2017版高考英语大一轮复习 Unit 1 A land of diversity复习练案 新人教版选修8.doc

Unit 1 A land of diversity Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2016·西北工业大学附中第六次适应性训练) When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to their_new_home.Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dance developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances and the French quadrille (四对方舞)． In the American version of square dancing，four couples form a square and dance to music.An American addition to square dancing is the caller.What do you think a caller does? The caller—someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music—was a completely American invention.At first，dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance，but eventually the dance became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues (提示) so that dancers didnt have to remember so many steps.The caller didnt just call out “do－sa－do your partner”；a good caller also came up with colorful sayings or witty lines that he said in between the cues such as “Dont be shy and dont be afraid.Swing on the corner in a waltz promenade(步伐)．” A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines. Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive (复苏) interest in it.Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the dance program run by a man named Benjamin Lovett.Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances, but Lovett said he couldnt because he had a contract with the inn.Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovetts contract.He took Lovett back to Detroit, where together they established a program for teaching squares and rounds.Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country. 文章大意：早期的殖民定居者到达美国时把很多形式的舞蹈带到了美国，而方形舞就是其中之一。本文介绍了方形舞的起源和发展。 1．What is the best title for the passage？__B__ A．The Different Steps of Square Dancing B．The Origin and Developm