1970 was “World Conservation Year”. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped that the governments would act quickly in order to conserve nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and the water, and everything that grows and lives. We can't live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.

What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are hoping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of eleven kilometres of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called “No, One's Going to Change our World. ” It was made by Scatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.?

1. There are few plants, trees and flowers in Holland now because _______.

A. there has been a lot of conservation in Holland?

B. Holland does not need so many plants, trees and flowers?

C. many plants, trees and flowers don't grow there any more?

D. some plants, trees and flowers are dangerous?

2. We shall destroy ourselves if we don't _______.

A. improve our technology in planting trees?

B. hear about the record called “No, One's Going to Change our World”?

C. try our best to save the world?

D. change the earth?

3. “No,One's Going to Change our World. ” was _______.

A. an important book published in 1970?    B. a record calling on people to conserve nature?

C. an idea that nobody would accept?         D. a rule worked out by the United States?

4. What is the most important thing for us to do to save our world?

A. We should clean the banks of our rivers.?

B. We should know what will happen in the future.?

C. We should know what we should do and do it now.?

D. We should plant more trees and flowers.?

5. What's the main idea of the passage??

A. 1970 was “World Conservation Year”.?

B. The United Nations wanted everybody to know that the world is in danger.?

C. Conservation is necessary.?

D. It is the young people who are helping to save our world .

    In 1993, researchers at the University of California at Irvine discovered the so – called “Mozart Effect” – that college students who listened to ten minutes of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (D大调) before taking an IQ test scored nine points higher than when they had sat in silence or listened to relaxation tapes. Other studies also have indicated that people gain information better if they hear classical or baroque (a style of art) music while studying.

It is said that Albert Einstein was an average student until he began playing the violin. "Before that, he had a hard time expressing what he knew," says Hazel Cheilek, orchestra director at Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School. “Einstein said he got some of his greatest inspirations while playing the violin. It liberated his brain so that he could imagine." In the early 1700s, England's King George I also felt he would make better decisions if he listened to good music. Reportedly, Handel responded by composing his Water Music suites to be played while the king floated the Thames on his royal boat. Even Plato in ancient Greece believed studying music created a sense of order and harmony necessary for intelligent thought.

The deepest effects take place in young children, while their brains are growing. This year, the same researchers at Irvine’s Center for Neurobiology of Leaming and Memory found that preschoolers who had received eight months of music lessons scored 80 percent higher on certain tasks than other youngsters who received no musical training.

    Music students continue to beat their non – arts peers (同龄人) on the SAT, according to the 1999 “Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers” from The College Board. Students with coursework in music appreciation scored 42 points higher on the math section of the test than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.

All of this to say "you are the judge" but listening to Mozart certainly won't hurt you. My point always is that making music is preferable to passive listening and that listening to live music is always preferable to listening to recorded music. Mozart WILL NOT raise your IQ, but it might help you organize your thoughts better before taking a standardized test.

1.When people mention Albert Einstein, King George I and Plato, they believe that the effect of music is_________.

      A.positive    B.negative    C.suspicious D.sensitive

2.So far researchers at the University of California at Irvine have done studies about_________.

       A.college students who listen to rock music every day

       B.people who hear classical music while studying

       C.preschoolers with music lessons

       D.music students in SAT

3.Which of the following is an opinion rather than a fact?

       A.Handel composed Water Music to be played while the kind floated the Thames on his boat.

       B.Mozart might help you organize your thought better before taking a standardized test.

       C.Preschoolers with music training scored higher on object – assembly tasks.

       D.Music students continue to beat their non – arts peers on the SAT.

4.What is the author’s opinion about music?

       A.He thinks that listening to music is better than making music.

       B.He has a doubt whether listening to Mozart will hurt the listeners.

       C.He is sure that listening to the music of Mozart will raise people’s IQ.

       D.He thinks that live concert is better worth listening to than recorded music.

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题, 满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项       

It was raining. I went into a cafe and asked for a coffee.   36 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed 37  . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls  38   their souls belonged to the  39  .

    I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 40  in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m 41,”he said. He was chatting online and, 42, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was   43.

   Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 44  to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   45      not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was 46  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “   47!”

   I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafe were looking at me. I  48  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

    49  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more 50   having a relationship with the  51  , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to 52  the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 53  with people.

   I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even  54  that the coffee was bad,   55   Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

36. A. Before              B.While           C. Although                     D. Since 

37. A. pain                   B. fear           C. sadness                     D. loneliness  

38. A. until                      B. when                    C. because                    D. unless

39. A. Net                       B. world                        C. home                D. Café

40. A. sleeping                  B. laughing                C. sitting                      D. learning

41. A. tired                  B. thirsty                      C.    busy                      D. sick

42. A. at the same time  B. just then                   C. first of all          D. by that time

43. A. delighted            B. surprised                  C. moved                     D. frightened

44. A. again                  B. once                        C. first                         D. even

45. A. but                         B. so                            C. if                             D. or

46. A. excited            B. respected                  C. unhappy    D afraid              .

47. A. Shut up                 B. Enjoy yourself            C. Help me out      D. Leave me alone

48. A. walked about          B. raised my head   C. raised my hand D. walked out     

49. A. From then on         B. Above all            C. In all                D. At that moment

50. A. interested in      B. tired of                   C. careful about            D. troubled by

51. A. computer            B. soul                       C. shop                        D. geek

52.A. tell                      B. plan                       C. design               D. imagine

53.A. other than            B. instead of               C. except for                 D. as well as

54. A. pretend               B. understand              C. insist                        D. realize

55. A. as if                   B. just as                    C. just after                  D. even though

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