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| 完形填空。 I was tired. I had been studying English for 8 years, but my spoken English was still terrible. I went to English school every night. I read different textbooks and learned the grammar rules 1 them every day. But during the eight years, I hadn't got any 2 at all! Being tired of school, I searched (搜索) the Internet for "Learn English" one night. Then I found a 3 English learning system (系统). Seven days later I started using the system to learn English. My life 4 from then on. I used the system every day. I was 5 to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting. No boring grammar rules. The articles were interesting and the stories were very funny. Then something amazing happened. One day I 6 an American man named James in a coffee shop. Without thinking, I started to 7 him. My English words came out automatically (无意识地). It was hard for me to believe it. I could speak English so easily. I didn't feel any 8 or worry. James understood my ideas and feelings. We talked for two hours without 9 . Then we exchanged e-mails and Skype IDs. We decided to talk to each other on the Internet every week. My English has 10 greatly now. I think there are many ways of learning English for us to use. You should stop using a way that doesn't work and find out what is helpful to you. | ||||
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an intelligent person.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments (试验) on 33 volunteers who were getting
better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian
musician Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" did much better on language ability tests than without music.
"Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease," said the psychologist
Charles Emery, who led the study." And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted
to put the two results together." he added.
The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after working out with or without the music.
But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that
mu- sic can be good for health, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress, sadness and nervousness;
encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
In medical fields, music is used widely for patients who have had head hurts before and after operation.
"The Four Seasons" was used because of its moderate tempo (舒缓的节拍) and positive results in earlier
research. "Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system (神经系统) and these changes may
have a direct result on learning ability," Emery said.
Scientists have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. By 1990,
psychologists were using Mozart's music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders.
Mozart was chosen because his music is not over-exciting and has clear structures. A study showed students
who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing
near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to
argue with them.
B. improve
C. provide
D. produce
B. 33 volunteers work on music in medical fields
C. exercise to music makes people healthy and bright
D. scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise
B. students should not listen to music before exams
C. you have no good reasons to exercise to music
D. music might help you to get higher grades in tests
B. Exercise reminds people with head huts of what they've learned.
C. Scientists often use Mozart's music, for it is not too exciting.
D. "The Four Seasons" is used to help children with speech disorders.
In the end I turned down the invitation. As soon as Ted asked somebody else to go, I began kicking myself. I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was afraid, and had ended up feeling depressed (沮丧的) . That unhappy summer taught me a valuable lesson out of which I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you worried; don’t do what makes you depressed.
At the end of my senior year, I began to think about becoming a writer. But my professor was telling me to aim at teaching. I hesitated (犹豫). The idea of trying to live by writing was a lot scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up on what I really wanted to do depressed me. Right then I learned another lesson. To avoid that kind of depression meant having to bear a certain amount of worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I was frequently required to interview big names. Before each interview I would get anxieties (焦虑) in the mind and my hands would shake. One person I particularly admired was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed the very model of confidence. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright and had anxietyattacks. I went on doing those frightening interviews. Then I realized that I was even looking forward to the interviews. What had happened to those anxieties?
Well, in truth, the anxieties were still there, but there were fewer of them. I had benefited from a process of overcoming them. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often enough, he will eventually learn that there isn’t anything to be worried about. This brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it. The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary (可怕的). But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
小题1:What does the phrase “turned down” mean in the second paragraph?
| A．To say “No” to his roommate. | B．To say in a low voice. |
| C．To put away the invitation. | D．To take the invitation. |
| A．finds it difficult to make decision |
| B．has found out what causes anxiety |
| C．was inspired (受启发的) by Duke Ellington’s stage fright |
| D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
| A．Hesitation leads to depression. |
| B．Anxiety can be a positive drive. |
| C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. |
| D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |
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