1、Unit 5 MusicUnit 5 Discovering Useful Structures & Listening and Talking1、 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
2、Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. She says music is a low-cost 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. Goo
3、d found that her surgery patients took fewer painkillers after they listened to music. Music had a good effect on short-term pain. However, chronic pain, the kind that recurs(复发) continually, changed a little under the effect of music. Dr. Linda Chian was studying something different. She was not in
4、terested in patients pain, but instead, their anxiety. 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. Chian said that the machines sometimes did little to
5、improve their condition. Sometimes they even made things worse. The patients would become more anxious. Dr. Chian 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 li
6、stened to music had a reductio(减少) in the amount of 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 plea
7、sing and then it interrupts stressful thoughts.1.Dr. Marian Good s studies show that music therapy_.A.can help patients recover fastB.cannot take the place of medicationC.doesnt work well on all patientsD.is cheaper than massage therapy and medication2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the
8、 passage?A.Dr. Good and Dr. Chian didnt agree with each other on musics effect.B.Patients will forget their illnesses completely while listening to musicC.Patients with great anxiety would not recover after taking medicine.D.Listening to enjoyable music is a good way to relieve anxiety.3.What does t
9、he underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?A.The brain.B.Music.C.Stress.D.Medicine.4.What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?A.To show that music therapy is useful.B.To encourage all patients to listen to music.C.To tell how to reduce pain and anxiety.D.To explain how music re
10、duces pain and anxiety.2、 If youre planning on travelling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey. First of all, always check and double-check departure(启程) time. It is amazing how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at the airpo
11、rt a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10:50. When I arrived at the airports the clerk at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore? I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important
12、meeting. The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards, it is still important to have at least a little of the local currency(货币) with you when you arrive in a country. This can be necessary if you are flying to a place few tourists normally visit. A few years ago. I was sent
13、to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I Hew there from London via(经由) Dallas, with very little time to change planes in between. I arrived there at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi and because I had no dollars. I offered to pay in pounds instead. Listen! I o
14、nly take real money! the driver said angrily. Luckily I was able to borrow a few dollars from a clerk at the hotel, but it was embarrassing(令人难堪的). The third and last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates
15、who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.1.According to the passage, its obvious that _.A.the author learns some rules of travelling from
16、 his own experiencesB.the author doesnt plan his trips or journeys carefullyC.Englishmen like to wear heavy suits wherever they travelD.the American taxi driver never travels to England2.According to the passage, the driver was angry because _.A.the author gave him false moneyB.the author did not gi
17、ve him the local currencyC.the author did not give him moneyD.the author had no enough change3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.The author tells people to choose warm places as their travel destinations.B.You dont have to take credit cards when travelling.C.You should know m
18、ore about the weather of the place youll visit.D.You should take enough change when you travel to other countries.4.What is the main idea of the passage?A.A few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.B.Always check and double-check departure time.C.It is import
19、ant to have the local currency with you when you arrive in a country.D.To find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave.3、 Once upon a time, two young men were spending some time in the country. One day, while taking a walk together, they crossed a large field. 1
20、._(sudden) a bull appeared and began to chase them. They were very 2._(frighten) and began to run, but the bull kept 3._(run) after them. Finally, one of the men climbed up a tree and 4._ other one jumped into a hole. Soon, however, the man 5._ had jumped into the hole came out again. Immediately th
21、e bull chased him back into the hole again. This went on for five or six 6._(time). Finally, the man in the tree came up 7._ an idea and shouted to his friend, Stay in the hole for a while or this bull 8._(keep) us here all day! 9._ he jumped back into the hole again, he shouted, Its easy for you 10
22、._(say), there is a bear in this hole!4、Tips for Remembering We can remember some things easily yet cannot seem to remember other things. We remember some things throughout our lives, while other things seem to come in one door in our minds and go out the other. But here are some tips that may help
23、strengthen your memories. For example, if you are trying to remember the meanings of some new vocabulary words, use the words in your speaking and writing. Try to make remembering a fun activity by creating games using the information you must remember. Try to bring a personal touch to the informati
24、on you must remember. Try to form an association between the information you must remember and a person, a place, an object, a situation, or an emotion. If you must remember a large body of information, try to break the information into smaller categories that are easy to deal with. Try to form an a
25、cronymic(首字母缩略字的) sentence that is funny or has a personal meaning for you. When you remember the acronymic sentence you create, each word in the sentence will help you remember the piece of information it represents.A.There is no magic pill for remembering.B.You had better apply what you must remem
26、ber.C.Write each piece of information you have to remember.D.You will find it much easier to remember if you do this.E.Flash cards are a powerful tool that can help you remember information.F.Then work on remembering the information in each category separately.G.Relating the information to something
27、 about you will make it easier to remember. 答案以及解析1答案及解析：答案：1.C; 2.D; 3.B; 4.A解析：1.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收效甚微,即音乐疗法并不适用于所有的病人。2.推理判断题,根据文章倒数第二段中所讲的Dr. Linda Chian的研究结果以及最后一段中的“Music can bestressful 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。3.代词指代题。画线词it所在的句子的意思是“音乐是一种强有力的可以分散大脑注
28、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。4.写作意图题。作者通过介绍两位医生的调査研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。 2答案及解析：答案：1-4 ABCA解析：1.细节理解题。根据文章内容，作者是根据自己的亲身经历来给我们提建议，故选A。2.推理判断题。文章第三段提到I offered to pay in pounds instead. Listen! I only take real money! the driver said angrily.，且前面提到作者去的是美国，所以司机生气是因为作者没有给他当地货币。3.细节理解题。根据最后一段首句
29、The third and last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave可知选 C。4.主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知答案。 3答案及解析：答案：1.Suddenly 2.frightened 3.running 4.the 5.who/that 6.times 7.with 8.will keep 9.As/When/While 10.to say解析： 1.做时间状语用副词。2.主语是they,表示他们很害怕，所以表语用形容词frighte
30、ned。3.keep后跟动名词做宾语。4.one.the other表示一个.另一个。5.此处应填who/that引导定语从句，并做从句的主语，指the man。6.time在这里当次数讲，是可数名词，前面有five or six修饰，故填复数形式。e up with想出，是固定短语。8.祈使句+and/or+陈述句结构中，陈述句用一般将来时。9.此处表示当他再次跳进洞里的时候，所以填连词as/when/while。10.It + be+形容词+for sb. to do.是固定句式，it是形式主语，不定式是真正的主语。 4答案及解析：答案：1-5 ABGFD解析：1.根据表示转折的下一句Bu
31、t here are some tips that may help，运用逻辑推断可知，选项A表示没有什么记忆的“魔药”，符合题意。2.根据下面所举的例子可知，把记忆应用于日常生活之中，这与选项B中的apply相符，所以答案选B项。3.根据下一句的Try to form an association between.and.与选项G中的Relating the information to.表达的意思一致可知答案。4.根据前一句提到break the information into smaller categories .可知，这与选项F中的 the information in each category相匹配。5.根据上下文的内容可知，这里是说明一种记忆方式，分析结构可知选项D中do this是指form an acronymic sentence这一方式。
