Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain. A US review has found that musical training can improve speech and foreign language skills.
Although it was suggested in the past that listening to Mozart's music or other classical mu?sic make you smarter, there has been little evidence to show that music can boost brain power.
But a data-driven review by Northwestern University has pulled research together that links between musical training and learning can affect skills including language，speech，memory，at?tention and even vocal emotion.
Researcher Nina Kraus said the data strongly suggested that the neural(神經中樞的) connec?tions made during musical training also prepared the brain for other aspects of human communi?cation.
"The effect of musical training suggests that music is a resource that tones(增強) the brain for auditory(聽覺的) fitness and thus requires society to re-examine the role of music in encoura?ging individual development.”the researchers said in their study.
Kraus said learning musical sounds could improve the brain's ability to adapt and change and also enable the nervous system to provide constructive patterns that are important to learn?ing.
The study,published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, showed the improvement of re?search in recent years focusing on the effect of musical training on the nervous system which could have strong impact on education.
The study found that playing an instrument prepares the brain to choose what is related in the complex process that may involve reading or remembering a score，timing issues and coordi?nation(協 調) with other musicians.
"A musician's brain selectively enhances information -bearing elements in sound," Kraus said in a statement. The study also reviewed literature showing, for example, that musicians are more successful than " non-musicians in learning to connect sound patterns for a new language with words.
( ) 1. The passage is mainly about .
A.researches on musical instruments
B.the study of music
C.the effect of classical music
D.the benefit of musical training
( ) 2. It was believed but hasn't been proved that listening to classical music could
A.boost your intelligence
B.improve your speech abilities
C.develop the ability to learn languages well
D.make you feel happy
( ) 3. According to the study,musicians are better at learning a foreign language because
A.they are better at remembering a score.
B.they are more sensitive to changes
C.they are better at connecting sounds with words in a foreign language D，they can cooperate better with others
( ) 4. Which field might the study have a great effect on?
A. Arts B. Education C. Music D. Medicine
1—4 DACB
A本文介紹了美國的一項研究，講述了音樂訓練帶來的好處。
1.D根據文體特點，主旨大意應在第一段。文章的第一段概括地講述了音樂訓練帶來的好處。
2.A根據文章第二段的解釋可知傾聽古典音樂可以使人更加聰明，但迄今為止還沒有證據來證明。
3.C由文章的最后一段可知,音樂家更擅長學習外語主要是因為他們能更好地把聲音與單詞聯系起來，更容易記住單詞。
4.B根據文章最后三段可知，本次研究可能會對教育有著極大的影響。
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10. When ，the students will become sensitive to the subtle nuances of a lan- guage and thus become more careful thinkers, (guide)
學生在老師的正確引導下，可以對文字的細膩處產生敏銳的感覺，而因此成為一個細心的思想者。
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When I was 23 years old I was in a dangerous relationship with my fiance (未婚夫) at the time. I was being physically and verbally abused(辱罵) on a daily basis. I was financially tied to him after he spent all my savings to pay his debts but I wanted to be free！
For the longest time I was too embarrassed to tell my mother about the situation. She had warned me about him. But,eventually, I worked up the courage to tell her and she sent me the money I needed to leave.
Before the money arrived he found out what I planned to do. I was so scared of what he might do,so I decided to leave all my things and just get out of there.
Then,on my way to the safety, my car died!I had automobile insurance so I called the AAA and had them pull the car to a garage. It turned out that the repair was going to cost $80. 00 and the money my mom sent hadn't arrived by that time.
The owner of the garage must have known something was up because he asked what was wrong. I told him a brief description of my story and told him I could pay him in two days.
He never told me his name but I will never forget him or what he did for me that day！He fixed the car immediately and told me he would not accept any payment―ever！He said he had a daughter almost my age and would like to think that if she ever needed help in the future then some stranger might do the same for her.
Since then I have tried to help people in my own way. Now I have a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter and I hope throughout her life she can help others and be helped when she needs it， like I was!
( ) 5. The author left home without taking anything with her mainly because .
A.she preferred light travels
B.she was absolutely in a hurry
C.she took enough money with her
D.she didn't want her fiance to know it
( ) 6. What happened to the author on her way to the safety?
A.She had a traffic accident.
B.Her car broke down all of a sudden.
C.The insurance company helped her repair her car.
D.The cost of the repair was paid by the insurance company.
( ) 7. The owner of the garage didn't tell his name to the author in order to show that
A.he never wanted her to pay back
B.she should contact his daughter
C.he was a very kind and rich man
D.he expected her to do kind things
( ) 8. It is implied in the passage that .
A.the author managed to pay for the owner of the garage at last
B.the author hoped kindness would be passed down
C.the author's mother thought highly of her fiance
D.the daughter of the owner always accepted help
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Japanese households are being urged to go to bed one hour earlier than normal in order to help tackle climate change.
The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions.
The Morning Challenge campaign, launched by the Japanese Environment Ministry, is based on the belief that swapping late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly cut the nation's carbon footprint.
A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, according to the campaign.
The amount of carbon dioxide emissions potentially saved from going to bed an hour early equals 20 percent of annual emissions from household lights，" Many Japanese people waste elec?tric power at night time,for example by watching TV until very late, "a ministry spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph.
But going to bed early and getting up early can avoid wasting electrical power which causes carbon dioxide emissions. If people change their lifestyle, we can save energy and reduce emis?sions. The campaign also proposes that people take advantage of an extra hour of morning sun?light by improving their lifestyles in general by running，doing yoga and eating a nutritious breakfast.
It is the latest initiative(倡議) tackling climate change by the Japanese environment minis?try，which is faced with the challenge of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels within the next three decades.
It was the same government department that launched the high-profile(備受關注的) Cool Biz campaign five years ago，which encourages workers to wear short-sleeved shirts and offices not to turn air conditioner lower than 28 degrees Celsius during summer.
( ) 5. The campaign mentioned in the passage is aimed at .
A.saving electricity
B.taking full advantage of morning sunshine
C.improving Japanese people's lifestyle
D.reducing household carbon dioxide emissions
( ) 6. The underlined phrase "carbon footprint" in Paragraph 3 probably means .
A.the footsteps the Japanese make
B.carbon painting
C.carbon dioxide emissions
D.carbon paper
( ) 7. By 2020， the Japanese hope to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the level of 1990 by .
A. 20% B. 25% C. 28% D. 85%
( ) 8. What can we learn about the Cool Biz campaign according to the passage?
A.It was started by the Japanese Environment Ministry last year.
B.It was intended to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
C.It demanded that workers should not wear short-sleeved shirts.
D.It discouraged the workers from turning on air conditioner during summer.
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八年過去了，由于公家和私人支持恐龍研究的基金漸漸枯竭，Grant渴望獲得新的投資。
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Some places are so beautiful or so important in the history of the United States that the na?tional government has set them aside to protect them. They are cared for so that everyone now and in the years to come can enjoy them.
Ranking at the top of these places are the national parks. There are also historical parks and sites, national monuments, military parks, battlefield sites, national, cemeteries, memorials, parkways, and state parks. All together they make up the national park system of the United States. They are managed by the national park service.
The oldest of the national parks is Yellowstone. It was made a park in 1872. Now the Unit?ed States has more than 30 national parks. But Yellowstone is still the largest with over two mil?lion acres.
The government hires many workers to take care of the parks. There are scientists who know a great deal about wildlife. They see to it that the animals of the parks can roam around arid live as they naturally would. There are scientists who know a lot about insects and diseases that might harm the trees and wild flowers. There are scientists who know a great deal about the rocks of the region. There are rangers who see to it that the visitors follow the park rules.
The national parks are wonderful playgrounds. There are places for campers. And there are cabins to rent and lodges with dining rooms where visitors may stay as they do in a hotel. In ad?dition，there are wonderful opportunities for hiking， taking boat trips， fishing， swimming， ex?ploring the wilderness, and even climbing mountains.
The parks,however, are more than just interesting and beautiful. They have been called the biggest summer schools in the world. In each park there are scientist guides to explain to the visitors what they are seeing. There are museums, too,with exhibits to show visitors how the regions came to be as they are. Every year millions of visitors go to the national parks.
( ) 5. What do we know about Yellowstone according to the passage?
A. It covers about three million acres.
B. It is one of those latest national parks.
C.It belongs to the historical parks and sites.
D.It is a most important national park in America.
( ) 6. Rangers are hired in the national parks to .
A. watch visitors' behavior in the parks
B.analyze the rocks in the parks
C.take care of the forests in the parks
D.guide visitors around the parks
( ) 7. Why are the national parks called the biggest summer schools in the world?
A.Because Visitors can learn the history of the parks.
B.Because visitors crowd into the parks every summer.
C.Because visitors can explore the wilderness and take boat trips there.
D.Because visitors can learn from the scientists in the parks.
( ) 8. What is the passage mainly about?
A.The problems of the national parks.
B.A brief introduction to the national parks.
C.Some tips on traveling in the national parks.
D.A brief introduction to the national park service.
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7. ，everything will be all right,and we shall not make any major mis- takes, (long)
只要堅持這種態度，一切都好，而且我們也就不會犯任何大錯誤。
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to the east of,next to/beside/close to,as well/too, provide/supply, one kilometer away from，with plenty of,." shopping mall, hot water supply
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Wines from through the West are personally tasted and hand selected by the editors and
wine experts and Sunset Magazine.
吸引顧客(attracting the customers) 用狀語從句或疑問句增添廣告的感染力。
If you enjoy exceptional wine and take pleasure in sampling new vintages，the Sunset Wine
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對于基層組織的任務，草案也根據目前的情況，作了比較全面的規定。
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