题目内容
Not at all. Even though it has been a long time since you played the violin, a new study shows that as little as one year of music training can have a positive influence (影响) on your brain that will last the rest of your life.
In an experiment comparing (比较)children who had taken music lessons to those who hadn’t, Lanrel Tiniest, a researcher of the Institute for Music and the Mind at Ontario’s MeMaster University, diseoveted that the musically trained kids had larger brain responses (反应)to the sound recognition (分辨)exams. Traitor’s findings tell the possibility that musical training can actually change the brain’s bearing cortex (皮层), leading to better overall learning skills.
The study’s results point out that “musical training（but not necessarily passive (被动)listening to music）influences attention and memory, which makes a possibility that musical training might lead to better learning across a number of fields.” Trainer said in a report.
The effects (效果)of music training are even more easily seen in children with difficulties on language. “A music training that can strengthen the hearing skills of children who have difficulty in reading may also help improve some of their language abilities,” said Gottfried Schlang, who has also studied music training and learning.
So, whether or not you can play a Tchaikovsky symphony part, it’s likely that your years of music lessons prepared your brain for all the speeches, emails, and conversations that are part of your life today. To help make sure that kids today have the same chances for music inspired (激发)brain development, help out by volunteering with or giving away instruments to your school’s music training department.
B. One year of music training can also have a helpful influence.
C. Musical practice can make the brain become much heavier.
D. Most children spend much time learning to play an instrument.
B. keep balance
C. get achievement
D. exchange something
B. Children Must Take Some Music Lessons
C. You Can Also Become a Great Musician
D. Music Training Can Build up Your Brain
B. Children who have difficulties with language enjoy music.
C. The writer took violin lessons when he was young.
D. Music training can also help improve one’s language ability.
阅读快车系列答案Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.
64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. A
fter I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "
The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顾客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.
In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民区). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 yuan as service fee.
Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easie
r for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.
【小题1】What is offline shopping?
| A．Buying things in a common store. |
| B．Buying and selling things on the internet. |
| C．Buying things on the internet for the old. |
| D．Buying things on the internet for the people who can't use the internet. |
| A．They don't like going shopping. |
| B．They are good at buying things on the internet. |
| C．They don't like buying things online themselves. |
| D．Offline shopping makes it easier for them to shop online. |
| A．收费 | B．管理 | C．交纳 | D．缴税 |
| A．People can find buy-for-you shops in residential communities. |
| B．The customers have to pay a suitable service fee. |
| C．There are many problems with the ordered things. |
| D．The store owners deal with the quality problems. |
| A．Li Hui'an is crazy about shopping online |
| B．offline buy-for-you business is in great need |
| C．Liu Min is the first one who has an offline Daigou store |
| D．there are about 300 buy-for-you stores in Dalian city |
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）
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first, use, be, another, buy, open, whenever, talk, but also, touch |
“Thank you” is widely 1. in a modern society. It is a very good manner. You should say “Thank you” 2.others help you or say something kind to you. For example: when someone 3. the door for you, when someone says you have done your work well, when someone says you have 4. a nice shirt, or your city 5. very beautiful, you should say “Thank you”. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, 6. between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.
“Excuse me” is 7.short polite usage. We use it as the same as “Thank you”. When you hear someone say so behind you, you’d got to know that somebody wants to walk past you without 8. you. It is not polite to interrupt (打断) others while they are 9.. If you want to have a word with one of them, please say “Excuse me” 10., and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others. Let’s say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” on the right occasion.