（）is often described as the music of speech—the way the voice goes up and down as we speak.

第1题：

We often ___ a particular color with a piece of music, a book, a play or a person.

A.refer

B.know

C.associate

D.like

正确答案： C

第2题：

D

When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.

Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well ad the social environment it came influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.

Music provides a kind of perception(感知)that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.

The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form. to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.

Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.

So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.

A.regardmusicasawayofentertainment

B.disagreewiththeirparentsoneducation

C.viewmusicasanoverlookedsubject

D.prefertheartstoscience

正确答案：A

第3题：

共用题干
English and English Community

1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English
today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of
Chinese.
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up
the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a
neighborhood（街坊）,a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National
boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.
A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where
they happen to live.
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.
For convenience（方便）,we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the
speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English
as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.
4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history
and literature of a second language record the real and fictional（虚构的）lives of people
and their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they
feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication
through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our
heritage.

People who live in different places may belong to___________.
A: a second language
B: the same language
C: the same speech community
D:any other language
E:national boundaries
F:a part of one's heritage

答案：C

解析：

第4题：

共用题干
English and English Community

1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English
today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of
Chinese.
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up
the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a
neighborhood（街坊）,a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National
boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.
A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where
they happen to live.
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.
For convenience（方便）,we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the
speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English
as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.
4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history
and literature of a second language record the real and fictional（虚构的）lives of people
and their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they
feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication
through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our
heritage.

Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of_________.
A: a second language
B: the same language
C: the same speech community
D:any other language
E:national boundaries
F:a part of one's heritage

答案：D

解析：

第5题：

共用题干
The Biology of Music
Humans use music as a powerful way to communicate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does it work its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers.
What are two things that make humans different from animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that some animals can sing(and many birds sing better than a lot of people).However,the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is also true that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.
Music is strange stuff.It is clearly different from language.However,people can use music to communicate things-especially their emotions.When music is combined with speech in a song,it is a very powerful form of communication.But,biologically speaking,what is music?
If music is truly different from speech,then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain.The scientific evidence suggests that this is true.
Sometimes people who , suffer brain damage lose their ability to process language.However,they don't automatically（自动地）lose their musical abilities.For example , Vissarion Shebalin , a Russian composer , had a stroke（中风）in 1953.It injured the left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.He could,however,still compose music until his death ten years later.On the other hand,sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speak and understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and language separately.
By studying the physical effects of music on the body,scientists have also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why does music have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answer.Geoffrey Miller,a researcher at University College,London,thinks that music and love have a strong connection.Music requires special talent,practice,and physical ability.That's why it may be a way of showing your fitness to be someone's mate.For example,singing in tune or playing a musical instrument requires fine muscular control.You also need a good memory to remember the notes（音符）.And playing or singing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition.Finally,when a man sings to the woman he loves(or vice versa),it may be a way of showing off.
However,Miller's theory still doesn't explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply.For scientists,this is clearly an area that needs further research.

Humans are different from animals because______.
A:they have different languages and music
B:they have different languages and communications
C:they have different songs and languages
D:they have different music and songs

答案：A

解析：

根据第一段第一句可知，音乐可以作为高效的交流方式；根据第六段第六、十句可知，音乐可以作为一种有用的求爱工具；根据第六段第一句可知，音乐可以影响情绪。虽然第一段第三句出现了“magic”这个词，但并没有提到音乐可以用来表演魔术，故选B项。
根据第二段第一、二句可知，导致动物与人类不同的因素有两个，分别是语言和音乐。
根据第五段第一、二句可知，丧失处理语言能力的人不会自动丧失音乐才能，所以A项错误；根据第五段第三、四、五、六句可知，Vissarion Shebalin在1953年患了中风，中风损伤了他的左脑，他便不能说话或理解话语了，却依然能够作曲，可知BC两项错误。根据第五段最后一句可知，大脑对音乐和语言分别进行处理，D项正确，故选D项。
根据第六段第五句可知，作者认为学习音乐需要特殊的天赋、练习以及体能。文章中并没有提到学习音乐需要某种心理素养。
文章第一段提出了什么是音乐这个问题，然后指出音乐是人与动物区别的因素之一。第三段最后一句又再次提出了从生物学上来说音乐是什么这个问题，然后对此进行了分析。由此可知，本篇文章主要讲的是如何从生物学的角度来理解音乐。

第6题：

共用题干
The Biology of Music
Humans use music as a powerful way to communicate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does it work its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers.
What are two things that make humans different from animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that some animals can sing(and many birds sing better than a lot of people).However,the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is also true that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.
Music is strange stuff.It is clearly different from language.However,people can use music to communicate things-especially their emotions.When music is combined with speech in a song,it is a very powerful form of communication.But,biologically speaking,what is music?
If music is truly different from speech,then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain.The scientific evidence suggests that this is true.
Sometimes people who , suffer brain damage lose their ability to process language.However,they don't automatically（自动地）lose their musical abilities.For example , Vissarion Shebalin , a Russian composer , had a stroke（中风）in 1953.It injured the left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.He could,however,still compose music until his death ten years later.On the other hand,sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speak and understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and language separately.
By studying the physical effects of music on the body,scientists have also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why does music have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answer.Geoffrey Miller,a researcher at University College,London,thinks that music and love have a strong connection.Music requires special talent,practice,and physical ability.That's why it may be a way of showing your fitness to be someone's mate.For example,singing in tune or playing a musical instrument requires fine muscular control.You also need a good memory to remember the notes（音符）.And playing or singing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition.Finally,when a man sings to the woman he loves(or vice versa),it may be a way of showing off.
However,Miller's theory still doesn't explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply.For scientists,this is clearly an area that needs further research.

Which of the following statements is true?
A:People who lose their ability to process language also lose their musical abilities.
B:People who injure the left sides of their brains can speak and understand music.
C:People who injure the left sides of their brains can't compose music.
D:People use different parts of their brains to process music and language.

答案：D

解析：

根据第一段第一句可知，音乐可以作为高效的交流方式；根据第六段第六、十句可知，音乐可以作为一种有用的求爱工具；根据第六段第一句可知，音乐可以影响情绪。虽然第一段第三句出现了“magic”这个词，但并没有提到音乐可以用来表演魔术，故选B项。
根据第二段第一、二句可知，导致动物与人类不同的因素有两个，分别是语言和音乐。
根据第五段第一、二句可知，丧失处理语言能力的人不会自动丧失音乐才能，所以A项错误；根据第五段第三、四、五、六句可知，Vissarion Shebalin在1953年患了中风，中风损伤了他的左脑，他便不能说话或理解话语了，却依然能够作曲，可知BC两项错误。根据第五段最后一句可知，大脑对音乐和语言分别进行处理，D项正确，故选D项。
根据第六段第五句可知，作者认为学习音乐需要特殊的天赋、练习以及体能。文章中并没有提到学习音乐需要某种心理素养。
文章第一段提出了什么是音乐这个问题，然后指出音乐是人与动物区别的因素之一。第三段最后一句又再次提出了从生物学上来说音乐是什么这个问题，然后对此进行了分析。由此可知，本篇文章主要讲的是如何从生物学的角度来理解音乐。

第7题：

（）is often described as the music of speech—the way the voice goes up and down as we speak.
Intonation
略

第8题：

单选题

To face the music Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is "to face the music". When someone says, "well, I guess I’ll have to face the music," it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, "I want to talk to you." and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was! The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they often said, "Well, it’s time to face the music." And that was exactly what they did-facing the orchestra which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression "to face the music "come to mean "having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice." Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection. What else could they do Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. As, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.Which of the following is a situation of facing the music

A

When we are playing basketball.

B

When we are making a speech.

C

When we are having a party.

D

When we are talking with somebody.

正确答案： B

解析： [解析] 推断题。根据文章第3段的解释：演讲与演出一样，都要面对观众，可推知此题答案为B。

第9题：

单选题

A group of hikers is planning a trip that will take them up a mountain using one route and back down using another route. They plan to travel down the mountain at a rate of one and a half times the rate they will use on the way up, but the time each route will take is the same. If they will go up the mountain at a rate of 4 miles per day and it will take them two days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain?

A

4

B

6

C

8

D

12

E

16

正确答案： B

解析：
下山的速度=1.5×4=6，所以下山的路程=6×2=12miles，故本题选D项。

第10题：

单选题

If we visit a museum with friends, we can ____.

A

share the experience with them

B

come up with strange ideas

C

cut down the cost of the visit

D

discuss the next visit plan

正确答案： C

解析：
本题是细节题。由题干关键词with friends可定位到第五个副标题。由“You can talk over what you’re seeing. A friend also brings another way of thinking”可知，朋友间可以互相交流想法。因此，答案为A项。

第11题：

问答题

According to a group called the Voices Foundation, everyone has a singing voice as well as a (1)____(speak) voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be (2) enc____ from an early age because it provides the best, and the cheapest, basis on which to build an understanding of music.　　The teachings of the Hungarian (3)____(compose) Zoltan Kodaly are responsible for this idea. He observed that songs can become a key part of the relationship (4)____ a mother and her child almost from birth. This is (5) es____ true of traditional societies, including those of West Africa, where some small children are able to sing literally (6) hun____ of songs, all of which have been learnt by heart. However, many modern children first come to an understanding of music (7)____ they learn to play an instrument, and although some teaching of the theory of music is usually a part of this, their relationship with the music on the page is often a mechanical one.　　The (8)____(believe) of the Voices Foundation is that a natural feeling for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very qualities we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the (9)____(explore) of the music of the voice from the beginning of a person’s life. The foundation has, therefore, set itself the task of developing a singing-centred musical education (10) pro____ that could benefit junior pupils all over the world.

正确答案： 1.speaking as well as和…一样,连接两个并列结构,所以要用a speaking voice与a singing voice相对应。speaking为现在分词形式作形容词用。
2.encouraged 句意:他们认为,the singing voice可以为建立对音乐的理解提供最好最省事的基础,因此从一开始就应该鼓励并提倡孩子发展他们的singing voice。
3.composer Zoltan Kodaly(高大宜)是匈牙利著名的作曲家、民族音乐学家及音乐教育家。composer(作曲家)作Zoltan Kodaly的同位语,表明他的身份。Hungarian匈牙利的。
4.between the relationship between…and……和…之间的关系。between…and在…之间,固定搭配。
5.especially 从下文西非国家孩子与现代社会孩子在对音乐的了解方面所形成的鲜明对比中可以看出上文Zoltan Kodaly提出的歌曲是母子之间关系的关键部分的观点在传统社会中尤其正确。especially尤其地,特别地。
6.hundreds hundreds of数百,几百。
7.when 此处为when引导的时间状语从句。
8.belief 此空作句子主语,且前面有定冠词修饰,所以要用believe的名词形式belief。
9.exploration 此空作be achieved through的宾语,并且从of所有格和定冠词the的使用中都可以看出此处应填名词形式。exploration探索,探究。
10.program(me) program(me) 规划,打算,节目。

解析：暂无解析

第12题：

单选题

We _____ at a very attractive hotel on the way back from Paris.

A

put up

B

dropped out

C

took in

D

dwelt on

正确答案： C

解析：
从巴黎回家的路上我们在一家非常吸引人的小旅馆暂住。put up at有“在某地暂住”的意思。drop out不参与, 离去, 放弃。take in吸收。dwell on细想，详述。

第13题：

哪位帮我翻译一下:

Because speech is the most convenient form of communication, in the future we want essentially natural conversations with computers. The primary point of contact will be a simple device that will act as our window on the world. You will simply talk to it. The device will be permanently connected to the Internet and will beep relevant information up to you as it comes in.

Just how quickly people will adapt to a voice-based Internet world is uncertain. Many believe that, initially at least, we will need similar conventions for the voice to those we use at present on screen: click, back, forward, and so on. But soon you will undoubtedly be able to interact by voice with all those IT-based services you currently connect with over the Internet by means of a keyboard. This will help the Internet serve the entire population, not just techno-freaks.

Changes like this will encompass the whole world. Because English is the language of science, it will probably remain the language in which the technology is most advanced, but most speech-recognition techniques are transferable to other language provided there is sufficient motivation to undertake the work..

Because speech is the most convenient form. of communication, in the future we want essentially natural conversations with computers. The primary point of contact will be a simple device that will act as our window on the world. You will simply talk to it. The device will be permanently connected to the Internet and will beep relevant information up to you as it comes in.

因为语言是最方便的沟通形式,我们真希望将来实现人机自然对话的计算机。主要的接触点是一个简单的装置,它将做为我们的世界之窗。你可以简单地对它说话。这个装置将永久地连接到互联网上噼信息给你进来了。

Just how quickly people will adapt to a voice-based Internet world is uncertain. Many believe that, initially at least, we will need similar conventions for the voice to those we use at present on screen: click, back, forward, and so on. But soon you will undoubtedly be able to interact by voice with all those IT-based services you currently connect with over the Internet by means of a keyboard. This will help the Internet serve the entire population, not just techno-freaks.

多快人们会适应voice-based网上世界是不确定的。很多人相信,至少在刚开始时,我们都需要类似的公约对于声音那些我们使用目前在屏幕上:点击、背部、向前,等等。但是很快您就毫无疑问地将能相互作用通过声音与所有这些各种服务联系你目前在互联网上,通过一个键盘。这将帮助互联网服务全人口,而不只是techno-freaks。

Changes like this will encompass the whole world. Because English is the language of science, it will probably remain the language in which the technology is most advanced, but most speech-recognition techniques are transferable to other language provided there is sufficient motivation to undertake the work..

这样改将包括整个世界。因为英语是科学的语言,它可能仍然是语言,该技术是最先进的,但是大多数speech-recognition技术技能看上去可以应用到其它语言提供有足够的动机来进行工作。

因为语言是最方便的沟通形式,我们真希望将来实现人机自然对话的计算机。主要的接触点是一个简单的装置,它将做为我们的世界之窗。你可以简单地对它说话。这个装置将永久地连接到互联网上噼信息给你进来了。

多快人们会适应voice-based网上世界是不确定的。很多人相信,至少在刚开始时,我们都需要类似的公约对于声音那些我们使用目前在屏幕上:点击、背部、向前,等等。但是很快您就毫无疑问地将能相互作用通过声音与所有这些各种服务联系你目前在互联网上,通过一个键盘。这将帮助互联网服务全人口,而不只是techno-freaks。

这样改将包括整个世界。因为英语是科学的语言,它可能仍然是语言,该技术是最先进的,但是大多数speech-recognition技术技能看上去可以应用到其它语言提供有足够的动机来进行工作。

因为语音是沟通的最方便的形式，所以在将来我们想要和电脑有本质上自然的会话。最主要的连接点将是一个在这个世界上担当我们的窗户的简单的设备。你将会很容易的和它交谈。这个设备将会永久的连在因特网上，并且当它进入的时候将会发出由你决定的相关信息的嘟嘟声。
人们多久才会适应一个以声音为基础的网络世界还是不确定的。很多人认为，至少最初，我们将会需要对于声音来说相似的惯例就像是我们现在在屏幕上用的：单击，前进，后退等等。但是毫无疑问，很快你当前这些以信息技术为基础的声音服务就会和以键盘连接的因特网相互影响。这将会帮助因特网为整个人类服务，而不是单纯的技术人员。
像这样的变化将会环绕着整个世界。因为英语是科学的语言，它将可能会在技术最先进的领域被使用，但是大多数的语音识别技术可以像其它语言转移，来提供充分的动力去承担这项工作。

有些地方弄不大清楚，望见谅！

因为语音是沟通的最方便的形式，所以在将来我们想要和电脑有本质上自然的会话。最主要的连接点将是一个在这个世界上担当我们的窗户的简单的设备。你将会很容易的和它交谈。这个设备将会永久的连在因特网上，并且当它进入的时候将会发出由你决定的相关信息的嘟嘟声。
人们多久才会适应一个以声音为基础的网络世界还是不确定的。很多人认为，至少最初，我们将会需要对于声音来说相似的惯例就像是我们现在在屏幕上用的：单击，前进，后退等等。但是毫无疑问，很快你当前这些以信息技术为基础的声音服务就会和以键盘连接的因特网相互影响。这将会帮助因特网为整个人类服务，而不是单纯的技术人员。
像这样的变化将会环绕着整个世界。因为英语是科学的语言，它将可能会在技术最先进的领域被使用，但是大多数的语音识别技术可以像其它语言转移，来提供充分的动力去承担这项工作。

第14题：

—— We have to stop talking here outside. Listen， _______！ —— Hurry up， or we‘ll be late. A. There goes the bell B. There does the bell go C. There the bell goes D. Goes the bell there

正确答案：A

第15题：

共用题干
English and English Community

1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English
today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of
Chinese.
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up
the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a
neighborhood（街坊）,a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National
boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.
A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where
they happen to live.
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.
For convenience（方便）,we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the
speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English
as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.
4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history
and literature of a second language record the real and fictional（虚构的）lives of people
and their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they
feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication
through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our
heritage.

The boundaries of a speech community may be different from_________.
A: a second language
B: the same language
C: the same speech community
D:any other language
E:national boundaries
F:a part of one's heritage

答案：E

解析：

第16题：

共用题干
The Biology of Music
Humans use music as a powerful way to communicate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does it work its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers.
What are two things that make humans different from animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that some animals can sing(and many birds sing better than a lot of people).However,the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is also true that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.
Music is strange stuff.It is clearly different from language.However,people can use music to communicate things-especially their emotions.When music is combined with speech in a song,it is a very powerful form of communication.But,biologically speaking,what is music?
If music is truly different from speech,then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain.The scientific evidence suggests that this is true.
Sometimes people who , suffer brain damage lose their ability to process language.However,they don't automatically（自动地）lose their musical abilities.For example , Vissarion Shebalin , a Russian composer , had a stroke（中风）in 1953.It injured the left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.He could,however,still compose music until his death ten years later.On the other hand,sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speak and understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and language separately.
By studying the physical effects of music on the body,scientists have also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why does music have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answer.Geoffrey Miller,a researcher at University College,London,thinks that music and love have a strong connection.Music requires special talent,practice,and physical ability.That's why it may be a way of showing your fitness to be someone's mate.For example,singing in tune or playing a musical instrument requires fine muscular control.You also need a good memory to remember the notes（音符）.And playing or singing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition.Finally,when a man sings to the woman he loves(or vice versa),it may be a way of showing off.
However,Miller's theory still doesn't explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply.For scientists,this is clearly an area that needs further research.

Music can NOT be used______.
A:as an efficient way to communicate
B:as an effective tool to perform magic tricks
C:to successfully seek after a lover
D:to influence the emotions of humans

答案：B

解析：

根据第一段第一句可知，音乐可以作为高效的交流方式；根据第六段第六、十句可知，音乐可以作为一种有用的求爱工具；根据第六段第一句可知，音乐可以影响情绪。虽然第一段第三句出现了“magic”这个词，但并没有提到音乐可以用来表演魔术，故选B项。
根据第二段第一、二句可知，导致动物与人类不同的因素有两个，分别是语言和音乐。
根据第五段第一、二句可知，丧失处理语言能力的人不会自动丧失音乐才能，所以A项错误；根据第五段第三、四、五、六句可知，Vissarion Shebalin在1953年患了中风，中风损伤了他的左脑，他便不能说话或理解话语了，却依然能够作曲，可知BC两项错误。根据第五段最后一句可知，大脑对音乐和语言分别进行处理，D项正确，故选D项。
根据第六段第五句可知，作者认为学习音乐需要特殊的天赋、练习以及体能。文章中并没有提到学习音乐需要某种心理素养。
文章第一段提出了什么是音乐这个问题，然后指出音乐是人与动物区别的因素之一。第三段最后一句又再次提出了从生物学上来说音乐是什么这个问题，然后对此进行了分析。由此可知，本篇文章主要讲的是如何从生物学的角度来理解音乐。

第17题：

共用题干
The Biology of Music
Humans use music as a powerful way to communicate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does it work its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers.
What are two things that make humans different from animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that some animals can sing(and many birds sing better than a lot of people).However,the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is also true that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.
Music is strange stuff.It is clearly different from language.However,people can use music to communicate things-especially their emotions.When music is combined with speech in a song,it is a very powerful form of communication.But,biologically speaking,what is music?
If music is truly different from speech,then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain.The scientific evidence suggests that this is true.
Sometimes people who , suffer brain damage lose their ability to process language.However,they don't automatically（自动地）lose their musical abilities.For example , Vissarion Shebalin , a Russian composer , had a stroke（中风）in 1953.It injured the left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.He could,however,still compose music until his death ten years later.On the other hand,sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speak and understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and language separately.
By studying the physical effects of music on the body,scientists have also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why does music have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answer.Geoffrey Miller,a researcher at University College,London,thinks that music and love have a strong connection.Music requires special talent,practice,and physical ability.That's why it may be a way of showing your fitness to be someone's mate.For example,singing in tune or playing a musical instrument requires fine muscular control.You also need a good memory to remember the notes（音符）.And playing or singing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition.Finally,when a man sings to the woman he loves(or vice versa),it may be a way of showing off.
However,Miller's theory still doesn't explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply.For scientists,this is clearly an area that needs further research.

What is the main idea of the passage?
A:What are the differences of human music and animal music.
B:What are the differences of human language and animal language.
C:What is music in the aspect of biology.
D:What is music in the aspect of zoology.

答案：C

解析：

根据第一段第一句可知，音乐可以作为高效的交流方式；根据第六段第六、十句可知，音乐可以作为一种有用的求爱工具；根据第六段第一句可知，音乐可以影响情绪。虽然第一段第三句出现了“magic”这个词，但并没有提到音乐可以用来表演魔术，故选B项。
根据第二段第一、二句可知，导致动物与人类不同的因素有两个，分别是语言和音乐。
根据第五段第一、二句可知，丧失处理语言能力的人不会自动丧失音乐才能，所以A项错误；根据第五段第三、四、五、六句可知，Vissarion Shebalin在1953年患了中风，中风损伤了他的左脑，他便不能说话或理解话语了，却依然能够作曲，可知BC两项错误。根据第五段最后一句可知，大脑对音乐和语言分别进行处理，D项正确，故选D项。
根据第六段第五句可知，作者认为学习音乐需要特殊的天赋、练习以及体能。文章中并没有提到学习音乐需要某种心理素养。
文章第一段提出了什么是音乐这个问题，然后指出音乐是人与动物区别的因素之一。第三段最后一句又再次提出了从生物学上来说音乐是什么这个问题，然后对此进行了分析。由此可知，本篇文章主要讲的是如何从生物学的角度来理解音乐。

第18题：

共用题干
Artificial Speech

Because speech is the most convenient form of communication,in the future we want essentially natural conversations with computers.The primary point of contact will be a simple device that will act as our window into the world. It will have to be small enough to slip into our pocket,so there will be a screen but no keyboard:you will simply talk to it. The device will be permanently connected to the Internet and will keep relevant information up to you as it comes in. Such devices will evolve naturally in the next five to ten years.
Just how quickly people will adapt to a voice-based Internet world is uncertain.Many believe that,initially at least,we will need similar conventions for the voice to those we use at present on screen:click,back,forward,and so on.But soon you will undoubtedly be able to interact by voice with all those IT-based services you currently connect with over the Internet by means of a keyboard. This will help the Internet serve the entire population.
Changes like this will encompass（围绕，包围）the whole world. Because English is the language of science,it will probably remain the language in which the technology is most advanced,but most speech-recognition techniques are transferable to other languages provided（假如）there is sufficient motivation to undertake the work.
Of course,in any language there are still huge problems for us to solve.Carefully dictated, clear speech can now be understood by computers with only a 4-5 percent error rate,but even the most advanced technology still records 30-40 percent errors with spontaneous speech.Within ten years we will have computers that respond to goal-directed conversation,but for a computer to have a conversation that takes into account human social behaviors is probably 50 years off. We are not going to be chatting to the big screen in the living room just yet.
In the past,insufficient speed and memory have held us back,but these days they are less of an issue.However,there are those in the IT community who believe that current techniques will eventually hit a brick wall. Personally, I believe that incremental（不断增长的）developments in performance are more likely. But it is true that by about 2040 or so,computer architectures will need to become highly parallel（并行的）if performance is to keep increasing. Perhaps that will inspire some radically new approaches to speech understanding that will replace the methods we are developing now.

Computers can understand clear and carefully dictated speech more accurately than spontaneous speech.
A: Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：A

解析：

本题给出的信息是正确的。第一段提到：so there will be a screen but no keyboard: you will simply talk to it．从这句话中可知，将来的电脑将只有一个屏幕，而没有键盘，我们只需要向它说话即可。因此，虽然我们现在使用键入或点击的方式，但将来只用说就可以了。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。文章中只提到“它得小到可以装入你的衣兜”，但并没有和火柴盒作比较。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。文章只在第三段中提到了“英语是科学界使用的语言”，但没有谈及法语。
本题给的信息是错误的。文章中第四段提到：but for a computer to have a conversation that takes into account human social behaviors is probably 50 years off．但是想要计算机在与我们对话时考虑到人的社会行为，大概得要50年以后了。我们10年内能做到的只是制造出能应答特定话题的计算机。
本题给出的信息是正确的。文中第四段提到：clear speech can now be understood by computers with only a 4-5 percent error rate,but even the most advanced technology still records 30-40 percent errors with spontaneous speech．可见，计算机在理解清晰话语时错误率为 4%～5%，而识别自发话语时错误率是30%～40%。
本题给出的信息是错误的。文中第五段第一句提到：In the past, insufficient speed and memory have held us back．这说明内存不足只是以前的缺陷，现在已不再成为问题。
本题给出的信息是错误的。文中最后一段提到：Personally, I believe that incremental developments in performance are more likely．这说明作者认为机器性能不断改进的可能性很大，并不是没有改进的余地了。

第19题：

问答题

There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronunciationcomparable to that existing in spelling (orthography). One is thefact that pronunciation is learnt ‘naturally’ and unconsciously, and orthography　1．_______is learnt deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remainthroughout our lives quite unconscious with what our speech sounds　　　　　　　　　2．_______like when we speak out, and it often comes as a shock when we　　　　　　　　　　　3．_______firstly hear a recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recognize at once,　　　4．_______whereas our own handwriting is something which we almost always know. We　　　　　　5．_______begin the ‘natural’ learning of pronunciation long before we start learning toread or write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and　　　　6．_______practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours per every　　　 7．_______day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult English spelling.This is ‘natural’, therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im　　8．_______mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates as a means of holding acommunity and to give a sense of ‘belonging’. We learn quite early to recognize a 9．_______‘stranger’, someone who speaks with an accent of a different community — perhapsonly a few miles far.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　10．_______

正确答案：
1.and改为while/whereas/but/yet。这里要表示的是对比关系,而不是并列关系。
2.with改为of。 be conscious of是固定搭配,意为“意识到”。
3.去掉out。 “说话”用speak,speak out说出。
4.firstly改为first。 first第一次,首次。firstly第一,首先。
5.which改为that。不定代词something的定语从句只能由that引导,而不能用which,
6.went改为go。真理性的陈述用一般现在时表达。
7.去掉per或every。可以说every day也可以用per day,两个词不能连用。
8.This改为It。这里要用it作形式主语,而真正的主语则是后面的that从句。
9.community后加together。 hold together使团结,使结合。
10.far改为away。表示“几英里以外的”要说a few miles away。

解析：暂无解析

第20题：

单选题

The lift was out of______,we had to walk all the way up to the top floor.

A

function

B

work

C

order

D

running

正确答案： D

解析：

第21题：

单选题

Alan often goes to the old people’s home ______up the old and look after them.

A

to cheer

B

cheer

C

cheers

D

cheered

正确答案： C

解析：
句意：阿兰经常去老年居所，给予老人鼓励并照看他们。主句已有动词go，故本题考查非谓语动词。不定式“to cheer”表示目的，符合句子逻辑，故A项正确。

第22题：

单选题

—We have to stop talking here. Listen, _____!—Hurry up, or we’ll be late.

A

There goes the bell

B

There does the bell go

C

There the bell goes

D

Goes the bell there

正确答案： D

解析：
以here，there，up，down，in，on，out，away，off等副词开头的句子里，主语是名词时，句子要完全倒装以示强调。但主语是人称代词时不倒装，故选A。

第23题：

填空题

（）is often described as the music of speech—the way the voice goes up and down as we speak.

正确答案： Intonation

解析：暂无解析

第24题：

单选题

—We have to stop talking here. Listen. _____!—Hurry up, or we’ll be late.

A

There goes the bell

B

There does the bell go

C

There the bell goes

D

Goes the bell there

正确答案： C

解析：
在以here，there，up，down，in，on，out，away，off等副词开头的句子里，主语是名词时，句子要完全倒装以示强调。但主语是人称代词时不倒装，故选A。

（）is often described as the music of speech—the way the voice goes up and down as we speak.

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