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How Music Makes Us Feel

People all around the world enjoy music.Some music is fast, and some music is slow. Some music is high and some music is low.

    1    Slow music can make us feel sleepy, and fast music can make us feel excited.For example, Pedro listens to slow music at night so he can fall asleep.     2    Also，the same music can make one person feel sad and another person feel happy.    3    

Music can help us imagine（想象）things，like animals.    4    When it's low and slow，we can imagine an animal that is in danger.    5    .Look at it a week later.Does it help you to remember the music？

A．When the music is fast,we can imagine an animal running

B．Amanda listens to fast music in the morning so she can wake up

C．When we listen to music, we feel different things

D．Next time you listen to music, draw a picture of what you imagine

E．There are no right feelings or wrong feeling about music

【推荐2】At 12, my father decided to take me on a trip to France. I had never been out of the country before, so I was very excited. My aunt, my father and I went around with my father showing us all the unforgettable attractions in Paris. None of us spoke much French but we loved the city.

We had taken the subway all over the city and were congratulating ourselves on our understanding of what is honestly a good subway design that is pretty easy to follow. We decided to visit Versailles by train. We chatted happily along the way until my father realized we were far into the French countryside and no one around spoke English.

We reached the end of the line and felt frightened when everyone finally left the train. An old man and his grandchild noticed us and came up to help. He spoke no English, so in broken French we tried to explain. When he finally understood, this great man settled his grandson and led us to the correct train and then got on it with us. Later we knew the truth that there was a train transfer and he didn’t want us to miss it. This kind man rode a train an hour and a half out of his way to make sure that three Americans got where they wanted to be. He refused to let us buy the ticket for him. He did it all with a gentle smile and shook our hands gently at the stop. Then in his quiet way, he got on the train to return the way he had come.

What impressed me most was the man and his kindness during the amazing trip. Some Americans think the French are rude for some reason, but I always try to make them change their minds with this very story.

Word Bank settle        安顿 transfer     换乘 impress     给人深刻印象

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What happened to the author and his family on the train?

A．They didn’t agree on where to go first.	B．They found it hard to live in the countryside.
C．They failed to get off the train at the right time.	D．They couldn’t understand the signs of the train.

2. How did the old man help the writer and his family?

A．By buying them train tickets.	B．By showing them the return way.
C．By inviting them to travel together.	D．By leading them to where they wanted to be.

3. What impressed the writer most about the old man?

A．His honesty.

B．His kindness.

C．His carefulness.

D．His happiness.

4. Which of the following can best describe the last paragraph?

A．Seeing is believing.	B．Being kind is a good manner.
C．Traveling makes one’s life colorful.	D．Helping others brings great pleasure.

5. What’s the purpose of writing the text?

A．To explain an unexpected problem.

B．To list the unforgettable attractions in Paris.

C．To share an unforgettable foreign experience.

D．To show the importance of learning a foreign language.

【推荐3】The Teenage Brain

Parents, teachers, and others who deal closely with teenagers know how difficult the adolescent(青少年的) years can be. This was thought to be due to the “foolishness of youth.” Now, brain-imaging technology allows scientists to study the physical development of the brain in more details than ever before. Their discoveries have led a new theory of why teens act this way.

Recently, scientists have discovered that though our brains are almost at their full size by the age of six, they are far from fully developed. Only during adolescence do our brains truly “grow up.” During this time, they go through great changes, like a computer system being upgraded. This “upgrade” was once thought to be finished by about age 12. Now scientists have found that our brains continue to change until age 25. Such changes make us better at balancing impulses (冲动) with following rules. But a still-developing brain does this clumsily (笨拙地). The result, scientists believe, is the unpredictable behavior seen in teenagers.

The studies show that teens are more likely to take risks. Luckily, the news isn’t all bad. As brain scientist B. J. Casey points out, the teen brain inspires such behavior in order to help teens prepare for adult life.

One way the brain does this is by changing the way teens measure risk and reward (回报).

Researchers have found that when teens think about rewards, their brains release more of the chemicals that create pleasure. Researchers believe this makes the rewards seem more important than the risks, and makes teens feel the excitement of new experience.

Research into the structure of the teen brain have also found that it makes social connection seem especially rewarding. As such, teens have a strong need to meet new people. Because it is still developing, a teen brain can change to deal with new situations. So it connects social rewards with even more pleasure. In this way, the brain encourages teens to have a wide circle of friends, which is believed to make them more successful in life.

Unluckily, this need for greater rewards can sometimes lead teens to make bad decisions. However, it also means that teens are more likely, and less afraid, to try new things or to be independent. And in the long run, the impulses of the teen brain are what help teens leave their parents’ care and live their own life successfully.

1. According to Paragraph 2, what have the scientists discovered now?

A．A changing brain helps follow the rules.

B．Our brains finish upgrading by age of twelve.

C．Our brains are fully developed by the age of six.

D．A developing brain can cause unpredictable behaviors.

2. The writer probably agrees that         .

A．teenagers should learn from their bad decisions

B．many teenagers are able to change their behaviors

C．the way the teen brain works makes them less afraid

D．the impulses of a teenage brain should be controlled

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The teen brain makes risks less exciting.

B．The impulse of teen brain can benefit teenagers.

C．Teenagers with more friends are more successful.

D．Teenagers make wrong decisions because of their brain.

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Do you still remember the lecture from China’s Tiangong space station last year? On March 23rd, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu gave another one! It was shown live around the world.     1    ?

Hot “ice”

Last time, the astronauts made a water ball in space.     2    . Well, it’s not actually ice. It’s a special solution(溶液).

After Wang pressed the solution from the bag, it became a transparent liquid ball(透明的水球). Wang used a small stick covered with a chemical to touch the ball and it quickly became an “ice ball”. “It looks like an ice ball, but as I touch it, I can feel that it’s warm,” Wang told the class.

A bridge of water

How do you build a “bridge” with water?     3    . But in the space station, with little gravity(重力), it’s quite easy!

In the lecture, Wang first made two water balls on two plates, then let them touch each other.

    4    , and the water between them didn’t break. It became a “bridge”! This is because the surface tension(表面张力) of water is not disturbed(干扰) by gravity in space. The surface tension keeps the “skin” of the water strong so that the bridge doesn’t break.

    5    

If we mix oil and water in a bottle on Earth, they will quickly separate because they have different densities(密度). Gravity brings the water down while the oil stays on top. However, if you do this in the space station, with no gravity, this won’t happen.

“How can we separate them, then?” When Wang asked for a method of separating water and oil in space, a student from Beijing suggested swinging the bottle in a circle. Wang’s teammate Ye Guangfu tried the method and succeeded in separating the two.

A．Separate water and oil

B．This time, they turned a water ball into an “ice” ball

C．What fun experiments did they do this time

D．It’s hard to do it on Earth

E．Next, Wang pulled the two plates apart

【推荐3】How can philosophy help kids' mental health?

Just as it's important for you to have a healthy body, it's also important to have a healthy mind. For a healthy body, you need to eat healthy food and do some exercise. But how do you keep your mind healthy? Perhaps exploring the meaning of things around us and thinking about how we should act in the world might help. That's called philosophy!

Have you ever wondered about the big things in life, like what is happiness? Or what is true friendship? It's normal for all of us to ask these questions. Usually when you are a kid, your parents try to teach you about these kinds of things. In the 1970s, philosophy professor Matthew Lipman developed a series of activities for the classroom which he called Philosophy for Children (P4C). The aim of these activities is to help children think for themselves about things that matter. The series includes different kinds of activities in which kids discuss different topics: the environment, animal rights, and more. Since kids usually spend more time at school than they do at home, school is a great place for these discussions. The teacher's role is to encourage the students to talk and express their thoughts and beliefs, not to give them the 'answers' – after all, these are the kind of questions to which there are no easy answers!

There is evidence that P4C really does make kids better thinkers and better students. But we thought that the program might also help with the students' mental health. After all, over the past years, mental health problems among children have been increasing. So what if schools carried out the P4C program? Would it have a positive influence on their mental health? This is the question we wanted to answer.

To judge the influence of P4C on children's mental health, we asked three classrooms to take part in our study. Even though our results are promising when it comes to levels of self-determination and anxiety, the P4C program didn't show any influence on depression (忧郁) levels. However, perhaps we could expect an influence on children with clinical depression (a very serious level of depression). Because none of our participants suffered from it, there was not much room for improvement – they were already doing pretty well. There was no important change in how satisfied the children were with their lives, nor with themselves. Perhaps the topics we discussed were not that suitable for this kind of improvement. Another possibility is that their self-respect and life satisfaction won't grow immediately but could do so some time after the end of the program.

1. According to the passage, what can perhaps keep your mind healthy?

A．Taking part in the study about mental health problems.

B．Developing a series of activities for our self-respect.

C．Encouraging the students to talk about their life satisfaction.

D．Exploring the meaning of things and thinking about how we should act.

2. P4C is to help children ________.

A．have a healthy body and mind	B．think about the important things
C．spend more time talking at school	D．answer the difficult questions

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．It's normal for all of children to ask stupid questions.

B．P4C has a negative influence on kids' mental health.

C．P4C really helps children be a better thinkers and students.

D．The study increased the levels of self-determination.

4. The writer probably agrees that after the study ________.

A．kids' self - esteem will grow immediately	B．P4C helps with the students' mental health
C．P4C showed influence on depression levels	D．the topics are suitable for kids' satisfaction