2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What kind of music does the man like?

A．Lively music.

B．Dance music.

C．Classical music.

2. What does the woman do when she listens to music?

A．She does some cooking.

B．She does homework.

C．She surfs the Internet.

3. Why is the man going to listen to classical music?

A．Because he is sad.

B．Because he is a lively person.

C．Because it is good for the brain.

4. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A．Listen to the radio.

B．Download some music.

C．Go to the concert.

3 . 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.

5 . As a child, Liu Wenwen disliked the suona, a “loud, high-pitched” traditional Chinese musical instrument, an ancestral heritage of her family that was to become her career.

Her peers at primary school laughed at her, saying her whole family was engaged only in “weddings and funerals.” Indeed, these are the two major occasions where the horn-like wind instrument is played in China’s rural areas. Liu felt ashamed. People admired things that were modern and international. “Suona, in comparison, was considered an art of the hillbilly.” Her father’s family has performed suona for seven generations.

The music is rooted in Liu’s DNA, but it takes time and hard work to become a skilled musician. The instrument was so loud that it annoyed the neighbors when she practiced at home. “So my parents would wake me up at 4 a.m. every day and take me to practice outside in a park.”

While she followed her parents to play the suona as a child, she only fell in love with the instrument at university. She found suona music beautiful for the first time in 2008, when she entered Shanghai Conservatory of Music to learn the instrument more systematically.

On China’s social media platforms, her name is often followed by a video of her live performance at a concert in Sydney, Australia, alongside award-winning composer Tan Dun in 2017. For her debut on the international stage, she was playing Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to Phoenix, a masterpiece that often represents excellence in suona performance.

Liu promoted the “hillbilly” music to an international audience, thanks to Tan and his team, who recomposed the traditional music and arranged the piece into an orchestra. “It was a smooth dialogue between a Chinese instrument and a Western orchestra, loved by the musicians and audience alike,” she said. “I felt my hard work had paid off. I trained for over 20 years, probably just to win cheers and applause for traditional Chinese music on the international stage.”

1. What can we learn about Liu from the first two paragraphs?

A．She was born into a musical family.

B．She enjoyed playing the suona as a child.

C．She showed a talent for suona when she was young.

D．She felt ashamed of admiring modern and international things.

2. Why did Liu get up early to practice playing the suona?

A．To get more time for her practice.	B．To avoid disturbing the neighbors.
C．To spend more time with her parents.	D．To make practising the suona a habit.

3. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A．Audience like Chinese instruments better than Western orchestra.

B．Liu’s performance at a Sydney concert got her recognized by the public.

C．Liu promoted traditional Chinese music to the whole world with her parents.

D．Social media is a major platform to carry forward traditional Chinese music.

4. In which part of the newspaper can we read the passage?

A．Technology.	B．Education.
C．People.	D．Entertainment.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman tell the man the story of Michaela?

A．To help him.

B．To encourage him.

C．To persuade him.

2. When did Michaela decide to be a ballet dancer?

A．When she saw a picture.

B．When she was adopted.

C．When she visited a ballet school.

3. Where did Michaela learn to dance at first?

A．In Boston.

B．In Philadelphia.

C．In Amsterdam.

4. What does Michaela plan to do?

A．Write a book.

B．Run a magazine.

C．Set up a school.

7 . Playing a musical instrument or singing could help keep the brain healthy in old age, UK researchers suggest. In their report, published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. they say music should be considered as part of a lifestyle approach to maintaining the brain.

More than 1,100 people aged over 40, with a mean age of 68, were studied. Scientists observed their brain function data and looked at the effects of playing an instrument, singing. reading and listening to music, and musical ability. The researchers compared the cognitive (认知) data of those in the study who engaged in music in some way in their lives with those who never did.

Their results showed that people who played musical instrument s benefited the most, which may be because of the “multiple cognitive demands” of the activity. Playing the piano or keyboard appeared to be particularly beneficial, while simply listening to music did not appear to help cognitive health. The benefit seen with singing might be partly because of the known social aspects of being in a choir or group, the researchers say.

“Playing an instrument has a particularly big effect, and people who continue to play into an older are saw an additional benefit,” lead author Prof Corbett said. In the study, people who read music regularly had better numerical memory. “Our brain is a muscle like anything else and it needs to be exercised, and learning to read music is a bit like learning a new language — it’s challenging.” she said.

Researchers did not test potential benefits of taking up a music al hobby for the first time later in life, but Phof Corbett said she believed, based on current evidence, it would be “very beneficial”.

“The message is around how people can proactively reduce their risk of cognitive decline or dementia, and about engaging with music as a way of doing that.” However, Prof Corbett said, “It would be naive (幼稚的) to think taking up a musical instrument would mean you won’t develop dementia. It’s not as simple as that.”

1. What do researchers say about music?

A．It offers a cure for mental disorder.	B．It is supposed to be a lifestyle.
C．It keeps old brains in good shape.	D．It is cognitively demanding.

2. How does singing affect people?

A．It makes them feel a sense of relief.	B．It makes them feel morally superior.
C．It makes them sort of socially active.	D．It makes them better at reading music.

3. What’s Prof Corbett’s attitude towards taking up music in old age?

A．Doubtful.

B．Favorable.

C．Uncaring.

D．Critical.

4. What does Prof Corbett intend to do in the last paragraph?

A．To defend an argument.	B．To make a prediction.
C．To give an explanation.	D．To correct a misconception.