课时跟踪检测(十) Music
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．—We should believe in ourselves.
—________Self-confidence is the first secret of success. A．I'm with you on that. C．Let's get going.
B．Thank goodness! D．It's up to you.
2．(2014·福建七所名校第二次联考)________， a Chinese court sentenced the drug lord and three of his followers to death for the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year.
A．In amazement C．In brief
B．In addition D．In general
3．(2013·邯郸模拟)I don't think it right to ________ jokes on the disabled, especially when they are in trouble.
A．put C．find
B．keep D．play
4．(2014·马鞍山高三模拟)The basic design of the car is very similar to ________ of the earlier model.
A．that C．this
B．it D．one
5．It is ________ tradition for people in this country to pay in ________ cash when buying things.
A．the; 不填 C．不填； the
B．a; 不填 D．a; the
6．(2014·黑龙江哈九中模拟)Make sure that your speech is ________ and to the point, so that the audience will not get bored just because they have to listen to you talking for a long time.
A．complex C．fancy
B．attractive D．powerful
7．(2014·衡水中学模拟)On her birthday, she received a nice present from her parents ________ a note was attached, saying“We love you so much.”
A．that C．in which
B．to which D．which
8．(2014·青岛二中模拟)She is very ________ about this topic, so we'd better not discuss it in front of her.
A．confident C．sensitive
B．crazy D．humorous
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9．(2013·淮南高三二模)Jerry has promised to keep the secret, so he won't tell anyone even though ________.
A．asking to C．to ask
B．to be asked D．asked to
10．(2014·福建师大附中高三质检)—I am sorry I didn't finish the task. —Never mind. ________， you have tried your best. A．Above all C．At all
B．In all D．After all
11．(2014·南阳高三质检)After arriving in New York, the Chinese college student found it rather hard to ________ living on his own.
A．rely on C．depend on
B．bring up D．adjust to
12．(2014·山东胶东示范校高三二模)If you are going to do some house cleaning or cooking, wearing sleeves is a(n) ________ idea.
A．available C．original
B．sensible D．sensitive
13．(2014·海南文昌中学月考)Being so busy with his experiment, how he dreams of ________ enough time for relaxation!
A．to have C．there being
B．there is D．giving
14．(2014·辽宁六校联考)—Amazingly, Zhuo Jun got first place for the “China's Got Talent”(中国达人秀)last night.
—So wonderfully ________ in the show that he deserved it. A．did he perform C．he performed
B．had he performed D．he had performed
15．—I'm surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ________. —So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them. A．broken up C．divided up Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2014·皖南八校第一次联考)Recent research shows young children who take music lessons have better memories than their nonmusical peers.
B．finished up D．closed up
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The research, published in the online edition of the journal Brain, showed that after one year of musical training, children did better in a memory test than those who did not take music classes.
“The research tells us that if you take music lessons your brain is getting wired up differently，” Laurel Trainor, professor of psychology at McMaster University, said.
“This is the first study to show that brain responses in young, musically trained and untrained children change differently over the course of a year，” said Trainor.
Over a year they took four measurements in two groups of children aged between four and six — those taking music lessons and those taking no musical training outside school — and found developmental changes over periods as short as four months.
The children completed a music test in which they were asked to discriminate between harmonies, rhythms and melodies (旋律), and a memory test in which they had to listen to a series of numbers, remember them and repeat them back.
Trainor said while previous studies have shown that older children given drama (戏剧) and painting lessons had greater improvements in IQ scores than children who didn't; children given music lessons did better than those given drama.This is the first study to identify these effects in brain-based measurements in young children.
She said it was not that surprising that children studying music improved in musical listening skills more than children not studying music.
“On the other hand, it is very interesting that the children taking music lessons improved more on general memory skills that are correlated with nonmusical abilities such as literacy, verbal memory, visiospatial processing, mathematics and IQ，” she said.
1．What can we learn from the passage?
A．The study is the first one to show what influences children's IQ. B．The researcher studied four groups of children aged between four and six. C．The study lasted for less than a year.
D．The study shows that taking music lessons can improve more skills. 2．What does the underlined word “discriminate” in Para.6 most probably mean? A．Say something again. B．Say something from memory. C．Find out the difference. D．Find out something in common.
3．According to the previous studies, which group of children improved greater in IQ scores? A．Children who studied music. B．Children who studied drama.
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C．Children who didn't study music. D．Children who studied painting.
4．What could be the best title for the passage? A．Music can develop kids' interest
B．Taking music lessons improves more skills C．Music should be taught at school D．Learning music improves kids' memory
B
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