The study of the effects of music on the mind and brain has been a subject of interest for many. The  has concluded that music does have positive effects on the mind and brain.

Music is found to affect the   of learning and thinking. If work is   by quiet and comforting music, it helps the listener think, analyze and work faster in a more   manner. Music   a positive attitude in the listeners and provides them with motivation(动力;动机). Surveys have shown that music brings about remarkable improvements in the     skills of students. Listening to pleasant music, while doing a difficult task, can make   seem easier.

Music has a   effect on the interpersonal skills of an individual.  that we face in life are often the result of lack of confidence and lack of desire to learn. Students’ poor academic results are often a(n)  of their lack of motivation and their disinterest. Music lessons during school can help the students   their mental block. Music proves helpful in encouraging young children to venture new fields.

Music   plays a vital role in strengthening   Certain tunes are known to activate all the parts of the listener’s body, thus     him/her in the performance of other creative tasks. Music is found to give students the capacity to trust   . Music stimulates the brain centers that deal with thinking, analyzing and planning, thus strengthening one’s organizational skills.

A. newspaper  B. book  C. research  D. time

A. joy  B. process  C. beginning  D. task

A. accompanied  B. created  C. done  D. composed

A. inefficient(低效的) B. efficient  C. interesting  D. boring

 A. reduces  B. combines  C. takes D. develops

 A. academic  B. physical  C. original  D. historic

 A. music  B. learning  C. lessons  D. it

A. positive  B. negative  C. passive  D. harmful

A. Diseases  B. Successes  C. Failures  D. Difficulties

 A. income  B. outcome  C. improvement  D. progress

 A. live  B. love  C. hate  D. fight

A. never  B. still  C. ever  D. also

A. responsibility B. creativity  C. duty  D. intelligence

A. benefiting  B. constructing  C. damaging  D. worrying

 A. others  B. teachers  C. themselves  D. texts

Every morning my friend would stop on the way to work to have a quick breakfast with her 8-year-old son. Then she   36   him off at school. They ate the same thing every morning: an egg sandwich, juice, coffee for her, and milk for him.

       One day she ordered a(n)   37   breakfast. Once they finished eating and were heading out of the door, she   38  , said good morning to a homeless man sitting outside of the   39  , and gave him the breakfast she had ordered for him. He   40   her, telling her it was his first meal during the last several   41  . She couldn’t help but feel   42   and was glad she finally took   43  .

       She told her son that she had seen the man every day that week there and that   44  , herself included, had offered him   45  , support, food, or drink. She   46   explained that homelessness could happen to anyone and that it was important to   47   needy people.

       So her “Tradition of Kindness”   48  . Each day she and her son went on to   49   the homeless man breakfast. The   50   was kept until they moved away several years later,   51   the experience was firmly put into her son’s mind.

       My friend   52   every time she tells me that this “Tradition of Kindness” goes on with her son, who remembers this   53   tradition. Now working in a company, her son stops every morning at Starbucks for a coffee and offers a homeless person a breakfast before going to the   54  .

       What a great tradition that he can   55   to his children as well!

A. sent                       B. dropped               C. called             D. drove

A. light                      B. expensive             C. ordinary          D. extra

A. stopped                 B. escaped                C. backed        D. hid

A. shop                      B. market                        C. hotel            D. restaurant

A. recognized             B. refused                 C. thanked        D. found

A. days                      B. minutes                C. months         D. weeks

A. cold                      B. good                    C. strange          D. nervous

A. action                    B. time                     C. care                    D. effect

A. everyone               B. someone               C. no one             D. anyone

A. education               B. information                 C. comfort               D. safety

A. again                     B. further                        C. once                   D. first

A. contact                  B. encourage             C. follow             D. help

A. began                    B. existed                        C. failed               D. changed

A. win                       B. buy                      C. show                  D. award

A. promise                 B. agreement            C. order               D. practice

A. although                B. so                        C. but                   D. because

A. cries                   B. jumps                  C. jokes                  D. smiles

A. school                   B. childhood             C. youth                  D. adulthood

A. office                    B. cinema                 C. store                   D. library

A. connect              B. relate                   C. pass                    D. move

C
Last Sep.11 was an important day too. After unknown gunmen attacked aid workers from the Nobel Prize-winning Medecins sans Frontieres at a roadblock on that day , most of the international aid groups helping Darfur’s 6 million people stopped using the roads . On Dec.18 , unknown gunmen attacked the southern town of Gereida. More than 70 aid workers then pulled out of the refugee(难民) camp there—Darfur’s largest, with 130,000 people —leaving only 10 Red Cross employees behind. Yet at the time no one said what had really caused the sudden pullbacks.
Damaging has become surprisingly common in Darfur, where 200,000 Africans have been killed and a third of the population have been sent fleeing into camps in three years of war. But the attacks on international aid workers suggested a dramatic and dangerous start—to attack on purpose those helping to keep Darfur’s millions of refugee alive. A dozen people from foreign NGOs (non－governmental organizations) have been killed in just the past six months , more than previous years. There are about 14,000 aid workers in Darfur now , the majority of them Sudanese, working for foreign NGOs and U.N. agencies and delivering $1 billion a year in aid . Just a few more terrible attacks could throw that into jeopardy. Last week 14 U.N. offices working in Darfur made a clear warning that “the humanitarian (人道主义) organization cannot possibly make certain the survival of the population Darfur if aid workers don’t feel safe. ”
64．What made Sept．11 an important day according to the passage?
A．Two World Trade Center buildings were destroyed in the USA．
B．International aid workers were attacked in Darfur．
C．A fight happened between the international aid workers and some unknown gunmen in Darfur．
D．International aid groups stopped their help to Darfur．
65．Which of the following shows a picture of Darfur?
A．Darfur has been in war since the last Sept．11．
B．Many people in Datfur are homeless because of the war．
C．Darfur will not get help from organizations including the UN．
D．International aid groups have never been attacked before．
66．The underlined word“jeopardy”in the last paragraph most probably means     ．
A．light                   B．practice              C．danger            D．effect   
67．Which of the following can be the tide of the passage?
A．People in        Darfur        B．International Aid Groups in Danger
C．War in Darfur                D．International Aid to Darfur

As a teacher．I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip，there will be no talking aswe enter a building．This rule?? ? ?? to entering any place，whether it is a cinema，a church，a theatre, or any other place．

??? Once，in New York City，I took my class to see a(n)?? ? ? near Times Square．When we

arrived at the theatre，there were about twenty other classes ?? ? ? outside waiting to get in．The students from the other schools were not?? ? ?? and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气)．I told my students to stay in a line and keep?? ?? ．I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other ?? ? ? ． Soon we started to file into the theatre，and it was very disorganized．There was a lady ? ? ?? the groups and get them to their seats，? ? students were everywhere and?? ? ?? really knew where to go．My class，observing our rule，walked in ?? ? ? in two single-file lines． We stood near the door behind everyone else，and we?? ? ?? ．All of a sudden，the lady who was?? ? ?? noticed us and she walked ?? ? ?? our direction． She asked the students?? ? ?? the teacher was for our group, and I raised my ?? ? ?? ．She asked,“Very, very nice to meet you．Come this way．”We were led into the theatre，?? ? ??? ，and we were given front-row seats．

Sometimes?? ? ?? for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect，especially when you ?? ? ?? no one around who is taking manners into?? ? ?? ．However，that is usually the time when such?? ? ? actions will be most appreciated and recognized．

1.A．leads????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．applies????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．turns????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．belongs

2.A．play????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．lady????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．teacher????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．exhibition

3.A．sorted out????????????? ????????????? B．settled down????????????? ????????????? C．turned away????????????? ????????????? D．lined up

4.A．behaving????????????? ????????????? B．listening????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．concentrating? ????????????? D．watching

5.A．order????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．contact????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．watch????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．time

6.A．places????????????? ????????????? B．seats????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．classes????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．teachers

7.A．scold????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．dismiss????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．attract????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．organize

8.A．and????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．but????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．so????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．while

9.A．anyone????????????? ????????????? B．nobody????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．everyone????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．somebody

10.A．anxiously????????????? ????????????? B．immediately????????????? ????????????? C．quietly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．hurriedly

11.A．passed????????????? ????????????? B．chatted????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．rushed????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．waited

12.A．in trouble????????????? ????????????? B．on guard????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．in charge????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．on business

13.A．in????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．to????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．for????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．under

14.A．how????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．where????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．what????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．whether

15.A．voice????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．arm????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．head????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．hand

16.A．finally????????????? ????????????? B．somehow????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．first????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．instead

17.A．respect????????????? ????????????? B．love????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．concern????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．support

18.A．receive????????????? ????????????? B．visit????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．recognize????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．meet

19.A．practice????????????? ????????????? B．effect????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．account????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．operation

20.A．urgent????????????? ????????????? B．kind????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．legal????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．firm

 Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Big climate changes in the last million years might have come from something very small: dust from outer space.

   Earth changes between ice ages and warm periods in a(n) __1.__ that includes several cycles, including a __2._ one that lasts 100,000 years. Scientists __3.__suggested this cycle might be due to changes in the inflow of cosmic(????) dust.

   The idea is that Earth _4.__above and below the imaginary plane that runs through the sun and Jupiter(???), completing a cycle every 100,000 years. So maybe it encounters __5._varying amounts of dust during each cycle that produce the climate trend.

   Now there is some __6.__, from ancient cosmic dust recovered in ocean-floor drilling near the Azores islands west of Portugal. The large quantity of the dust rises and falls with a wonderful 100,000 year cycle during the period analyzed, 253,000 years to 458,000 years ago. Periods of more dust are related to__7.__ climates.

   But that is a long way from showing that the dust __8.__ climate. Some scientists argue that it is not clear how cosmic dust would make the climate warmer while dust from volcanoes is known to make it cooler. They say the cosmic dust is so thin that it is hard to see how it could have any climate__9.__.

   Nevertheless, the new study shows scientists have to take the cosmic dust idea seriously.