请根据下面的介绍写一篇英语短文。
李斯特(Liszt)1811年出生于匈牙利。小时候,他随全家一起搬到了维也纳(Vienna),在那里他学习了钢琴和作曲课程。他被认为是有史以来最伟大的钢琴家,他是一个音乐天才,而且对音乐很痴迷。当他第一次站在舞台上时,观众就被这个瘦高个的年轻人深深地打动了。他一生中谱写了大量的乐曲。1824年,他在巴黎举行了第一次音乐会。随后他在法国和英国进行了巡回演出,极大地影响了音乐界。
1886年,他在一次成功的巡回演出之后,去世了。整个世界都为失去这样一位伟大的音乐天才而难过。
注意:词数120~150。
参考词汇:匈牙利Hungary;天才genius;巡回演出tour;
音乐界musical field。
范文背诵
Liszt was born in 1811 in Hungary. When he was a child, he moved with his family to Vienna, where he took piano lessons and composition lessons. Regarded as the greatest pianist of all time, Liszt was a genius and was crazy about music. When he stood on the stage for the first time, the audience was deeply impressed by the tall, slim young man.
Liszt wrote and played many pieces of music in his life. In 1824, he held his first concert in Paris which followed by various tours in France and England. His tours influenced the musical field greatly. In 1886, Liszt died after a successful tour. The whole world was sad for losing the great musical talent.
句型背诵
①When he was a child, he moved with his family to Vienna, where he took piano lessons and composition lessons.
②Regarded as the greatest pianist of all time, Liszt was a genius and was crazy about music.
③The whole world was sad for losing the great musical talent.
1. ______ vt.& vi. 滚动;(使)摇摆;n.摇晃;卷;卷形物;面包圈
2. ______ n. 音乐家 → ______ n.音乐 → ______ adj.音乐的
3. ______ vt.& vi.系上;缚上;附加;连接 → ______ adj.附属的 → ______ n.附着;附属;附带
4. ______ vt.(使)组成;形成;构成 → ______ n.构成;组成;形成
5. ______ vt. 赚;挣得;获得
6. ______ vt.& vi. 表演;履行;执行 → ______ n.履行;表现;表演→ ______ n. 履行者;表演者
7. ______ vi. 依赖;依靠→ ______ adj.可信赖的;可靠的
8. ______ adj. 幽默的;诙谐的→ ______ n.幽默;滑稽;可笑 → ______ adj.不幽默的;拘谨的
9. ______ adj. 熟悉的;常见的;亲近的→ ______ adj.不熟悉的
10. ______ adj. 吸引人的;有吸引力的 → ______ vt. 吸引 → ______ n. 吸引力;魅力
11. ______ adj. 自信的;确信的 → ______ n. 信心;自信→ ______ adv.确信地;有信心地
12. ______ adj. 简短的;简要的;n. 摘要;大纲→ ______ adv. 简短地;简洁地
13. ______ n. 投入;热爱 → ______ vt. 献身;专心于→ ______ adj. 献身的;专心的
14. ______ n. 邀请;招待 → ______ vt. 招待;邀请→ ______ adj. 诱人的;有魅力的
答案:1. roll 2. musician; music; musical
3. attach; attached; attachment 4. form; formation
5. earn 6. perform; performance; performer 7. rely; reliable
8. humorous; humor; humorless 9. familiar; unfamiliar
10. attractive; attract; attraction
11. confident; confidence; confidently 12. brief; briefly
13. devotion; devote; devoted 14. invitation; invite; inviting
1. dream ______ 梦见;梦想;设想
2. to be ______ 说实在地;实话说
3. attach... ______ 认为有(重要性、意义);附上;连接
4. in ______ 用现金;有现钱
5. play ______ on 戏弄
6. rely ______ 依赖;依靠
7. be/get ______ with 熟悉;与……熟悉起来
8. or ______ 大约
9. break ______ 打碎;分裂;解体
10. in ______ 另外;也
11. sort ______ 分类
12. above ______ 最重要;首先
答案:1. of 2. honest 3. to 4. cash 5. jokes 6. on
7. familiar 8. so 9. up 10. addition 11. out 12. all
1. The TV organizers ______ ______ ______ find four musicians who could act as well as sing.
这些电视台的主办者本打算找四位既会表演又能唱歌的音乐人。
2. Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked ______ ______ they were close friends.
一些不认识他们的人也在不断地讨论他们的私生活,而且就像是在谈论他们的密友一样。
答案:1. had planned to 2. as if
1. attach vt.& vi. 系上;缚上;附加;连接
This hospital is attached to the medical college nearby.
这个医院附属于附近的那所医学院。
A young man attached himself to me at the party and I couldn’t get rid of him.
聚会中有个青年人总是缠着我,并且我甩不开他。
常用结构:
attach...to...附上,连接,系上;认为有(重要性、意义)
attach importance/significance/value/to sth.
认为……重要/有意义/有重要价值
attach oneself to依附; 纠缠;参加(党派等)
be attached to热爱, 依恋;附属于
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①我在收音机上接了一根金属线。
I ______ a wire ______ the radio.
②他会把标签贴在你的行李上。
He’ll ______ the label ______ your luggage.
③那孩子老是缠着我,让我给他讲故事。
The boy ______ ______ ______ me and asked me to tell stories.
答案:①attached; to ② attach;to ③attached himself to
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④It would be unwise to ______ too much significance ______these opinion differences. (2010·永州模拟)
A. attach; to B. refer; to C. apply; to D.attend; to
解析:选A。attach...to 把……附加到或认为……怎么样; refer...to 提及;查阅;apply...to 把……应用于; attend...to 照看。句意为:过于重视这些观点的不同是不明智的。
用法点拨: attach一般用作及物动词,因此我们常见的是它的系表结构,即be attached,此时没有我们汉语中“被……”的意思。
2. form vt. 形成;构成; (使)组成;养成(习惯)
n. 形式, 表格;良好的状态
His research formed the basis of his new book.
他的研究成果是他这本新书的基础。
The team were on excellent form throughout the whole competition.
这个队在整个比赛过程中一直处于极好的竞技状态。
常用结构:
form the habit of doing sth.
= get into/fall into the habit of doing sth. 养成做……的习惯
fill out/in a form 填表格
take the form of... 采取……的形式
in the form of... 以……的形式
be in/out of form 处于良好/不良的状态
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①他养成了每天早起的习惯。
He ______ ______ ______ ______ getting up early everyday.
答案:takes the form of
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②This band is ______ of eight boys and girls, including two Japanese.
A. made B. consist C. attended D. formed
解析:选D。句意为:这支乐队由8个男孩和女孩组成,其中有2个是日本人。“由……组成”可用be made up of; be formed of或consist of来表示。
用法点拨: form作为名词时的搭配最多,我们应该熟记。另外,作动词时,form常用作及物动词, 我们常用它的系表结构。
3. hit n. (演出等)成功;打击,打
vt.& vi. 击中,碰撞,袭击;(精神上)打击;被……想起
Her new series is a smash hit.
她的新系列节目极为成功,引起了轰动。
The farmers were hit hard by the drought last winter.
去年冬天久旱不雨,农民受到了严重的打击。
常用结构:
hit back (at sb./sth.) 反击(尤指言语方面);报复
hit on/upon sth. 偶然地、灵机一动地想出(方案、解决办法等); 无意中发现某事物
hit out 猛烈抨击或打击
【易混辨析】
hit/strike/beat
hit用于表示命中,击败。
strike指有意识的动作,也可以指无意识的动作,可能用力地打一下,也可能是多下。敲钟必须用strike。
beat指有目的地在某物上连续不断地击打、轻打、重打等。如心脏的跳动。
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①她在接受电视采访时, 反驳了那些批评者的观点。
In a TV interview she ______ ______ at her critics.
②她突然灵机一动, 为自己的新小说想出了一个很好的书名。
She ______ ______ a good title for her new novel.
③主席在一次讲话中对工会进行了严厉的批评。
In a speech the President ______ ______ against the trade union.
答案: ①hit back ②hit upon ③hit out
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④The song was a ______ at once and its recording tape rose to No.1 on the best-seller list.
A. shock B. strike C. hit D. beat
解析:选C。hit轰动,成功。按照句意此处应选C。
用法点拨: hit与其他表示“打;击”的动词的辨析是考试的重点。作名词表示“轰动;成功”时,也是常考点。
4. familiar adj. 熟悉的;常见的;亲近的
I am not very familiar with botanical names.
我不太熟悉植物学方面的名称。
She greeted them by their first names in a familiar way.
她和他们打招呼时亲切地直呼其名。
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①你熟悉这种型号的汽车吗?
Are you ______ ______ this type of car?
②这些事实你们大家都很熟悉。
These facts are ______ ______ you all.
答案:①familiar with ②familiar to
5. dream of 梦想;(常用在否定句和疑问句)梦见;设想
用法点拨: dream of/ about用在肯定句中表达“希望或者渴望做”,意思等同于be eager to do,而用在否定句中表达“(没有)预料到”。
【联想拓展】
dream of/about (doing) sth.梦见做……
dream of/about sb./sth.梦见某人/某物
dream one’s life away虚度光阴
like a dream 极好用;性能极佳
beyond one’s wildest dreams远远超出想像或希望的
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①昨夜我梦见我在飞翔。
I ______ ______ flying last night.
②她虚度一生, 一事无成。
She ______ her life ______, never really achieving anything.
答案:①dreamt about/of ②dreamt;away
6. break up 解散;驱散;分裂;拆散;结束;使精神垮掉
【联想拓展】
break away逃脱 break down机器出故障;崩溃; 瓦解
break in破门而入;打断(说话等)
break into the house破门而入 break one’s promise/word 食言
break out 战争、火灾等爆发 break into 强行闯入;突然……起来
break through 突围;突破;穿过 break off中断;折断
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①这辆车老是出毛病。
The car is always ______ ______ .
②小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话。
Children shouldn’t ______ ______ adults’conversation.
③囚犯从看守者手中逃脱了。
The prisoner ______ ______ from his guards.
答案:①breaking down ②break in ③broke away
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④It is time for us to ______ the party and set off for home.
(2010·宁波模拟)
A. break down B. break up C. end up D. close up
解析:选B。break up 在此表示“结束;解散”。break down出故障;end up最终成为;close up关闭。
7. Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends.(P38)
一些不认识他们的人也在不断地讨论他们的私生活,而且就像是在谈论他们的密友一样。
as if/though作连词,后可跟从句、分词、形容词等,引导从句时常用虚拟语气,表示与事实不符或相反的情况。
①与现在事实不符或相反时,谓语动词常用一般过去时。(be用were)
②与过去事实不符或相反,谓语动词常用过去完成时。
He spoke in that way as if he were a foreigner.
他讲话的方式就好像是外国人。
I felt as if my heart would burst with joy.
我觉得自己高兴得心花怒放。
【联想拓展】
even if/though即使
温馨提示:as if/though有时不接从句,而接分词、形容词、副词,不定式、介词短语等,可以看成是省略的句子。
He talked all the time as if to himself.
他一直说个不停,就像自言自语。
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①你看起来像是见了鬼似的。
You looked as if you ______ ______ a ghost.
②这个男孩往四周察看,像在寻找什么东西。
The boy looked about as if ______ ______ ______ something.
答案:①had seen ②in search of
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. She is a woman of great a ______.
2. We should a ______ primary importance to the development of education.
3. The government is c ______ of winning the next election.
4. He p ______ to be reading a book when his mother came from work.
5. I feel highly h ______ for your trust.
6. Our baby brother is an ______ (增加) to our family.
7. The TV leaders looked for four ______ (音乐家)who were lively and could make good music.
8. We saw the film and ______(以后) walked home together.
9. Their exciting performances were ______ (模仿)by other groups.
10. The bank broke up in about 1970, but ______ (重组)in the mid1980s.
答案:1. ability 2. attach 3. confident 4. pretended 5. honoured
6. addition 7. musicians 8. afterwards 9. copied 10. reunited
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1. 她曾经梦想当一名医生。
She ______ ______ ______ a doctor.
2. 我将和你坦诚相见。
I shall ______ ______ ______ you.
3. 当年轻时一个人就应该养成良好的习惯。
One should ______ ______ ______ ______ when young.
4. 我以特别高的价格买下了这幅画。
I bought the picture at an ______ ______ ______ .
5. 他总是喜欢拿我开玩笑,因为我们是朋友。
He likes to ______ ______ ______ me because we are friends.
6. 你能不能借我十元钱?
Can you lend me ten yuan ______ ______ ?
7. 警察驱散了人群。
The police ______ ______ the ______ .
8. 昨天我在街上无意间遇到了他。
I met him ______ ______ in the street yesterday.
9. 根据颜色把这些卡片分类。
______ ______ ______ according to their colours.
10. 四天后他去了国外。
Four days ______ , he went ______ .
答案:1. dreamed of becoming 2. be honest with
3. form a good habit 4. extra high price 5. play jokes on
6. or so 7. broke up;crowd 8. by chance 9. Sort out cards
10. later;abroad
Ⅲ.
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