试题

试题 试卷

logo

题型:单词拼写(语篇) 题类:常考题 难易度:普通

牛津译林版初中英语九年级下册Unit 2 Great people单元测试

根据短文内容及首字母提示完成短文

    Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in 2019. Its purpose is to make sure all children have a c to study better. In 2019, the organization b a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa and Asia.

    It started when Adam Braun studied in a college. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and a for money on the street. Mr Braun asked the boy w he would want, if he could have anything in the world.

    "I thought the answer was going to be 'a house' or 'a car' or 'a boat'. His answer was 'a pencil'. So I gave him my pencil and he was very h and excited. I realized he had never been to s before, and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world," Braun said.

    Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, but he n forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

    "We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are .a to educate every child. So I promised to help create that world," Braun said.

    Mr Braun has r money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise School in Laos five years ago. S then, his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos and Ghana.

举一反三
 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

 Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes: music boosts certain language abilities in the brain. Here, we look at two examples.

Music and Hearing

A recent study by researcher Nina Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument(乐器) can   improve a person's hearing ability. As a part of the study, two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room. The people in the first group were musicians, while those in the second group had no musical training. The musicians were able to hear the talking person more clearly.

 Musicians hear better, says Kraus, because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds. Think about violinists in an orchestra(管弦乐队). When the violinists play in a group, they hear their own instruments and many others, too. But the violinists must listen closely to what they are playing, and ignore(忽视) the other sounds. In this way, musicians are able to pay attention to certain sounds, even in a room with lots of noise.

           ▲              

 Gottfried Schlaug, a doctor at Harvard Medical. School, works with stroke patients(中风患者). Because of their illness, these people cannot say their names, addresses, or other information normally. However, they can still sing. Dr. Schlaug was surprised to find that singing words helped his patients to speak. Why dóes this work? Music seems to activate(使运作) different parts of the brain, including the damaged(被损坏的) parts. This somehow helps patients to use that part of the brain again.

Understanding the Results

 Music improves concentration(专注), memory, listening skills, speaking skills and our overall language abilities. It can even help sick people get better. Playing an instrument or singing, says Nina Kraus, can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp(敏锐的) as we get older. Music, she adds, is not only enjoyable, it is also good for us in many other ways.

返回首页

试题篮