There is no doubt that music plays a powerful role in our lives. It can calm our tired nerves after a busy day of work. Music even has the power to move us to tears when it stirs(激起) an emotional reaction. How then, does music play a role in special education?

If music has the ability to touch those hidden places we all carry inside, it proves an important tool for the special education teacher. For students with emotional problems, music can help soothe(抚慰) sadness. Consider the child that arrives in class depressed and upset. If music can indeed relax and calm him, he is more likely to focus and participate in class.

Dr. R. Joseph, author of Behavioral Neurology, writes, “It is well recorded that patients with left hemisphere(大脑半球) damage, who may be unable to speak or recognize words, can sing a melody(曲调).”

For this reason, some special education teachers have found it helpful to set their lessons to music. When students cannot understand or remember certain things, singing them helps make it easier.

Nature magazine reported “Music training helps underachievers. In Rhode Island, researchers studied eight public school first grade classes. Half of the classes became ‘text-arts’groups, receiving ongoing music training. After seven months, the students were given a test. The tested group had caught up with their fellow students in reading and surpassed(超过) their classmates in math by 22 percent. In the second year of the project, the tested students widened this even further. Students were also tested on attitude and behavior. Classroom teachers also noted improvement in these areas.”

It seems music does, indeed, play an important role in education. For the special education teacher, this is especially encouraging.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about _______.

A. the role of music in education

B. the importance of music in life

C. the relationship between music and work results

D. the relationship between music and behavior

2.For students with emotional problems, music might be _______.

A. a toy        B. a punishment        C. a medicine       D. a puzzle

3.According to Dr. R. Joseph, people with left hemisphere damage _______.

A. are unable to recognize people

B. can produce some musical sounds

C. can become special education teachers

D. might suffer right hemisphere damage too

4.The tested students mentioned in the fifth paragraph _______.

A. behaved badly after the study

B. Didn't show any difference after the study

C. had done well in their reading and math before

D. received certain music education during the study

5.What is the text mainly about?

A. The meaning of special education.

B. The history of music education.

C. The problem in music education.

D. The role of music in special education

 

根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，用正确形式的单词填空。并把完整单词填写在答题卷相应的位置上。

1.It is certain that Kong Xiangdong's talent for music is __________ (非凡的). He has performed in more than 40 countries and has scored numerous prizes, including the 1st prize and four other special prizes at the 1992 Sydney International Competition of Australia.

2.Illegal __________ (移民) should be sent back to their own countries.

3.The __________ (美丽)  of Venice consists largely in the style of its ancient buildings. 

4.We raised money for the ____________ (目的) of helping the children in poor areas.

5.During the 3-hour concert, Morissette used a lot of material from her __________ (获奖的) album “Jagged Little Pill”.

6.Everyone’s fingerprints are u_________, which can make it easier for police to find criminals.

7.Martin Luther King’s emotional speech reduced many of the a__________ to tears. 

8.Who is the lady dressed e__________ in the painting drawn by Chen Yifei?

9.Different a__________ have their own opinions of building a skyscraper.

10.On the roof of the Post Office Savings Bank building in Budapest, there are fantastic decorations r___________ waves, flowers, and angels.

 

单词拼写（共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分）

76. You can’t turn your dream into r__________ if you just sit there and watch TV all day.

77. A good command (运用能力；掌握) of English e__________ you to communicate with foreign businessmen freely.

78. He missed the bus as a r__________ of getting up too late this morning.

79. It is time for us to take m__________ to stop air pollution in our city now.

80. Cycling is highly b__________ to health and the environment.

81. He seems to have __________ (忽视，忽略) one important fact.

82. I believe the house was __________ (故意地) set fire to, not accidentally.

83. She is so __________ (固执的) that she never listens to other people’s advice.

84. Her tears __________ (流动) freely down her cheeks the moment she heard the sad news.

85. They entered the country __________ (非法地).

86. On this __________, however, it had slowed down considerably.

87. “At the time the murder was __________, I was traveling on the 8 o’clock train to London,” said the man.

88. Six men have been __________ in a mine for seventeen hours.

89. They have been told that rescue operations are __________ smoothly.

90. A pilot noticed a __________ which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.

91. We had to __________ for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.

92. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood __________ before the microphone.

93. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their __________ by giant fish bumping into them as they work.

94. He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep __________ of the strange object.

95. “So do I,” answered the policeman in the same __________.

 

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示。2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确

Dear friends,

    I’m awfully sorry to hear that a horrible and severe earthquake

unexpectedly hit your hometown.     (面对) with such a rarely-seen 86.________

disaster, you remain so calm and strong-willed  _____ we are all        87. ________

moved to tears. A friend in _____ is a friend indeed. Thinking                 88. ________

about your _____（目前）situation, we can not wait a minute            99. ________

to _____ every effort to help you. On behalf of all my classmates,         90. ________

I, as the _____ (主席) of the students’ union, express our                       91. ________

most sincere pity and care for you. B     , we make a                            92. ________

donation of 120 thousand yuan to you,      (希望) that it can            93. ________

help you go through the _____ (困难). A better hometown                     94. ________

can be r     . Therefore, never give up whatever happens.                            95. ________

  Remember we won’t be far away when you need any help!

                                       Yours sincerely,

 

根据所给首字母或汉语提示，写出适当的单词形式，使得句子完整并正确。

1.The terrible flood d________ all the houses in the village, leaving thousands of people homeless.  

2.These people have made great c __________to the economic development of our country.

3.With the development of technology, new digital products are r__________ old machines rapidly.

4.Early to bed, early to rise will make you healthy, w__________ and wise.

5.It is reported that over a dozen people have c__________ suicide in FOXCOM company in Shenzhen so far this year.

6.The story told on TV was so touching that almost all the _____________ （观众）were moved to tears.

7.The committee__________(采用) the new suggestion on how to protect the limited resources.

8.The old woman died __________ (平静地) in the arms of her loving husband.

9.Although our sense of sight is overused ,our sense of touch and smell is ___________(忽视)

10.Don’t you see that our country is trying its best to improve people’s living ____ (条件)?