北师大高一上学期英语期末试题及答案.docx

2015- 2016 学年度高一级第一学期期末试题（卷）
英 语
第 I 卷
本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题） 两部分。考试结束后，将答案卡交上。 注意事项：
1．答第 I 卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、学号填写在答题卡上。
2．将答案一律写在答题卡上， 不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节， 满分 50 分）
第一节 阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A 、B 、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial(商业) music. It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk-rock”.
Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to control musical stage productions. It’s a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
1. All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT __________________.
A. blues B. rock’ n ’roll C. jazz D. folk-rock
2. According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ___________ it
is today.
A. much greater than B. much smaller than C. as great as D. as small as
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. No pop music is on a high musical level.
B. Much pop music is very artistic.
C. Pop music is highly artistic.
D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.
4. “It is a big industry” means that _______________.
A. It makes a lot of musical instruments (乐器).
B. It is a big musical and commercial business.
C. The pop singers are very hard-working.[
D. Pop music is on a very high musical level.
5. Which of t