Unit 2 课时跟踪练(一) Welcome to the unit & Reading Pre-reading.阅读理解ABack to three years before, the hit song Call Me Maybe was on everyones lips, and Carly Rae Jepsen had risen to pop status. But many critics wondered whether the Canadian singersongwriter was a onehit wonder.Jepsen admits that she felt a sudden increase of pressure after the singles unexpected popularity. To do with the stress, Jepsen threw herself into creating new songs every single day. It was as if Jepsen disappeared at least by the standard of pop stars. She had vanished from music charts and gossip columns as she got down to work.Over the next three years, the singer wrote over 200 songs and selected 17 of them to showcase in her new album Emotion, released last month.The 29yearold Jepsen found herself with another hit when the albums lead single, I Really Like You, started to top the charts.Some people have made fun of the song for repeating“really” five times in a row and 67 times throughout the whole song.“But its also an example of how more simple music can be art，” The Atlantic commented.The appealing, energetic Emotion proves that Jepsen will be a chief support in the music industry for the long journey. But her success is more than just bright and attractive earworms (上口曲调)Yes, its true that I Really Like You is a kind of 2015 version of Call Me Maybe.But in the albums other singles, Jepsen gets adventurous, experimenting with deeper material.Emotion is not all pop. Jepsen reveals a few musical styles that weve never heard from her before.Run Away With Me, a song filled with crying saxophones, opens the album. In Boy Problems, Jepsen shows unexpected fierceness. And Jepsens personal favorite, All That, is a hot ballad that talks about the desire for intimacy (亲密)“I hope that Im always changing, and that with every album Im kind of reinventing what excites me and reinventing sort of where I want to go musically，” Jepsen said.语篇解读：本文讲述了加拿大的创作型歌手卡莉蕾吉普森是如何通过自己的努力在音乐界获得成功的。1What did Jepsen do with her pressure from the hit song Call Me Maybe?AShe stopped working and studied further.BShe made friends with many famous singers.CShe set about performing in different occasions.DShe actively set out to create new songs every day.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段中的“To do with the stress, Jepsen threw herself into creating new songs every single day.”可知，为了应对压力，卡莉蕾吉普森每天创作新歌曲。故选D项。2Which of the songs is as popular as Call Me Maybe?ARun Away With Me.BBoy Problems.CI Really Like You. DAll That.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第七段中的“Yes, its true that I Really Like You is a kind of 2015 version of Call Me Maybe.”可知，歌曲I Really Like You 就是2015版的Call Me Maybe。再根据文章第一段的第一句可知，选C项。3According to the text, Jepsen is likely to be _.Alearned and good at changingBbrave and popular with the youngChumorous and willing to help othersDproductive and willing to try new things解析：选D推理判断题。根据第七段中的“Jepsen gets adventurous, experimenting with deeper material”和第八段中的“Jepsen reveals a few musical styles that weve never heard from her before.”可知，卡莉蕾吉普森勇于尝试新事物；根据第三段中的“Over the next three years, the singer wrote over 200 songs”可知，她是一位多产的歌手。故选D项。4What can we infer from the text?AEveryone likes I Really Like You.BThe song Emotion is very energetic.CJepsen wins lasting appeal by her songs.DJepsen became a singer at the age of 25.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第六段中的“The appealing, energetic .”可推知，卡莉蕾吉普森通过自己的歌曲而获得了持久的吸引力。故选C项。BBiologists have been making noise in the forests of the western American state of Idaho. They are making noise to study the value of quiet in nature. They want to know how people and animals react to noise pollution.The researchers placed outdoor speakers on the side of a halfkilometerlong part of a road in the Boise National Forest. For two years, they played the sounds of passing cars through the speakers. Professor Jesse Barber says they found the sounds caused migratory (迁徙的) birds to flee. The birds also failed to gain weight.Recently, researchers played the sounds of machines that are used to remove natural gas from the ground.Professor Barber says these experiments are designed to help researchers learn the effects of noise pollution on birds, insects, bats, plants and people.“We are testing the idea that these things are coupled as the soundscape gets louder, wildlife suffers. But that also feeds back on how much people get out of that experience, how much they value it, and thus how much they are willing to protect that same place.”The research team also studied a group of volunteers who watch birds for fun. Mitch Levenhagen is a graduate student in the research team. He measured how much the artificial noise reduces the ability of the birdwatchers to identify recorded birdsong.He recorded eight kinds of birdsong in the noise condition and another eight in the quiet. He then repeated the experiment without the artificial noise. The birdwatche