When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their to say, but not impirtant Too often it is viewed as entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先), This view is shortsighted,In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students
Music tells us who we are because music is an expression of the beings who from,Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a schubert song, The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions music expresses our character and values It came from American musical traditions Music expresses our character and values, Lt give us identity．
Music provdes a kind of percepton(感知)that cannot be acquied any other way Science can explain how the sun rises and sets．The arts explore the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same phenomenon．We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason：way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason：No one way can get it all
The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols They are ways we human beings“talk”to each other．They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities our hungers our discoveries．our hopes．The arts ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others When we do mot give away from them the meanings that music expresses
So music eeducation is far more necessary than people seem to realize．
(1)
According to paragraph I, students ________．
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A．
regard music as a way of entertainment
B．
disagree with their parents on education
C．
view music as an overlooled subject
D．
prefer the arts to science
(2)
In Paragraph 2, the author uses jazz an example to ________．
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A．
compare it with rock music
B．
show music identifies a society
C．
introduce American musical traditions
D．
prove music influences people’s lifestyles
(3)
According to the passage, the arts and science ________．
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday．
Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder．She lived to the ripe old age of 122．So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers．“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas．
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees．“People can live much longer than we think,”he says．“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110．When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120．So why can’t we go higher?”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing．“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan．“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine．”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120．Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most．So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120．”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的)，but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington．“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says．“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years．”
“Of course, if you became a new species(物种)，one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds．
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile．
(1)
What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
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A．
People can live to 122．
B．
Old people are creative．
C．
Women are sporty at 85．
D．
Women live longer than men．
(2)
According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________．
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A．
the average human life span could be 110
B．
scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C．
few people can expect to live to over 150
D．
researchers are not sure how long people can live
(3)
Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
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A．
Jerry Shay．
B．
Steve Austad
C．
Rich Miller
D．
George Martin
(4)
What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
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A．
Most of us could be good at sports even at 120．
B．
The average human life span cannot be doubled．
C．
Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before．
D．
New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species．
