1 . Music is present in any part of the world, and it is appreciated and felt everywhere. Without its presence, life could be boring. Studies show that music is good for your body and mind.
Music can increase pain management. Listening to music can help increase your pain tolerance (耐痛性).
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●Music can reduce anxiety and depression
●Music can improve self-expression and communication. Self-expression and communication are an important part of the human experience, especially when it comes to basic emotional and mental health needs.
| A．Music can improve heart health. |
| B．Music can increase your heartbeat rate. |
| C．Here are some benefits of music treatment. |
| D．They are two common pains in your daily life. |
| E．It has been proved to be helpful for anxious and depressed people. |
| F．Listening to music can also help decrease the strength of your pains. |
| G．For kids weak in both areas, music treatment can help develop their relative skills. |
2 . When people talk about American popular music, they don’t just mean country music or rock music. There are two other types of popular music with national and international appeal that are basically American. One is jazz. The other is a musical form associated with New York City theaters.
Jazz dates from African religious and folk music. The themes and songs of jazz music have historical origins. They come from songs sung by black Americans in church or at work. There have been different kinds of jazz music: bebop, ragtime, swing, boogie-woogie and others.
In playing jazz music, the performers combine rhythms and songs with their skills of improvisation (即兴创作). Modern jazz music has developed into a complex musical style enjoyed more by musicians and older jazz lovers than by the general public.
American theater has developed another American musical style. It is associated with a street in New York City, Broadway. Broadway musicals are dramatic productions in which the story is told partly by dialogue and partly through songs. The lyrics of these songs give background information about the story and express the feelings of the characters in the story. Many Broadway musicals have been made into movies that have been shown all over the world. Oklahoma, Sound of Music, My Fair Lady and West Side Story are some good examples.
Songs from these musicals and others have translations in various languages that are sung around the world. Many of them have become popular with people who have not even seen the musicals for which they were written.
1. What does jazz belong to?| A．Rock music. | B．Country music. |
| C．Traditional music. | D．American popular music. |
| A．Its playing method. | B．Its popularity. |
| C．Its origin. | D．Its historical position. |
| A．It needs special skills to perform. | B．It is not well received by ordinary people. |
| C．It is welcomed only among musicians. | D．It is popular with the general public. |
| A．the songs | B．the translations | C．the musicals | D．the languages |
3 . “Doppelgänger” is a German word which means “double-goer”, a person who looks exactly like you but has no relationship with you. Luckily, the math says that it’s just about impossible and that you are unique.
If we are talking about measurements of the face, there is a small chance that 2 or more people will match one another on 8 measurements of the face, which include ear length and the space between the centers of the right and left eyes. However, if we look at measurements of the body, the chance is even lower. This is because these measurements are larger. Two people may look very similar at first sight, but when you start the measurement they will not match each other.
Many of us have had the experience of being greeted by a stranger and asked if we were someone we weren’t. It’s easy for us to believe in the possibility of doppelgängers. It’s more possible that you’ll see a doppelgänger of an acquaintance than your mom. You know your mom really well and you can find the difference quickly, but for an acquaintance, it’s not the case.
The result that doppelgängers aren’t really a thing doesn’t mean that researchers will stop their research into body features any time soon. In fact, the differences in human features are becoming more important and measurements of the body are more unique than those of the face. Many wrongdoers who are caught on camera cover their faces, so we need to find out if we can use the body in the same way as the face is used.
1. What can be learnt from Paragraph 2?| A．Measurements of the face are not exact. |
| B．There are no similar people in the world. |
| C．People are more similar in body measurements. |
| D．People are less alike in body measurements. |
| A．They don’t believe in face measurements. |
| B．There are many twins around the world. |
| C．They don’t know the “doppelgängers” so well. |
| D．There were doppelgängers in German history. |
| A．They are helpful. | B．They are popular. |
| C．They are against the law. | D．They are difficult to make. |
| A．You can be measured mathematically | B．You are the only one in the world |
| C．Who can be your doppelgänger? | D．Why are there doppelgängers? |
4 . Fiona Kolbinger, a 24-year-old cancer researcher From Germany with little experience in competitive cycling, took the world by surprise when she became the first female to win the Transcontinental Race this year. She surpassed 225 men and 39 women to finish about 2,485 miles’ race from Bulgaria to France in 10 days, two hours, and 48 minutes.
“When I was coming into the race, I never thought I could win the whole race,” Kolbinger said. While the cyclist’s unexpected victory shocked people worldwide, she’s unimpressed. Despite resting an average(平均) of just four hours a night throughout the ten-day period, Kolbinger says, “I think I could have gone harder. I could have slept less.”
Now in its seventh year, the Transcontinental Race was founded by the late British ultra-cyclist Mike Hall. The race requires not only racers’ biking skills and endurance(耐力), but also their route planning and time management skills. “Riders plan, research and lead their own course and choose when, where and if to rest,” the Transcontinental Race’s website explains. “They’ll take only what they can carry and eat only what they can find.”
Unlike other cycling competitions where the routes are carefully laid out, the Transcontinental Race requires riders to make a map of their own course. The only requirement is to check in at four stops, located at different points along the way. To make sure all competitors experience some of the same challenges, each checkpoint is followed by strict terrain(地形).
The event’s difficulty has meant previous winners have all been experienced ultra-cyclists. Given that this was Kolbinger’s first try at endurance racing, her victory shocked many. However, it didn’t surprise Björn Lenhard, who trained with her for the race in Dresden, Germany. The ultra-cyclist said, “Fiona is so strong. What’s more, she’s a complete rider. Yes, you need to be strong, but in this race, you have to be able to think, to plan, to fix your bike if you have to.”
1. What does the underlined word “surpass” in the first paragraph mean?| A．Treated. | B．Encouraged. |
| C．Helped. | D．Beat. |
| A．They have to be experienced. |
| B．They have to be smart enough. |
| C．They have to be self-supporting. |
| D．They have to ride along the given roads. |
| A．It requires cyclists to go through at least four terrains. |
| B．It requires cyclists to plan courses alone. |
| C．It is much fairer than other races. |
| D．It needs to be carefully laid out. |
| A．It is expected. | B．It is encouraging. |
| C．It is shocking. | D．It is rewarding |
5 . The smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths about interviewing before they start looking for a job. What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some tips to help you do your best at your next interview.
Myth 1 The aim of interviewing is to obtain a job offer.
Only half true. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you want. That often means rejecting job offers you don’t want! Unskilled job-seekers, however, become so used to accommodating employers’ expectations that they often easily qualify for jobs they don’t want. So before you hand in your resignation, be sure you want the new one.
Myth 2 Try to control the interview.
Nobody controls an interview, neither you nor the interviewer, although one or both parties often try. When somebody tries to control us, we hate it. When we try to control somebody, he makes us feel uncomfortable. Remember, you can’t control what an employer thinks of you, just as he can’t control what you think of him. So hang loose when interviewing, or you may give people the impression that you are not believable.
Myth 3
Another silly myth. If you don’t disagree at times, you become, in effect, a “yes” woman. Don’t be afraid to disagree with your interviewer in an agreeable way. And don’t hesitate to change your mind. The worst that could happen would be that the interviewer says to himself, “There is a person with an open mind!” The conventional wisdom says “be yourself” true enough. But how many people can be themselves if they don’t feel free to disagree?
Click here to get more silly myths and useful suggestions.
1. What is this passage trying to tell us?| A．Some accepted advice about interviewing is actually not true. |
| B．Interviews don’t help people to get the jobs they really want. |
| C．“Yes” women are more likely to get good jobs. |
| D．It’s silly to take an interview too seriously. |
| A．Always please the interviewer. | B．Show gratitude to your interviewer. |
| C．Never interrupt the interviewer. | D．Don’t disagree with the interviewer. |
| A．be what he himself is | B．be flexible to choose a job |
| C．be polite and agree with the interviewer | D．be what the interviewer wants him to be |
| A．In the newspaper. | B．In the textbook. | C．On the website. | D．In the magazine. |
6 . New mothers who read and write blogs may feel less alone than mothers who do not participate in a blogging community, according to family studies researchers. “It looks like blogging might be helping these women because they may begin to feel more connected to their extended family and friends, which leads them to feel more supported,” said Brandon T. McDaniel, graduate student in human development and family studies at Penn State.
McDaniel and colleagues from Brigham Young University surveyed 157 new mothers about their media use and their happiness. The moms were all first-time parents with only one child under the age of 18 months — most much younger than this. The researchers report in the online version of Maternal and Child Health Journal that blogging had a positive impact on new mothers, but social networking — mainly Facebook and MySpace did not seem to impact them.
“We’re not saying that those who end up feeling more supported all of a sudden no longer have stresses, they’re still going to have those stressful moments you have as a parent,” said McDaniel. “But because they’re feeling more supported, their thoughts and their feelings about that stress might change, and they begin to feel less stressed about those things.”
McDaniel pointed out several potential benefits for new mothers who blog, including giving moms both a way to connect with family and friends who do not live nearby and an outlet to use and show their hobbies and accomplishments, particularly for stay-at-home moms.
Because this is one of the first studies to look at the effects of participation in online communities on new mothers, McDaniel noted that there is not enough information collected yet to determine how or why blogging and social networking have markedly different impacts on new moms. However, this study demonstrated that mothers who blogged frequently show stronger connections to their family and friends. That possibility is going to have some other profound influences on them, including their relationship with their husband, the ways that they’re feeling about their parenting stress, and eventually into their levels of depression.
1. What does the underlined part “these women” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Mothers who read and write blogs. | B．New mothers who like using Facebook. |
| C．New mothers who read and write blogs. | D．Mothers who do not participate in a bogging community. |
| A．Kate, who is a mother of a 6-year-old boy. |
| B．Betty, who is going to be a mother. |
| C．Joe, who is a mother of a 5-month-old boy and a 2-year-old girl. |
| D．Susan, who is a mother of a 6-month-old boy. |
| A．Stay-at-home moms benefit more from Blogging. |
| B．Blogging and social networking share the same effect on new mothers. |
| C．New mothers who blog are completely free of stresses. |
| D．Blogging provides new mothers with a good place to show their baby photos. |
| A．Men play an important role in bringing up their children. |
| B．Modern technology does more harm than good to mothers. |
| C．It’s important for mothers to feel connected and supported in life. |
| D．Mothers of more children feel less stressed than those with only one child. |
7 . Are you planning your family holiday in London? Book one of London's best family-friendly hotels, which can help your stay run smoothly.
Athenaeum
Rely on the Athenaeum's kids concierge(礼宾部)for the perfect family stay in London. Even before you arrive at the hotel in London, they’ll be in touch to make sure your kids have their favorite DVDs, treats and more to keep them happy. After you settle into your family room, they help plan your perfect routes.
Cost £79
The Nadler Kensington
Relax in one of the Nadler Kensington's large family rooms in London, which can sleep up to four people. Perfect for a reasonably-priced family holiday, it has no extra charge for baby beds. There's a mini kitchen so you can prepare your own light meals and snacks. The west London hotel is also close to two subway stations, making it easy to get around.
Cost £118
St James's Hotel and Club
Meet all your family's needs at St James's Hotel and Club, one of the best I child-friendly hotels in London. The hotel can help you plan family days out, and you can enjoy the hotel's quiet position in a peaceful cul-de-sac(死胡同)off St James's Street. Inter-connecting rooms at this fashionable hotel are available on request.
Cost £320
Melia White House
Let kids feel grown-up with their own check-in area at Melia White House, which is close to Regent's Park. There are also treats like an ice cream voucher(券)and activities in its kids club. Stay in a family room, which holds two adults and two children under the age of 11 for no additional charge.
Cost £ 140
1. What do we know about Athenaeum?| A．It provides fee meals. | B．It has special rooms for kids. |
| C．It helps guests find local tour guides. | D．It learns about kids' preferences ahead of time. |
| A．Make your own food. | B．Teach your kids to cook. |
| C．Get to bus stations quickly. | D．Ask for a baby bed with little money. |
| A．Athenaeum. | B．The Nadler Kensington. |
| C．St James's Hotel and Club. | D．Melia White House. |
10 . James Joyce, Excellent Irish Writer
The beautiful land of Ireland has given us a great number of excellent writers — Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Yeats, Synge, and so on. Among them, James Joyce is a shining star.
A novelist (小说家) with the great quality of being different from other writers, James Joyce is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the modern age. In fact, the modern English novelist, Anthony Burgess, praised him as one of the four "Giants" of modern literature (文学).
It is he who created the new method in literary experiment, "the stream of consciousness (意识)"which has very great influence on the modernist writers. In Ulysses, his great work, Joyce skillfully used this method to describe the difficult thoughts of the characters, especially by monologues (长篇大论).
However, in his earlier work Dubliners, Joyce mainly used the traditional method of realism. His description is so lively that the readers can sense the characters hopes and longings, their loneliness and sadness ― drinking a lot to forget the bitter experience in life, wandering aimlessly from one street to another in silence. You could never forget the sad atmosphere (氛围) and sharp philosophical (哲学的) words once you read them.
1. James Joyce is ________ .| A．a shining star in the sky |
| B．an outstanding representative (代表) of the excellent Irish writers |
| C．a better writer than Bernard Shaw |
| D．as good a writer as any other writer |
| A．Anthony Burgess was his friend |
| B．he wrote more novels than other writers |
| C．he was a novelist with great difference |
| D．he was a modern novelist |
| A．a new novel that has very great influence on the modernist writers |
| B．created to influence other modernist writers |
| C．a new method in literary experiment which has little influence on the modernist writers |
| D．a new method in literary experiment which has very great influence on the modernist writers |
| A．the work that Joyce did when he was young |
| B．a book written by Joyce with the method of "the stream of consciousness1* |
| C．a book written by Joyce with the traditional method of realism |
| D．a man who wrote to Joyce mainly with the traditional method of realism |
| A．had bitter experiences in life |
| B．could sense their hopes and longings |
| C．walked about in the streets aimlessly while crying bitterly |
| D．drank a lot because they had a lot of money to spend |
