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(神經(jīng)) system and these changes may improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added. The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after exercising with or without music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourage relaxation or sleep, wake up the body and improve memory and thoughts. Scientists have been studying the results of exercise to music on learning and understanding since the early 1950s. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart39。s violin pieces and exercised went on to get higher marks in an IQ test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music or play sports. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.(1)What does the underlined word enhance mean?A.produceB.provideC.improveD.impress(2)From the last paragraph we can learn that .A.you should follow your parents39。 wordsB.you have some good reasons to join in an IQ testC.good marks depend on listening to music and excisingD.exercise to music might help you get higher grades in tests(3)Which of the following statements is true?A.Music helps volunteers get better from heart disease.B.Exercise is used for people with head hurts.C.Exercise causes no changes in health without music.D.Music can help you relax and feel energetic.(4)What might be the best title of the passage?A.Exercise to MusicB.Music and studyC.Importance of MusicD.Studies on Exercise【答案】 (1)C(2)D(3)D(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文主要介紹了多聽音樂可以提高我們的學(xué)習(xí)能力,可以讓我們更健康,有聰明,說明了音樂的重要作用。(1)詞義猜測。根據(jù)本段第一句“Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease,”說明音樂可以提高那些患病的人的學(xué)習(xí)能力,說明And listening to music is thought to enhance ,增強的意思。produce生產(chǎn);provide提供;improve提高;impress給……留下印象。故C正確。(2)細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4行A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence ,說明D項正確。(3)細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Scientists have proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourage relaxation or sleep, wake up the body and improve memory and thoughts可知音樂可以減少壓力,讓人放松,喚醒身體,提高記憶等,故選D。(4)主旨大意。本文第一句If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a clever person是文章的中心句,下文都是圍繞第一句進行闡述,故選A。【點評】本文主要講述的是音樂的重要作用,需要考生在閱讀的時候有足夠的耐心。要養(yǎng)成在上下文串聯(lián)中猜測詞義的能力,根據(jù)上下文中出現(xiàn)的同義詞,近義詞,反義詞,以及詞義的解釋來理解生詞。同時要抓住文章的中心,不要受其他信息的影響。要根據(jù)題目及選項以及文章的上下文串聯(lián)合理的判斷推理。6.閱讀理解 Wang Yan, a 15yearold Chinese girl, likes eating snacks very much. She prefers cream biscuits, McDonald39。s hamburgers and KFC chicken. As a result, she has bee overweight. Today in China, there are many children like Wang Yan. Health experts say children should have healthy eating habits. First, they must eat regular meals and begin with a healthy breakfast. Second, they should have different kinds of foods such as fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat. Third, children shouldn39。t eat too much junk food. It is delicious, but eating it often is bad for their health. If children do as the experts say, they won39。t bee overweight. They will be healthier. Students won39。t bee tired at school, and they will have enough energy to study hard.(1)Why has Wang Yan bee overweight? A.Because she doesn39。t like sports.B.Because she likes eating vegetables.C.Because she likes eating snacks.D.Because she likes eating fruit.(2)How many pieces of advice do the health experts give in this passage? A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.(3)What kinds of food are good for our health according to the passage? A.Milk, fruit and KFC chicken.B.Cream biscuits, McDonald39。s hamburgers and KFC chicken.C.Packages of biscuits.D.Fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat.(4)If we do as the experts say, we will be . A.overweightB.healthierC.tired at schoolD.confident【答案】 (1)C(2)B(3)D(4)B 【解析】【分析】中國女孩王艷非常喜歡吃小吃,她更喜歡奶油餅干、麥當勞食品、肯德基雞肉,結(jié)果她變的超重。健康專家建議孩子們應(yīng)該有健康的飲食習(xí)慣,并提出了三點建議。 (1)細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段 She prefers cream biscuits,McDonald39。s hamburgers and KFC chicken. 可知,王艷變胖的原因是她吃了很多零食、漢堡和炸雞。故選C。 (2)細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段 First…… Second ……Third…… 可知,專家給了三條建議:1.一日三餐有規(guī)律并且吃健康的早餐,2.吃各種各樣的食物,3.不吃太多的垃圾食品。故選B。 (3)推理判斷題。根據(jù) they should have different kinds of foods such as fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat. 可知,水果、蔬菜、糧食、雞蛋、牛奶和肉但是健康食品。故選D。 (4)細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) If children do as the experts say, they won39。t bee overweight. They will be healthier,可知,聽專家的話我們就會更健康。故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。細節(jié)題要注意仔細閱讀,從文中尋找答案,推理判斷題需要根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容介紹,并聯(lián)系上下文,推出需要的信息。7.閱讀理解 Want to enjoy some extreme sports(極限運動)? Here are a small number of the extreme sport clubs across universities in the UK.Octopush(水中曲棍球)Oxford, York. Aberdeen and Warwick are only some of the universities that offer this rather unusual sport. Anyone who is able to swim can play. It is played by two teams of six players. Everyone wears a mask and carries a small wooden stick.Skiing and snowboardingNearly every university in the UK has a skiing and snowboarding club. For example, Brumski 8. Board Club of Birmingham University has run for 30 years and has about 500 members. They hold Christmas and Easter ski trips every year and take part in petitions.SkateboardingWarwick University is home to the Long