1 . Have you ever thought about why malls, restaurants, and even theaters have music? Well, to understand this, you simply just look back at how you felt when you heard music in these places. Music is known to improve the mood of people. Often music helps us pay attention to what we are doing. Music helps patients feel good and better.

Depression (沮丧) is a state of mind that most of us experience at some point of time. There are some periods in our life when everything seems difficult. It seems that everything is getting worse and we have no control over our life. Studies have shown that music can be an important mood lifter in such situations. Music also plays a great role in making us feel less nervous or worried. Anxiety can often cause loss of sleep and other illnesses.

Music is often known as an international language. We may not know the language another person is speaking, but most of us respond to music in the same. Music can often be the best way to connect with someone.

Music is one of the best ways to improve your moods, but this can depend largely on the kind of music you listen to. While happy music can certainly make you feel better, sad music can further lower your spirits. Listening to classical music can often make you feel a lot more powerful, while soft music can be the perfect way to relax at the end of a long day. If you want to use music to change the way how you are feeling, you need to understand the role of it, learn to recognize the kind of music that lifts your mood and helps you feel better. Once you realize the kind of music you can use, you can use it to change the way you feel. The right kind of music can be the perfect way to help us feel happier.

1. According to the passage, what’s the purpose of playing music in restaurants?

A．To welcome the customers

B．To make customers feel good

C．To make customers dance

D．To make customers feel depressed

2. From the passage, we can know that ________ .

A．most of us suffer depression all the time

B．most of us respond to music in different ways

C．music can be a good way to connect with others

D．any kind of music will help us improve our moods

3. What is this passage mainly about?

A．What meanings music has

B．How we control our moods

C．How music affects our moods

D．What kind of music we listen to

4. According to the last paragraph, which of music can relax ourselves from a long day’s work?

A．Soft music.

B．Classical.music.

C．Sad music.

D．Rock music.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入 1 个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts, and it    1     (value) in both Eastern and Western cultures. One of the most famous sayings about friendship in China can be found in the words of Confucius: "Isn't it    2     joy when friends visit from faraway places?"

In the UK, there is an       3     (equal) famous poem about friendship. It reminds people    4     (remember) and value old friendships, as they look to the years ahead. That poem is Auld Lang Syne.

“Auld Lang Syne” is Scots and translates word for word as "old long since",    5     (mean) "days gone by". The poem was written by the great Scottish poet Robert Burns. It was printed in 1796, just after Burns's death. And over the years it became the song that is so familiar    6     us today.

    7     (Joy) but at the same time a bit sad, Auld Lang Syne has featured in many films, including Waterloo Bridge, the film    8     made the song widely known to Chinese audiences.

Today, Auld Lang Syne has been translated into many different languages, and is one of the world's best-loved songs. It's played at parties,    9     (celebrate), festivals, and even at some shopping centers at closing time. Whatever language or occasion, it has become a symbol of friendship and    10     (share) experience—whether we can sing it or not.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did Fred McGill start the competition?

A．In 2014.

B．In 2017.

C．In 2018.

2. How many people took part in the competition this year?

A．At least 100.

B．At least 120.

C．At least 200.

3. Who is the competition intended for?

A．Students in music school.

B．Teens with musical talents.

C．Songwriters.

4. What will the audience do next?

A．Join the speaker on stage.

B．Sing a song together.

C．Listen to a song.

6 . Organizers of Paris 2024 have suggested that breakdancing(霹雳舞) should be included as a new sport in the Olympic sports. The committee is pleased with the suggestion as it is in line with its aim of rejuvenating the Olympics. But, what is breakdancing on earth?

Breakdancing is not simply a style of dance. It’s a unique culture with its own history. Popularized by African Americans and US Latinos, breakdancing is an energetic form of dance including stylized footwork and moves such as spinning on the head, hands or knees. It arose in New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s from martial arts moves. The moves, originally learned as a form of self-defence eventually developed into the complex and athletic moves of today’s breakdancing.

Breakdancing is largely improvisational(即兴的) without standard moves or steps. The key is on energy, movement, creativity and certain danger. The people who perform this style of dance are known as b-boys or b-girls. They are also called breakers.

From those early roots, breakdancing began to add different moves to their routines, such as “pops” and “locks”, which brought a robotic quality to the dance. That style was popularized in the early 1970s by artists of the time. In the 1980s breakdancing reached a greater audience when it was adopted by mainstream artists like Michael Jackson. Jackson’s moonwalk, a step that involved sliding backward and lifting the soles of the feet so that he appeared to be sliding or floating, caused huge excitement among teens of all races.

With the growing popularity over the years, breakdancing has gone from a street phenomenon to one that is accepted by the wider culture.

Breakdancing is universal and it is popular with more than one million b-boys and b-girls in France. We hope the energetic dance is to be in the Olympic Games.

1. Which of the following best describes breakdancing?

A．Unique and defensive.	B．Standard but dangerous.
C．Energetic and creative.	D．Improvisational but simple.

2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about breakdancing?

A．Its features and history.	B．Its birthplace and audience.
C．Its changes and culture.	D．Its moves and complexity.

3. Why did breakdancing attract more people in the 1980s?

A．It took on a robotic look.	B．It caused excitement among teens.
C．It involved pops and locks.	D．It was adopted by mainstream artists.

4. What might be the purpose of writing the text?

A．To popularize breakdancing worldwide.

B．To explain what breakdancing is on earth.

C．To promote breakdancing to an Olympic sport.

D．To introduce the development of breakdancing.

7 . When people think about British music, for the most part they think about the 60s or 70s with the likes of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones or more modern artists like Adele or Ed Sheeran. However, stuck between these two ages was, in my opinion, British music’s best period. The 90s were an optimistic time for Britain and indeed Europe, with the economy recovering from the lows of the 80s and the Cold War ending.

One of the defining features of 90s music was the birth of “Britpop”. This was a style of pop music that aimed to promote “Britishness” and commonly featured electric guitars, drums and male singers. Britpop was the style used by world-famous bands such as Oasis, Blur, Pulp and Suede who became known as “The Big Four”. The summer of 1995 was dominated by the “Battle of Britpop” which was between Blur and Oasis for the number one spot. Eventually, Blur won the battle and Oasis settled for second.

However, the 90s weren’t only for the boys, with major female groups also finding fame, the most well-known of which were “the Spice Girls” who were extremely popular in Britain and around the world. Once again they promoted “Britishness” and had catchy melodies and lyrics, but they also started the “Girl Power” movement which helped empower girls and women worldwide. It isn’t too far to assume that without their music, many female singers and artists who we love today would not have had the confidence to pursue their dream.

British music may have had many great times, however the 90s are often overlooked. Although I was not alive to enjoy the music properly, the 90s had a huge impact on British culture that can be felt today and I feel that the decade should get the recognition it deserves!

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．The Cold War came to an end in the 80s.

B．Britain’s economy began to pick up in the 90s.

C．The Beatles represented the best British music.

D．Adele is better than Ed Sheeran in modern music.

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．Britpop.	B．Britishness.
C．The Big Four.	D．Battle of Britpop.

3. What’s the most important influence of “the Spice Girls” according to the text?

A．Promoting “Britishness”.	B．Empowering girls and women.
C．Creating catchy melodies.	D．Finding fame for female groups.

4. The writer thinks the impact of the 90s music on British culture is ________.

A．underestimated	B．well-recognized
C．fairly evaluated	D．reasonably doubted

8 . Does listening to music make you feel relaxed? Could it even go further and help cure serious diseases? The Sync Project, a new company based in Boston, is trying to find out if this is possible. Its mission is to figure out if music can truly be used as medicine.

Current research into how music affects the body and brain shows that there is at least some influence. For instance, research published in 2005 by Theresa Lesiuk at the University of Windsor in Canada found that music helped to improve the quality and timeliness of office work, as well as ameliorate positive attitudes while people were working. A review in 2012 by Costas Karageorghis, a sport psychologist at Brunel University in London found there was “evidence to suggest that carefully selected music can give physical and psychological benefits during high-intensity exercise”. The research by Jessica Grahn, an assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, has shown that even when people aren’t tapping their foot or dancing to music, FMRI scans show that “quite a lot” of the brain is responding. A song’s rhythm, Grahn said, drives responses in the brain’s movement areas, and these responses tend to be stronger with music that has a clear beat that people can follow. “One thing that people have observed is that if you play Parkinson’s patients music that has a steady beat ... these patients seem to have improvements in their walking,” she added.

Grahn is realistic but excited. “I think there’s a lot of hype (炒作) about what music can do,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a sort of cure-all or replacement for a lot of things, but I certainly think it has potential. And the great thing about it is there are generally no bad side effects, it gives patients a sense of control over their treatment, and that’s really important.”

1. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Music Could Be a Cure?	B．The Contributions of Sync Project
C．Music means a lot to researchers?	D．The Medical Promotion by Music

2. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?

A．By giving examples.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By giving instructions.	D．By analyzing cause and effect.

3. What does the underlined word “ameliorate” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Value.

B．Lack.

C．Improve.

D．Suspect.

4. Researchers have found from their studies that _________.

A．music has potential to replace medicine

B．music controls quality and quantity of office work

C．music can cure physical and psychological problems

D．music of clear beats helps Parkinson’s patients walk better

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father did not want him to become a     1    (music), Strauss Junior studied the violin     2    (secret) as a child. When his father discovered his son practising on a violin one day, he gave him a beating,    3    (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn’t prevent the boy from becoming one of the     4    (great) composers of all time.

He wrote his first waltz (华尔兹) at the age of six. At nineteen, he decided to devote     5    (he) to music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour of Europe and soon became known     6     the Waltz King. The emperor of Austria was so     7    (please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions     8    he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among     9    was the well-known favorite The Blue Danube (蓝色多瑙河) in all, the talented Johann Strauss     10    (write) more than 500 masterpieces.