三、综合填空
Music plays an important role in our daily life, and people have different tastes in music. Have you ever wondered 1.
why
musical preferences(偏爱)are so different from person to person?
Up to now, experts 2.
have carried
(carry) out plenty of studies to explore this question. A team from Cambridge University has studied a large number of people around the world and found a close connection between people's music tastes and their different 3.
personalities
(personality). Outgoing people usually enjoy 4.
energetic
(energy) music with strong beats. As for country music lovers, they are usually careful and serious in their work.
Researchers once believed people under great stress would choose sad music or gentle rhythmic(有节奏的)songs. 5.
However
, the result was totally different. They showed a love for loud music, which is believed to help them relax.
Besides, climate 6.
is considered
(consider) to affect people's taste in music. People living in warm areas are found to be more outgoing and interested in danceable music. Longer daytime hours allow them to spend a great deal of spare time actively 7.
taking
(take) part in all kinds of outdoor activities, where lively and danceable music is always popular.
We should not 8.
easily
(easy) judge a person by his or her musical preferences. The Cambridge study has told us that people from different 9.
cultural
(culture) backgrounds are more similar than we imagine. Language and culture may divide us, but music acts as 10.
a
common bridge to connect all humans.
解析:
【分析】本题为英语语法填空题,需结合上下文语境、语法规则逐一分析:1. 宾语从句需表原因,选引导词why;2. 时间状语up to now对应现在完成时;3. different后接可数名词复数;4. 需形容词修饰名词music;5. 前后语义转折且有逗号,用However;6. climate与consider为被动关系,陈述事实用一般现在时被动;7. 固定搭配spend time (in) doing;8. 副词修饰动词judge;9. 形容词修饰名词backgrounds;10. 泛指“一座桥梁”,common以辅音音素开头,用不定冠词a。
【解析】1. 考查宾语从句引导词:wonder后接表原因的宾语从句,故填why;2. 考查现在完成时:时间状语up to now是现在完成时标志,主语experts为复数,故填have carried;3. 考查名词复数:different后接可数名词复数,personality的复数为personalities,故填personalities;4. 考查形容词作定语:修饰名词music需用形容词,energy的形容词形式为energetic,故填energetic;5. 考查转折副词:前后语义转折且有逗号隔开,故填However;6. 考查一般现在时被动语态:climate与consider是被动关系,陈述客观事实,故填is considered;7. 考查固定搭配:spend time (in) doing sth.为固定搭配,故填taking;8. 考查副词作状语:修饰动词judge需用副词,easy的副词形式为easily,故填easily;9. 考查形容词作定语:修饰名词backgrounds需用形容词,culture的形容词形式为cultural,故填cultural;10. 考查不定冠词:泛指“一座共同的桥梁”,common以辅音音素开头,故填a。
【答案】1.why 2.have carried 3.personalities 4.energetic 5.However 6.is considered 7.taking 8.easily 9.cultural 10.a
【知识点】宾语从句引导词、动词时态、词性转换
【点评】本题为英语语法填空,综合考查核心语法知识点,需结合语境和规则解题,是英语学习常见基础题型。
【难度系数】0.6