【题目】任务型阅读
You run among crowded people in a railway station, only to find that the train has left. Do you feel depressed(沮丧的)? Probably. But if you are in France, someone may play the piano for you. It might be a performance of Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu or the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song. To our surprise, it is not performed by a paid musician or a street entertainer asking for coins. Instead, a passer-by jams (即兴演奏) on the piano in the station.
The national railroad company SNCF has put pianos in nearly 100 stations across France. They are rented from Yamaha Corporation. The first piano was set up in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris in 2012.
The pianos have proved to be very popular. In 2014, the SNCF and Yamaha organized a nationwide contest called "Your Turn to Play". It asked participants to upload (上传) video clips of themselves using one of the pianos. At last, about 900 people took part in the contest.
So if you miss a train in France one day, perhaps someone will be playing your favourite piece, and that will reduce your anxiety (焦虑) a bit. Or perhaps you'll sit down, roll up your sleeves and play your sadness away yourself.
(1)If you miss a train in France, who may play the piano for you?
(2)When was the first piano set up in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris?
(3)What was the name of the contest organized by the SNCF and Yamaha in 2014?
(4)Why has the company SNCF put pianos in nearly 100 stations across France?
(5)If possible, would you like to jam on the piano in such stations? Why or why not?

【题目】阅读理解
Do you look like your name? Scientists say there's a good chance you do.
This comes from a new study published in a magazine. Researchers from Israel found that our given names may have something to do with our facial (面部的) appearances.
Lead writer Yonat Zwebner of a university, along with her team, did eight different experiments (实验) in Israel and France. The different experiments were set up to answer two main questions: whether people can correctly guess a person's name based only on a photo of a face and what is behind this matching effect.
During the experiments, researchers asked students to look at photos of people's faces and guess each person's name from a list of four choices. They correctly guessed the right name 38 percent of the time, which was better than the 25 percent of a random (随机的) guess.
What's more, when the faces the students looked at came from within their own country, they were able to best match the faces to the names. French students were better at matching only French names and faces while Israeli students were better at matching only Hebrew names and Israeli faces.
Researchers believe it is possible that people change their appearances without paying attention to it, to match their names. One study especially backed up this idea, showing that a hairstyle, something that can be changed by people easily, was enough to guide others in correctly guessing their names.
“Earlier research has shown there are cultural stereotypes (偏见) carried by names, including how someone should look. For example, people are more likely to imagine a person named Bob to have a rounder face than a person named Tim. We believe these stereotypes can, over time, influence people's facial appearances,” Zwebner said.
The results of the experiments may even make parents think twice when choosing a name for their children.
“If a name can influence appearance, it can influence many other things. This research opens an important direction that may suggest how parents should consider better the names for their children,” said Zwebner, who recently had a baby herself.
“As parents, it was really difficult for us to name our 12-day-old daughter as we know the meanings of names.”
(1)One of the purposes of the experiments is to_.
A.give the students a chance to know each other
B.explain what influences our facial appearances
C.find out different characteristics carried by different names
D.see if people can correctly guess a person's name based only on a photo of a face
(2)People could match the faces to the names more easily.
A.when they did a random guess
B.when the faces are from other countries
C.when the faces are from their own country
D.when they have more knowledge themselves
(3)The underlined part “backed up” in Paragraph 6 most probably means “ ”.
A.supported
B.changed
C.compared
D.cancelled
(4)Paragraph 6 and Paragraph 7 are mainly to show.
A.the results of changing names
B.names have something to do with appearances
C.the importance of cultural stereotypes carried by names
D.the importance of a hairstyle in guessing different looks
(5)According to Zwebner, we know that.
A.facial appearances may influence names
B.we shouldn't think of others just according to their names
C.a name may influence many things and should be well chosen
D.we should pay less attention to the meanings of names and be ourselves

【题目】完形填空题从A.B.C.D.
What power does music have? Band of Hope, a student band in the US, once again brought joy with their music to young patients at a local children's 1.
The children really get a lot from 2with other children in the community, said Ashley Boguszewski, a specialist at Pediatric Specialty Care (a nursing specialty organization for children) .
Seventh and eighth graders at Hopewell Junior High School formed the band3. On May 27, they were already playing their sixth concert, performing to 20 children at the hospital. The band members4hosted a story time for the patients and brought small5for them to play.
The band's 27 members meet once a week for a 6practice after school. Each month, the band heads to Pediatric Specialty Care to perform a mini 7. They play popular music such as songs from the movies Frozen and The Little Mermaid.
Eighth-grader Liam Watters, 13, plays the baritone (男中音) in the band. During one concert, he8that one of the patients 9to listen to the singing, so he and a few other band members went back to the patient's room and 10to him.
“That was really11. ” Liam said. “They had big smiles12their faces.”
“We're hoping that it's something that grows and becomes an even 13part of our cultures here,” said Kerry Wilson, director of the band, “it really14a sense that we're all one community and good citizenship15.”
(1)A.hospital B.school C.community D.charity
(2)A.dealing B.communicating C.comparing D.connecting
(3)A.mainly B.suddenly C.recently D.closely
(4)A.still B.also C.only D.just
(5)A.candies B.cards C.flowers D.instruments
(6)A.two-minute B.two-hour C.two-day D.two-week
(7)A.concert B.class C.operation D.play
(8)A.thought B.expected C.wondered D.learned
(9)A.like B.hate C.hates D.likes
(10)A.said B.listened C.sang D.explained
(11)A.amazing B.boring C.lasting D.interesting
(12)A.at B.in C.on D.with
(13)A.bigger B.biggest C.big D.more big
(14)A.rises B.sees C.loses D.creates
(15)A.as if B.as well C.as long as D.as so

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