1 . 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.

2 . 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.

3 . Who does the woman sing with now?

A．Just herself.

B．A band.

C．A choir.

4 . Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. However, her _______ nearly ended one night in 2010. A car accident put the 17-year-old high school senior in the hospital for 51 days and left her paralyzed (瘫痪) from the _______ down.

For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. Far from being a _______, her wheelchair brought out her bravery. She wanted to prove she was still “normal” by dancing. _______ Hill did it, rolling her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team. “It feels as if half of my body was _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Hill said. “It definitely took a lot of _______ and patience.”

After graduation, Hill wanted to _______ her dance network to include women like her. She began to meet people online who had suffered similar injuries but _______ her determination. Then in 2014, Hill moved to Los Angeles and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes. “I want to __________ the stereotype (刻板形象) of wheelchair users and show dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re __________.”

Dancing on wheels can be just as fast-paced, artful, and __________ as the foot-based variety. In disabled dance competitions around the country, her team danced to the popular tunes, __________ their upper bodies, shaking their heads to the special __________, striking poses, and __________ their wheelchairs in well-timed, dynamic, highly designed routines. They’re having fun, and as the audiences’ exuberant (热情洋溢的) reactions indicate, the fun is __________.

Hill has attained what many of us never will: her childhood __________. She’s a dancer. But the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as __________. Every year she holds a dance camp for other wheelchair users with an eye to helping them find their inner __________. In 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended. For many, it was the first time they’d felt they __________.

1.

A．effect

B．reputation

C．ambition

D．performance

2.

A．waist

B．neck

C．joint

D．lap

3.

A．aroused

B．exposed

C．destroyed

D．seized

4.

A．stage

B．clue

C．path

D．barrier

5.

A．Similarly

B．Actually

C．Necessarily

D．Previously

6.

A．torn down

B．taken away

C．picked up

D．cut down

7.

A．wisdom

B．praying

C．intelligence

D．learning

8.

A．dismiss

B．expand

C．narrow

D．simplify

9.

A．shared

B．opposed

C．shook

D．ensured

10.

A．call off

B．bring in

C．break down

D．carry on

11.

A．rolling

B．driving

C．lying

D．playing

12.

A．conventional

B．artificial

C．profitable

D．fruitful

13.

A．bearing

B．freezing

C．rocking

D．fueling

14.

A．voices

B．notes

C．lines

D．beats

15.

A．lifting

B．operating

C．stretching

D．guiding

16.

A．vain

B．plain

C．temporary

D．infectious

17.

A．career

B．dream

C．memory

D．education

18.

A．demanding

B．tough

C．meaningful

D．flexible

19.

A．strength

B．beast

C．label

D．weakness

20.

A．adventured

B．suffered

C．belonged

D．volunteered

5 . Flamenco is a typical dance and music in the south of Spain, exactly in the Andalusian region.

    1    The roots of Flamenco come from different cultures and countries such as Morocco, Egypt, and India.    2     Among the Spanish cities with more tradition in Flamenco are Cadiz, Granada, and Sevilla.    3     They are a good singer, a Spanish guitar, and a good dancer. Normally, the scene of a flamenco show is a plank(厚木板) floor, and it can be in any theater or bar… but for something different in Granada, you can see Flanmenco in typical caves where families of gypsy people lived in ancient times.

Flamenco is divided into two groups, the group of singers and the groups of dancers. The groups of singers is normally formed of men who sing and play the Spanish guitar.    4     The men usually wear black suits, and the soles of their shoes are metal.

The group of dancers is usually formed of women.    5     The most beautiful thing in this part is how fast they can move their feet and the sound you can listen to. The sound of the shoes has the same rhythm as the music. It’s wonderful! It’s common, too , to see a couple of dancers dancing together.

A．Flamenco is definitely a great art!

B．The women help them by clapping their hands.

C．They wear beautiful and colorful dresses.

D．There are three principle things needed to do flamenco.

E．However, the first flamenco in Spain dates back to 1760.

F．The sound from the soles of the dancers’ shoes made me feel happy.

G．It was brought to Spain by gypsy people coming from Eastern Europe in the 15th century.

6 . What kind of music does the woman like?

A．Rock music.

B．Classical music.

C．Country music.

7 . What kind of music does the woman like?

A．Jazz.

B．Classical.

C．Folk.

8 . 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.

9 . 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.