《2025年暑假衔接起跑线八升九年级英语人教版》

三、任务型阅读
阅读下面的短文,从方框中所给的 A—E 五个选项中选择正确的选项(其中有一项是多余选项),将其序号填入第 1—4 小题,并完成第 5 小题。
1______D Whatever kind of music you like, it makes you feel a certain(某种) way. If you are sad, maybe you like to listen to sad music. If you're happy, you listen to happy music. But how would you feel about going to a concert and listening to... nothing, no instruments, no singing, just silence(沉默)?
2______A He asked a pianist to go on stage, sit at the piano, raise his hand and do almost nothing. The pianist didn't sing, didn't dance, didn't talk and he didn't play any note. He just sat at the piano.
3______B Cage took his work seriously. It certainly wasn't a joke. Although the piece is often called Silence, Cage believed that silence didn't exist(存在). There was always something to listen to. He also believed that any sound could be music. He wanted us to be careful about the sounds and noises around us.
4______C Sit somewhere comfortable, somewhere that is a little dark, set your stopwatch(定时器) for one minute (or longer if you can). Get ready and be patient. Close your eyes, open your ears and just listen. Make a note of everything you hear. How does it make you feel?
Do you think it's strange? So do I. But it's an interesting idea, isn't it?
A. What did the musician John Cage do?
B. Why did Cage do it?
C. Why don't you try it?
D. What kind of music do you like?
E. How did he do it?
5. What do you think of John Cage? (No less than 5 words)
______He was confident and creative.

答案： 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. I think he was a musician who was confident and creative. (言之有理即可)