Music and Behavior

  Where did you go yesterday？Did you hear any (1) ？Today, most stores and restaurants play music. You might    (2) hear music in an office or on a farm.

  Scientists believe that music changes the (3) people behave(舉止).According to some scientists, the sound of western classical(古典的)music makes people (4) richer. When a restaurant plays classical music，people spend (5) money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays (6) music, people spend less money. With (7) music,people spend even less.

  Scientists also (8) that loud,fast music makes people eat faster. In fact,people (9) their food faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their (10) hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants (11) make more money in this way.

  Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say (12) music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are (13) . And listening to music can help you relax.

The (14) time you hear music somewhere, be (15) . It might change the way you do things.

(   ) 1. A. music    B. stories     C. songs    D. sound

(   ) 2. A. already    B. even    C. hardly    D. never

(   ) 3. A. way    B. time        C. idea    D. place

(   ) 4. A. become    B. get       C. feel    D. look

(   ) 5. A. much    B. more       C. little    D. less

(   ) 6. A. pop    B. modern     C. light    D. country

(   ) 7. A. no    B. much        C. any    D. some

(   ) 8. A. think    B. hope     C. realize    D. believe

(   ) 9. A. cook    B. order      C. eat    D. make

(   ) 10. A. free    B. busy     C. happy    D. sad

(   ) 11. A. can    B. should     C. can't    D. needn't

(   ) 12. A. how    B,why      C. what    D. that

(   ) 13. A. excited    B. interested    C. confident    D. relaxed

(   ) 14. A. first    B. second    C. next    D. last

(   ) 15. A. quiet    B. quick     C . happy    D. careful

 Many books have been written about " the art of giving". And we also know that it's hard to give people a gift, (1) a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and (2)

  As is often the case,some little kids think they don't get enough gifts (3) some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too (4) . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree,it is enough to make her very (5)

  Gift giving is different in different (6) Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone (7) ，because many people have enough things and don't want (8) gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember (9) In the USA,some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don't need to (10) too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.

  To make things (11) ，some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, (12) money can make people uncomfortable. "When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they're being lazy，"says John Wilson. "In England, we have a saying：It's the thought that (13) . When someone gives me money, I feel they don't think about it at all. I prefer to receive a gift (14) has some thought behind it."

  Different people have very different thoughts (15) this subject. So maybe the art of giving is difficult！What do you think?

(   ) 1. A. specially    B. especially   C. commonly    D. usually

(   ) 2. A. displays    B. disadvantages  C. disagreements    D. dislikes

(   ) 3. A. while    B. when        C. as    D. if

(   ) 4. A. same    B. similar    C. small    D. huge

(   ) 5. A. lonely    B. happy     C. sad    D. angry

(   ) 6. A. cities    B. towns     C. provinces    D. countries

(   ) 7. A. else    B. other      C . another    D. else's

(   ) 8. A. too much    B. much too    C. too many    D. many too

(   ) 9. A. a child    B. a person    C. a guide    D. a chef

(   ) 10. A. spend    B. take     C. cost    D. make

(   ) 11. A. more difficult    B. easy    C.  difficult D. easier

(   ) 12. A. using    B. giving    C. receiving    D. fetching

(   ) 13. A. counts    B. discovers    C. finds    D. invents

(   ) 14. A. who    B. what     C. where    D. that

(   ) 15. A. to    B. on      C. up    D. in

 At a day care centre in Texas, Jessica McClure was playing outside. Jessica's mother, (1) worked at the day care centre, was watching her. Suddenly Jessica (2) and disappeared. Jessica's mother cried and ran to her.

The well in the yard was only eight inches across, and a rock always (3) it. But children had moved the rock. (4) Jessica fell,she fell right into the well.

  Jessica's mother ran to a phone and called 911 for (5) Men from the fire department arrived. They (6) that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. Then they told Jessica'a parents their (7) "We can't go down into the well," they said. "It's too small. So,we're going to dig a hole (8) the well. We'll dig down about 20 feet. Then we'll dig a tunnel(通il) across to Jessica. When we reach her,we'll bring her out through the tunnel. Then we'll bring her up through our (9) ”

  The men began to dig the hole on a Wednesday morning. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were    (10) digging. And Jessica McClure was still in the well.

All over the world people waited for news of Jessica. They read about her in newspapers and watched her rescue(營(yíng)救行動(dòng))on TV. Everyone (11) the little girl in the well.

  At 8:00 p. m. on Friday, the men (12) reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Then doctors rushed her to the hospital. Jessica was badly injured but she was still (13) . A doctor at the hospital said, "Jessica is lucky for she is very (14) ，and she's not going to remember this very well."

Maybe Jessica will not remember her days in the well. But her parents, her rescuers, and many other people around the world will not forget (15) .

  After Jessica's rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, "To Jessica, with love from all of us."

(   ) 1. A. she    B. who      C. whom    D. which

(   ) 2. A. fell    B. slept    C. stooped    D. rose

(   ) 3. A. broke    B. hid    C. covered    D. opened

(   ) 4. A. Because    B. Although    C. If    D. When

(   ) 5. A. advice    B. money      C. help    D. information

(   ) 6. A. promised    B. discovered    C. hoped    D. agreed

(   ) 7. A. dream    B. study     C. lesson    D. plan

(   ) 8. A. next to    B. along with    C. far from    D. out of

(   ) 9. A. well    B. tunnel     C. hole    D. yard

(   ) 10. A. still    B. already    C. always    D. almost

(   ) 11. A. looked after         B. worried about

         C. made friends  with   D. stayed away from

(   ) 12. A. immediately    B. usually    C. quickly    D. finally

(   ) 13. A. alone    B. asleep      C. alive    D. afraid

(   ) 14. A. young    B. popular     C. clever    D. pretty

(   ) 15. A. it    B. them     C. him    D. us

 One's attitude is always important. If you are lazy and weak,you will never taste any success. But if you are (1) ，success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.

  I love eating persimmons(柿子).But you can't get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time,they probably (2) bad.

  In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were (3) that I wouldn't be able to get into an excellent middle school. They (4) me to study harder, but I didn't really understand why they were so anxious.

Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn't (5) my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop (6) ，Mom would shout， " Hey，you！Think about your (7) .If you don't work hard,you'll regret(后悔)it!" I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I (8) was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.

  My mom said to me,with a serious look on (9) face, "If a persimmon tree doesn't grow in summer, it can't bear(結(jié)出)fruit in autumn！Only by hard work, (10) you get the good result of your work.”

  Although I didn't understand it completely at that time,I (11) came to see the truth of her words. A few months later,I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was (12) . Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I (13) that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.

  My mom was right: If a persimmon tree doesn't grow (14) summer, it can't bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer (15) now it was autumn.

  I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruits of my labors！
(   ) 1. A. busy    B. clever    C. hard-working    D. kind

(   ) 2. A. look    B. taste     C. turn    D. smell

(   ) 3. A. embarrassed    B. worried    C. excited    D. nervous

(   ) 4. A. afforded    B. allowed    C. pushed    D. pulled

(   ) 5. A. concentrate on    B. depend on   C. decide on    D. write on

(   ) 6. A. thinking    B. working     C. playing    D. writing

(   ) 7. A. future    B. hobby    C. health    D. parent

(   ) 8. A. talked about    B. heard about     C.thought about D. said

(   ) 9. A. her    B. your      C. my    D. his

(   ) 10. A. have to    B. can    C. need    D. should

(  )1. A. probably    B. particularly    C. gradually    D. gladly

(   ) 12. A. spring    B. summer     C. autumn    D. winter

(   ) 13. A. realized    B. considered    C. noticed    D. thought

(   ) 14. A. before    B. during      C. after    D. as soon as

(   ) 15. A. and    B. but        C. or    D. so

  There is an old English saying," Laughter is the best medicine. " One person who certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.

  Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also (1) and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反戰(zhàn)議題)，traveling to many different countries to share his    (2)

  In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got    (3) . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨頭).

  In less than a week after he got back,he could not (4) it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to (5) at night. The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure(治療)his problem and he might never (6) the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

  Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by (7) thoughts. He did not want to take (8) to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

  He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of (9) laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

  Deciding that the (10) could not help him,Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could (11) his experiments with laughter. For eight days，Mr. Cousins (12) in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt (13) . Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for (14) .

  After a few months, Mr. Cousins was (15) to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

(   ) 1. A. laughed    B. taught    C. wrote    D. copied

(   ) 2. A. magazines    B. subjects   C. photos    D. ideas

(   ) 3. A. rich    B. sick     C. lonely    D. famous

(   ) 4. A. stand    B. realize C. face    D. improve

(   ) 5. A. dream    B. eat     C. shout    D. sleep

(   ) 6. A. go through    B. look after   C. get over    D. find out

(   ) 7. A. unhappy    B. pleasant     C. silly    D. clever

(   ) 8. A. food    B. time     C. medicine    D. money

(   ) 9. A. unusual    B. false     C. real    D. wild

(   ) 10. A. friends    B. laughter   C. experiment    D. doctors

(   ) 11. A. begin    B. end      C. continue    D. report

(   ) 12. A. rested    B. worked     C. studied    D. played

(   ) 13. A. well    B. tired     C. afraid    D. worried

(   ) 14. A. help    B. exercise     C. freedom    D. fun

(   ) 15. A. able    B. safe      C.  lazy   D. uncertain

 I work in a company in India which has branches in Germany and the UK,so I often take business trips to these places. We have a (1) at the company. Anybody coming back to India from a foreign country (2) chocolates for all the other members of the company. (3) the chocolates are finished in no time because everyone loves them and tries to get as many as possible.

  I (4) that the housekeeping staff never had the chance to get even a single chocolate maybe because they were not as (5) as others to take the chocolates. I felt it was (6) to them.

  Recently，I came back to India after a month-long trip from Berlin and I had bought a lot of chocolates. While the office staff were helping themselves to the chocolates, I met the man called Babul. I gave him a packet of chocolates too and told him to hand them out around his department. His face immediately (7) with a wide smile. He thanked me again and again, which made me very happy.

  But the story didn't (8) here. The best part of it was that Babul actually handed out the chocolates to (9) in the company equally instead of just giving them among members in his (10) It was so (11) for me to see this. I find it really hard to understand why we,who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies do not feel like (12) but just think about how to get more? (13) Babul, who earns just enough to raise his family,was so generous(慷慨的)and did not even keep one (14) chocolate for himself.

It made me think of one simple question：Which is better, having a little less money but being (15) or having lots of money but being selfish?

(   ) 1. A. law    B. completely   C. tradition    D. habit

(   ) 2. A. affords    B. offers   C. supports    D. provides

(   ) 3. A. Luckily    B. Naturally C. Custom    D. Necessarily

(   ) 4. A. reminded    B. wondered C. noticed    D. mentioned

(   ) 5. A. quick    B. honest     C. brave    D. smart

(   ) 6. A. unfair    B. strange    C. special    D. important

(   ) 7. A. came up    B. lit up     C. took up D. put up

(   ) 8. A. start    B. continue    C. end    D. last

(   ) 9. A. anybody    B. nobody    C. somebody    D. everybody

(   ) 10. A. company    B. neighborhood   C. club    D. group

(   ) 11. A. tiring    B. interesting   C. moving    D. worrying

(   ) 12. A. fighting    B. sharing    C. competing    D. enjoying

(   ) 13. A. Since    B. Though    C. However    D. Therefore

(   ) 14. A. extra    B. exact      C. spare    D. free

(   ) 15. A. humorous   B. active    C. mean    D. kind

 I still remember my first fishing experience. I had been (1) for a fishing pole for long. Finally the day came when I (2) one from my uncle. We went fishing the week later.

Based on (3)  ，my uncle knew where pickerel(梭魚(yú)）would gather. He placed me at the most favorable(令人喜歡的)point. I threw out my line and waited anxiously for a bite， (4) the float(浮漂)up and down rapidly on the surface of the water. But nothing came of it. "Try again," said my uncle. Suddenly the float sank out of    (5) "Yes!" I thought, "Here is a fish at last.”

  I made a strong pull,and brought up some grass and waste. Again and again I threw out my line with aching arms,only drew it back (6) I looked toward my uncle sadly. "Try once more," he said. "We fishermen must have (7)

Suddenly something tugged(拽)at my line,and dragged with it into deep water. Pulling it up quickly, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun. "Uncle,Uncle!" I couldn't (8) the excitement in my heart and cried, "I've got a fish!" "Not yet," said my uncle. Just then,I saw the (9) pickerel shooting into the middle of the stream. I had lost my prize.

  I felt like a failure. I was so disappointed that I refused to be(10) . If the nose of a kid's favorite doll is broken, the whole world (11) with it.

  My uncle (12) that there were still more fish in the river, and he told me to try my (13) once more. "But remember, boy," he said,with a smile, "it's no use to boast of(自夸）anything before it's done,nor then,for it (14) for itself.”

  How often I have recalled the fish that I did not catch ever since！When I hear people talking about their goals as if they had already been (15) I will remind myself of uncle's warning： "Never boast of your fish before you catch him."

(   ) 1. A. famous    B. angry    C. thirsty    D. excited

(   ) 2. A. expected    B. received   C. refused    D. accepted

(   ) 3. A. facts    B. practice    C. surveys    D. experience

(   ) 4. A. moving    B. breathing C. playing    D. fighting

(   ) 5. A. mind    B. order     C. sight    D. memory

(   ) 6. A. separate    B. heavy    C. empty    D. full

(   ) 7. A. abilities    B. imagination   C . skills    D. patience

(   ) 8. A. cover    B. stand     C. control    D. compare

(   ) 9. A. pleased    B. scared    C. wounded    D. tricked(受騙的)

(   ) 10. A. taught    B. praised    C. comforted    D. protected

(   ) 11. A. breaks down    B. breaks off    C. breaks out    D. breaks up

(   ) 12. A. promised    B. joked     C. lied    D. shouted

(   ) 13. A. sense    B. luck     C. choice    D. talent

(   ) 14. A. speaks    B. tells      C. says    D. talks

(   ) 15. A. set    B. achieved     C. reached    D. stuck

  I hate to say,but I have a problem. Actually, I'm not sure what my problem is. But whatever it is,I need    (1) .

  It seems like I'm always doing favors(幫忙)for people, and I (2) have time for myself. I mean,I like people, and I want them to like me,but it's getting to be too much.

  You see,like this week,I'm taking care of Rex. It's a dog that (3) a woman in my office. How did I (4) up taking care of this dog? I don't even like dogs. I was in the office, and Sheila (5) that she was having trouble finding a dog-sitter. And she said (6) she couldn't find a dog-sitter,she couldn't go on vacation. And suddenly I said, "Oh， I can take care of the dog for you. No problem. " (7) did I say that? I always seem to get into(陷入)this kind of (8).

  Just last week,a guy across the hall had a problem with his toilet. So he called me!And I don't even (9) this guy. He said that another neighbor said that I was really (10) fixing things, and that he was sure I would be willing to help him. So how could I say (11) ？So I fixed it,and I really didn't mind;it only took me about an hour.

  It's not only my (12) and people in my office. Like yesterday, my brother needed help to fix a broken window. I drove two hours to his house to help. It only took ten minutes to repair it, (13) my whole day was killed. And Rex chewed up my sofa while I was gone. These kinds of things happen to me all the time.

Oh,there's a (14)。 That's probably Emily's. She's moving out this weekend, and I told her I，d help her    (15) I just couldn't say no.

  Oh,what am I going to do?
(   ) 1. A. help    B. money    C. challenge    D. confidence

(   ) 2. A. even    B. only    C. just    D. never

(   ) 3. A. depends    B. holds on to   C. belongs to    D. gets along with

(   ) 4. A. end    B. look      C. stay    D. make

(   ) 5. A. supposed    B. suggested   C. imagined    D. mentioned

(   ) 6. A. whether    B. unless    C. if    D. that

(   ) 7. A. Why    B. What      C. When    D. Where

(   ) 8. A. danger    B. situation C. friendship    D. happiness

(   ) 9. A. see    B. know      C. like    D. care

(   ) 10. A. good at    B. proud of    C. used to    D. interested in

(   ) 11. A. sorry    B. yes      C. no    D. thanks

(   ) 12. A. classmates    B. neighbors   C. friends    D. parents

(   ) 13. A. and    B. or      C.so     D. but

(   ) 14. A. letter    B. phone    C. bus    D. train

(   ) 15. A. travel    B. stay     C. leave    D. pack

 Pennies(硬幣，零錢(qián))are worth saving. If you find a penny, pick it up, (1) some day you could have a million pennies，like students at a primary school in Logan，Utah！

  Eight years ago,a student in Dave Jorgensen's fifth-grade (2) class asked, ^u What does a million look    (3) ？"

  Let's (4) it out," he answered, and suggested a penny collection.

  Some students emptied (5) piggy banks;some (6) their pocket money, and some hand in their surplus(剩余的)lunch money. And as the shiny copper pile grew,the cents helped them make sense of math. They learned a million pennies weighed (7) than three tons,would pile up over a mile (8) and stretch(伸展）three (9) long,and that they'd need a container capable(能夠)of holding a cubic(立方)yard to hold them.

  "Wow!" the students shouted (10) surprise. Does the lowly penny really add up? While not everyone even (11) up a lowly penny, organizations like McDonald's and UNICEF(聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì))know its value(價(jià)值).They use penny harvests to raise money for (12) from college scholarships(獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金）to housing for the homeless.

  Last June the students collected the millionth penny. They plan to put a million pennies towards (13) a school in a third-world country. "It started as a math (14) ，" says the headmaster, "and (15) as a lesson in charity."

(   ) 1. A. or    B. and      C. but    D. while

(   ) 2. A. math    B. physics   C. history    D. Chinese

(   ) 3. A. at    B. for      C. like    D. after

(   ) 4. A. look    B. watch     C. find    D. carry

(   ) 5. A. they    B. them     C. their    D. our

(   ) 6. A. collected    B. got    C. had    D. owned

(   ) 7. A. much    B. more     C. most D. over

(   ) 8. A. high    B. low      C. highly    D. lowly

(   ) 9. A. meters    B. feet    C. miles    D. centimeters

(   ) 10. A. at    B. in      C. for    D. on

(   ) 11. A. gets    B. picks      C. looks    D. takes

(   ) 12. A. everything    B. anything C. nothing    D. nobody

(   ) 13. A. finding    B. seeing    C. building    D. entering

(   ) 14. A. match    B. exam     C. project    D. story

(   ) 15. A. finished    B. ended     C. closed    D. concluded

  I once thought I would be a perfect(完美的)mother. It (1) me 16 years to learn that I could not be. I know that I made some mistakes. (2) I could raise(撫養(yǎng))my children again, I (3) repeat(重復(fù))those mistakes. Maybe I would make new (4) But I think I would do a (5) job.

I would try to understand my children. I often did what my (6) would have done. I (7) their ways of raising children. For example, I made my 13-year-old son,David, come home early, but he (8) this rule. He saw no reason(理由)for it.(9) a girl,I had to come home early. I wanted my son to do the (10) thing. But now I wonder why I wanted things done in a certain way.

  My father was sick when I was young. So my sister, my brother and I were (11) all the time. We did not cry in anger or laugh for (12) . I just wanted my children to be quiet, too.

  I never stopped (13) "why".

  It was hard for me to let my children show anger. I (14) them when they started to get angry. Now I would tell my children, "It is all right to show love and anger. Your feelings are reasonable. I love you(15) you feel.”

(   ) 1. A. cost    B. spent      C. took    D. used

(   ) 2. A. If    B. When      C. Because    D. Whether

(   ) 3. A. would    B. wouldn't     C. could    D. no longer

(   ) 4. A. ways    B. friends      C. rules    D. ones

(   ) 5. A. worse    B. better     C. busier    D. easier

(   ) 6. A. parents    B. children    C. teachers    D. friends

(   ) 7. A. went    B. found      C. followed    D. improved

(   ) 8. A. enjoyed    B. hated    C. agreed    D. believed

(   ) 9. A. For    B. To         C . With    D. As

(   ) 10. A. same    B. different    C. difficult    D. excited

(   ) 11. A. strange    B. noisy    C. lively    D. quiet

(   ) 12. A. danger    B. happiness    C. illness    D. pain

(   ) 13. A. to ask    B. asking    C. to answer    D. answering

(   ) 14. A. liked    B. understood    C. stopped    D. encouraged

(   ) 15. A. no matter how    B. no matter where 

      C. no matter who    D. no matter when