1 . 选用方框内的词汇补全语篇，每个单词限用一次，有一个单词为多余选项。

A.stuck     B. perhaps   C.hits     D. devoted   E. refer     F. tendency G. routine     H. distinctive     I. presented     J. likely     K. backed

There must be some songs that just become rooted in your brain--- "Call Me Maybe," "Poker Face" and "Let It Go," to name a few. But do you know why these sticky songs --- ear worms, as our brains? they're known --are so hard to get rid of? And what kinds of songs are    1    to become sticky in our brains.

A few studies hold at least some answers. First of all, common ear worms seem to share some exhausted features. They're songs| you've heard a lot (which may be why current radio     2    tend to dominate “Top 10 Ear worm"list). They often have repetitive notes or unexpected intervals (间隔) in timing. They also have     3    rhythms and pitch (高音) patterns.

Scientists sometimes    4    to ear worms as "involuntary musical imagery". A study found that about 90 percent of Internet users reported getting a song    5    in their head at least once a week. The more musical the person is, the more ear worms they were likely to experience, the study found, and that result has been     6     up by other surveys. Research    7    at the 12^th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition in 2012 in Greece found that longer no with smaller intervals of pitch between them made for stickier ear worms. It is    8    because long notes and limited changes in pitch are simply easier to sing. The research' also found that people with obsessive-compulsive (强迫症的)traits (meaning they have a    9    toward worry) reported ear worms more frequently.

People are more likely to pick up an ear worm when they are doing something    10    , like jogging or chores (家务活), according to another study.

2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. contrast   B. instructed   C. concentrating   D. potential   E. touching   F. played G. better   H. specialized   I. spot   J. follow   K. tracing

Unfamiliar Music May Help People Chat at Parties

If you want your guests to be particularly sociable at an upcoming party, make sure you play music they probably haven’t heard before.

To explore how background music affects the way we     1     conversations, researchers Jane Brown and Gavin Bidelman conducted a study analyzing the brain activity of 31 individuals aged21 and 33. During the experiment, participants listened to 72 minutes of an audiobook (有声读物), which the pair used as a replacement for     2     on someone talking, while background music was accompanied by the audiobook for most of the time.

For half of the experiment, the participants were asked to focus on2-minute parts of an unfamiliar audiobook read by a man. The rest of the time, they were told to focus on four background songs, which were similarly     3     for2 minutes at a time. This     4     in voices aimed to assess participants’ ability to shift attention between two distinctly different voices.

During the experiment, all the participants wore     5     caps to monitor the electrical activity taking place in their brains. This     6     of electrical activity was the key. It allowed Brown and Bidelman to discover how efficiently these individuals could focus on either the audiobook or the music when     7     to do so. The finding revealed that the participants could     8     turn their attention to the audiobook if the background music was unfamiliar to them.

Following the task, the participants completed a music perception survey evaluating their musical skills, such as the capacity to     9     whether a pair of similar-sounding tunes are the same. Notably, those with lower musical scores demonstrated slower attentional shifts between songs and audiobooks, suggesting a(n)     10     link between musical ability and attention management skills.

3 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. numerous            B. regulations        C. compared   D. elaborate     E. advantage       F. adopted G. previously       H. additionally             I. estimated             J. ranging     K. innovation

Live Shows are back, and so are street stalls

With the revival of live music gigs in China this year, stalls outside of concert venues have become increasingly popular again across the country.

Vendors offer goods     1     from essentials like water and raincoats to fan merchandise such as bracelets (手镯) and tattoo stickers. They aim to attract the large groups of fans going to the concerts.

The China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA, 中国演出行业协会) reported that in the first half of 2023, the country hosted over 190,000 performances. The number increased by 400.86%     2     with the previous year. These performances have attracted over 60 million music enthusiasts. Another report     3     that China’s performance market would reach 90.3 billion yuan by the end of this year.

“Where there are business opportunities, there is potential for stalls,” said Hu Xiaowu, an expert on urban science. “As more concerts are organized in different cities, many young people have found the chance to sell goods related to the events.“

Zeng Dexiong, a professor of social sciences, believed more people would take     4     of this new wave. This, he said, would probably bring about fierce competition, which in turn would lead to more creativity and     5    .

Sun Ximin,25, set up a stall as a side hustle when a large venue near her home in Guangzhou hosted its first concert in April. There weren’t many stalls back then, and she sold simple hair accessories (配饰).When more vendors gathered outside, Sun had to offer more     6     services, like braiding (编发), to stand out. To attract more customers, she styled her own hair in complex braids.    7    , she offered free Polaroid photos.

For Li Zhenzhen, a 23-year-old citizen of Xi’an in Shaanxi province, success lies in seeking the best location. She found it was more beneficial to locate her stall near a subway station rather than the concert venue’s entrance. She explained that concertgoers are likely to buy the goods on impulse (一时冲动) as they get out of the station. However, as they walk past     8     stalls on the way to the entrance, their desire to purchase wanes.

The rapid development of the street stall economy offers young people flexible opportunities to earn money, Hu noted.

Recognizing this, local governments are now easing     9     to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit. Cities like Beijing and Shenzhen have already     10     policies to support stall operations, setting aside specific areas for vendors.

5 . 根据短文选择适当的单或短语填空，每空只填一个单词，必要时要作适当的形式变化。注意备选词中有多余的词汇。

took charge of       looked forward to            is concerned about        signed is acknowledged as       signaled             genius          extraordinary                  aware of        Editor                 Seeking          absorbed in     atmosphere        disaster     flexible       clapping

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. He     1     one of the greatest composers in the history of music. In February 1824, the famous German composer's ninth symphony was finally completed. As he proudly     2     his name at the bottom of the page, Beethoven tried to imagine how people would respond when they heard it for the first time. Before the performance, the backstage     3     at a very famous theatre in Vienna was tense. Beethoven was afraid that the performance would be a     4    . After all, what use is a conductor who could not hear his orchestra——even if he is a musical     5    ?

The audience did not hesitate to applaud(鼓) loudly as the    6     composer walked out onto the stage for the first time in 12 years. The theatre’s musical director, Michael joined him and together the two men     7     the orchestra. For more than an hour, Beethoven jumped about in front of the orchestra, waving his arms wildly in the air, and madly turning the pages of his score.

As the final, joyous note     8     the end of the symphony, the audience jumped to their feet,     9     and cheering. But Beethoven continued conducting, still     10     his performance. It was not until Caroline, one of the singers, took his arm and turned him to face the audience that the great man realized his symphony was a success.

6 . 选词填空

A. exactly       B. requires       C. forced       D. perfectly       E. comfort F. rush       G. released       H. as       I. relates       J. asked             K.including

When Michael Wong was young, he was sensitive and shy. It was a huge task for him to talk to a stranger or go downstairs to the shops. But he found     1     through playing the piano.

Recently, the Malaysian piano star    2     his latest album “Never Apart”. It’s made up of ten catchysongs    3     the title song with the same name. Never Apart tells the story of a couple who are    4     to separate for a while, but they still cherish the beautiful memories they had.

“Music sounds better when it    5    to true feelings” he says

Now, Michael has grown, up to be one of the most popular singers in Taiwan. His slow love songs including First Time and Fairytale are hits with heartbroken young people.

Over the years, he has become bolder and learnt to voice opinions in his music. Once, he was    6     to sing a song someone else wrote. But he didn’t like the song lyrics, so he argued they should be changed. “If I broke up with someone, I don’t think I would have reacted in the same way    7     the story in the song,” he said. “I want to tell people     8     how I will behave. And it works.” He says the song sounds better when he can sing it his own way.

Michael is often called the piano prince. He’s elegant when he plays and sings along. “When I play, inspirations    9     to me like continuous streams. It     10    no effort.” But he still works hard to make his songs appealing. “I’ll go over every tiny detail to make the song worth listening to.”

7 . 请先从表格中选用本单元所学词汇完成下列短文，然后翻译短文并背诵该短文。(文中加波浪线的句子为本单元的语法项目：过去分词作状语和表语)

cure,   addition,   impact,   absorbed,   relief,   assume,   equipment,   prove,   treatment

Jill has a talent for music, but when she was 20 years old, a serious disease made her ache all over. From then on, she went through many     1    , but none could     2    the disease. In     3    , she lost the opportunity to get onto the stage with her band. The disease also had an    4    on her appearance. She tried out for some shows, but the reaction from audience was terrible, though she was a capable composer and a good performer.Gradually, she became     5    in watching her previous albums,    6    that she was still fine. Worried about the phenomenon, her parents tried to help her out somehow. One day they sent one of her original compositions to a virtual choir. The conductor in charge fell in love with the energy in her music. Instead of telling a romantic story, her music can touch people’s soul, bring people     7    and give a sense of satisfaction. Nowadays they have designed a special studio for her with various    8    . This enables her to     9    her talents and to win an award.

8 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文内容从所给的A到G的选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，每个词只可选用一次。

A. reminded him of       B. made sense       C. give away       D. devoted all his life to E. work on                  F. believe in          G. turned his back on

Jack’s parents got very disappointed after their son quit school. However, Jack was stubborn (固执) and     1     his parents. From then on, he     2     composing pop music and finally became a successful composer. Jack felt grateful to his mentor (导师) and friends, so he planned to     3    what he earned. The charity work     4     what his parents had done for him. Looking back on the old days, he felt he owed (亏欠) his parents quite a lot. It was not until his success that his parents’ love and care     5    .

9 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. accessible        B. beats       C. bridges       D. device       E. fundamentally       F. habitually G. kneels            H. partial        I. powerful       J. showcases        K. stage

Feeling the Dance

Lights move in time to the rhythmic beat issuing from a floor speaker as hip-hop performer Shaheem Sanchez gets ready. Sanchez, who is deaf,     1     beside the speaker and places his hand on top of it, allowing the sound waves to course through his body. His head nods as he counts the     2     , catching the rhythm. Then rising, his body moves in so perfect time to the music that dancer and music unite in a single artistic expression. In this moment, art     3     the gap between two worlds: the deaf and the hearing.

Sanchez is one of a growing number of professional dancers with full or     4     hearing loss, working to redefine what it means to experience music and, in a larger sense, communicate with others.

Antoine Hunter is another artist who is inspiring a new generation of dancers to take the     5     . As the director of the Urban Jazz Company in San Francisco, Hunter experienced the way that dance could help people better understand each other, which     6     altered his life.

But there were few opportunities for a black deaf dancer when Hunter was first finding his feet. He had to create a world in which he could perform. Now he’s sharing it with others, both in his studio and through the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival. The event     7     the talents of deaf and hard of hearing people from around the world.

To get more people moving, Hunter ensures that his dance company is fully     8     to students of all abilities. There are interpreters for deaf and blind students, and a(n)     9     that turns sound waves into vibrations (震动). These vibrations travel across the floor so dancers can feel the music in their feet.

All around the world, deaf dancers are turning in     10     performances. Digital media is not only making these performances more visible, but also providing deaf dancers more opportunities to show off their talents. Artists like Sanchez upload performances to online platforms, where they get thousands of views. This allows deaf artists to express themselves to a larger audience.

10 . Are you interested in starting a small band? Read and complete the passage using the words below in their correct forms.

outline     band     opportunity     studio     original     in addition     composition

Almost every teenager dreams of having the     1     to sing in public or even becoming famous as a singer. Actually, you do not have to sing in a     2    . Nor do you need a     3     to make records. You can just start with your friends. Get your musical instruments ready and begin practising singing now.     4    , it is highly recommended that you write your own     5     compositions, which will help develop your identity in music. First, write a(n)     6     of what the song is about. Then use it and other linguistic devices (语言手段) to write something like a poem. After that, try singing the poem out loud using different melodies and note them down. Practise again and again. This is a great way to create your own     7    .