“If music is the medicine of the soul(灵魂), let it play on,” said a famous person. I think he said so because probably he got some help from music. Music has some strange abilities. Medical scientists have found that a person that feels stressed can actually listen to some kind of music and become well.
The researchers said that since stress comes as a result of life events such as starting a new family, starting a new business, and starting a new job, one can actually listen to good music and feel good because good music touches the human mind in a positive way. Music helps you to forget the life events that make you worried and remember the important events that once happened in your life.
Depression(抑郁) is a disease cause by stress, smoking, social problems and so on. Depression is also caused by problems such as failure in business. Depression may bring us weakness, headache, and loss of concentration. Good music makes one remember happy moments or good days. If you play music about love, it makes you feel like falling in love again though you may have had several upset experiences. And such good feeling make you healthy.
Anxiety(焦虑) is another health problem that can be controlled by music. Anxiety is a side effect of some major health problems such as cancer of the liver and cancer of the breast. Good music makes you feel relaxed and removes the pains from these diseases and you feel all right.
Good music can send you to sleep. And you need to know that sleep puts your body in a healthy condition. Sleep takes away the effects of stress, depression and anxiety from a person.
1.According to the famous person in Paragraph 1, music can___________.
A. treat many kinds of diseases
B. help you keep healthy in your mind
C. take the place of medicine in treating illness
D. make you remember things happened in the past
2.Good music helps people remove stress mainly by _________.
A. letting people have a good sleep
B. making people think positively
C. showing something new to people
D. making people focus only on important things
3.Which of the following is NOT a reason for depression mentioned in the passage?
A. Stress B. Smoking C. Failure in business D. Loss of concentration
4.According to the passage, one who has cancer will most probably experience __________.
A. stress B. depression C. anxiety D. upset
5.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. The health benefits of listening to music
B. Stress can bring us many kinds of diseases
C. Some diseases have something to do with music
D. Tips for us to live a healthy and comfortable life
Guide to Stockholm University Library
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; your can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Group-study places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分), you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.
1.The library’s upper floor is mainly for students to __________.
A. read in a quiet place B. have group discussions
C. take comfortable seats D. get their computers fixed
2.Library computers on the ground floor __________.
A. help students with their field experiments
B. contain software essential for schoolwork
C. are for those who want to access the wi-fi
D. are mostly used for filling out application forms
3.What condition should be met to book a group-study room?
A. A group must consist of 8 people
B. Three-hour use per day is the minimum
C. One should first register at the university
D. Applicants must mark the room on the map
4.A student can rent a locker in the library if he __________.
A. can afford the rental fee B. attends certain coursed
C. has nowhere to put his books D. has earned the required credits
5.What should NOT be brought into the library?
A. Mobile phones B. Orange juice C. Candy D. Sandwiches
Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.
1.Australia is _______.
A. the largest country in the world B. as large as Shanghai
C. not as large as China D. the largest island in the north of the earth
2.The government had made _______.
A. too enough laws to fight pollution
B. so many laws that it can fight pollution
C. enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution
D. enough laws because the pollution is very serious
3.Which of the following is NOT true？
A. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.
B. Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia.
C. Perth lies in the west of Australia.
D. No other city is larger than Perth in Australia.
4.In Perth you may visit a wild flowers’ show in _______season.
A. a cool B. a warm C. the coldest D. the hottest
5.Which of the following is true？
A. Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and wild flowers.
B. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep.
C. Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us.
D. If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of white sheep.
Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear the walls open. Japanese houses have empty spaces between the wooden walls. As he was tearing them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴) there because a nail(钉子) from the outside had been into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt for it, and at the same time wanted to know more about it.
He knew very well that the had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first . What had happened since then? The lizard had for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without ---it hardly seems possible, and is hard to . Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and it had survived.
A short time later another lizard with food in its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply . Another lizard had been the trapped one for the past ten years.
“What love exists(存在) in this animal! What can love do? It can do ! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of for ten long years, without hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself.
If a small animal like a lizard can like this , just imagine how we could if we tried.
1.A. finally B. normally C. hardly D. actually
2.A. left B. packed C. buried D. trapped
3.A. brought B. added C. knocked D. allowed
4.A. unfair B. free C. loose D. sorry
5.A. nail B. case C. door D. food
6.A. sold B. bought C. built D. ruined
7.A. slept B. survived C. escaped D. developed
8.A. bending B. climbing C. moving D. eating
9.A. accept B. feel C. imagine D. stay
10.A. head B. leg C. tail D. foot
11.A. inspect B. charge C. appreciate D. catch
12.A. why B. which C. when D. how
13.A. appeared B. prepared C. waited D. answered
14.A. frightened B. affected C. educated D. worried
15.A. setting down B. suffering from C. joining in D. looking after
16.A. weak B. tiny C. wild D. ugly
17.A. troubles B. wonders C. concerns D. receptions
18.A. another B. others C. itself D. all
19.A. looking for B. dealing with C. giving up D. watching over
20.A. love B. live C. fight D. think
---How do you find the film How to Train Your Dragon?
--- ___________.I can’t think too highly of it.
A. It’s amazing B. By accident C. It’s awful D. It makes no sense
_____ more and more students graduating from college, it is harder for them to find suitable jobs.
A. For B. As C. With D. Because
