综合检测(一)

Unit1Livingwell

(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)

(2021·广州高二检测)EversinceGraydonJamesrealizedhedbecomemorefamouswritingsongsratherthanbooks，hislinebetweenmusicandliteraturehasnotbeenclear.AlthoughTorontomusicianGraydonJamesdoesnthavethegreat__1__towriteprose(散文)，hislatestrelease(唱片)，Goodnight，YoungNovelist，certainly__2__abroaderstorythantheaveragealbum.

With40songsspreadovertwodiscs，Jamessaysthattheideabehinditwasactuallyquiteordinary.“I__3__therecordingprocessinthewakeofmypreviousbandbreakingupandIreallyjustwantedtogetgoodrecordingsofthesongsbeforeI__4__howtheywereplayed，”hesays.“Thatmightsoundsilly，butIdidhave50-oddsongsandthe__5__bandhadonlylearnedabout20ofthem—andIdohaveaterriblememory.”

Upon__6__thealbum，Jamesquicklyorganizedanewband，__7__namedtheYoungNovelists，andironicallysetaboutlearningthematerialalloveragain.Thatwasayearago，andhesaysthatthegroupssoundhasbeensteadily__8__.

“Goodnight，YoungNovelistisabitof__9__forme，becauseitissortofthereasontheband__10__，”Jamessays.“Wewereformedsothatthosetrackscouldbeplayedlive，butthebandhasreallybeenbetterthanwhatwasrecorded.Itsdifferentandfar，farbetter.Imgratefulforthe__11__ofrecordingthealbum；ithasbeenourcallingcardforawhilenowandwehavehadsomemajoropportunitiesbecauseofit，butIhopepeoplegetto__12__thebandplay.”

Whetherheardonrecordor__13__，itsclearthatJamessongsdisplaybothadeepfunandmelodicskill.Inthemusicalclimateof20or30yearsago，Goodnight，YoungNovelistwouldbeconsideredthe__14__ofradiosingles.However，todayJamesandhisbandare__15__somedifficultyindevelopingtheircareer.

1．A.ambition B．effort

C．belief D．confidence

2．A.says B．speaks

C．tells D．talks

3．A.prepared B．started

C．thought D．planned

4．A.forgot B．understood

C．r