摘要: was used to → used to. used to +动词原形表示过去的习惯. be used to+名词/动名词表示习惯的持续.

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If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.

A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments 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 music 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 2000, psychologists were using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders. Mozart was chosen because his music is not overexciting 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.

1.The underlined word enhance can be replaced by ______.

A.impress           B.improve           C.provide           D.produce

2.The text mainly tells us that _____.

A.music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleep

B.33 volunteers work on music in medical fields

C.exercising to music makes people healthy and bright

D.scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise to

3.It can be learned from the last paragraph that ______.

A.you are supposed to follow your parents’ words

B.students should not listen to music before exams

C.you have some good reasons to exercise to music

D.music might help you to get higher grades in tests

4.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Exercise seems to cause negative changes without music.

B.Exercise reminds people with head hurts 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.

 

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__46   People use money to buy food, furniture,books,bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.  47   One of the first kinds of money was shells.

Shells were not the only things used as money.In China,cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks,monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.

The first metal coins were made in China, They were round and had a square hole in the centre.  48   

Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money.  49   Sweden and Russia used copper(铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.__ 50   The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

Money has an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

 A.Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and service.

B.The first coins in England were made of tin(锡).

C.But people used to use all kinds of things as money.

 D.Money, as we know, is all made of paper.

E.They began to use paper money.

F.  People strung(串连) them together and carried them from place to place.

G.No one knows for certain when people began to use money.

 

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