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Holidays
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—Oh, my God. I've forgotten all about it.
Music makes life better in many ways. The fact that music can make a difficult task more tolerable may be why students often choose to listen to it while doing their homework. But is listening to music the smart choice for students who want to optimize their learning? A new study suggests that for some students, listening to music is a wise strategy, but for others, it isn't. The effect of music on cognitive(认知的) functioning appears to depend partly on your personality — specifically, on your need for external stimulation.
Researchers not only assessed listeners' personality but also changed the difficulty of the task and the complexity of the music. Participants first completed a personality test used to determine the need for external stimulation. They then engaged in an easy cognitive task (searching for the letter A in lists of words) and a more challenging one (remembering word pairs). Participants finished both tasks under one of two sound conditions: (1) no music, (2) with music.
The data suggest that for those with a high need of external stimulation, on the simple task of finding A's, such subjects' scores for the music condition were significantly worse than those for the silent condition. On the complex task of learning word pairs, their performance was worse whenever music was played. For those with a low need of external stimulation, however, on the simple task of findings A's, such participants' scores for the music condition were dramatically better than those for the silent condition. On the complex task of learning word pairs, the participants showed a small but reliable benefit when listening to music.
According to the study, there are substantial individual differences in the impact of music on cognitive function, resulting in personalized recommendations regarding its presence in the classroom. Students who are easily bored and who seek out stimulation should be cautious of adding music to the mix. On the other hand, students with a low need for stimulation may benefit significantly from the presence of music.
With the right personality, the right music and the right task, the presence of music may significantly improve cognitive functioning. Given the benefits of music, subscription to Spotify just might pay for itself.
Yesterday and Today
Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changesbe?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetable. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
A new TV series in England, Away from it all, has surprised everyone by becoming a huge success with young people across the country. Its success is surprising because main character in the series is a shepherd, and the series is about the relaxing and different (lifestyle) of people who live in the country. There is none of the actions that we usually see on TV today. There are also no stressful moments, busy offices or(crowd) cities. Away from it all (set) in the peaceful English countryside and tells simple stories about people's kindness.
The director of the TV series says that its success is a sign of teenagers (suffer) from stress. He says that watching Away from it all (help) teenagers forget about the pressures of exams and homework, and the troubles fill the world today.
the series' success might have a good side, many teachers and parents are worried They say that some of their students and children are becoming couch potatoes and are using Away from it all as an excuse for not completing homework. Some children have even refused to learn for exams because they say that they can only achieve (person) happiness by avoiding stressful situations (complete).
71. With the exam __________ (approach), all the students fixed their attention on their study.
72. After a whole day’s work, I still had some _________ (write) exercises __________(leave) undone.
73. Is there any difference between ___________ (write) English and_________(speak) English?
74. His _____________(puzzle) expression suggested that he was in the dark about the whole thing.
75. Our country __________ greatly ____________(change) over the centuries.
76. The students said that they ______________(not learn) the word before.
77. There ___________(be) a desk, two chairs and two beds in the room upstairs.
78. She ___________(act) out the wronged lover to make him _________________(feel) guilty.
79. More than one thousand workers __________(employ) in the factory his year.
80. In the morning the man was made _______________(clean) the room.
________ work has been done to prevent the water in the lake being polluted.
A. A mass of B. A plenty of C. A number of D. A great many
There is nothing more I can try you to stay, so I wish you good luch.
A．being persuaded
B．persuading
C．to be persuaded
D．to persuade
It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was 15 years old and feeling like the world was 21 for me because there hadn't been enough money to buy me the rifle (长枪)that I’d wanted that year.
Pa came back in and there was ice in his beard. “Come on, Matt,” Pa said. “Dress warmly. It’s cold outside. We’re going to Widow Jensen’s. They are 22 wood.” Widow Jensen lived about two miles down the road. Her husband had died a year or so before and 23 her with three children, the oldest being eight.
I 24 went out with Pa and we 25 the sled (雪橇）high with wood. 26 we went to the store and Pa took down a big ham, some bacon, a sack of flour and some shoes, which were put into a smaller sack. We rode the two miles to Widow Jensen’s in 27. I tried to think through what Pa was doing. I knew we didn’t have much money and Widow Jensen had 28 neighbors than us. It shouldn’t have been our 29.
Widow Jensen opened the door and let us in. She had a blanket wrapped around her 30.
The children were wrapped in 31 and were sitting in front of the fireplace by a very small fire that 32 gave off any heat at all. “We brought you a few things , Ma’am，” Pa said and set down the sack of flour. I put the meat on the table. Then Pa handed her the sack that had the shoes in it.
She 33 and took the shoes out one pair at a time. I watched her carefully. She bit her lower lip to keep it from 34 and then tears filled her eyes and started running down her cheeks. She looked up at Pa like she wanted to say something, 35 it wouldn’t come out. “We brought a load of wood too, Ma’am,” Pa said. Then he turned to me and said，“Matt，go bring some in. ”
I wasn’t the 36 person when I went back out to bring in the wood. I choked and as much as I hate to 37 it, there were tears in my eyes too. In my mind I kept 38 those three kids huddled (捲缩)around the fireplace and their mother standing there with tears running down her cheeks with so much 39 in her heart that she couldn’t speak. Just then the rifle seemed very 40. Pa had given me the best Christmas of my life.
21. A. over B. complete C. lost D. boring
22. A. in between B. for C. out of D. behind
23. A. offered B； brought C. delighted D. left
24. A. excitedly B. hurriedly C. gratefully D. unwillingly
25. A. equipped B. placed C. loaded D. armed
26. A. Now B. Then C. Meanwhile D. Sometime
27. A. silence B. regret C. devotion D. condition
28. A. smarter B. tougher C. prettier D. closer
29. A. topic B. concern C. idea D. case
30. A. shoulders B. head C. arms D. feet
31. A. one B. the rest C. another D. the other
32. A. nearly B. hardly C. actually D. slowly
33. A. jumped B. laughed C. joked D. hesitated
34. A. trembling B. moving C. bending D. crying
35. A. and B. so C. or D. but
36. A. honest B. kind C. same D. disappointing
37. A. allow B. admit C. clarify D. confirm
38. A. seeing B. imagining C. cheering D. comforting
39. A. motivation B. gratefulness C. sympathy D. courage
40. A. typical B. valuable C. unimportant D. hopeless
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误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后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The food chain is the order in that animals and plants eat every other in order to survive. Every living creature need to eat other creatures below it. Every ecosystem had a different food chain, depending on which animals and plants live there. The balance of plants or animals within a food chain is often determined by the nature. At the bottom of the food chain are plants. They called producers because they produce their own food used the sunlight’s energy. Animals are the consumers of the food chain. They eat plants or other animal. Some animals only eat plants; therefore, some eat other animals.
