2022-2023 学年 高一年级(英语)学科试卷下学期期中考试(答案在最后) 第一部分 听力(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共15 小题;每小题2 分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C 和D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项
A Jeremy Pound recommends compositions inspired by the beauty of the British countryside
Frederick Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring A bird, cuckoo, in Bradford gave birth to Deliusˈs short work for orchestra
The call of the bird is heard in one wind instrument and later another, while a soft, gentle tune (曲 调 ) in the strings promises sunny days ahead
Arnold Bax: November Woods Baxˈs 1917 symphonic (交 响 乐) poem for orchestra has, as the title suggests, a wonderful feeling of autumn
A storm gathers in the first half but eventually the music turns into a calmer mood
Few works display the British weather so well
Gustav Holst: Egdon Heath Though the title of Holstˈ