Throughout time, people have loved music for its ability to transport them into a world of rhythm and melody. Recently more and more hospitals and clinics have been tapping into the power of music –not only to comfort patients, but to help cure them as well. Welcome to the world of music therapy(疗法).

After each of the two world wars, musicians visited hospitals and played instruments for injured soldiers suffering from emotional and physical pain. Today's music therapists continue this practice, playing instruments such as guitars and harps to bring comfort to their audiences.

Therapist Eric Mammen encourages his patients at a children’s hospital to participate with him as he plays. During visits with 13-year-old cancer patient Lawrence Garcia, Mammen encourages Garcia to beat on electric drums while he plays the guitar. The therapy won’t cure his cancer, but it does, according to Garcia’s mom, take away much of the boy’s depression(沮丧).

Music therapy can put patients in better moods and ease the symptoms of depression according to the American Music Therapy Association. Other benefits include relieving pain, calming tension, aiding sleep, reducing worry or fear, and easing muscle tension.

Jose Haro personally experienced the benefits of music therapy when he was recovering from heart surgery. During his recovery, he played a piano whose keys lit up, indicating which keys to touch to play along with the background music. Soon he was playing tunes and noticing something strange. “I was searching for my pain.” He says of his experience, “but it was gone.”

While Haro's experience provides an evidence of the power of music to relieve pain, scientific research has proven music also helps patients with Alzheimer's disease and arthritis.

In addition, music therapy helps premature babies. Doctors are tapping into a powerful way to teach premature babies that haven’t yet learned how to suck. Doctors use a device that comforts the babies by playing music when they suck on a pacifier(奶嘴). Soon the babies learn to suck in return for music, gaining weight faster and going home earlier than those who do not use the device.

Even perfectly healthy people are discovering the power of music to calm and heal. Drum circles attract people who find stress relief in beating out rhythms. While music is not a cure-all, it does make life a little easier.

1.In the first paragraph, the underlined phrase “ tapping into “ can be replaced by “_________”

A.discussing on       B.looking for         C.showing interest in  D.making use of

2.According to the passage, Jose Haro_______________.

A.went through an obvious effect of music on his recovery

B.was asked to play the piano with the background music

C.felt no pain in his surgery because of music therapy

D.recovered from heart disease completely

3.From the passage, we know_________________.

A.music can prevent people from suffering from arthritis

B.Garcia found much comfort in music according to his mom

C.musicians cured many soldiers after each of the two world wars

D.the more music they listen to, the faster premature babies gain weight

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Music to Patient Ears                     B.Music Popular in Hospitals

C.Musicians Work with Doctors              D.People's life Benefits from Music

 

This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

1.After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.

A.he took it out

B.his mother took it out

C.he did nothing but cry

D.he tried to take it out but failed

2.The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.

A.at most seven days

B.less than seven days

C.more than seven days

D.exactly seven days

3.According to the story, _____ was most worried about the boy’s accident.

A.the boy’s mother

B.Sidney

C.May

D.the doctor

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B.May succeeded in taking the paper out.

C.The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D.The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

5.The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.

A.he needed to learn to swim

B.the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.

C.the sea water would wash out the paper ball.

D.he needed a rest

 

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第一节:阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

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This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

41. After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.

A. he took it out                B. his mother took it out

C. he did nothing but cry         D. he tried to take it out but failed

42. The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.

A. at most seven days             B. less than seven days

C. more than seven days           D. exactly seven days

43. According to the story, _____ was most worried about the boy’s accident.

A. the boy’s mother     B. Sidney       C. May       D. the doctor

44. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B. May succeeded in taking the paper out.

C. The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

45. The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.

A. he needed to learn to swim

B. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.

C. the sea water would wash out the paper ball.

D. he needed a rest

 

This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

1. After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.

A.he took it out

B.his mother took it out

C.he did nothing but cry

D.he tried to take it out but failed

2.The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.

A.at most seven days

B.less than seven days

C.more than seven days

D.exactly seven days、

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B.May succeeded in taking the paper out.

C.The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D.The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

4.The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.

A.he needed to learn to swim

B.the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.

C.the sea water would wash out the paper ball.

D.he needed a rest

 

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