1、I have a good friend, who is a musician and composer. He showed a great talent for music from an early age. He dreamed of becoming a conductor and forming his own band when he was young. At six, he went to the court of a prince to learn music, where he made a note of or even recorded what he was tau
2、ght. He impressed his teacher with hard work. He especially loved classical and jazz. Later, he composed many catchy ballads and toured throughout the world. He mixed western music with oriental music. His style greatly influenced the music world. I like his lyrics and tone very much. I collected al
3、most every album of his.,我有一个好朋友，他是一位音乐家和作曲家。他从小就显示出了惊人的音乐才华。他很小的时候就梦想着成为一名指挥并成立自己的乐队。在他六岁的时候，他去一个王子的宫廷学习音乐，在那里他记录甚至录下老师讲的东西。他的勤奋给老师留下了深刻的印象。他尤其喜欢古典音乐和爵士乐。后来，他创作了很多动人的民歌并在全世界巡回演出。他把西方音乐和东方音乐混合起来，他的风格深深地影响了音乐界。我非常喜欢他的歌词和曲调，我几乎收集了他的每一张专辑。加餐练(一)完形阅读组合练.完形填空Do you like talking or working together with y
4、our parents? It goes without saying that there are many _1_ in which young people can _2_ the older generation (代). In both their work and their private lives, youngsters can get a lot from the _3_ of their elders.As for work, the older generation can _4_ how young people can achieve the career (事业)
5、 they _5_. For example, they can _6_ what to do in order to develop the skills that will give young people the best chance of success. They may _7_ be able to give invaluable advice as to which _8_ young people should take or not take. It may even be the case that the older person will be able to as
6、k their friends to help the younger one find a _9_.Older people may also be able to use the _10_ of their own life experience to help young people with advice on _11_. It can happen that older people wish they had acted _12_ in their own relationships, so they may wish to encourage youngsters to avo
7、id similar _13_. If young people are prepared to listen to this kind of _14_， it may well prove _15_ for them.Of the two _16_ of life discussed above, I think young people can learn more from the older generation in the field of _17_. After all, no relationship is the same, _18_ what might be _19_ i
8、n one situation might not in another. Advice on careers is more likely to be _20_ in a variety of differing situations.1A.placesBwaysCstylesDhabits解析：选B由下文年轻人可以在工作和人际关系上从上一辈人身上学到很多东西可知，此处表示在很多“方面(ways)”。2A.hear ofBlook afterClearn fromDtalk about解析：选C由下文第二、三段可知，年轻人在工作和人际关系上可以向上一辈人“学习(learn from)”。3A
9、.joyBexperienceCkindnessDcourage解析：选B第三段中的“their own life experience”对本空有提示。4A.decideBpredictCchangeDexplain解析：选D本段主要介绍的是上一辈人对年轻人在工作上的帮助。因此此处表示：上一辈人可以给年轻人“说明(explain)”如何能够获得“梦想(dream of)”的工作。5A.dream ofBbelieve inCgive awayDgive up解析：选A参见上题解析。6A.chooseBrequireCplanDsuggest解析：选D上一辈人“建议(suggest)”年轻人应该
10、做什么以获得必需的技能从而最大限度地获得成功。7A.alsoBneverCinsteadDonly解析：选A本句是对上一句的递进，下一句是对本句的递进，故此处用also符合语境。8A.vacationBexamCjobDsubject解析：选C本段主要讲的是上一辈人对年轻人在工作上的帮助，因此此处指接受“工作(job)”。9A.roleBhobbyCpositionDtask解析：选C上一辈人甚至可以请自己的朋友帮助年轻人找到“岗位(position)”。10A.difficultyBintroductionCimprovementDadvantage解析：选D上一辈人已经经历过生活中的很多事
11、情，因此有生活经验这个“优势(advantage)”。11A.travelsBrelationshipsCeducationDhousework解析：选B下文中的“in their own relationships”对本空有提示。12A.unusuallyBdifferentlyCquicklyDpatiently解析：选B根据上下文语境以及常识可知，上一辈人会反思自己的经历，对于有些事情，他们认为当时可以采取“不同的(differently)”做法(从而使事情更加完美)，而他们的经验教训可以避免年轻人犯类似的“错误(mistakes)”。13A.questionsBaccidentsCco
12、nversationsDmistakes解析：选D参见上题解析。14A.answerBstoryCadviceDpromise解析：选C本文旨在说明上一辈人对年轻人的帮助，因此此处表示：如果年轻人听从这些“建议(advice)”，那么这些建议一定会对他们有所“帮助(helpful)”。15A.normalBhelpfulCenoughDimpossible解析：选B参见上题解析。16A.fieldsBrulesCeventsDpatterns解析：选A第二、三段分别提到了生活中的两个“方面(fields)”。17A.studyBworkCsportDart解析：选B由下文中的“After al
13、l, no relationship is the same”可知，对于上文提到的两个方面，作者认为上一辈人对年轻人在“工作(work)”方面的帮助更大。18A.butBifCbecauseDso解析：选D作者在对比工作和人际关系两个方面之后认为，上一辈人对年轻人在人际关系上的帮助稍小，因为没有哪一种人际关系是一成不变的，“因此(so)”在一种情况下“对的(right)”并不一定适用于另一种情况。19A.simpleBhardCspecialDright解析：选D参见上题解析。20A.givenBnoticedCfollowedDfound解析：选C相比人际关系，上一辈人对年轻人事业的建议更容
14、易“遵循(followed)”。.阅读理解Hospitals employ many therapeutic (治疗的) methods, such as medication (药物治疗), massage (按摩) therapy and music therapy. And music therapy is growing in popularity.Sandra Siedliecki is a Senior Scientist at the Nursing Institute of Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. She says music is a lowcos
15、t treatment. And she says scientists have done a lot of research on musics effect on pain. Dr. Marian Good did a lot of studies looking at surgery (外科) patients and the use of music. In her studies, patients just listened to relaxing music. Dr. Good found that her surgery patients took fewer painkil
16、lers after they listened to music. Music had a good effect on shortterm pain. However, chronic pain, the kind that recurs (复发) continually, changed a little under the effect of music.Dr. Linda Chlan was studying something different. She was not interested in patients pain, but instead, their anxiety
17、. She spent a lot of time with people who were in the hospital because their anxiety was so great that they couldnt breathe. People with this condition often have to use breathing machines. Dr. Chlan said that the machines sometimes did little to improve their condition. Sometimes they even made thi
18、ngs worse. The patients would become more anxious. Dr. Chlan let nurses tell patients that music was a good choice to make them feel better. They also placed signs near the patients beds Listen to your music at least twice a day. The people who listened to music had a reduction (减少) in the amount of
19、 medication they received. In addition, their anxiety reduced by about 36 percent.Both doctors had similar explanations for why music was so helpful. Music can be a very powerful distracter (干扰) in the brain when were listening to music that is pleasing and then it interrupts stressful thoughts.语篇解读
20、：音乐疗法在许多医院越来越流行。研究表明，令人感到轻松愉快的音乐可以干扰人的大脑，由此减少痛感、减轻压力。1Dr. Marian Goods studies show that music therapy _.Acan help patients recover fastBcannot take the place of medicationCdoesnt work well on all patientsDis cheaper than massage therapy and medication解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，音乐疗法对于短期疼痛疗效显著，但是对于慢性疼痛则
21、收效甚微，即音乐疗法并不适用于所有的病人。2Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ADr. Good and Dr. Chlan didnt agree with each other on musics effect.BPatients will forget their illnesses completely while listening to music.CPatients with great anxiety would not recover after taking medicine.DListening
22、 to enjoyable music is a good way to relieve anxiety.解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段中所讲的Dr. Linda Chlan的研究结果以及最后一段中的“Music can be . stressful thoughts.”可知，愉快的音乐可以分散大脑的注意力，从而缓解人们的紧张情绪。3What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?AThe brain.BMusic.CStress.DMedicine.解析：选B代词指代题。画线词it所在的句子的意思是
23、“音乐是一种强有力的可以分散大脑注意力的东西，愉快的音乐可以缓解人们的紧张情绪”。由此可知it指代音乐。4What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?ATo show that music therapy is useful.BTo encourage all patients to listen to music.CTo tell how to reduce pain and anxiety.DTo explain how music reduces pain and anxiety.解析：选A写作意图题。作者通过介绍两位医生的调查研
24、究告诉我们音乐可以减轻病人的疼痛以及缓解人们的压力。加餐练(二)主观题规范增分练.语法填空I have always enjoyed listening to music. It helps me calm down after _1_ busy day, and I am also one of those _2_ can listen and study at the same time. I am not fond of jazz music, but I like many other _3_ (type) of music. When I was a child, I used to
25、 listen to music on the radios. With the _4_ (invent) of personal computers and cellphones, I prefer to listen on the phone, as new functions _5_ (add) to them in the past few years. The technology was developed in response _6_ customer demand. Some people _7_ (affect) by anxiety start to feel relax
26、ed while listening to music on the phone. _8_ worry about not being able to use it well. However, I am so _9_ (depend) on the cellphones that I fail _10_ (live) without them.答案：1.a2.who3.types4.invention5.have been added6.to7.affected8.Others9.dependent10to live.短文改错Although nobody wants to experien
27、ce failure, it plays important role on the way to success. Sometimes, failure can benefit us a lot. When I had failed my English exam last term, I felt upset at first, but then I made up our mind to study even harder. It was that failure which motivated me to put more time or energy into learning En
28、glish. Whats more, I find my small vocabulary and poor grammar led to my failure, but I changed my learning methods. Finally, I made great progresses in English. Most importantly, now I have a right attitude for failure. All in all, failure is the mother of success, what really helped me get closer
29、to success.答案：第一句：important前加an第三句：去掉had; ourmy第四句：whichthat; orand第五句：findfound; butso第六句：progressesprogress第七句：forto/towards第八句：whatwhich.书面表达请根据下列表格提示，介绍音乐人周杰伦的个人事迹。姓名周杰伦英文名Jay Chou出生1979.1.18籍贯中国台湾个人简介1.杰出的歌手、出色的演员，现在也是导演214岁父母离异，性格孤僻，但对音乐表现出惊人的天赋3专长R&B和rap，有“亚洲流行天王”之称4创造出多变的演唱表演风格，他的歌曲受到全世界华人的喜
30、爱注意：1.词数100左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考范文：Zhou JielunZhou Jielun, whose English name is Jay Chou, was born on January 18, 1979, in Taiwan. When he was 14, his parents split up. Because of this, he changed a lot and became silent. On the other hand, he had a great talent for music and was crazy about music,
31、 especially R&B and rap. The talented boy is honored as “Asian Pop Star”. He created and developed many different kinds of singing and acting styles. His songs are very popular with Chinese people all over the world.Zhou Jielun is famous at home and abroad. He is a successful singer, excellent actor and even director at present.