Listening to music is considered a good thing...

Listening to music is considered a good thing for adults. Indeed it is. Scientific studies have proved it. Music has so many good effects on our body, mind and mood that this world will certainly not be a good place without music. Then, is music good for children? Some parents think so and let their children learn or listen to music. But some parents don't know the importance of music to children. Here are some reasons why music is important to children.

First, music is good for children’s intelligence. Studies have proved that children who learn music are likely to have higher intelligence than those who have no interest in or dislike music. This is because the brain gets stimulated (刺激) by the rhythm and tone of music.

Music also has soothing (抚慰的) effect on children and helps remove their stress. Today’s children are under a lot of stress from schoolwork. Being under too much stress impairs children’s health. Luckily，listening to music can help them feel better.

Music can improve children’s moods. Some children are sad by nature. They seem to be lost in their own thoughts and don’t take interest in their surroundings. In such cases，a method known as “music therapy” comes to their rescue. It changes their moods and places a new kind of spirit in them.

Music is also a universal language that children ought to learn. Our world has become a global village. People are getting more and more interested in other cultures and countries. Music can help them in understanding foreign cultures.

Now we can say that music is very important not only to adults but also to children. So children should be encouraged to learn music or listen to music.

1.By mentioning scientific studies in Paragraph 1, the author wants to show 　　　　 .

A.Children should listen to music

B.Why adults should listen to music

C.Listening to music is only good for adults

D.Why scientists are interested in music

2.What does the underlined word “impairs” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.shows. B.changes.

C.improves. D.harms.

3.The last but second paragraph shows that listening to music means 　　　　 .

A.Understanding foreign cultures better

B.Learning languages better

C.Accepting the fast developing world easily

D.Showing greater interest in other cultures

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Why do Children Love Music?

B.How to Choose Music for Children

C.Why is Music Important to Children?

D.How to Teach Children Music Easily

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is ____another to play it well yourself.

A. quite　　　 B. very　　　　 C. rather　　　 D. much

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Listening to music at home is one thing，going to hear it________live is quite another.

A. perform　　 B. performing

C. to perform　　 D. being performed

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The little boy, who had _____ gift for music from an early age, is considered to be _____ future Beethoven by his teachers.

A. the; /        B. /; a         C. a; a                 D. the; /

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

I enjoy listening to classical music, but I’m so busy now that I’m not in the _____ for it.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Singing or listening to music during math class is usually not accepted. However, in Kurt’s classroom, it’s not the _________. Kurt is a math teacher in a high school. This former hip-hop artist is using his ____________ background to make math a lot easier and less __________ for his students.

As a child, he had problems __________ math. However, as he grew older, he __________ that it wasn’t completely his __________ and that the traditional education system just doesn’t work for all the students. So he decided to come up with a new ________, which would make kids more interested in school. Finally a good idea __________ him.

With the help of some friends, Kurt __________ 60-second math tracks. They are given a certain name, like “Van Guard” and he __________ multiplication tables (乘法表) to hip-hop beats. He also encourages dancing during class, ________ it helps the children get into the mood and _________________________________________ them in their learning. So far, Kurt has only invented musical materials for the multiplications, but the __________ have been so positive that he is now working on new learning materials.

Ever since Kurt __________ hip-hop into the classroom, he has had __________trouble during class. And attendance (出勤率) is　 _________ at 100% and the students’ grades have gone up greatly. What’s more, the kids __________ love learning math now.

Kurt wants to__________ the traditional way of teaching, but he’s not saying that it doesn’t work. It just doesn’t work for ________, because not all students learn the same way. He only aims to show that we need to keep a(n) ________ mind when it comes to children’s education.

1.A. plan　　 B. case　　 C. duty　　 D. problem

2.A. musical　　 B. humorous　　 C. secret　　 D. famous

3.A. strange　　 B. pleasant　　 C. boring　　 D. difficult

4.A. acting on　　 B. taking on　　 C. focusing on　　 D. holding on

5.A. stressed　　 B. suggested　　 C. admitted　　 D. realized

6.A. interest　　 B. fault　　 C. choice　　 D. trouble

7.A. record　　 B. attitude　　 C. tool　　 D. approach

8.A. hit　　 B. found　　 C. met　　 D. trusted

9.A. created　　 B. kept　　 C. remembered　　 D. chose

10.A. shouts　　 B. copies　　 C. sings　　 D. moves

11.A. though　　 B. because　　 C. unless　　 D. when

12.A. benefits　　 B. traps　　 C. changes　　 D. trains

13.A. materials　　 B. answers　　 C. results　　 D. ideas

14.A. rushed　　 B. drove　　 C. forced　　 D. brought

15.A. real　　 B. more　　 C. big　　 D. less

16.A. sometimes　　 B. always　　 C. still　　 D. hardly

17.A. suddenly　　 B. slightly　　 C. truly　　 D. possibly

18.A. challenge　　 B. refuse　　 C. replace　　 D. fight

19.A. nobody　　 B. somebody　　 C. anybody　　 D. everybody

20.A. smart　　 B. open　　 C. simple　　 D. clear

高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue int0 adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1.The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.

2.Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

3.The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

4.The purpose of the passage is to _________.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’”says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversation on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.

“There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,”says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourage everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,”explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1.The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _______.

A. interest       B. distance        C. difference        D       . separation

2. Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

B. Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

C. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

D. Parents share more interests with their children.

3. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _______.

A. more confusion among parents

B. new equality between parents and children

C. less respective for parents from children

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents

4.By saying“today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” the author means that today’s parents _______.

A. follow the trend of the change

B. can set a limit to the change

C. fail to take the change seriously

D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change.

5.The purpose of the passage is to _______.

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

B. discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

C. suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relation ship

D. compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic(民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the  ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily done by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1.The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.

A．interest           B．distance           C．difference         D．separation

2.Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

A．Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

B．Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

C．Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

D．Parents share more interests with their children.

3.The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

A．more confusion among parents

B．new equality between parents and children

C．1ess respect for parents from children

D．more strictness and authority on the part of parents

4.By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.

A．follow the change

B．can set a limit to the change

C．fail to take the change seriously

D．have much difficulty changing their ideas

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1.The underlined word ‘gulf’ in Para.3 most probably means ________.

A. interest　　 B. distance

C. separation　　 D. difference

2.The change in today’s parent-child relationship is ________.

A. more confusion among parents

B. less respect for parents from children

C. new equality between parents and children

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents

3.By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds,were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents ________.

A. have little difficulty adjusting to the change

B. can set a limit to the change

C. fail to take the change seriously

D. follow the trend of the change

4.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

B. discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

C. suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship

D. compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析