays. Morris dancers wear traditional costumes. Usually, this is a white shirt, a bridge jacket, a hat and small bells called “jingle bells”. There are different styles of Morris dancing from different places around England.
③In Cotswold Morris, the dancers usually carry white handkerchiefs(手绢) and sticks, which they hit as they dance. Each dance has six male dancers in Cotswold style, with a musician who plays a pipe or a violin.
④Morris dancing styles from the north of England often use swords instead of sticks, and dancers can look a little like soldiers, which is different from southern styles. It is common in this style for men and women to dance together.
⑤Border Morris comes from the west of England, near the border with Wales. Dancers in this style usually wear normal clothes decorated with pieces of colourful paper, and sometimes they put black paint on their faces.
⑥Morris dancing is an old English tradition but it’s facing a big crisis(危机). As the years go by, fewer and fewer young people join Morris dancing groups. Some worry that if nothing is done to change this, the tradition will die out.
()1. What do we know about Morris dancing according to the passage?
A. Most people believe Morris dancing has a history of 2,000 years.
B. It’s quite common for visitors to see Morris dancing in London.
C. People around England have Morris dancing in the same way.
D. Morris dancing is a way to celebrate traditional English farm life.
()2. What’s the difference of Morris dancing between the north and the south?
A. They move in different ways.
B. They carry different tools.
C. They use different instruments.
D. They wear different clothes.
()3. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph mean?
A. There are fewer Morris dancing styles in England.
B. There are fewer Morris dancing teachers in England.
C. There are fewer young people joining Morris dancing.
D. There are fewer young people watching Morris dancing.
()4. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
A. ①/②/③④⑤/⑥
B. ①②③/④⑤/⑥
C. ①/②③/④⑤/⑥
D. ①/②③④/⑤/⑥

1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A

【分析】
做阅读理解题时，需先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每道题的题干关键词定位原文对应段落，逐一分析选项排除错误答案，最后确定正确选项。具体步骤：1. 细节题需精准匹配原文信息与选项表述；2. 词义猜测题需结合上下文语境推断代词指代内容；3. 文章结构题需梳理各段落核心内容，划分逻辑层次。
【解析】
1. 第1题：定位原文第①段和第②段。A选项：原文第①段提到“Some think it started 2,000 years ago, but most agree that Morris dancing is probably about five centuries old”，并非多数人认为有2000年历史，排除；B选项：原文第①段是“villages in the English countryside”，而非伦敦，排除；C选项：原文第②段最后一句指出“different styles of Morris dancing from different places”，说明各地方式不同，排除；D选项对应第②段第一句“it celebrates traditional English farm life on holidays”，表述正确，故选D。
2. 第2题：定位原文第③段和第④段。第③段提到Cotswold Morris用“sticks”，第④段提到北部风格用“swords instead of sticks”，可知南北莫里斯舞使用的工具不同，故选B。
3. 第3题：定位最后一段。代词“this”指代前文提到的“fewer and fewer young people join Morris dancing groups”，即越来越少年轻人加入莫里斯舞团体，故选C。
4. 第4题：梳理各段落核心：①段介绍莫里斯舞的起源；②段说明其庆祝意义与服饰；③④⑤分别介绍不同地区的莫里斯舞风格；⑥段讲述其面临的危机。因此文章结构为①/②/③④⑤/⑥，故选A。
【答案】
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题、文章结构分析
【点评】
本文围绕英国传统莫里斯舞展开，涵盖起源、风格、现状等内容，题型包含细节理解、词义猜测、文章结构分析，考查学生快速定位原文、理解语境及梳理文章逻辑的能力，是典型的英语阅读理解基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.6