But the experiment didn't tell the whole story: where we grow up, who we often go out with, and our personal experiences play into our taste, too. The songs you choose to be part of your life make you different from others. But no matter what style you like, music is for everyone. And enjoying different types of music lets you get a taste of cultures you might not have experienced before. So experiment with your playlist!
1. What influences our musical taste according to the experiment?
A. Personalities.
B. Looks.
C. Ability.
D. Ages.
2. According to the passage, if Daniel is creative, what may be found in his playlist?
A. Rock.
B. Country music.
C. Jazz.
D. Classical music.
3. What may be the writer's advice for us?
A. Changing our tastes.
B. Trying different types of music.
C. Doing experiments with friends.
D. Getting more learning experiences.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How different cultures influence you.
B. What your playlist says about you.
C. What songs we can choose to enjoy.
D. Why there are different musical styles.

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

【分析】
1题需根据原文细节定位影响音乐品味的因素，原文提及个人经历等相关内容；2题结合音乐常识匹配与“有创造力”对应的音乐风格；3题定位原文作者给出建议的语句；4题通读全文归纳核心主旨。
【解析】
1题：原文指出影响音乐品味的因素包括个人经历等，选项A“Personalities（个性）”与个人经历相关，B（外貌）、C（能力）、D（年龄）均未提及，故选A。
2题：Jazz（爵士）音乐风格通常具有创造性特点，符合题干中“creative（有创造力的）”的描述，故选C。
3题：原文最后两句提到“享受不同类型音乐”及“尝试你的播放列表”，对应选项B“尝试不同类型的音乐”，故选B。
4题：全文围绕音乐品味的影响、播放列表与个人的关联展开，主旨为“你的播放列表反映你什么”，对应选项B，故选B。
【答案】1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨归纳
【点评】本题为英语阅读理解题，考查细节查找、常识运用及主旨概括能力，需结合原文信息和基础常识解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅰ. 短文填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或填入括号内单词的正确形式。
Li Jia is a 1. (gift) young music lover at my school. Her biggest dream is to become a famous 2. (piano) in the future. She says learning music can 3. (wide) her view of the world. Her music has a special 4. (特征)：it is full of warmth and positive energy. She believes the most 5. (value) gift from music is courage and confidence. Last week, she 6. (proud) walked onto the national piano competition stage. She played a piece of music 7. she created by herself. Her wonderful performance touched all the 8. (listen) in the hall. She won first prize, and her family was so 9. (pride) of her. She will keep working hard and never give 10. her music dream.

1. gifted 2. pianist 3. widen 4. characteristic 5. valuable 6. proudly 7. which/that 8. listeners 9. proud 10. up

【分析】本题为短文填空题，主要考查词汇的词性转换、基础语法及固定搭配的运用。解题时需结合句子结构、语境及括号内提示词的词性，判断空白处所需的词形或合适的词汇：1. 修饰名词需用形容词；2. 表示职业需用对应名词；3. 情态动词后接动词原形；4. 结合中文提示填对应英文单词；5. 修饰名词用形容词；6. 修饰动词用副词；7. 定语从句中先行词指物，需用关系代词；8. 表示人需用名词复数；9. 固定搭配be proud of；10. 固定搭配give up。
【解析】1. 空格后为名词短语young music lover，需用形容词修饰，gift的形容词形式为gifted，故填gifted；2. 此处表示“钢琴家”，piano对应的职业名词是pianist，故填pianist；3. 情态动词can后接动词原形，wide的动词形式为widen，故填widen；4. 中文提示“特征”对应的英文单词是characteristic，故填characteristic；5. 空格后为名词gift，需用形容词修饰，value的形容词形式为valuable，故填valuable；6. 空格处修饰动词walked，需用副词，proud的副词形式为proudly，故填proudly；7. 先行词a piece of music指物，定语从句中缺宾语，关系代词用which/that，故填which/that；8. 表示“听众”，listen对应的名词是listener，all后接复数形式，故填listeners；9. 固定搭配be proud of中需用形容词proud，故填proud；10. 固定搭配give up意为“放弃”，符合语境，故填up。
【答案】1. gifted 2. pianist 3. widen 4. characteristic 5. valuable 6. proudly 7. which/that 8. listeners 9. proud 10. up
【知识点】词性转换、定语从句、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查基础词汇变形、定语从句及常用固定搭配，需结合语境分析句子成分，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅱ. 根据课文内容和提示补全短文（用定语从句填空）
When the great composer Robert
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Schumann first 1. （听到年轻肖邦的作品），he called him a genius.
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) was one of the world's greatest musicians. He was a famous pianist，and 2. （一位留下了200多首音乐作品的才华横溢的作曲家）.
Chopin was born in Poland. He entered music school at 16，and later settled in Paris，the city that he would call home for the rest of his life.
Chopin was not only a great pianist，but also a respected piano teacher. His guidance for students is advice 3. （至今仍被音乐家们遵循）.
Polish folk music was a kind of music 4. （曾是一种被人们轻视的音乐形式）at the time. But Chopin's use of it made people see this traditional form as a valuable art form.
His music also helped build 5. （一个曾被其他国家瓜分的国家），and encouraged his people through years of difficulty.
Chopin died from ill health at 39. Today，his moving music is still studied，played and loved by people around the world.

1. heard a work which was written by young Chopin 2. a gifted composer who left behind more than 200 musical works 3. that is still followed by musicians today 4. that some people looked down on 5. a nation which was divided up by other countries

【分析】
本题要求结合课文内容和中文提示，用定语从句补全短文。解题思路为：先确定每个空格处被修饰的先行词（名词），再根据先行词指人还是物选择合适的关系代词（指人用who，指物用that/which），同时结合中文提示的时态、语态（如被动结构），构建符合语法规则的定语从句，确保补全后的句子语义通顺、符合语境。
【解析】
1. 空格前是动词heard，需接宾语，中文提示为“听到年轻肖邦的作品”，先行词是“作品（work）”，指物，用关系代词which引导定语从句，且“作品是肖邦写的”需用被动语态，故补全为heard a work which was written by young Chopin；
2. 空格前是“一位才华横溢的作曲家”，先行词是“作曲家（composer）”，指人，用关系代词who引导定语从句，“留下200多首音乐作品”用主动语态，故补全为a gifted composer who left behind more than 200 musical works；
3. 空格前是名词advice，先行词是advice，指物，用关系代词that引导定语从句，“至今仍被音乐家们遵循”用被动语态，故补全为that is still followed by musicians today；
4. 空格前是名词music，先行词是music，指物，用关系代词that引导定语从句，“曾被人们轻视”用主动语态（look down on为主动表被动），故补全为that some people looked down on；
5. 空格前是动词build，需接宾语，中文提示为“一个曾被其他国家瓜分的国家”，先行词是“国家（nation）”，指物，用关系代词which引导定语从句，“被瓜分”用被动语态，故补全为a nation which was divided up by other countries。
【答案】
1. heard a work which was written by young Chopin
2. a gifted composer who left behind more than 200 musical works
3. that is still followed by musicians today
4. that some people looked down on
5. a nation which was divided up by other countries
【知识点】
定语从句的应用，被动语态的使用
【点评】
本题围绕语篇语境考察定语从句的实际运用，要求学生掌握先行词判断、关系代词选择及时态语态的正确使用，是语法知识在语篇中的基础应用题型，有助于巩固定语从句的核心用法。
【难度系数】
0.5