Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to 阅读与写作专题提升训练（含答案）

九年级英语（新目标）上册阅读与写作专题提升训练 Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to. 一、阅读 A 读下面的文章，然后回答文章后的问题。 Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive in the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape and radio stations use them in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star. There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music.lt tells stories about the common (普通的) life of Americans. Another is called Western or country music. It is about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl friend. They are very popular among young people. 1. How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in this passage? _____ 2. What's the meaning of "earphone” in Chinese? _____ 3. When will a singer become a national star? _____ 4. What is the country music about in America? _____ 5. What is the best title (标题) of the passage? _____ B 读下面关于音乐的文章，然后回答文章后面的问题，正确的答案写T，错误的答案写F。请把T或F写在6～10题前的括号内。 We know music is very important in our daily life. Do you notice music playing at any of those places when you go somewhere? Today most stores, stations, restaurants and other places play music. You might even hear music in an office or on a farm. Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave. They think that the sound of Western classical（古典）music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. Without music, people spend even less. Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money in this way. Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax. The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It might influence the way you do things. ( ) 6. According to the text, we know that music plays an important part in our daily life. ( ) 7. Scientists believc that music can influence the way people behave. ( ) 8. Western classical music is ... ...