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1.这里是当地影院正在上映的影片信息。
Here is some information about ________________________________________.
2.这部长达一小时的纪录片近距离观察了印度虎的生活。
This one-hour documentary _____________________________________in India.
3.在2008年北京奥运会上，每当给获胜者颁发奖牌时，颁奖音乐就会响起。
________________________________________at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, The award music was played.
4.在构架东西方桥梁时我们遇到了困难。
We had difficulty __________________________________________________.
5.把时间花在观看电视广告上真是浪费时间。
It is really _____________________________________________TV ads.
6.她被认为是这部电影中主角的最佳人选。
She was _______________________________________________in this film.
动词填空
1.The experiment that those scientists devoted themselves to _________(fail) at last.
2.The little girl thought that her decision _________________(influence ) her future study in college and her future job as well.
3.The life we were used to ______________(change) greatly in the last five years.
4.We hope these problems ________________(deal) with as soon as possible.
5.Go on ____________(do) the other exercises after you have finished this one.
6.Audrey Hepburn devoted all her life to _____________( help ) some children in poor areas.
7.Do you know which shop he went to __________(buy) paintings for this new house.
8.Unless it ____________(rain) tomorrow, we are going to play football in the park.
用词的适当形式填空
1.The car is good in _____________( appear )but the price is much too high.
2.More and more ___________( Asia ) are eating fast food and getting fat fast.
3.We didn’t finish this task ______________( success ) because of carelessness.
4.Please help me write down all the ____ ( direct ) names and I can have them seated.
词汇运用
1.I’m really nervous about the next ______________（对话）with the famous star.
2.You can get two free _______________（音乐会）tickets. Congratulations!
3.She is one of the excellent _______________（演员）loved by people forever.
4.What bad weather! I’m afraid the outdoor activity will be ___________（取消）.
任务型阅读 认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
Country music is a kind of modern-day pop music, originated (起源) in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains. The singers usually play the guitar, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. Nowadays people use the violin, banjo, and slide-guitar as well.
The music at the very beginning was generally very smooth, beautiful and the phrasing structure (句法结构) also was simple. In the 1950s, American country music was about other things, for example, love and money. In the 1960s, songs were often full of anger, and some of them made fun of the political (政治的) leaders. During the 1990s, American country music became more and more popular. Song writers were no longer writing about the modern values of the USA—money, success or expensive things to buy. Instead they were writing once more about things that were usual for everyone.
Today country music has become a big business. It brings in a lot of money. Now, it has reached all parts of the States, from Los Angeles in the west to New York in the east. It remains much the same as before. One subject is “the good old days”. In “the good old days” people praised each other. They believed that the best things in life were free: sunshine, laughing, walks in the beauty of the country, friends and music.
Country music
Passage outline | Supporting details | |
Origins | the traditional music in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains | |
1. | guitars, violins, banjos, and slide-guitars | |
Subjects in different 2. | 1950s | 3. in love with somebody or losing a boyfriend or a girlfriend money was also thought to be important |
1960s | were often full of anger often played 4. on political leaders | |
1990s | feeling lonely in the modern world the value of having good friends | |
Today | remains much the same as before | |
For example, in “the good old days”, people praised each other and loved life in the 5. air. | ||
A team of US psychologists(心理学家) have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.
“Socializing(交际) is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual(智力的) performance,” Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a statement.
In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3610 people, aged 24 to 96.
They found that the higher their level of social interaction(交流), the better their cognitive(认知的) functioning. Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, friends and neighbors.
In another experiment, the researchers conducted laboratory tests on 76 college students, aged 18 to 21, to evaluate(评估) how social interactions and intellectual exercises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.
The students were divided into three groups: the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests; the intellectual activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group(对照组) watched a 10-minute clip(电影片段) of the Seinfeld television show.
“We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved participants’ (参与者) intellectual performance as much as engaging in (从事) so-called ‘intellectual’ activities for the same amount of time,” Ybarra said.
The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
1.What does the underlined word “boosting” in the second paragraph probably mean?
A. Improving. B. Reducing.
C. Preventing. D. Training.
2. Which is not included in social interaction?
A. Having a talk with a neighbor.
B. Attending a birthday party.
C. Watching TV at home alone.
D. Calling your classmates.
3.What’s the purpose of the experiment on 76 college students?
A. To judge the effect of social interaction on memory and intelligence.
B. To find out what is real social interaction.
C. To learn how much time is needed for social interaction.
D. To show the function of people's cognition.
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Intellectual exercises make your memory better.
B. Different people have different ways of communication.
C. Communicating with others keeps you healthy.
D. Social interaction makes you smart.
