中國網(wǎng)站品牌欄目（頻道）
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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A)，B)，C）and D)on the right side of paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答.
Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a small study advanced the 62 that listening to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major could boost mental functioning. It was not long 63 trademarked “Mozart effect” products began to appeal to anxious parents aiming to put toddlers (剛學(xué)步的孩子) 64 the fast track to prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgia’s governor even 65 giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette.
The 66 for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhaps nonexistent, although the 67 study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years, 68 , scientists have examined the benefits of a concerted 69 to study and practice music, as 70 to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based“brain fitness” game 71 in a while.
Advanced monitoring 72 have enabled scientists to see what happens 73 your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music 74 can produce profound and lasting changes that 75 the general ability to learn. These results should 76 public officials that music classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly 77 public schools.
Studies have shown that 78 instrument training from an early age can help the brain to 79 sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to mathematics. The musically adept (擅長的)are better able to 80 on a biology lesson despite the noise in the classroom 81 , a few years later, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next office starts screaming a subordinate. They can attend to several things at once in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill in this era of multitasking.
62．A)notice B)note C)notion D)notification
63．A)that B)until C)since D)Before
64．A)up B)by C)on D)at
65．A)propelled B) proposed C) submitted D)subjected
66．A)witness B) evidence C) symptom D)context
67．A)subtle B) elementary C) sensitive D)original
68．A)however B)moreover C) then D)therefore
69．A)effort B)impulse C) object D)attention
70．A)opposed B)accustomed C) related D)devoted
71．A)quite B)once C) often D)much
72．A)organisms B)techniques C) mechanisms D)mechanics
73．A)upon B)amid C) among D)inside
74．A)subjects B)models C) causes D)lessons
75．A)enhance B)introduce C) accelerate D)elaborate
76．A)contend B) convey C) conceive D)convince
77．A)trouble B)transform C) distract D)disclose
78．A)urgent B)casual C) diligent D)solemn
79．A)proceed B)process C) prefer D)predict
80．A)count B)concentrate C) insist D)depend
81．A)but B)or C) for D)so
Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答，只需寫出譯文部分。
82. I think that the meal is well (沒有折扣的情況下值80美元).
83. (面對來自其他公司的激烈競爭), the automobile manufacturer is considering launching a promotion campaign.
84. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister (幾乎沒有什么共同之處).
85. Only after many failures (我才認(rèn)識到僅憑運(yùn)氣是不能成功的).
86. But for the survival instinct which nearly all creatures have, (更多的物種就可能已經(jīng)在地球上滅絕了).
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