Taylor Crowe used to play happily with his toys and recite his alphabet. By age 2, he was starting to learn to make sounds. But something happened in the third year of his childhood. He started losing his language abilities and would have emotional outbursts. Taylor’s parents noticed that he became very shy, and did not make eye contact (接触) when spoken to. He seemed to be in his own secret world.
Today, nearly 1 out of every 110 children born in the U.S. suffers from autism. Taylor Crowe was actually one of these sufferers. Autism is a complex neurological (brain) condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate and socialize. These children often repeat words or actions, and they are extra sensitive to sights, sounds and touch. They may have a sudden period of uncontrolled anger and can be seen beating their hands.
Scientists believe that children with autism have highly developed visual areas in their brain which explains why many of them, including Taylor, are exceptionally good artists. But, unfortunately, this comes at a trade-off — the brain’s ability to communicate, make decisions, plan and complete a task is reduced.
Through immediate treatments and specialized instructions, children with autism are taught behaviors such as keeping eye contact with others, responding when spoken to and becoming aware of themselves. Some children are able to grow up to lead a full and active life. For Taylor, it was years of hard work, but he has shown marked improvement and is well on his way to becoming better. It appears that the earlier parents and caregivers provide special care, the easier these children can get close to normal lives.
Autism is a reminder that each of us is different. Every child with autism is still a child; every person with autism is still a person. The next time you come across a child with autism, try reaching out and connecting with the child inside.
32. At the age of three, Taylor Crowe _____.
A. was unable to see things clearly B. would become angry very easily
C. started to learn to read the alphabet D. lost his language abilities completely
33. It seems that autism _____.
A. helps sufferers achieve in other fields B. spreads rapidly across the U.S.
C. is caused by uncontrolled anger D. cannot be cured now
34. In the last paragraph, the author tries to _____.
A. explain what causes autism
B. ask us to respect and accept those with autism
C. tell us how to prevent autism
D. make us realize the importance of being healthy
35. What would be the best title for the text?
A. A brief history of autism B. Autism and brain development
C. Children with autism in the U.S. D. Taylor Crowe: a life with autism
The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance.
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronese.
The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10anm to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk), Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).
33．In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?
A．The 13th
B．The 17th
C．The 18th
D．The 20th
34．Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?
A．In the East Wing.
B．In the main West Wing.
C．In the Sainsbury Wing.
D．In the North Wing.
35．Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?
A．Piccadilly Circus.
B．Leicester Square.
C．Embankment.
D．Charing Cross.
There is a possibility that these hens could be frightened and lay fewer eggs
a sudden loud noise.
A. would there be B. should there be
C. there was D. there having been
Many years ago, I made a living by driving a car. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 am. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked.“Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness.“It’s nothing,” I told her, “I just try to treat my passengers in the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said.“I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long time.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”We drove in silence to the address she had given me. “How much do I owe you?”she asked.“Nothing,” I said. “You have to make a living,” she answered.“Oh, there are other passengers, ”I answered.Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
33. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.
A. show she was familiar with the city
B. see some places for the last time
C. let the driver earn more money
D. reach the destination on time
34. Which of the following statements is Not true?
A. The old lady didn’t have very long time.
B. The old lady was on her way to her daughter’s home.
C. The taxi driver gave the old woman a little moment of joy.
D. The taxi driver didn’t charge the old lady any money.
35. What can we learn from the story?
A. Giving is always a pleasure.
B. People should respect each other.
C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.
D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.
Honestly, I’m not a big fan of K-pop itself. However, if you see K-pop as a 46 , things get more 47 .
First, the process of 48 a K-pop singer, mostly through forming boy/girl groups, is like car production: Industrialize and focus on 49 . Talent agencies find potential 50 , often through global auditions(选秀). The training of the future stars, who are taught to sing and dance, act and learn foreign languages, can 51 three to seven years.
In the South Korean model, a pop 52 is more like a brand than a proper band. For instance, SM Entertainment’s Super Junior boasts 12 members. This allows the company to break the band down into sub-units targeting 53 markets, including Super Junior-M (Mandarin pop music), Super Junior-T (trot music, a 54 of Korean music 55 back to the early 1900s), and something called Super Junior-Happy.
The pace of the K-pop music production is 56 . You get one 57 that can last for a week, and that’s it. The record labels always want something 58 out of artists, in order to sell more music, as well as draw more 59 . So it makes 60 why South Korean singers are under 61 amounts of pressure.
But 62 , there is good news for K-pop fans. If you’re a K-pop fan, you’re really getting 63 in a community of people. They all like the same band as you; you all get to know the same thing, and it becomes a 64 . So maybe that’s why everyone’s so 65 .
46. A.belief B.custom C.business D.culture
47. A.difficult B.interesting C.boring D.amazing
48. A.creating B.building C.managing D.keeping
49. A. imports B.exports C.adjustments D.replacements
50. A.actors B.students C.people D.singers
51. A.take B.cost C.spend D.consume
52. A.company B.person C.group D.product
53. A.huge B.enormous C.different D.distinguished
54. A.form B.set C.quantity D.name
55. A. going B.thinking C.beginning D.dating
56. A.slow B.quick C.special D.strange
57. A.song B.star C.band D.group
58. A.good B. cool C.bad D.new
59. A.money B.success C.fans D.persons
60. A.news B.sense C.reason D.story
61. A.little B.small C.big D.huge
62. A.sometimes B.meanwhile C.always D.nowadays
63. A.touched B.understood C.communicated D.involved
64. A.friend B.school C.family D.market
65. A.happy B.fortunate C.warm D.passionate
“I will think of it”. It is easy to say this. 36 We can’t see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them; and yet what mighty power they have!
Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. 37 Later, he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
38 He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine successfully. From then on it could do the work of many horses. 39
A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa, when he became a man, he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of the pendulum.
Boys, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. 40
A. But do you know what great things have come from thinking?
B. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
C. A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireplace, watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down.
D. And do you know how to think?
E. When you see a steamboat, a steam mill, remember that it would never have been built if it hadn’t been for the hard thinking of someone.
F. He began to think, trying to understand why the apple fell.
G. He was a famous physicist and good at thinking.
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them so well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they go to their friends for some ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can talk about something, and these things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
51.When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually _____.
A. stay alone at home B. fight with their parents
C. talk about it with their friends D. go to their brothers and their sisters for help
52.Which of the following reasons is NOT true for the teenagers to depend on their friends?
A. They can turn to their friends when there is a fight at home
B. They can talk with their friends when they have problems.
C. Their friends don’t know them much
D. Their friends share their secrets that are difficult to tell their parents.
53.For most of the teenagers, which word is the best to describe their friends?
A. young B. understanding C. talkative D. easy
54.The underlined sentence “Your answers are welcome.” means _____
A. You are welcome to discuss the questions with us.
B. We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome.
C. Your answers are always right.
D. We prefer right answers only
55.Which of the following is the writer’s attitude?
A. Children should choose everything they like.
B. Parents should understand their children better.
C. Parents should choose friends for their children.
D. Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.
假定你是李华，你和你的家人将于6月18日乘坐航班HG2017到美国夏威夷（Hawaii）度假一周，已经在网上预订了酒店。现在请你给酒店发一封E-mail进行确认，内容如下：
1.入住天数及抵达时间；2.你和父母对各自房间的要求；3.请求酒店接机。
注意：
1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头及结语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Li Hua from China. I’m writing to confirm my reservations for two rooms at your hotel.________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
Ola Orekunrin is the founder and managing director of the for-profit company, Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd., the first emergency air ambulance service in the country.
In Nigeria, where road conditions can be poor, and rural clinics are often unprepared to deal with major medical emergencies, Flying Doctors has become a lifesaver, airlifting patients from remote areas to hospitals, and providing care on the way.
London-born Orekunrin was inspired to set up the company after her 12-year-old sister died. When she was still in medical school in the UK, her sister was on holiday in Nigeria and unexpectedly needed emergency treatment. The nearest clinic wasn’t able to treat her. The family tried to find an air ambulance to move her to an appropriate facility, but the quickest-available service was far away in South Africa. Her sister had died by the time a flight become available.
“I was filled with deep sadness and almost anger,” Orekunrin says. “I wanted to come to Nigeria and try to contribute in some way.”
After studying other models of emergency air ambulance in the UK and other parts of Africa, Orekunrin knew it would be the most effective way to help patients access to the proper facilities in a large area that is often difficult to travel by car.
But getting Flying Doctors off the ground wasn’t easy. Orekunrin began by renting aircraft as a way to keep costs down. She then established partnerships with hospitals across Africa and abroad and started her company nearly five years ago. The company now has 20 helicopters and jets and a staff that includes seven senior flight physicians.
Orkunrin has also worked toward improving medical care acoss Nigeria. Flying Doctors now provides scholarships to medical students and has established partnerships with rural non-governmental organizations, such as the Starlite Hopes Initiative, in Nigeria’s Delta State, which offers care to the poor.
Orekunrin hopes to keep finding new ways to improve medical service in Nigeria. The young doctor knows there are challenges ahead, but as she’s always shown, even the sky is not the limit.
32. What does Flying Doctors mainly do?
A. It provides people with free care.
B. It transports patients quickly.
C. It improves clinics’ services.
D. It helps to build roads.
33. Orekunrin came up with the idea of founding Flying Doctors because of ________.
A.her major B.her personal tragedy
C.the big profits it could make D.the success of such services in the UK
34. The underlined word in the text means _________.
A.airport B.hospital C.city D.organization
35. Which of the following can best describe Orekunrin?
A. Caring and determined. B. Honest but bad-tempered.
C. Ambitious and friendly. D. Innocent and single-minded.
To many web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly blind, the web is their essential window on the world: their means of communicating, capturing prey（猎物）, meeting mates and protecting themselves. A web-building spider without its web is like a man cast away on an island of solid rock, totally out of touch and destined to starve to death.
So important is the web to an orb-web spider's survival that the animal will continue to construct new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16 days the starving spider builds completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets scrawnier（憔悴的）, it constructs a wider-meshed web using fewer strands（线）. Such webs would only trap larger prey, which is more economical from the perspective of a starving spider.
The spider stores energy by recycling web protein. It simply eats its own web each evening and reuses it to produce new silk. In studies with radioactively, labeled materials, it was found that 95 percent of web protein reappears in the next day' web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is used in walking over the strands as they are laid down．
Scientists are impressed by the adaptability of the spider's highly preprogrammed brain, which is larger for its size than the brain of any other invertebrate（无脊推动物）. If web-building is interrupted, or if some of the existing strands are destroyed, the spider simply goes back to see where the web is left off and then finishes building a normal web. One spider will finish building the incomplete web of another.
8. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Secrets of Spiders' Adaptability
B. Secrets of the Spiders' Life
C. Importance of Webs to Spiders
D. Spiders' Highly Preprogrammed Brain
9. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Web-building spiders will probably die without their webs．
B. One Web-building spider usually conducts one web
C. Most spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry
D. Web-building spiders have good eyesight.
10. A spider conducts a wider-meshed web when＿
A. it is 16 days old
B. it is getting weaker
C. it has fewer wends
D. it hunts for food
11. A spider's ability to finish an incomplete web proves that＿
A. it reuses its web protein to reproduce new silk
B. it is able to rebuild a destroyed web
C. the incomplete web is much more important
D. it has a highly preprogrammed brain
Lucy has ________ all the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A. acquired B. finished C. concluded D. achieved
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每句中有一处错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
I can hard believe it, and my school life is almost over. Prom night has come and gone, and I received my high school diploma at last. That is a good thing that the exams are finished. I feel so excited to think clearly! It seems strange to think that in a few day’s time I’ll be walking out school gates forever. A first thing I’m going to do is to take a long vacation! Meanwhile, I find myself look back at my senior year, and thinking about that all the wonderful things that have happened.
Now if you’ve got nothing to do today, why not go to the east part of the city and get digging? That’s the message from No.1 Senior High School, ___34．_____ is organizing a tree planting event near East Mountain. In order to improve the environmental __35．____ (educate) of its students and get more people __36．_ (organize), the school is planning to plant __37．__ total of 1,400 trees paid by the government over the next few days. They are hoping to plant half of them today and they are looking __38．__ volunteers to come along and help. No experience is necessary, __39．__ there will be experts to give directions and the __40．__ (equip) will be provided. Everyone is welcome to come along anytime __41．__ 10 am and 4 pm. I don’t think you need my advice of what sort of shoes or clothes you have to wear. And of course, gloves will be essential _42．____ (protect) your hands. So it could 43．_________ really a nice day out for all the families. Enjoy your day.
高三年级是高中生活的最后一年,而我们即将要踏入高三生活，在这一年中,学生们要面临着沉重的升学压力。因此,很多学生下课后也坐在教室里用功,但学习效率和成绩并不理想。由此你想告诉他们:适当的休息很有必要，要好好的利用休息时间让自己放松，才能更好的进行课堂学习。现在就请你以“A Ten-minute Break”为主题,按下列要点写一篇短文,让这些同学从中有所启发。短文的要点如下:
1. 十分钟的课间休息很有必要;
2. 要注意适当的休息方式;
3. 你是怎样利用这十分钟的。
注意:1.开头已经给出,不计入总词数;
2.词数100左右。
A Ten-minute Break
As a Senior Three student, time seems much limited.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假定你是新华中学高二学生李华，对校园中存在的随意涂写 (scribble v.) 和乱丢垃圾(litter v.) 的行为感到不满，请用英文给校长写封信。
1. 说明写信的目的。
2. 提出建议。(至少两条)
注意：
1. 词数：100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节。
Dear Mr. Headmaster,
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
Birds enjoy a relatively slow rate of extinction but a new study suggests that rate might be severely underestimated(低估). Even worse, if human actions continue, bird extinction rates could skyrocket and 12 percent of the known bird species(物种) could be dying out by the end of the century.
Presently there are 10,000 known bird species — most identified after 1850 — and an estimated 130 of those have become extinct since 1500, setting the extinction rate at about one species every four years.
But according to Stuart Pimm of Duke University, this rate fails to take into account three key points: The continual identification of extinct bird species from fossil remains; numerous "missing" species not yet declared extinct; and the fact that present extinction rates were not calculated using the proper baseline date for when the species was first described.
Taking these points into consideration, the extinction rate is closer to one bird species per year, says Pimm, the leading author of the study. And the rate could be three times as high as that if not for recent bird preservation efforts.
In previous centuries, bird extinctions took place mainly on islands as Polynesian peoples expanded into the Pacific or Europeans took over the Americas, wiping out birds along the way.
In recent years, scientists are seeing an increased number of extinctions on continents, again because of human activities. Habitat destruction, introduction of invasive species, and climate change combine to harm many bird species. Before human influence, the estimated rate of bird extinctions would have been only one species per hundred years, researchers estimate.
Bird extinction rates are slower than for most animals, mainly because humans do more harm to other species and people take special efforts to protect birds. Still, if the present trends continue, the researchers estimate that the bird extinction rate will continue to climb to as many as 10 species per year,
47. The underlined word "skyrocket" in the first paragraph means
A. fly high B. appear soon
C. increase quickly D. change regularly
48. According to Pimm, the extinction rate of birds is____________.
A. one species per hundred years
B. one species every year
C. three species per year
D. ten species every year
49. What can we infer from the fifth and sixth paragraphs?
A. Humans have started destroying bird habitat in recent years.
B. Humans are doing more harm to animals than to birds.
C. Humans have made no effort to protect birds.
D. Humans are responsible for the bird extinctions.
50. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Humans' Fighting against Bird Extinction
B. Humans' Responsibilities for Bird Protection
C. Bird Extinction Rates Far Worse Than Realized
D. Bird Extinction Occurring on Islands and Continents
Educating Psyche by Bernie Neville is a book which looks at new approaches to learning. One theory discussed in the book is developed by Georgi Lozanov, which stressed the power of suggestion. His technique is based on evidence that the connections made in the brain through unconscious processing last longer than those made through conscious processing. Our experience provides evidence for it. If we think of a book we studied months or years ago, we will find it easier to remember peripheral details—the color, the book cover, the table at the library we sat while studying it—than the content on which we were concentrating. If we think of a lecture we listened to attentively, we will remember the lecturer’s appearance and behaviors, or the computer breakdown, much more easily than the ideas we went to learn. The details of the content of the lecture, however, seem to have gone forever.
Lozanov therefore made indirect instruction central to his teaching system. In suggestopedia, as he called his method, consciousness is moved away from the curriculum to stress something peripheral.
The suggestopedic approach to foreign language learning provides a good example. In one of his experiments, the students are listening to classical, jazz and other music when the teacher reads the text slowly or in a normal speaking voice. During the whole experiment, the students have their books closed and their attention is negative; they listen to the music but make no attempt to learn the material.
Some hours later, there is a follow-up class at which the students are asked to recall the material presented. The students do not fix their attention on trying to remember the vocabulary, but on using the language to communicate (e.g. through games).
The results of the experiment show that compared with conventional teaching, students can regularly learn 1,000 words of foreign language during a suggestopedic class, as well as grammar and idiom.
While suggestopedia has proven its advantage, fewer teachers use it. For one thing, the students have not developed the appropriate mindset. They are often not motivated to learn through the method. They do not have enough “faith”. They do not see it as “real teaching”, especially as it does not seem to involve the “work” that they believe is essential to learning.
32. What does the underlined word “peripheral” mean in the passage?
A. Less important. B. Less controversial.
C. Less active. D. Less harmonious.
33. The author mentions reading a book and listening to a lecture in order to ________.
A. share his life experience B. introduce the text’s topic
C. explain Lozanov’s theory D. attract readers’ interest
34. According to suggestopedia, teachers should help students to ________.
A. control their consciousness B. appreciate different kinds of music
C. memorize the details of materials D. become motivated learners
35. What’s the similarity between the two classes mentioned in the third and fourth paragraphs?
A. They both involve games. B. The teachers teach indirectly.
C. They both need no textbooks. D. The students enjoy them greatly.
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Your house may have an effect on your figure. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.
Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious（难为情）when they’re in poorly lit places---and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn’t have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.
Mind the colors. Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us feel less hungry. So when it’s time to repaint, go blue.
Don’t forget the clock---or the radio. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories（卡路里）per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while you’re at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.
Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake（摄入）jumps by 14 percent. And we’ll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.
32. The text is especially helpful for those who care about_________.
A. their home comforts B. their body shape
C. house buying D. healthy diets
33. A home environment in blue can help people_________.
A. digest food better B. reduce food intake
C. burn more calories D. regain their appetites
34. What are people advised to do at mealtimes?
A.Eat quickly. B. Play fast music.
C.Use smaller spoons. D.Turn down the lights.
35. What can be a suitable title for the test?
A.Is Your House Making You Fat?
B.Ways of Serving Dinner
C.Effects of Self-Consciousness
D.Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?
We all know that listening to music can soothe emotional pain, but Taylor Swift, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys can also ease physical pain, according to a study of children and teenagers who had major surgery.
The research was carried out because of a very personal experience. Sunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had major surgery and was put in intensive care (重症监护). This meant her family couldn’t always be with her. They decided to put her favorite music on an iPod so she could listen around the clock.
It was very calming, Suresh says. “She knew that someone who loved her had left that music for her and she was in a familiar place.”
Suresh could see that the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense, because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Suresh was majoring in biomedical engineering with a minor (兼修) in music cognition (认知) at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor of pediatrics (儿科).
So the father and daughter decided to do a study. And since Dr Suresh works with children, they decided to look at how music chosen by the children themselves might affect their tolerance for pain.
It was a small study, involving 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old. All the patients were undergoing big operations that required them to stay in the hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after surgery, patients received narcotics (麻醉药) to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group heard 30 minutes of music of their choice, one heard 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.
After a 30-minute session, the children who listened to music or books reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10-point scale. Sunitha Suresh says it’s equal to taking an over-the-counter pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.
The findings suggest that doctors may be able to use less pain medication for their pediatric patients. And that’s a good thing, says Santhanam Suresh, as children are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects. So the less pain medication, he says, the better.
38. What does the underlined word “soothe” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. reduce B. influence
C. stop D. ignore
39. What inspired Sunitha Suresh to do the research on the effects of music?
A. Her father’s study into music cognition.
B. Her grandmother’s experience of recovery.
C. A book that claims anxiety can reduce pain.
D. Her desire to find a way to help patients relieve pain.
40. During the research, all the participants .
A. were under twelve years old
B. received narcotics to control pain after big operations
C. were required to stay in the hospital for a couple of months
D. were divided into 3 groups to listen to the same music
41. What did Suresh and her father find out from their research?
A. Listening to books didn’t reduce the children’s pain burden at all.
B. Music was even more effective than pain medication for the children.
C. Listening to music did reduce the children’s pain burden to a great extent.
D. The longer the children listened to music, the less pain they felt.
42. The findings are especially important for children because .
A. they are more sensitive to music than adults
B. they can easily get addicted to pain medication
C. they usually don’t like taking pain medication
D. they are more likely to suffer side effects of pain medication
