2014-2015学年高中英语（广东，北师大版选修7）课时作业：Unit19　综合检测(一)含答案.doc

第  PAGE 16 页 共  NUMPAGES 16 页 综合检测(一) Unit 19　Language (时间：100分钟；满分：120分) Ⅰ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) (2013·广州高二检测)Ever since Graydon James realized hed become more famous writing songs rather than books，his line between music and literature has not been clear.Although Toronto musician Graydon James doesnt have the great 1 to write prose(散文)，his latest release(唱片)，Goodnight，Young Novelist，certainly 2 a broader story than the average album. With 40 songs spread over two discs，James says that the idea behind it was actually quite ordinary.“I 3 the recording process in the wake of my previous band breaking up and I really just wanted to get good recordings of the songs before I 4 how they were played，”he says.“That might sound silly，but I did have 50-odd songs and the 5 band had only learned about 20 of them—and I do have a terrible memory.” Upon 6 the album，James quickly organized a new band， 7 named the Young Novelists，and ironically set about learning the material all over again.That was a year ago，and he says that the groups sound has been steadily 8 . “Good night，Young Novelist is a bit of 9 for me，because it is sort of the reason the band 10 ，”James says.“We were formed so that those tracks could be played live，but the band has really been better than what was recorded.Its different and far，far better.Im grateful for the 11 of recording the album；it has been our calling card for a while now and we have had some major opportunities because of it，but I hope people get to 12 the band play.” Whether heard on record or 13 ，its clear that James songs display both a deep fun and melodic skill.In the musical climate of 20 or 30 years ago，Goodnight，Young Novelist would be considered the 14 of radio singles.However，today James and his band are 15 some difficulty in developing their career. 1．A.ambition　　　　　　　 B．effort C．belief D．confidence 2．A.says B．speaks C．tells D．talks 3．A.prepa