Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes: Music helps develop certain language abilities in the brain.
A study from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability. As a part of the study, two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room. The people in the first group were musicians, while those in the second group had no musical training. The musicians were found to be able to hear the talking person more clearly.
Musicians hear better, says study leader Nina Kraus, because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds. For example, when the violinists play in an orchestra（管弦乐队）, they must listen closely to what they are playing and ignore(忽视)the other sounds. In this way, musicians can hear certain sounds better, even in a room with lots of noise.
Gotfried Schlaug, a doctor at Harvard Medical School, works with stroke(中风)patients.
Because of their illness, these people cannot say their names, addresses, or other information normally However, they can till sing. Dr. Schlaug was surprised to find singing words helped his patients finally speak. Why does this work? Schlaug isn't sure. Music seems to be able to make different parts of the brain active, including the bad parts. In some way, this helps patients use those parts of the brain again.
So music is not only enjoyable, but also good for us in many other ways. Playing an instrument or singing, says Nina Kraus, can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp as we get older.
1.What were the people in the first group asked to do in the study of Northwestern University?
A.Listen to different kinds of music. B.Make some noise in an empty room.
C.Give the second group musical training. D.Find out what the talking person was saying.
2.The writer uses the example of violinists in Paragraph 3 to explain________.
A.how musicians play in an orchestra B.how musicians ignore certain sounds
C.why musicians have better hearing ability D.why musicians are not afraid of loud noise
3.Gottfried Schlaug helps his stroke patients speak by________.
A.playing music for them B.getting them to sing words
C.teaching them to play instruments D.joining the bad parts of their brain
4.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To introduce different ways of playing music.
B.To give some advice about making our brain active.
C.To show the relationship between music and language abilities.
D.To share the results of recent studies on treating stroke patients.
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It will be great if there is some kind of fuel(燃料）we can use in cars that won’t produce any pollution. I guess there are scientists right now trying to do that, and I hope they’ll succeed because the world would be a much cleaner place, wouldn’t it? Charlie | ||||
I think it will be great if they invent something so that we only have to sleep for one or two hours every day. Then we’d all have much more time to do things and to enjoy ourselves. Life would be better, I think, and everyone would do a lot more with their lives. Miguel | ||||
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If I could choose anything, I’d go for a time machine so that I could go back and do some things differently. Of course, It will be great if there that’s impossible— but wouldn't it be great if it was possible? I wish I could go back in time to when I was a kid and say some of the things in a different way! Hannah | ||||
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Well, of course, the best thing is medicine for rally bad diseases（疾病）.A lot of scientists are working very hard to stop diseases like Ebola, a terrible disease that has killed many thousand people in Africa. So if they found a special treatment for Ebola, or a way of completely preventing it, life would be easier in so many places. Isabella | ||||
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I wish there was a machine that did homework! Wouldn’t tat be fantastic? But I guess teachers wouldn’t be very happy. Georgina | ||||
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1.Why does Hannah want to go back in time?
A.To be young again. B.To live a better life.
C.To do something for Africans. D.To say some words differently.
2.Who might be worried about the pollution of the world?
A.Miguel. B.Isabella. C.Charlie. D.Georgina.
3.In which part of a newspaper may this passage appear?
A.Health. B.Science. C.Travel. D.Education.
When you hear the world hero, you may think of someone like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela. But there are also "everyday" heroes-they may not be _______ to the public, but they do what they can to help _______ people's lives as well. Everyday heroes are normal people who are working to make the world a better place. _______ them is Robert Lee.
Lee grew up in New York City. _______ his family was not rich, he learned from a young age the importance of _______ the waste of food. When in college, he was part of a student group that gave out leftover（剩余的）food to _______ people. This experience made him realize how _______ the problem of food wastage actually was.
After he left university, Lee and a friend set up a（n）_______ called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine（RLC）. Its purpose is to collect _______ food from restaurants and send it for free to shelters（收容所）and food kitchens. Volunteers ________ the food from restaurants around the city and hand it out to those in need.
RLC operates ________. Using an app developed by Lee's team, restaurants ________ how much leftover food they have each day. Then volunteers are sent to fetch it. The ________ is usually short, so volunteers can just do their deliveries（递送）by ________ from the restaurants to the shelters. Lee believes this is a quick way of delivery.
So far, Lee and his team have successfully ________ over 150,000 kilograms of food, serving almost 300,000 ________ to people who need them. Lee has shown that a ________ action can help people around us greatly. ________ may have a greater influence than we imagine. When Lee is asked __________ his next plan is, he says there's still a lot to do. "It's just the ________. With more restaurants, who knows how much more we can do."
1.A.safe B.close C.friendly D.well-known
2.A.record B.share C.improve D.manage
3.A.Under B.Beside C.Among D.Opposite
4.A.If B.As C.When D.Though
5.A.storing B.avoiding C.burning D.recycling
6.A.sick B.blind C.lonely D.homeless
7.A.easy B.serious C.funny D.strange
8.A.club B.school C.business D.organization
9.A.cold B.cheap C.unsold D.uncooked
10.A.pick up B.go over C.pay for D.throw away
11.A.badly B.quietly C.simply D.slowly
12.A.report B.notice C.discuss D.consider
13.A.visit B.break C.meeting D.distance
14.A.flying B.walking C.skating D.shipping
15.A.saved B.heated C.lent D.grown
16.A.jobs B.meals C.rooms D.seats
17.A.small B.secret C.direct D.social
18.A.It B.He C.You D.They
19.A.who B.when C.what D.where
20.A.need B.time C.promise D.beginning
垃圾分类我先行，保护环境靠大家。垃圾分类，人人有责，从我做起，从小事做起，从身边做起，从现在做起。
某英文网站正在开展以“垃圾分类从我做起”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈生活中你是怎么做的，以及你的感受。
提示词语: put, help, different bins, necessary
提示问题:
● What do you do in your daily life?
● How do you feel?
Waste sorting (垃圾分类) plays an important role in protecting the environment.
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在京某大学的部分留学生将要来你校访问。学校英语社团正在招募志愿者承担接待工作。 假如你是李华，请用英语给社团负责人 Peter 写一封申请信，介绍你的个人优势，以及你申请的理由。
提示词语: speak English well, help, get along well with, improve, bring
提示问题:
● What are your strong points?
● Why do you want to do the work?
Dear Peter ,
I’m writing to apply for the volunteer. My name is Li Hua , from Class 1, Grade 3 .
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I’m looking forward to your early reply.
Yours ,
Li Hua
On the level of everyday usage a myth is a false story or belief. A myth is something that is not correct, but many people believe. There are a lot of myths about the human brain.
One of the biggest myths is that we only use 10 percent of our brains. The next part of the myth is that if we can learn to use the rest of our brains, then we’ll be much smarter. People say this all the time, but it’s absolutely not true! The truth is that although we don’t know everything about the human brain, we know that each part of it has an important function (功能). Modern scientists think the “10 percent myth” ridiculous (荒谬的).
The other most popular myth is about being “right brained” or “left brained”. According to this myth, people who use the right side of their brains are more artistic and creative. People who use the left side of their brains are better at math and science. This is as popular as the 10 percent myth, and it’s also wrong. In 2013, a study at an American university examined the right brain and left brain myth. According to the study, we use both sides of our brains equally (相等地).
It’s true that we use different parts of our brains for different things. We use our left side for language more, and our right side when we need to pay attention. But there is no evidence (证据) that creative people use the right side more, or that scientific people use the left side more.
We’ve talked about myths, so let’s look at a few interesting facts about the brain. First of all, the brain feels no pain. Second, about 75 percent of the brain is made of water. It’s also the fattest organ in your body. Here’s another interesting fact about the brain. Around the time you turn 18 years old, it stops growing.
1.What do modern scientists think of “10 percent myth” of the brain?
2.What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
3.May Robert, who is learning English, use the right brain more or the left brain more?
4.According to the facts mentioned in the passage, when does the brain stop growing?
5.What is the passage mainly about?
