2018-2019人教新目标高中英语选修六课后阅读训练： 十七 Unit 5 Period 1 Word版含答案.docVIP

高考资源网， 高考资源网， 高考资源网， 高考资源网， 温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。 课后阅读训练 十七 Unit 5　Period 1 Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A Duke Ellington(1899—1974)may be America’s greatest composer. He led an orchestra, played the piano and composed over 2, 000 pieces of music. Duke began his life as Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington, D. C. He was nicknamed by a classmate who admired him. This nickname was proper for Duke because of his elegant and proud manners. Even as a child, Duke had fans. Duke’s parents got him in piano lessons when he was in primary school. Duke was very afraid of his lessons and preferred to play baseball instead. He grew bored with practising and gave up his lessons. Duke didn’t become interested in learning the piano again until he was a teenager. Duke often joked that he learned to play the piano to attract girls. While washing dishes for his summer job, Duke met a waiter who invited him to go and see ragtime(an early form of jazz)pianist, Harvey Brooks. Brooks played ragtime in a way that did not follow the rules of classical piano music—he had freedom to change the rules and express himself more freely. Duke discovered that he wanted to make his own music too and then he taught himself how to play the piano like Harvey Brooks. He practised until his fingers could fly and even arranged melodies as he played. Soon Duke began playing for his high school dances. When he was 19, he started playing at parties and dance halls. Duke then moved to New York. There he played in different jazz clubs, saloons and dance halls. Soon he was leading his own band, the Washingtonians at the Kentucky Club, located in Times Square. In 1927, after giving a performance at the Cotton Club, he began to produce sophisticated(高水平的)arrangements of his own. He toured the world with his orchestra and composed thousands of songs. Duke led his orchestra until his death. 【语篇概述】本文主要讲的是美国著名作曲家Duke Ellington(艾灵顿公爵)的生平。 1. Duke is a proper nickname for Ellington beca