1、Areputation BentertainmentCenjoyment Dappreciation2If you want to be _ success, please remember that failure is the mother of _ success.Athe; a B/; a Ca; / Dthe; the3The hurricane damaged many houses and business buildings; _, it caused 20 deaths.Aor else BthereforeCafter all Dwhats more4The classic
2、 superheroes like Spiderman or Superman to many decades ago.Awas dated Bdated backCdate back Dwas dating二、阅读理解 A music festival is a community event mainly about live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a main idea. On the list are the music festivals for fans
3、 around the world. Find your favourite now!Field DayJanuary 1, 2018, SydneyField Day means New Years Day for young people in Sydney. Seen as the citys original (独特的) outdoor party, its a gathering of friends coming together for a great fun-filled first day of the year. Theres an air of hope and acti
4、ve energy on a perfect summers day.Envision FestivalFebruary 21 - 26, 2018, UvitaThe Envision Festival is an annual event in Costa Rica that wants to provide a chance for different cultures to work with one another to create a better community. The festival encourages people to practise art, music a
5、nd dance performances. At the same time, our connection (联系) with nature is expected to be strengthened.McDowell Mountain Music FestivalMarch 2-4, 2018, PhoenixThe McDowell Mountain Music Festival is Phoenixs musical celebration of community culture. Since its founding in 2004, it is the only 100% n
6、onprofit (非营利的) music festival designed to support, entertain and educate the community. The festival attracts thousands of visitors each year from around the country, and it is an opportunity to experience true culture.Old Settlers Music FestivalApril 19 -22, 2018, TilmonThe Old Settlers Music Fest
7、ival is a nationally known music festival for American music. The festival is held in Tilmon, Texas at the height of the wild flower season. The Old Settlers Music Festival offers great music and activities for the whole family.5In which city can people enjoy a fun New Years Day?ASydney. BUvita.CPho
8、enix. DTilmon.6What is special about the McDowell Mountain Music Festival?AIt encourages people to receive education.BIt is not held lo make money.COld provides a chance for friends to meet each other.DIf focuses on culture spread.7Which festivals are connected with nature?AField Day and Envision Fe
9、stival.BEnvision Festival and McDowell Mountain Music Festival.COld Settlers Music Festival and McDowell Mountain Music Festival.DEnvision Festival and Old Settlers Music Festival. “Cant hold a candle to” is a popular expression. When there was no electricity, someone would have a servant light his
10、way by holding a candle. The expression meant that the person who couldnt hold a candle for you was not fit even to be your servant. Now, it means such a person cannot compete.Another expression is“hold your tongue.”It means “to be still and not talk”. “Hold your tongue” is not something you would t
11、ell a friend. But a parent or teacher might use the expression to quiet a noisy child.“Hold out” is an expression one hears often in sports reports and labor news. It means to refuse to play or work. Professional (专业的) football and baseball players “hold out” if their team refuses to pay them what t
12、hey think they are worthThe expression “hold up” has several different meanings. One is “to delay (耽误)”. A driver who is held up by heavy traffic might be late for work. Another meaning is “for a story to be thought true after surveys”. A story can hold up if it is proved true.“Hold on” is another e
13、xpression, which means “wait or stop”. As you leave for school, your brother may say, “Hold on, and you forgot your book.” It is used to ask a caller to wait und not to hang up his or her telephone.Our final expression is “hold the line”. This means “to keep a problem or situation from getting worse
14、 to hold steady”. For example, the president may say he will “hold the line on taxes”. He means there will be no increase in taxes.8In which of the following sentences can the expression “cant hold a candle to” be used?ASome footballers refuse to play a game.BSomeone else is wanted on the phone.CSom
15、eone is not equal to a job.DSomeone is delayed by heavy traffic.9The tone of the phrase “hold your tongue” is probably a little _.Ainteresting BpoliteCunfriendly Djoking10If some workers “hold out”, they probably _.Achange their attitude Brefuse to workCmake a promise Dshow their devotion11What does
16、 the author want to tell us in the passage?AHold is a difficult word for learners to master.BExpressions made of “hold” have different meanings.CEnglish has so many words and expressions.DHold is one of the most popular words in English.Nikole Evans is 16 years old,but she has already been a volunte
17、er and peacemaker for a number of years.In her opinion,young people can share their feelings about violence freely.In order to help the young have a right idea about violence,she created www.y2kyouth.org.two years ago,which now covers issues that young people care about from race and religion to ove
18、rpopulation.Evans grew up in a lowincome area of Kennewick,a town in southeastern Washington State.Since early childhood,she has played with children from Nigeria,Ukraine,Mexico,Bosnia,Kosovo,and so on.She has always been a natural peacemaker,working as a volunteer for local nonprofit organizations.
19、Evans has spent hundreds of hours in the community (社区) working as a camp volunteer for disabled youth,stocking shelves at the food bank,cleaning up yards for old people and playing games with people at a nursing home.Evans also helps set up programs aimed at creating safe schools and preventing you
20、th violence.She now uses her technological skills to develop “Youth Speak Out”,in which she shares her thoughts on the topics of violence,religions,wars and poverty (贫穷)With her unbelievable determination,she teaches others how to use the Web to support peace.Evans has become a role model for other
21、kids,encouraging them to take action and help others.For this and all her other efforts,she has been honored at the United Nations.She often says,“The more of us that are helping others,the better our world will be.”12What is Evans purpose of setting up www.y2kyouth.org.?ATo warn people about the ha
22、rm of overpopulation.BTo call on young people to do volunteer work.CTo help young people have a right idea about violence.DTo improve young peoples sense of safety.13From the second paragraph,we learn that _.Aevery child in Evans neighborhood likes herBmost people in Kennewick live a very rich lifeC
23、Evans mainly does volunteer work for nonprofit organizationsDEvans played with kids from many other countries when she was young14The underlined word “nonprofit” means _.A不盈利的 B不匮乏的C不停息的 D免费的15The passage suggests that _.AEvans parents are very proud of herB“Youth Speak Out” only talks about violenc
24、eCEvans is the most famous teenager in AmericaDwhat Evans has done is respected by peopleMusic lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.Brain scans of young adults showed that those who had formal musical training
25、before the age of seven had thicker brain regions that deal with hearing and self-awareness. The findings stress how brain development can be influenced by the age when children start to learn a musical instrument, and how those changes can go into later life.“Early musical training does more good t
26、o kids than just making it easier for them to enjoy music. It changes the brain and these brain changes could lead to cognitive (认知的) development as well,” said Wang Yunxin of Beijing Normal University.“Our results suggest it might be better to start musical training before age seven, which agrees w
27、ith what most piano teachers suggested,” she added.Wang designed the study to try to find out whether musical training early on in life had any lasting effect on the structure of the brain. She hoped the results might help parents decide what time was best for their children to learn an instrument.T
28、he brains cortex (皮层) plays a main role in scores of important abilities, from thought and language to memory and attention. The region matures rapidly in the early years of life, and its development could be affected more if a person starts musical training before it fully matures.Wang studied 48 H
29、an Chinese aged between 19 and 21 who had received formal music training for at least a year sometime between the ages of 3 and 15. After considering gender and the number of years spent having music lessons, Wang found that musical training that was started before the age of seven appeared to thick
30、en areas of the brain involved in language skills and executive function, which is a persons ability to plan and carry out tasks. She presented the results at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego.16A boy with thicker brain regions means _.Ahe takes great interest in learning musi
31、cBhe may be good at hearing and self-awarenessChe used to be excellent in his hearing abilityDhe is sure to have a great future in music17What does Wang Yunxin suggest in the passage?AChildren should be provided with music education in time.BThe structure of the brain is too complex to understand.CPiano teachers will give parents more valuable advice.DMusic can make a child equipped w
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