If music makes you smart and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a person who is better at learning and understanding.

A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers. They found that person who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons did much better in language ability (能力 ) tests than without music.

The volunteers said they felt better after exercising with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled ( 加倍) after listening to the music during exercise.” Exercise seems  to cause positive changes in the nervous system (神经系统 ) and have a direct result on learning ability,” said the psychologist Charles Emery. Scientists have found that music can be good for health and education. It helps relieve stress, sadness and nervousness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.

Psychologists have been using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders ( 言语能力紊乱).  Mozart is often chosen because his music is not over-exciting. A study shouted students who often exercise to Mozart’s music go on to score higher marks in tests. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.

46.What does the underlined word “relieve” mean in Chinese?

A. 加强              B.减轻             C.提高             D.接替

47.How many great musicians are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two               B. There             C. Four.          D. Thirty-three

48.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Students should not listen to music before exams.

B. Children are supposed to follow their parents’ words .

C. Music may help student to get higher grades in tests.

D. There is no reason for children to argue with parents.

49.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Scientists often use Mozart’s music for it is really exciting.

B. Music usually makes people too excited to go to sleep.

C. Exercising without music seems to cause many negative changes.

D. Students can improve their studies greatly after exercising to music.

50.Which is the BEST title for this passage?

A. Scientists suggest great music.

B. Music and exercise lead to stress.

C. Exercising to music makes you smarter.

D. Volunteers listened to Mozart’s violin pieces.

If music makes you smart and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a person who is better at learning and understanding.

A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers. They found that person who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons did much better in language ability (能力 ) tests than without music.

The volunteers said they felt better after exercising with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled ( 加倍) after listening to the music during exercise.” Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system (神经系统 ) and have a direct result on learning ability,” said the psychologist Charles Emery. Scientists have found that music can be good for health and education. It helps relieve stress, sadness and nervousness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.

Psychologists have been using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders ( 言语能力紊乱).  Mozart is often chosen because his music is not over-exciting. A study shouted students who often exercise to Mozart’s music go on to score higher marks in tests. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.

76What does the underlined word “relieve” mean in Chinese?

A.加强            B.减轻            C.提高        D.接替

77.How many great musicians are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two            B. There          C. Four.       D. Thirty-three

78.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Students should not listen to music before exams.

B. Children are supposed to follow their parents’ words .

C. Music may help student to get higher grades in tests.  

D. There is no reason for children to argue with parents.

79.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Scientists often use Mozart’s music for it is really exciting.

B. Music usually makes people too excited to go to sleep.

C. Exercising without music seems to cause many negative changes.

D. Students can improve their studies greatly after exercising to music.

80.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Scientists suggest great music.                    B. Music and exercise lead to stress.

C. Exercising to music makes you smarter.       D. Volunteers listened to Mozart’s violin pieces.

People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to. You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language. Today it's also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
?? The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status(地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ. They're at work, or in a web café(网吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact.

1.In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us ___________.

A. why his family members want to learn Chinese

B. where you can find people to talk to for language learning

C. the easiest thing to do is learning Chinese

D. Chinese isn’t so hard to learn as his friends think

2.From the second paragraph we know that QQ and AIM are __________.

A. addresses for the Internet users????????????? ????????????? ??? B. documents you need to get online

C. tools for people to talk online ????????????? ??????? D. programs of a computer?????????????

3.Offices, web cafes and homes ____________.

A. attract the most people to learn Chinese

B. provide both QQ and AIM in China

C. are the best places for English learners????????????? ?

D. have the most people online

4.The writer wrote this passage mainly to __________.

A. tell a way of learning Chinese?????????????

B. show what the Chinese people are doing

C. tell the important of learning Chinese?????????????

D. show the difference between AIM and QQ

5.The writer of this passage is probably ___________.

A. a Chinese who works abroad????????????? ????????????? ????? B. an expert who works at home

C. an American who works in China????????????? ????? D. a salesman who sells soft wares

People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to. You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language. Today it's also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status(地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ. They're at work, or in a web café(网吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact.
【小题1】In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us ___________.