Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes:
A recent study by researcher Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability.
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| A．Music helps improve certain language abilities in the brain. |
| B．Music is not only enjoyable, but it’s also good for us in many other ways. |
| C．Musicians hear better because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds. |
| D．Schlaug was surprised to find that singing words helped his patients to speak. |
| E．In his study two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room. |
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【推荐1】Are you tired after studying hard? American country music will take you away for a while. The guitars and songs will take you to mountains and fields there.
Country music is simple music. It talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and basic.
Country music is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. It was the folk music of the American countryside. Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops or death.
Rural life can be hard, so the words are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.
When people moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.
John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song Take Me Home, Country Roads is well-known and people still play it today.
1. Which of the following is NOT true about country music?| A．It’s fast and loud. | B．It’s usually about everyday life. |
| C．It started in the southern states of the US. | D．The words about rural life are often sad. |
| A．the city | B．about school |
| C．about work | D．connected with the countryside |
| A．the guitar | B．the piano | C．the violin | D．the drum |
| A．In the 1950s. | B．In the 1930s. | C．In the 1920s. | D．In the 1940s. |
| A．pop | B．country | C．jazz | D．dance |
【推荐2】Chinese traditional painting and dance are two important parts of the art world. But what about when they meet each other?
In 2022, a dance program named Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting (《只此青绿》) was on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala and became popular.
According to CCTV, A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains (《千里江山图》) has to do with the dancing program. Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng painted the 900-year-old painting. The painting is amazing in its big size, rich colors. It shows a blue-green picture of land: “mountains, cloudless sky and water”.
The dancers acted as mountains and their clothes were green and blue. When the dancer swung, audiences seemed to look at the moving mountains and rivers. “Huge mountains and rivers are coming to life!” Internet user Mo Weisha wrote in Weibo. “Green mountains and rivers still excite people. Some people even decided to watch the dance again in the theater.”
In recent years, more and more shows pay attention to Chinese traditional culture because of people’s great love for traditional culture. “The younger people grow up with a more open mind. They love Chinese culture and are proud of it.” The director (导演) Yao Wei, told China Daily.
1. Where can we see The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting?| A．CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala. |
| B．Hunan TV’s Spring Festival Gala. |
| C．CCTV’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. |
| A．It has a history of over a thousand years. |
| B．It shows us the natural beauty of China. |
| C．It is of small size but has a lot of colors. |
| A．People can only watch the dance show on TV. |
| B．The mountains and rivers are true in the show. |
| C．Younger people are more open to traditional culture now. |
| A．Chinese culture. |
| B．A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains. |
| C．Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting. |
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Welcome to School Dancing Club Are you tired of sitting too long? Do you want to be healthier? Join the School Dancing Club and move your body!● Choice of dances: folk, modern, pop, etc. ● Level of difficulty: Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 ● Teachers: Helen White 13 years of teaching experience Graduated from International Master Dancing School John Smith First prize winner of “Dancers on Stage” in 2023 Skilled in different kinds of dance, especially in Jazz ● Who to join: Aged 12~15 If you would like to be one of us, please fill in the form and send it toMaria Cooper’s office before March 18th. |
1. If people want to ________, they can go to the Dancing Club.
| A．be healthier | B．be quiet |
| C．sing folk songs | D．learn pop music |
| A．Helen White | B．John Smith |
| C．Ken Power | D．Maria Cooper |
| A．Students aged 10. | B．Students aged 13. |
| C．Teachers with rich experience. | D．Teachers good at dancing. |
【推荐1】China has named the nation’s Mars rover (火星车) Zhu Rong. For all of us, Zhu Rong is a well-suited name.
In an ancient Chinese story, Zhu Rong had a big fight with Gong Gong, the god of water. And Zhu Rong won in the end. But after the fight, the human world came into complete darkness. Then he brought fire from heaven to the world.
“Zhu Rong is regarded as the earliest god of fire in traditional Chinese culture.” a space official said. “The first Mars rover was named Zhu Rong. The name symbolizes (象征) light and hope for space exploration(探索)in our country, and means to guide humans to continue exploration.”
After leaving the earth last summer. Zhu Rong circled Mars for several months and landed on it in May. In recent years, our country has sent up the world’s first quanturn satellites (量子卫星), and Chang’e 4 has made a soft landing on the moon. We have made great progress in space technology and will soon start building our own space station.
1. Zhu Rong brought ________ from heaven to the world.| A．fire | B．wars | C．water | D．animals |
| A．a big fight | B．light and hope |
| C．Chinese culture | D．complete darkness |
| A．the earth | B．Mars | C．the moon | D．the sun |
| A．Zhu Rong is regarded as the god of water. |
| B．Gong Gong is regarded as the god of fire. |
| C．Zhu Rong beat Gong Gong when they had a big fight |
| D．Cheng’e 4 hasn’t landed on the moon. |
| A．Zhu Rong is a bad person in an ancient Chinese story |
| B．China has made great progress in space technology |
| C．the official doesn’t like the name Zhu Rong |
| D．the writer is proud of China’s space technology |
【推荐2】Water plays an important role in keeping you healthy. This should come as no surprise. Much of your body is made up of water, after all. It keeps your body working properly. But did you know that too much water can poison (使……中毒) you?
Water poisoning happens when people drink too much water. This makes sodium (钠) in their blood too little.
You probably already know that too much sodium can be unhealthy. That’s true, but too little is also harmful. When you have too little sodium in your body, a lot of things will go seriously wrong in your body. Then you will feel really terrible.
Your brain may begin to go wrong. You may get a headache, feel very tired and want to throw up. In these cases, water poisoning can be deadly. You will need to be sent to a hospital right away.
Protecting yourself from water poisoning may seem easy—just don’t drink too much water, right? In some situations, however, this is easier said than done. For example, when you do some heavy exercise, such as running a marathon, you may have to drink a lot of water. It is then important to balance the number of water you drink with the number of water your body is losing. This can help you stay healthy whenever you are exercising.
So, how much water should a person drink each day? For years, we have been told to drink two liters (升) of water a day. But in fact, the actual number needed is different for each person. Today, most doctors are telling people that they should drink water whenever they feel thirsty. We can’t live without water. Neither can we live with too much water in our bodies. Make sure you take the right number of it each day—staying healthy is all about staying balanced!
1. What is much of people’s body made up of according to the passage?| A．Water. | B．Blood. | C．Hair. | D．Brain. |
a. People feel really terrible.
b. People drink too much water.
c. A lot of things go seriously wrong.
d. There is too little sodium in their blood.
| A．c-b-a-d | B．b-c-a-e | C．b-d-c-a | D．b-a-d-c |
| A．Water poisoning won’t make people die. |
| B．Different people need different number of water. |
| C．Too little sodium will not be harmful to people’s health. |
| D．It’s easy for people to protect from water poisoning. |
| A．To tell us stay in good health. |
| B．To tell us stay in a balance of water. |
| C．To tell us drink as less water as possible. |
| D．To tell us drink two liters of water a day. |
【推荐3】Nowadays, many people choose to continue working in their spare time because of much pressure from supporting their families. However, a study shows that instead of spending your spare time at work in hopes of getting a raise, maybe you should go to the gym. That’s because it could make you happy just like the money you made during this time. A new interesting study in The Lancet found that people who enjoy doing exercise have a greater sense of happiness than those who don’t.
Researchers from Oxford and Yale Universities used data collected from more than 1.2 million Americans. They were asked, “How many times have you felt uncomfortable because of mental problems in the past 30 days?” They were also asked about their exercise habits and were able to choose from 75 kinds of activities, including doing housework and childcare, running, weightlifting, and cycling.
The researchers found that the people who exercise regularly feel bad for an average of 35 days per year while the people doing little exercise feel bad for an additional 18 days. From the study, people who exercised had 43 percent fewer days of poor mental health in the past month than people who did not exercise. All exercise types can lead to a lower mental health burden (负担).
Social activities for exercising like team sports had an even more positive effect, although cycling was the most popular. Perhaps that’s because it takes place outdoors, which is always a way for people to get rid of stress.
It is possible to get too much exercise. Business Insider’s write-up on the study said, “The mental health of those people who exercised for longer than three hours a day suffered more than that of those who didn’t exercise.” The right amount seems to be three to five times per week, lasting 30 to 60 minutes each. The key point should be that any amount helps, so don’t force yourself to hit that perfect balance. All exercise types result in a lower mental health burden than not exercising.
1. From Paragraph 2 we can learn ________.| A．what the study found | B．when the study started |
| C．how the study was conducted | D．why the study was carried out |
| A．To warn people of the harm of exercise. |
| B．To recommend a website for exercise. |
| C．To show the proper amount of exercise. |
| D．To show people a special opinion on exercise. |
| A．The best way for people to remain active. |
| B．The activities that are good for people’s health. |
| C．The commonest mental problems among people. |
| D．The relationship between exercise and mental health. |
