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】本题为英语综合填空,需结合语境逻辑、语法规则(时态、词性、语态、固定搭配等)逐一解题。首先通读全文理解主题(音乐偏好的影响因素),再针对每个空格分析所需的语法成分或逻辑关系,确定合适的词汇形式。
【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;4. 考查形容词,修饰名词music需用形容词,故将名词energy变为energetic;5. 考查转折连词,前后句为转折关系且有逗号隔开,故填However;6. 考查被动语态,climate与consider是被动关系,描述客观事实用一般现在时,故填is considered;7. 考查固定搭配,spend time (in) doing sth为固定用法,故填taking;8. 考查副词,修饰动词judge需用副词,故将形容词easy变为easily;9. 考查形容词,修饰名词backgrounds需用形容词,故将名词culture变为cultural;10. 考查冠词,泛指“一座普通的桥”,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、现在完成时、词性转换
【点评】本题围绕音乐偏好主题考查英语基础语法与词汇运用,需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则解题,侧重学生的综合语言运用能力,难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6