As you research music, you will find much that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells you interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses that are often own.

Music is an expression(表达) of the people. As you research, you will find music of people at work or at play. You will find expresses love of the country, love of nature and love of home. Music is also an expression of the composer(创作者). The composer expresses his own music ideas. He studies the materials(材料) of music and discovers of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical expression.

Music can suggest actions and feelings which we share(分享). We can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places.

1.In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us___________.

2.From the second paragraph we know that________.

3.The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible_______.

4.Through music, the composer_______________.

5.The best title(标题) of this passage may be__________.

Music and Behavior

Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear  1  at any of those places? Today most stores and restaurants play music. You might 2  hear music in an office or on a farm.

Scientists believe that music changes the  3  people behave. According to some scientists, the sound of western classical music makes people  4  richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend  5  money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays  6  music, people spend less money. With  7  music, people spend even less.

Scientists also  8  that loud , fast music makes people eat faster. In fact, people  9  their food faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their   10  hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave more quickly. In this way, restaurants  11  make more money.

Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say  12  music helps students to be more active. It is true that people earn better when they are  13 . And listening to music can help you relax.  

The  14  time you hear music somewhere, be  15 . It might change the way you do things.

1.                A．music          B．stores          C．songs D．sound

2.                A．already         B．even           C．hardly    D．never

3.                A．way           B．time           C．idea D．place

4.                A．become        B．get            C．feel  D．look

5.                A．much          B．more           C．little D．less

6.                A．pop           B．modern         C．light D．country

7.                A．no            B．much          C．any  D．some

8.                A．expect         B．hope           C．realize   D．believe

9.                A．cook           B．order          C．eat  D．make

10.               A．free           B．busy           C．happy D．sad

11.               A．can            B．should         C．can’t    D．needn’t

12.               A．how           B．why           C．what  D．that

13.               A．excited         B．interested      C．confident  D．relaxed

14.               A．first           B．second         C．next  D．last

15.               A．quiet          B．quick          C．happy D．careful

Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful that they sell much more quickly in the market than those of other villages.

   How does Tom grow these beautiful plants? He is so lazy that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He listens to music all day. 

That is quite true. Tom plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything grows. It is the music that does work. Tom knows more clearly that music  makes the biggest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.

1.Tom      most of the things in his garden.

    A. sells    B. eats    C. keeps    D. gives

2.Tom listens to the music in the garden because     .

A.is very popular.

B.makes him relaxed.

C.makes his plants stop growing.

D.makes his plants grow better.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Tom doesn’t plant orange trees in his garden.

B.Tom often gives away his flowers to villagers.

C.Tom is very lazy and he does nothing every day.

D.Tom eats some of the fruits and vegetables in his garden.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Tom’s garden is in the town.

B.Tom wants to sell his garden.

C.Plants also like listening to music.

D.Tom’s flowers are beautiful and cheap.

Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful that they sell much more quickly in the market than those of other villages.
How does Tom grow these beautiful plants? He is so lazy that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He listens to music all day.  
That is quite true. Tom plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything grows. It is the music that does work. Tom knows more clearly that music  makes the biggest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.
【小题1】Tom      most of the things in his garden.

－Loud music makes people ________to leave quickly.

－_________.

A．want, So does it                         B．to want, So it does

C．want, So it does                         D．to want, So does it