2022年高考英语一轮复习Unit5Rhythm单元主题语篇训练一含解析北师大版必修2

Unit 5  单元主题语篇训练

A

In 1957, Max Vernon Mathews wrote the first computer program called Music, which enabled a computer to create sound and play it back.He was then working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.It enabled a large IBM computer to play a seventeen­second piece of music he had written.

The computer was so slow that it took an hour to play the seventeen­second piece of music.So Mathews moved the work to a tape player to play the music at a normal speed.He later said that the sound quality of the musical notes was not great, but the technical importance of the music was huge.

The science­fiction writer Arthur C．Clarke visited Bell Laboratories in the 1960s.He heard a computer “sing” the song Daisy Bell on devices (设备) and learned about the programs developed by Mathews and other engineers.Clarke noted this technology in his book 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was later made into a movie.

Mathews continued creating other versions of the Music program.He became interested in how computers could help musicians outside recording studios.The Groove program he developed was the first computer program made for live performances.

He also developed an electronic device he called the Radio Baton, which looks like two drum sticks.It enables the user to control the speed and sound levels of orchestral music (管弦乐) played on a computer by moving the two sticks on a special electronic surface.

Mathews said he believed modern musicians were not making full use of the power of computer music.He said a violin always sounds like a violin.But with his Music, the way a violin sounds is unlimited.He did not want computer sounds to replace live music, but he hoped computers would one day be considered serious instruments.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Max Vernon Mathews把音乐与计算机结合起来，创造了魅力无穷的计算机音乐。

1．Why did Clarke visit Bell Laboratories?

A．To make his book into a movie.

B．To help Mathews develop Music.

C．To satisfy his own curiosity about music.

D．To gather materials for his literary creation.

解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第三段的内容可知，Clarke之后在他的一本书里涉及了Mathews的计算机音乐技术。由此可推知，Clarke主要是为获取文学创作素材才去Bell Laboratories的。

2．What electronic music tools did Mathews create?

A．Something used to record live music.

B．Something used to create special sound.

C．Something used to improve computer music.

D．Something used to create computer music.

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第五段的内容可知，制作计算机音乐时，Radio Baton可以用来控制管弦乐的速度、声级等，从而改进计算机音乐。

3．What does Mathews think of his Music?

A．It is more pleasant to the ear.

B．It can help make more sounds.

C．It will finally replace the violin.

D．It is more popular than live music.

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据最后一段的内容可知，一般小提琴只能发出一种声音，用Mathews的Music可以让小提琴发出多种声音。

4．What can we learn about Mathews?

A．He is the father of computer music.

B．His creation succeeded on the first try.

C．He wrote Music to replace instruments.

D．He changed the functions of computers.

解析：选A　推理判断题。通读全文可知，是Mathews首先创造了计算机音乐，进而发展出一系列与音乐相关的电子产品，在音乐界掀起了一场革命，故他是计算机音乐之父。

B

Music has a great effect on everyone.But does music affect plants, too？People have been experimenting with music for almost three decades.From school­level projects to higher­level scientific experiments, the effect of music on plants has been a confusing and debatable topic.

We know music is sound and sound is nothing more than a wave.Plant growth is a result of the cell division that takes place within the cells.But why is music associated with plant growth？In humans, music has a strong effect on our health and mood, and over the years, people have claimed that the same effect has been observed on plants, too.Plants are sensitive by nature, and many people claim that they have feelings just as humans do.There are stories about plants shedding tears.Although scientists do not support these as facts, these myths have led them to take up various experiments on plants.

Various studies have proved that plants respond to acoustic (音响的) energy.It increases their rate of growth and their size, and influences their overall health.Dan Carlson, after a thorough study over a span of many years, has reached a conclusion that music helps plants absorb nutrients more efficiently.

It took Dan about fifteen years to develop a foliage spray (叶面喷剂) that is used beneficially with the sound frequencies.Carlson calls this spray “Sonic Bloom”．His findings have proved to be beneficial for countless farmers and have resulted in — according to Guinness Book of World Records — the largest indoor plant on record.

The Purple Passion was treated with the Sonic Bloom process.It grew to be 1,300 feet tall and was alive even after 25 years.Its normal lifespan, however, is 18 months and it grows not more than 18 feet tall.The book, Secret of the Soil, writes about Sonic Bloom and its results.Sonic Bloom is also sold in the market.

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了音乐不仅对人类有影响，而且对植物也有很大的影响。

5．What inspired scientists to experiment with plants?

A．The effects of music on humans.

B．Plants are sensitive by nature.

C．The cell division taking place within the cells.

D．People's unscientific description of plants.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“these myths have led them to take up various experiments on plants”可知，激发科学家们对植物进行实验的是这些神话传说，也就是人们对于植物的不科学的描述。

6．What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．Nutrients are important to plants.

B．Music can have some good effects on plants.

C．How the rate of growth of plants can be improved.

D．What kinds of music can contribute to the growth of plants.

解析：选B　段落大意题。通读第三段可知，本段主要讲的是植物对于声能的反应，声能对于植物是有好处的，也就是音乐对植物有着好的影响。

7．What did Dan Carlson develop?

A．A spray called “Sonic Bloom”．

B．A method to grow larger plants.

C．A special plant that grows very fast.

D．Acoustic energy that plants respond to.

解析：选A　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第一句可知，Dan Carlson花费了十五年的时间研制出了一种名为Sonic Bloom的叶面喷剂。

8．Why is the Purple Passion included in Guinness Book of World Records?

A．It is the oldest indoor plant.

B．It is the largest indoor plant.

C．It gives off the most pleasant smell.

D．It can grow in the toughest conditions.

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第三句以及最后一段对The Purple Passion的描述可知，The Purple Passion是作为世界上最大的室内植物而被载入吉尼斯世界纪录的。

C

Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ...the art world has never lacked talent. And now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn't even human.

Next month, auction house (拍卖行) Christie's Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Belamy, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000 (69,000 yuan).

The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero­Lasserre, an art collector from France, called the work “ridiculous and amazing at the same time”. This isn't the first example of AI­produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.

According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828－1910), art is about creating emotion. It's “a means of ...joining people together in the same feelings”， he once said.

So, if the emotion behind art is what makes the art, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. Together, they “fed” the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.

The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high­tech artists just yet.

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了第一幅由人工智能绘制的画作将在下个月公开拍卖。

9．Why are Monet, Picasso and da Vinci mentioned at the beginning of the passage?

A．To list world famous talented artists.

B．To introduce a new painter as great as them.

C．To show the prosperity of the art world.

D．To highlight the inhuman painter by contrast.

解析：选D　推理判断题。由第一段第二句可知，作者提到这些著名的画家是为了通过对比强调这个非人类的画家。

10．Why does the painting mentioned in Paragraph 2 gain special concern?

A．It's the first AI­produced artwork for sale.

B．It'll be auctioned in a famous auction house.

C．It's the portrait of a man with mysterious look.

D．Its auction price is expected to be the highest.

解析：选A　细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知，这幅画得到特别关注是因为它是第一幅由人工智能创作的画作。

11．Which of the following statement may Leo Tolstoy agree with?

A．AI technology is a tool for artistic creation.

B．AI is taught to express human emotions in art.

C．AI copied paintings of the 14th－18th centuries.

D．AI art joins people together in the same feelings.

解析：选A　推理判断题。由第五段第二句可知，Leo Tolstoy认为人工智能是艺术创作的工具。

12．What might be the future of the new artistic movement?

A．Popular.  　　　　　　　 B．Unclear.

C．Predictable.   D．Unacceptable.

解析：选B　推理判断题。由最后一段最后一句可知，并不所有人都欢迎这些高科技艺术家，所以这种新的艺术运动的未来是不清楚的。

tips 根据正误选项特征解细节理解题

(1)正确选项的三大特征

①同义替换。指对原文句子中的关键词句进行同义替换。

②语言简化。把原文中的复杂语言现象进行简化，设置为答案。

③正话反说。把原文中的意思反过来表达而成为正确选项。

(2)干扰选项的五大特征

①张冠李戴。是原文信息，但不是题目要求的内容。

②无中生有。明显与文章内容不符或没有提及。

③曲解文意。与原文的内容极其相似，只是在某个细节处有些变动。

④颠倒是非。在意思上与原文大相径庭甚至完全相反。

⑤正误参半。部分正确，部分错误。

例如上文第12小题，正确选项B是原文信息句“not everyone is ready to welcome these high­tech artists just yet”的同义替换；选项A、C、D是曲解文意。