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2 . American country music is also known as country western music. It has a very long history. It comes from the folksongs of immigrants (移民) from Britain. Country music uses simple music and words to express everyday feelings such as loneliness, love, and sadness. That is to say, country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and roads, farm and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about.
Country western, music became popular first among cowboys (牛仔) in the American west countryside. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm the animals and to overcome their own fear. They were not well-educated and so they sang about their daily life in very simple words. They played guitars，violins and other instruments. In the south of America, many people added instrument. from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When cow hoys visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country we stemn music.
In recent years, many musicians have made country we stem music a little different from the one in the past. These changes make the songs sound even better. Today singers such as Carth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rimes, Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles. They have brought count ty western music more and more fans from all over the world.
1. The underlined words “calm the animals” here mean “make the animals” become| A．sad and lonely | B．quiet and relaxed |
| C．angry and wild | D．upset and scared |
| A．Early immigrants lived a very simple life. |
| B．Many country music singers are not well-educated. |
| C．Cowboys usually played country western music on holidays. |
| D．In the west of America, cowboys added instruments from their homes. |
| A．violins | B．bottles | C．knives | D．spoons |
| A．it has a long history | B．it comes from Europe |
| C．it is sung by cowboys | D．it is easy to understand |
Sally had longed to become a dancer since three. However, a terrible car accident made that ambition nearly come to an end overnight in 2011. Sally, then a 15-year-old high school student in California was injured severely in the accident that left her paralyzed(瘫痪的) from the waist down. For most people, that would have dashed any hope of a dancing career. But for Sally, it was just the beginning of new life. Instead of being a barrier, her wheelchair made her more courageous. “I wanted to prove to my community and to myself that I was still‘normal’,”she said with a determined look,“Whatever normal meant.”
In her eyes, Normal meant dancing, so Sally did it in her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team. “Half of my body was taken away from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Sally said. “It definitely took a lot of learning and patience.”
After graduation, Sally expanded her dance network to include women who had the same situation as her. She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord injuries (脊髓损伤), and invited them to dance with her by sharing her determination. “It was such an amazing experience.” Hoping to reach more people in a larger city, Sally moved to Los Angeles in 2016 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities called DREAM. “I want to show that dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re rolling.”
In Sally’s dancing team, there was a girl Ella aged 12, who had been feeling depressed since the terrible accident. Having known about the girl’s situation, Sally made efforts to seek every chance to help the little girl find back the confidence to live. Thanks to Sally’s continuous efforts, the little girl recovered physically and mentally day by day. The other day, an invitation to a national dancing competition arrived. After a heated discussion, they reached an agreement that they would recommend Ella to the competition on behalf of the team.
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On hearing the decision, Ella felt more than worried.
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The audience stood up and clapped for Ella’s excellent performance.
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Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
5 . From the cold Arctic to the African plains, every society seems to have some form of music as part of their culture. Music is so common and widespread that most people don’t even question it anymore. But until recently, there were researchers who doubted it: How could we know that music was really a part of all known societies?
Now, Harvard researchers, Samuer Mehr and Manvir Singh, have found further evidence to support the argument. They gathered music from different countries, media and time periods, and collected descriptions of many different pieces of music. Rather than focusing on music first and then looking at where it could be found, they started by studying a record of detailed descriptions of more than three hundred known global societies, and found that all of them have music as part of their culture.
To see if people could recognize the functions of songs from around the world, the researchers also created a listening experiment in which people tried to guess the behavioral context of a song. This went surprisingly well. Particularly music that was intended for dancing or to calm a baby were easy to recognize as either dance music or lullabies. Love songs were a bit more difficult to qualify, because they tend to be very diverse even within cultures.
This systematic study of connections sounds like the way that researchers in other fields would study biological patterns. “There’s a field known as cultural phylogenetics,” says Singh. Whereas biological characteristics are only received from parent to child, cultural characteristics (like music) are also shared between people of the same generation. That makes it much more difficult to figure out where the characteristic has come from.
“Finally,” Singh says, “We still don’t know why music developed gradually. Our study shows that humans everywhere share cognitive mechanisms (认知机制) that make certain sounds seem appropriate in particular contexts.”
1. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The fact that music is part of every culture. |
| B．The question whether music is widely spread. |
| C．The doubt whether further research has been done. |
| D．The idea that Africa and the Arctic have cool music. |
| A．They found out further evidence. | B．They studied various societies. |
| C．They sought the origins of music. | D．They focused mainly on music. |
| A．To comfort a baby. | B．To pick out love songs. |
| C．To create a context. | D．To tell functions of songs. |
| A．Music shapes societies in different cultures. |
| B．Global music shares common characteristics. |
| C．Musical systems display cultural differences. |
| D．Multi-culture is based on biological patterns. |
6 . Amazing Benefits of Listening to Music
If you love listening to music, you’re good company.
★Music makes you happier.
When you listen to music, your brain produces a special matter. It biologically (生物学上) causes listeners to feel emotions like happiness, excitement, and joy. So next time you need an emotional increase, listen to your favorite tunes for 15 minutes.
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Listening to music you enjoy reduces levels of the stress in your body. This is an important finding since stress causes many illnesses. To stay calm and healthy during a stressful day, turn on the radio.
★Music helps you sleep better.
A study showed that students listening to classical music for 45 minutes slept better than students who did nothing. If you’re having trouble sleeping, try listening to a little Bach or Mozart before bedtime.
★Music helps you eat less.
★Music strengthens learning and memory.
Researchers discovered that music can help you learn and recall information better.
★Music raises IQ and school performance.
Research shows that taking music lessons predicts higher school performance and IQ in young children.
| A．Music lowers stress and improves health. |
| B．Participants who were musicians learned better with light music. |
| C．Musical training can help raise our IQs and even keep us sharp in old age. |
| D．Here are amazing scientifically proven benefits of being attracted by music. |
| E．Recent research shows that listening to music improves our happiness. |
| F．Softening the lighting and music can lead people to eat fewer calories and enjoy their meals better. |
| G．To help your children achieve excellence in their studies, encourage them to sing or learn to play an instrument. |
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Music and songs play a important part in our daily life. For example, they can bring we pleasure and make us happy. However, they can help us improve our study efficiency. I was fond of listening to songs and music very much, but my favorite song is Country Road. The lyrics and music bring me into a beautiful world in that I am loved and cared by my Grandma. What’s more, they make me think of my wonderful childhood was spent in my hometown and I can still remember the game played with young fellow. In a word, once enjoying, the song will never be forgotten.
