Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to.
Unit 9 第4课时（Section B 2c-Self Check）测试卷
测试时间：20分钟
I. 阅读理解
If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercise to music can turn you into an intelligent (聪明的) person.
A team of scientists from The Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease after operations. They found those volunteers who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons did much better on language ability tests than without music.
“Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system (神经系统) and these changes may improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study, “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,”he added.
The volunteers said they felt better emotionally (情绪上) and physically after exercising with or without music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
Scientists have been studying the results of exercise to music on learning and understanding since the early 1950s. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart’s violin pieces and exercised went on to get higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music or play sports. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
1. What does the underlined word enhance mean?
A. Produce. B. Provide.
C. Improve. D. Impress.
2. It can be learned from the last paragraph that ________.
A. you are supposed to follow your parents’ words
B. you have some good reasons to join in an intelligence test
C. good marks depend on listening to music and exercising
D. exercise to music might help you get higher grades in tests
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Music helps volunteers get better from heart disease.
B. Exercise is used for people with head hurts.
C. Exercise causes no changes in health without music.
D. Music can help you relax and feel energetic.
4. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Exercise to Music
B. Music and Study
C. Importance of Music
D. Studies on Exercise
II. 书面表达
上周某班同学就“音乐美术是否应该纳入中考”展开了相关讨论，同学们各抒己见。假如你是该班同学，请你根据下表的提示内容，结合你自己对此事的看法，用英语给校报写一篇短文。
注意：1. 所写短文必须包括表中的提示内容，并作适当发挥;
2. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称;
3. 表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范;
4. 词数不少于90，短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Last week, we held a discussion about whether Music and Art should enter the Entrance Examination for the High School. Students have different opinions.
参考答案
I. 阅读理解
1. C 画线的词是enhance，结合主语listening to music以及它的宾语understanding可知，听音乐能够“提升”人的理解能力。故答案为C。
2. D 通读最后一段的描述可推断，听音乐可能会对你在考试中取得好成绩有所帮助。故答案为D。
3. D 由第四段中的“It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.”可知答案为D。
4. A 通读全文可知，适合本文的标题是“Exercise to Music”。
II. 书面表达
答案
Last week, we held a discussion about whether Music and Art should enter the Entrance Examination for the High School. Students have different opinions.
Some says that Music and Art should enter the Entrance Examination for the High School. They think we should pay attention to art study and it can develop students’ skills. So they will be happier and have a better life in the future.
Others disagree. They think we have too many subjects to study for the exams and we are much too tired. If Music and Art enter the Entrance Examination for the High School, there will be more things to do and we have to put into more energy. As a result, we will be more tired and stressed out, and our other subjects will be influenced.
In my opinion, Music and Art can enter the Entrance Examination for the High School. But only the students who are interested in music and art can have the exam rather than all of us. Then we can go into different senior school to study.
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