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nd enjoy their meals more. If you’re looking for ways to curb your appetite, try dimming the lights and listening to soft music the next time you sit down for a meal. 62. __________ Over 30% of Americans suffer from insomnia. A study showed that students who listened to relaxing classical music for 45 minutes before turning in slept significantly better than students who listened to an audiobook or did nothing different from their normal you’re having trouble sleeping, try listening to a little Bach or Mozart before bedtime to catch some Zs. 63. __________ Research proves that when you listen to music you like, your brain releases dopamine, a “feel good” neurotransmitter. Valorie Salimpoor, a neuroscientist at McGill University, injected eight musiclovers with a radioactive substance that binds to dopamine receptors after they listened to their favorite music. A PET scan showed that large amounts of dopamine were released, which biologically caused the participants to feel emotions like happiness, excitement, and joy. So the next time you need an emotional boost, listen to your favourite tunes for 15 minutes. That’ s all it takes to get a natural high! 64. __________ More than 350 million people suffer from depression around the world. A whopping 90% of them also experience insomnia. The sleep research above found that symptoms of depression decreased significantly in the group that listened to classical music before bedtime, but not in the other two groups. Another study by Hans Joachim Trappe in Germany also demonstrated that music can benefit patients with depressive symptoms, depending on the type of music. Meditative sounds and classical music lifted people up, but techno and heavy metal brought people down even more. The next time you feel low, put on some classical or meditative music to lift your spirits. 65. __________ Listening to music you enjoy decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol in your body, which counteracts the effects of chronic stress. This is an important finding since stress causes 60% of all our illnesses and disease. One study showed that if people actively participated in making music by playing various percussion instruments and singing, their immune system was boosted even more than if they passively listened. To stay calm and healthy during a stressful day, turn on the radio. Be sure to sing along and tap your feet to the beat to get the maximum healing benefit. 非選擇題部分 (共 40分) 第三部分:寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分 40分) 第一節(jié) : 短文改錯 (共 10小題;每小題 1分,滿分 10分) 下面短文中共有 10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。 增加: 在缺詞處增加個漏字符號( ∧ ),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 刪除: 把多余的詞用斜線( \)劃掉。 修改: 在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 注意: 1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞; 2. 只允許修改 10處,多者(從第 11處起)不計分。 Alex Baker, a young American, has a big stomach. He take part in a public petition, which held in a small town near Cincinnati last Saturday to find out who could eat the most in a shortest time. He succeeded in setting a record. In the giving time by the judge, Baker drank two bowl of soup, a whole chicken, half a goose, 10 eggs with 10 pieces of bread or a big cake. To everyone surprise, besides all these, he finished 20 glasses of beer. On the way to home with his friend Tom, Baker begged him sincere:“ Don’ t tell my wife about the petition until before dinner. I’ m afraid she won’ t give me anything to eat.” 第二節(jié):書面表達 (滿分 30分) 假如你是張華,你班要推選出一名班長,請你向班主任老師用英語寫一封 120個詞左右的信,推薦李越。要求:以具體事例說明你的推薦理由。 注意:信件中不得以任何形式透露地區(qū)、學校、同學姓名等真實信息。否則,按考試作弊行為認定。 Dear Sir, I’ d like to remend Li Yue as our monitor. ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Zhang Hua 例如 : It was very nice to get your invitation to spend∧ weekend with you. Luckily the I was pletely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8:00 p. m. am in Friday evening. on 參考答案 一、單項填空(共 20小題;每小題 ,滿分 10分) 15 ADDCB 610 BCACA 1115 CBDAD 1620 CABBC 二、完形填空(共 20小題;每小題 1分,滿分 20分) 2125 BDACA 2630 BCDBC 3135 ABDBC 3640 DAACD 三、閱讀理解(第一節(jié) 20小題,第二節(jié) 5小題;每小題 2分,滿分 50分) 4145 DBACD 4649 CBDA 5054 CDCAD 5560 BDCCAC 6165 ACEDF 四、短文改錯(共 10小題;每小題 1分,滿分 10分) Alex Baker, a young American, has a big stomach. He take part in a public petition, took which∧held in a small town near Cincinnati last Saturday to find out who could eat the most in a was the shortest time. He succeeded in setting a record. In the giving time by the judge, B a k e r d r a n k t w o given bowl of soup, a whole chicken, half a goose, 10 eggs with 10 pieces of bread or a big cake. To bowls and everyone surprise, besides all these, he finished 20 glasses of beer. On the way t o h o m e w i t h h i s everyone’s friend Tom, Baker begged him sincere:“ Don’t tell my wife about the petition until before sincerely after dinner. I’m afraid she won’t give me anything to eat. ” 五、書面表達 Dear Sir, I’d like to remend Li Yue as our monitor. Intelligent and diligent, he is one of the top students in our class. However, the reason why I remend him is that he is responsible and always willing to help others. The other day, while going to school, I happened to see an old lady getting across the s