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牛津版(深圳•广州)初中英语九年级下册Module 2 Unit 3同步练习2

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    When you're feeling down, the right song can make you smile. It can also calm you down when you're worried. Music may also help make your brain work better. It may even help keep you healthy.

    Why does music have these powers? It may be because people's bodies have natural rhythms (节奏). Different kinds of music can influence you in different ways.

Most stores play soft music, because soft music can make people relaxed and stay longer in a shop. And the longer shoppers stay in a store, the more things they buy in it. So, stores try to play soft music to make people buy more things.

    For sick people, music can do more than just help them relax. It may help make them get well again. Doctors believe that music is just as important as medicine in treating (治疗)patients.

    When you're sick, try to listen to the soft and relaxing music. If you're upset, play a favorite song and tell someone how it makes you feel. A group of sad teenagers shared their favorite songs with each other. Each teen explained why he or she liked the song. After talking about it, the teenagers said they felt better.

    Many studies have tried to explain how music affects learning. Don Campbell, an expert on the powers of music, believes music can make people, even babies, smarter, healthier and happier.

    Campbell wrote the book The Mozart Effect in 1997. However, not everyone believes the Mozart Effect. And people believe more research is needed to prove that music has these effects.

(1)、Music is able to change how you feel and make your brain work better because __________.
A、people's bodies have natural rhythms B、people like listening to music C、music changes the way we think D、music can serve as a kind of medicine
(2)、Why do most stores play soft music?
A、Because they want people to be happy. B、Because they want people to buy more things. C、Because they want people to be healthy. D、Because they want people to calm down.
(3)、What is Campbell's idea?
A、We should listen to music while studying. B、Music has a lot of bad effects on children's health. C、We shouldn't make children listen to a lot of music. D、Music can make people smarter, healthier and happier.
(4)、We can know from the passage that __________.
A、scientists all agree music affects how we feel B、more research is needed to prove how music is able to influence us C、doctors will start changing medicine with music when treating a patient D、scientists all agree that we can explain a problem by listening to music
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"Everything happens for the best." Whenever things weren't going my way, my mother would say this to me.

After I finished college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员) . I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I got turned down every time.

In one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn't hire (雇用) a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local person to work for it. I wanted this job, but I was refused again.

"Everything happens for the best," Mum reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The programme director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, I felt so frustrated. "How can I become a sports announcer if I can't get a job in a radio station?" I asked aloud.

While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my mother's words: "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn't have happened without the failure before."

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