We know music is very important in our daily life. Do you notice music playing at any of those places when you go somewhere？Today most stores，stations，restaurants and other places play music.① __________
Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave（举止，行动）.They think that the sound of western classical（古典的）music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music，people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music，people spend less money. Without music，people spend even less.
Scientists also believe that loud，fast music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly.② __________
Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active.③ It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax.
The next time you hear music somewhere，be careful. It might influence the way you do things.
1. 选择最佳句子补全文章。其中有一项是多余的。①
A. Restaurants can make more money in this way.
B. Some old people don't like music.
C. You might even hear music in an office or on a farm.
2. 请根据短文内容，把相关的信息匹配。
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（1）classical music A. people spend less money in a restaurant
（2）loud，fast music B. people spend more money in a restaurant
（3）modern music C. people eat faster
3. 请将文中③处划线句子译成汉语。
4. 找出与People will spend much less if there is no music.意思相同或相近的句子。
5. 选择文章的最佳标题
A. Music in Restaurants B. Music and Behavior C. Types of Music
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Different people get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people like different music: some love classical music, and others like pop music. Most young people like pop music.
Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 1960s.
The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of local music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller than that in the 1950s and earlier. And it now becomes the most popular one. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers like Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. Today people still have a great interest in pop music. Its concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
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【推荐2】One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the Chinese seven － string zither(七弦琴), also known as the guqin, one of the four arts — along with go, calligraphy and painting. It first appeared over 3,000 years ago and represents China’s solo musical instrument tradition.
At first, the guqin had only five strings, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Later, in the Zhou dynasty, King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son. King Wu of Zhou, added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the Shang.
Ambience(环境气氛) was important in playing the Chinese zither. Usually, it was practiced in quiet setting and never for public performance.
Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains. The sound of the guqin mixed with the echoes(回音) from the mountains, until the musician found himself at one with nature. Playing it in snow was also a favorite pastime for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world. Also, a night with moonlight was considered ideal for playing the guqin. Wang Wei(701－761), a highly talented man of the Tang dynasty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.
Guqin pieces are usually around three to eight minutes long, with the longest being Guangling Verse, which is 22 minutes long. Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements, Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.
Now, there are fewer than one thousand well － trained guqin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by today. The guqin and its music was added to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产) in 2003.
Title: The Guqin and Its Music | |
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An | As one of the four arts, it has a |
The strings | At first, there were five strings, which Later, kings in the Zhou dynasty added |
The ambience | In quiet setting, not for public performance. 1. By a stream in the mountains. The 2. In snow. It was believed to be the purest instrument in the world. 3. On a night with moonlight, Wang Wei’s |
The present | Not many players, masters and works are alive at The guqin and its music |
【推荐3】Country music is very popular in America. It is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. At first, people played country music only at family parties. When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for jobs, they took their music with them. With country music continuing to change, it became popular throughout America. John Denver was one of the most famous country singers in America 50 years ago. His song Take Me Home, Country Roods is well-known and people still play it today.
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1. 根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。t
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2. 完成同义句转换，每空一词。 He sang many songs about the world we live in.
Many songs about the world we live in
3. What did people play only at family parties at first?
4. Was John Denver one of the most famous country singers in America in the 19th century?
5. How can pop music make people feel?
【推荐1】Negative（消极的）energy can be found almost everywhere. The emotions（情绪）people spread influence your thoughts and actions, so getting away from the sources（来源）of negative energy is necessary if you want to be more successful.
Everyone can be easily influenced by negative emotions unless you learn how to deal with them. The following ways will show you how positive（积极的）people deal with negativity, so you can use them in your life.
Spend time in nature.
Being in nature clears your mind and relaxes your body. Positive people spend a part of their day getting outside to enjoy the beauty of our planet. It is a great way to relax.
Practice positive thinking.
If you think negatively, there is no bright future for you. Positive people don't believe in the excuses their mind comes up with. By finding the good side of any problem, they make sure they are set up for success.
Cut off negative people.
If you spend time with positive people, you are more likely to be happy and satisfied. On the other hand, if you are too close to people who always complain, you will have a hard time getting the negativity away from your life.
Accept failure.
Positive people accept failure as they realize it is the only way to learn and grow. Whenever they fail, they work hard to get to the top again instead of giving up. Even though failure brings negative emotions, they believe it will go away quickly. To speed up the progress, they keep thinking positively.
将下面摘要补充完整，每空一词。
How to
Reasons
It is easy for everyone to be influenced by negative emotions.
Methods
Spending time in nature
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Practicing positive thinking
If you think negatively, there is no bright future for you.
The excuses that they come up with are not
Cutting off negative people
If you spend time with positive people, you are happy and satisfied. If you are too close to those who always complain, you will have
Accepting failure
Failure brings negative emotions, but positive people believe it will
【推荐2】People love proverbs. They are always impressed because the proverbs express a lot of information in just a few words. A good proverb quickly sums up ideas that are sometimes hard to express. And the person can understand it at once.
Proverbs come from two main places-ordinary people and famous people. These two sources（来源）are not always distinct（明显的）. Common and popular proverbs are often used by famous people. And the common people often borrow something that is said or written down by a well-known person. For example, "Bad news travels fast" probably comes from the experience of housewives. However, "All's well that ends well" was written by the famous writer-William Shakespeare.
Proverbs are used everywhere in the world. If you can understand a culture's proverbs, you can better understand the culture itself. There are many different ways that we use proverbs in our life. Here are some examples.
| Proverbs can | Proverbs | Meanings |
| give advice | ①A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. | Something you have is better than something you might get. |
| teach a lesson | ② Money doesn't grow on trees. | It isn't easy to get money. |
| express a com- mon truth | ③One person's meat is another one's poison （毒药）. | What one person loves, another person may hate. |
| give a warning | ④ | Don't plan on a good result until it actually happens. |
1. 请将表格中的①②③句谚语与下列图片匹配。将图片字母代号填写在横线上。
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2. 请从文中找出第一段画线单词it指代的内容。
3. 请从文中找出第二段的段落大意句。
4. 请将画线句子“There are many different ways that we use proverbs in our life. ”译为汉语。
5. 请选出表格中④处所缺的谚语。__________
| A．One finger can't lift a small stone. |
| B．Don't count your chickens before they hatch（孵化）. |
| C．You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. |
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern daily life.
Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced in war many years later.
Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying, he watched the way birds fly. Among his sketches(素描) we can see many objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.
Leonardo spent many hours thinking about: How to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.
Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was very unusual in those times. He never published his ideas and discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which look like writing in the mirror starting from the right side of page and moving to the left.
We have very few of his works today. Leonardo finished only a few of his painting. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men that the world has ever known.
1. What was Leonardo da Vinci?2. Did Leonardo invent any machines used for war?
3. How did Leonardo try to find out the secret of flying?
4. Why didn't Leonardo finish all his works?
5. How do people nowadays like Leonardo?
