《2026年天利38套中考试题分类英语》

（三）（2025·福建）
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As we often use eyes to touch nature, most of us "lose" the ability to listen to the world.
Peter writes music. He likes sounds and uses natural sounds as part of his music. He often went out to the wild with his microphone and recorded interesting sounds to put in movies or to use in his own songs. Instead of trying to _capture_ just the sound of one animal or bird, he recorded the sound of everything all together—the animals, the trees, the wind and the earth. He called these recordings "soundscapes"—the sound of a certain place. Every soundscape Peter recorded had a lot of information.
Back in his workshop, Peter used a computer to make a picture of all the sounds going on in a place. Each animal, bird and insect had its own place on the picture—its own notes in the music. The busier the picture, the richer the life in that place. "While a picture may be worth 1 000 words, a soundscape is worth 1 000 pictures," Peter said. "Our ears tell us the sound of every leaf and animal and speak to the natural sources (来源) of our lives, which may hold the secrets of love for all things, especially our own humanity."
But not everything is satisfying. When Peter began recording over forty years ago, he could record for ten hours and get one hour of usable material good enough for a movie. Now, because of human activities, it can take up to 1 000 hours or more to get the same thing. Some of the places he has recorded over the years have slowly fallen silent. His sound pictures show that although nature might look the same to humans, it has lost part of its orchestra (管弦乐队).
So next time you are in the forests, try another way to look—shut your eyes, and listen.
1. Why did Peter record natural sounds?
A. To write songs for a music group.
B. To discover rich lives in the forest.
C. To use some of them in his music.
D. To make music about birds singing.
2. What does the underlined word "capture" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Shut.
B. Catch.
C. Touch.
D. Check.
3. What is a sound picture in the text?
A. The sound of every leaf and animal in nature.
B. The sound recorded in the natural environment.
C. A picture of music with sounds of 1 000 animals.
D. A picture of music with natural sounds in a place.
4. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A. Recording sounds needs less material.
B. Sound pictures are the same as before.
C. Some beautiful sounds in nature are lost.
D. Human activities improve recording results.
5. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A. Nature is the source of our future.
B. Nature has wonders to be heard.
C. Making music enriches our lives.
D. Making music needs information.

答案： 1.C【解析】细节信息题。根据第二段第二句“Helikessoundsandusesnaturalsoundsaspartofhismusic.”可知，Peter喜欢声音，并将自然的声音用作他音乐的一部分。由此可知，Peter记录自然的声音是为了在他的音乐中使用其中一些声音。
2.B【解析】词义猜测题。根据第二段第四句“Insteadoftryingtocapturejustthesoundofoneanimalorbird，herecordedthesoundofeverythingalltogether...”可知，他没有试图只录制一种动物或鸟的声音，而是把一切声音都记录下来。由此可知，画线词capture应为“录制”，与B项意思相近。
3.D【解析】细节信息题。根据第三段第一句“Backinhisworkshop，Peterusedacomputertomakeapictureofallthesoundsgoingoninaplace.”可知，回到工作室，Peter用电脑将采集自一个地方的所有声音转化为一幅图画。由此可知，声图是指由一个地方的自然的声音转化而成的音乐图画。
4.C【解析】信息推断题。根据第四段第三、四句“Now...itcantakeupto1000hoursormoretogetthesamething.Someoftheplaceshehasrecorded...haveslowlyfallensilent.”可知，如今，要得到同样的素材可能需要花费长达1000个小时甚至更久的时间，Peter多年来记录过的一些地方已渐渐沉寂。由此可推知，自然界中一些美妙的声音消失了。
5.B【解析】写作意图题。
段落段意
Para.1大多数人“失去”了倾听世界的能力
Para.2Peter将自然的声音融入音乐，用麦克风记录自然的声音
Para.3Peter用电脑将声音转化为图画，声景反映出生态的丰富多样性
Para.4人类活动导致自然的声音减少
Para.5呼吁人们闭眼倾听自然的声音
综上可知，作者主要想告诉我们大自然有诸多神奇的声音等待被聆听。
词汇积累
touchv.接触，触摸naturaladj.自然的，天然的
certainadj.(不提及细节时用)某事，某人，某种satisfyingadj.令人满意的insteadof代替becauseof因为
亮点句积累
WhenPeterbeganrecordingoverfortyyearsago，hecouldrecordfortenhoursandgetonehourofusablematerialgoodenoughforamovie.(第四段第二句)
分析When引导时间状语从句
译文Peter四十多年前开始录制声音时，他录制十个小时就能获得一个小时的可用于电影的足够好的素材。