—Tomorrow is Saturday. What are you doing, Carl?

—______. Just stay at home and relax.

A. Not at all B. No way C. Not much D. No problem

Music can change how you feel. Different kinds of music can ___you in different ways.

Music makes you relax.

Most stores play “background” music. The longer customers stay in a store, the more ___it will be for them to buy something. So stores try to play music that their customers ___. If you want to relax at home, try listening to soft music or music produced by your favorite musical instrument.

Music is a healer (医治者).

When you're sick, try listening to soft and ___music. If you're feeling sad, play the music you like. Then tell someone ___it makes you feel. A group of teens who had depression (抑郁症) shared their favorite ___with each other. Each teen explained why he or she liked the song. After ___it, the teens said they felt better.

Music helps you to learn.

Many recent studies have tried to ___how music and learning go together. Don Campbell, an expert, believes ___can make people, even babies, more creative, smarter, healthier and happier. Some experts ___playing slow music to help you pay attention when you study. It may even help improve your memory.

No matter what style of music you like, you can use it to help you.

1.A. support B. influence C. protect D. educate

2.A. interesting B. convenient C. important D. possible

3.A. enjoy B. hate C. remember D. forget

4.A. foreign B. loud C. noisy D. relaxing

5.A. why B. how C. when D. what

6.A. stars B. stories C. songs D. sports

7.A. talking about B. parting with C. thinking of D. looking for

8.A. request B. hide C. explain D. choose

9.A. toys B. music C. books D. smile

10.A. start B. keep C. suggest D. practice

Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.

Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil also has one individual (一个人的) lesson a week with her. Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.

In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music (读懂乐谱) until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1.Margaret's first pupils were ______.

A. her friends

B. six-year-olds

C. her children's friends

D. three- and four-year-olds

2.How many group lessons do the pupils have a month?

A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.

3.What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?

A. They should practice harder.

B. They should go somewhere else to learn.

C. They will become music teachers like her.

D. They will become great violinists using her method.

4.What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?

A. There are group violin lessons for your children — no more than 5 in each group.

B. Learn to play the violin with your children — 2 lessons a week.

C. You will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.

D. I'll look after your children while you learn the violin.

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. When children should learn the violin.

B. What Margaret's teaching method is.

C. Why it is important to read music.

D. How Margaret learnt the violin.

Soela Zani is a photographer from Albania. In 1988, a quiet boy lived next door to her. Born with Down's syndrome (唐氏综合征), the boy never spoke and seldom went outside because his parents felt shame to be seen with him.

“It was sad to see that,” Zani said. “Now, people know differently. Children with Down's syndrome are lovely. We need to accept them as they are and give them a chance to succeed in life.”

Zani wanted to do something for those lovely children, so she opened an exhibition (展览) last year at Albania's National Historical Museum. Photos of children with Down's syndrome were shown in the exhibition. In the photos, the children are copying poses (姿势) from famous paintings.

“When we opened the exhibition, the visitors enjoyed all the pictures. Many even started to cry in front of them. I was very touched,” Zani said. “These children are beautiful. They are pieces of art. This is my message.”

In some parts of Albania, having a child with Down's syndrome is still thought to be unlucky or shameful. But Zani has found the beauty of the children, inside and out. “There is no difference between a child with Down's syndrome and a child without it. They are the same,” Zani said. “This exhibition is a present from me to them.” Zani plans to take more photos of children with Down's syndrome and raise money for them this year.

根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。

1.What did Zani's next-door neighbor think of their child?

__________________________________________

2.Who did Zani open the exhibition for?

__________________________________________

3.What could be seen in Zani's exhibition?

__________________________________________

4.Was Zani's exhibition successful?

__________________________________________

5.What's Zani's plan for 2016?

__________________________________________

根据括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词(含缩略形式)。

1.These computers were made in 2013.(改为否定句)

These computers ________ ________ in 2013.

2.The boy's story was reported differently in the newspapers.(改为一般疑问句)

________ the boy's story ________ differently in the newspapers?

3.The 29th Olympics were held in Beijing on August 8, 2008.(对划线部分提问)

________ ________ the 29th Olympics ________ in Beijing?

4.We talked about where to go but stayed at home at last.(改为同义句)

We talked about where to go but stayed at home ________ ________ ________.

5.This meeting hall can hold over five hundred people. (改为同义句)

This meeting hall can hold ________ ________ five hundred people.

6.It's reported that a little boy fell into the river yesterday. (改为同义句)

It's reported that a little boy ________ ________ the river yesterday.

7.Mom opened the window just now.(改为被动语态)

The window ________ ________ ________ Mom just now.

—Would you like to see the movie today or tomorrow?

--_______. It’s all same to me.

A. I’d love to B. That’s a deal

C. It’s up to you D. You are welcome

—I’m going to a party on Thursday night at Jimmy’s house

--________. You will have two tests at school on Friday.

A. It’s nice to say so B. That’s exciting

C. Enjoy oneself D. You can’t be serious

If I have______, I can do______.

A. enough time, enough well B. enough time, well enough

C. time enough, enough well D. time enough, well enough

--______ do you think of her singing?

--How beautifully she sings! I have never heard _______ voice.

A. What; a better B. How; the best

C. What; the best D. How; a better

—Wuhan is bigger than ______ in Hubei.

--So it is. It is the biggest city in Hubei.

A. any city B. any other city

C. some other cities D. the other city