1 . 假定你是李华，你校将举办主题为“Music makes a better life”的音乐节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Allen参加，内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.活动安排(民乐表演、合唱比赛等)；
3.欢迎他表演节目。
民乐 folk music       合唱 chorus
Dear Allen,
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Yours,

Li Hua

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写 在答题卡相应的位置上。

The Goddess of the Luo River comes alive in a video, which was shared by Henan TV Station on social media platform Sina Weibo. The ancient tale of romance is given    1    new setting (背景) and still provides attractive viewing for a modern audience. The tale is presented in    2    seems like slow motion. Not    3    (surprise), it became popular and has been viewed more than 20 million times.

The story of the Goddess of the Luo River has been the    4    (inspire) for countless contemporary artists, who have described the goddess of unmatched beauty through    5    (variety) art forms, like movies and dance dramas.

But the reason why the video,    6     runs for around two minutes and is titled Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess, created such an impression and has generated such a wave of publicity, is that it    7    (shoot) underwater. He Haohao plays the role of goddess. She masters not only her art but the technique of holding her breath as her lungs struggle to carry out    8    (they) function. All this is done    9    the most peaceful facial expression.

It’s not the first time that Henan TV Station has gained attention with its appealing videos    10    (highlight) traditional Chinese culture. On Feb 13th, a dance piece, titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, which is less than six minutes long, was staged during a gala aired on Henan TV Station to mark Spring Festival.

3 . Dancing with your grandma for 15 minutes a week promotes positive feelings and improves her state of mind, a study claims. Doctors from Israel are encouraging younger family members to have a regular visit to their grandmas and have a dance with their grandmas.

And they found a 15 minute boogie (布吉舞) once a week lifted the spirits of the elder family members and helped strengthen the familial bond. In fact, it is called Dance Movement Therapy (DMT). DMT across the generations, complete with eye contact, was found to promote positive feelings and improve spirits for the elderly.

The grandparents reported a bright state of mind, happy memories and uplifted spirits. Dancing has also previously been linked to improved muscle strength, balance and endurance (耐力). For the grandchildren in the study, the weekly boogie changed how they view aging and allowed them to come to accept the eventual death of their elderly relatives.

The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, assessed how dance affected general health of 16 dance movement therapists (治疗师) and their grandmothers. DMT was taken seriously due to the fact that it is easily accessible and does not cost more to practice. The researchers were eager to examine a low-cost method to treat issues commonly faced by an aging population— such as limited mobility and depression(抑郁症). Grandchildren were instructed to make eye contact and encourage playfulness and touch. They were also told to mirror their grandmothers’ movements and give them time and space to rest when needed.

The sessions were recorded and then analysed while diaries and interviews captured the opinions and feelings of the participants. As well as the benefits to the health of the senior, the experiment also changed the idea of the younger family members.

1. What should the young people do when dancing with their grandmas?

A．Follow the grandmas’ steps.

B．Look at the grandmas’ eyes.

C．Move the bodies as long as possible.

D．Talk with their grandmas in gentle voice.

2. What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A．Dancing brings the young happy memories and uplifted spirits.

B．Dancing enables the senior to accept aging and death of their old relatives.

C．Dancing benefits both the senior and the young in the new study.

D．Dancing is linked to improved muscle strength and balance in the new study.

3. Which of the following is the best advantage of DMT?

A．Inexpensive.	B．Relaxing.
C．Attractive.	D．Pleasant.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．What does DMT Mean?

B．Dancing: a Good Way to Stop Being Senior.

C．Why Don’t You Dance 15 Minutes Every Week?

D．Dancing with Grandparents is Good for Health and Family Ties.

4 . It's Alarming: What Wakes You Up Each Morning?

How do you wake up in the morning? If you set an alarm on your phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep?     1     Sleep inertia is another term for grogginess(昏睡), which means a person has a heavy feeling when waking up, and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping,

    2     A recent study says yes. The answer is music. Researchers say alarms that have a melody—like the beginning of this song—can help people feel fresher in the morning.

The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. The study subjects answered questions about the alarm sound they like to wake up to, how they feel about that sound and how they feel when they wake up.     3     However, it is early days and more work is needed to fully know the answer.

So, what makes musical alarms better for waking up? The researchers think the music may be more successful in reducing grogginess because it has several tones, compared to the single tone of a "beeping" alarm.     4     And is there a kind of music that is best to wake up to? There may be     5     However, no matter how you wake up, experts say, the amount of sleep you get also matters a lot.

A．Can musical alarms work wonders？

B．So, is there a better way to do the trick？

C．This can help you fall asleep more quickly and easily.

D．Alarm sounds that are tune full and easy to hum or sing along with may be good choices.

E．The researchers found that people who wake up to musical alarms reported feeling more awake and alert.

F．The changes over time between the music tones may help increase a person's attention when waking from sleep.

G．That hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning known as grogginess.

5 . Who does the woman sing with now?

A．Just herself.

B．A band.

C．A choir.

6 . What kind of music does the woman like?

A．Jazz.

B．Classical.

C．Folk.

7 . There are about 100 million middle-aged women dancing in parks and on squares in China, and Deborah Roundy,     1     U.S retired school teacher, is one of them.

Mrs. Roundy is the only foreigner on the Shanghai dance team at Tongji University, where she is     2     (current) teaching English.

Mrs. Roundy ran upon a dozen or so middle-aged women dancing     3     the tunes of Chinese songs in 2012. At the time, she didn’t feel used to the new environment and wanted to have some fun in her life. She     4     (invite) to join the dancing team.

At first, Mrs. Roundy communicated with her teammates by     5    (exchange) notes to help translate for her. Now she uses a translation app on her iPad.

    6     the Chinese language is not the most difficult thing for her, mastering Chinese dance is. Mrs. Roundy used to do ballet. She said     7    (dance) in the U.S. always dance facing the audience. But in China, they change directions all the time, and     8     was very confusing for her at first.

They have developed good personal relations. Mrs. Roundy says they also go out to eat and on field trips together, which are     9    (forget ) experiences for her.

Square dancing opens a window for her     10    （understand） China, Mrs. Roundy said: Besides dancing, she and her husband have been active in community life, teaching English, and helping elderly neighbors.

8 . 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 helps them recover faster 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(焦虑) 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 way. 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 way. 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. The passage is 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

2. According to the passage, playing music in restaurants is to __________.

A．welcome the customers

B．make customers feel good

C．make customers dance

D．make customers feel powerful

3. 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

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

A．Soft music.	B．Classical music.
C．Sad music.	D．Rock music.