1、Unit 5Music.阅读AWhen asked about her childhood in the documentary Alive Inside,a 90-year-old woman with dementia (痴呆) replies,“Ive forgotten so much.” Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett then plays music from her past for her.“Thats Louis Armstrong,”she says.“Hes singing When the Saints Go Marching In
2、and it takes me back to my school days.” She then recalls exact details from her life.Why does it happen?Music tends to accompany events that arouse emotions or otherwise make strong impressions on ussuch as weddings and graduations.These kinds of experiences form strong memories,and the music and m
3、emories likely become intertwined (紧密相连) in our neural(神经的) networks,according to Julene Johnson,a professor at the University of California.Movements,such as dancing,also often pair with our experience of music,which can help form memories.Even many years later, hearing the music can bring back mem
4、ories of these long-past events.As Alive Inside shows,music has this power even for many people with dementia. Researchers note that the brain areas that process and remember music are typically less damaged by dementia than other areas,and they think it may explain the phenomenon.They also pay atte
5、ntion to elderly people with dementia,especially those in nursing homes.“Its possible those long-term memories are still there,” Johnson says,“but people just have a harder time accessing them because theyre in a strange place and therere not a lot of circumstances in which someone could pull out th
6、ose memories.”Johnson also notes that music is not universally useful for all people with dementia since there are some people with dementia whose brain area that recognizes music is damaged.Despite musics apparent benefits,few studies have explored its influence on memory recall in people with deme
7、ntia.“Its really an untapped area,” Johnson says.Petr Janata is one researcher investigating the topic of music and memory.He says that scientists still do not have the answers for why and how music reawakens memories in people with dementia,but this phenomenon is real and its just a matter of time
8、before its fully borne out by scientific research.1.What helps the old woman in Alive Inside recall her childhood?A.A film she has watched before. B.A song she has listened to before.C.The voice of her childhood friend.D.The description of her school days.2.What benefit of music is discussed in Para
9、graph 2?A.It helps make lasting memories. B.It helps cure patients of dementia.C.It helps arouse emotions in special events.D.It helps remember dance movements easily.3.According to Johnson,what should we do for elderly people with dementia?A.Send them to nursing homes for good care.B.Provide famili
10、ar environments for them.C.Play lots of classical music to them. D.Talk to them about their past.4.What do we know about the study into music and memory recall in people with dementia?A.It is criticized by Petr Janata. B.It is a ground-breaking study.C.It is supported by solid evidence.D.It applies
11、to all people with dementia.语篇解读:本文是说明文。研究表明音乐对唤醒痴呆病人的记忆十分有用。答案及剖析:1.B细节理解题。根据第一段中的plays music from her past for her.“Thats Louis Armstrong,” she says .She then recalls exact details from her life.可知,这位老人的记忆是被她过去听过的一首歌唤醒的。2.A细节理解题。根据第二段中的form strong memories及.help form memories.Even many years later
12、,hearing the music can bring back memories of these long-past events.可知,本段主要讨论了音乐可以帮助人们形成深刻的记忆,多年后都可能被唤醒。3.B推理判断题。根据第四段中的theyre in a strange place and therere not a lot of circumstances in which someone could pull out those memories可知,如果患有痴呆症的老人住在养老院的话,由于处在不熟悉的环境中,他们很难恢复记忆,因此我们应该给这些老人提供熟悉的环境,以便唤醒他们失
13、去的记忆。4.B细节理解题。根据最后一段中的few studies have explored its influence on memory recall in people with dementia.“Its really an untapped area,”可知,关于音乐唤醒痴呆病人记忆功效的研究是项开创性的研究。B(2019双语报)After four years of designing and piloting underwater drones (无人机),weve finally realized our dream:Trident has a unique design t
14、hat combines the advantages of ROV and AUV (遥控潜水器和自主水下航行器).It is a powerful,speedy vehicle that can fly in long,straight survey lines as well as performing wonderful movements in small spaces.To get the financial support,our team came to Kickstarter three years ago and shared our dream of building a
15、 low-cost underwater drone that would allow anyone and everyone to explore the world below the surface.How lucky we were!People from all over the world were willing to help us.Actually,we have come a long way since we put the video of our invention on Kickstarter.We were working at Eric s garage at
16、the time,building the original model to explore a cave in Northern California.We always made a joke that we could find the lost treasure there someday.We never found the gold,but we received messages from people all over the world who wanted to help us and improve the robot.We were so grateful for t
17、hat.The OpenROV community is the secret sauce (秘诀).We made our project open source in order to allow others to improve our designs.Thousands of people have joined us.You can see and follow the community journeys on OpenExplorer.Here I picked some sentences from Gizmodo and Vice Motherboard website:T
18、he future of drones isnt in the skies.Its in the ocean.It feels like an amusement park ride except that it is real.A new revolution in ocean exploration has begun. Small and low-cost underwater vehicles which are easy to operate are creating a change in how humans interact with the sea.5.According t
19、o the passage,we can know that Trident .A.is a kind of underwater droneB.can fly in the air for a long timeC.shares a similar design with ROVD.should be operated only in small spaces6.Why did the team go to Kickstarter?A.To raise money.B.To show their video.C.To share their dream.D.To explore the wo
20、rld.7.The last paragraph is written mainly to show .A.underwater drones are very easy to operate B.drones will be mainly used in the ocean soonC.underwater drones will have a brilliant futureD.drones have brought many changes to humans语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了作者的团队新发明了一种叫做Trident的水下无人机。答案及剖析:5.A细节理解题。根据
21、第一段的前两句和第二段的第一句可推测,Trident是作者所在团队新发明的一种水下无人机。6.A推理判断题。根据第二段的To get the financial support,our team came to Kickstarter three years ago可知,作者的团队来到Kickstarter的原因是想为他们的项目筹钱。7.C推理判断题。根据最后一段的The future of drones isnt in the skies.Its in the ocean.和Small and low-cost underwater vehicles which are easy to op
22、erate are creating a change in how humans interact with the sea.可知,本段主要是想说明水下无人机将会有一个好的前景。.语法填空Tu Youyou,84,was honored 1. the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct.5,2015.She was the first Chinese citizen 2. (win) a Nobel Prize in science.Tu 3.(share) the prize with the Irish-born William Ca
23、mpbell and Satoshi Omura of Japan.Tu is a 4.(research) at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine now.She was given the prize for developing artemisinin (青蒿素),a new drug therapy against malaria (疟疾),5. has saved millions of lives worldwide, especially in 6. (develop) countries.Tu and her c
24、olleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug 7. the late 1960s.They made 380 herbal extracts from two thousand recipes from traditional Chinese medical books.In 1971,after nearly two hundred 8. (failure),Tus team 9. (final) found an extract that was 100% effective against the mal
25、aria parasitesartemisinin.In 2001,the World Health Organization made artemisinin its first choice in the 10. (treat) of malaria.“The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine.Its the collective achievement of the research team.Winning the prize is an honor for C
26、hinese science and traditional Chinese medicine,”Tu said.答案及剖析:1.withbe honored with.“被授予奖励(头衔、称号等)”。2.to win当名词被序数词、形容词最高级或only,last,next等词修饰时,常接不定式作定语。3.shared描述已发生过的事,应用一般过去时。share sth.with sb.“与某人分享某物”。4.researcher空前有a修饰,此处泛指“一名研究者”,故填名词researcher。5.which此处非限制性定语从句中缺少主语,应用which指代artemisinin。6.de
27、velopingdeveloping country “发展中国家”。7.in/duringin/during the late 1960s “在20世纪60年代后期”。8.failurestwo hundred后应用名词复数。9.finally此处应用副词修饰动词found,故填finally。10.treatment此处指“疟疾的治疗”,应用名词treatment。.应用文写作(2019石家庄质检)假定你是李华,你的美国朋友Peter希望成为2022年北京冬奥会的志愿者,他向你写信询问冬奥会的相关情况,并求助怎样学好汉语。请给他回信,要点如下:1.收到来信,获悉求助;2.冬奥盛会,北京和张
28、家口合办;3.学好汉语的两条建议。注意:1.词数80左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。Dear Peter,Im glad to receive your letter,sayingYours,Li HuaOne possible version:Dear Peter,Im glad to receive your letter,saying you are hoping to be a volunteer in 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.Beijing has become the first city to hos
29、t both Summer and Winter Olympic Games,and it together with Zhangjiakou is the host of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.Id like to give you two suggestions on how to learn Chinese well.First,speak a little Chinese every day.The best way to learn any new language is just to speak it.Second,attend a Chinese class or discussion group.After all,language learning settings are of great importance.If you have any further questions,please dont hesitate to write to me.Yours,Li Hua