文章題目 The power of music

　　重復(fù)年份 20160109A 20131212*

　　題材 藝術(shù)

　　題型 段落信息配對(duì) 5+填空 4+人名配對(duì) 4

　　文章大意 音樂(lè)對(duì)人的影響。講到了音樂(lè)的作用，與大腦的聯(lián)系，不同映月表達(dá)出來(lái)的

　　不同情緒對(duì)人類甚至動(dòng)物的影響，最后談到幾個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，證明音樂(lè)的治療效果，以及音癡有救

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　　Entertainment isn't the whole story

　　Here in the West, we think of music as entertainment, or an accompaniment to entertainment. Most of us can't remember life without phonograph records, cassette tapes or Compact Discs and the artists we all have listened to on them. The great majority of radio stations exist to play music, and there is hardly a minute on TV - other than news shows - that doesn't have theme music, background music or commercial music.

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　　文章題目 Children and robots

　　重復(fù)年份 20160305 20141002

　　題材 科技

　　題型 小標(biāo)題 5+配對(duì) 5+填空 3

　　文章大意 機(jī)器人對(duì)孩子學(xué)習(xí)的影響。主要講到把機(jī)器人放在學(xué)�？梢暂o助老師還有陪

　　學(xué)生玩，還可以讓它們擁有表情促進(jìn)交流，但是過(guò)度使用可能會(huì)造成倫理問(wèn)題，此外還提到了幾個(gè)科學(xué)家和他們的觀點(diǎn)。

　　參考閱讀：

　　Robotics is making inroads into society, not only in factories and industry but also in homes and schools, where social robots are helping children cope better with conditions such as diabetes and autism.

　　A robot and child

　　Studies show that interaction with a robot can benefit children with certain medical conditions such as diabetes, as well as autism and other developmental disorders. (Image: ALIZ-E project.)

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　　文章題目 British Woodlands

　　重復(fù)年份 20160430 20120421

　　題材 自然環(huán)境

　　題型 段落細(xì)節(jié)配對(duì) 7+選詞填空 7

　　文章大意 講的是英國(guó)森林的演變利用和最后的管理，大致文章脈絡(luò)是在人類的入侵之

　　前英國(guó)的植被覆蓋情況，工業(yè)革命之后，人們對(duì)森林的掠奪從以燃燒原料和建筑材料為目的到了以工業(yè)發(fā)展為目的，后來(lái)人們意識(shí)到保護(hù)森林的重要，

　　開(kāi)始投入人力物力進(jìn)行保護(hù)。

　　部分答案參考：

　　段落細(xì)節(jié)配對(duì)：

　　27 a description of careless working practices that harm woodland F

　　28 details of landscape prior to human intervention B

　　29 arguments against cash rewards H

　　30 a botanical source of evidence for the appearance of primitive woodland B

　　31 reasons for reduced economic importance of woodland E

　　32 a reason for recent improvements of woodland management G

　　33 an implication for people of unhealthy tree A

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　　文章題目 Fish communications

　　重復(fù)年份 20151203 20130713

　　題材 動(dòng)物

　　題型 判斷 6+填空 7

　　文章大意 講了魚(yú)類的交流，德國(guó)科學(xué)家在紅海發(fā)現(xiàn)紅色的魚(yú)，發(fā)現(xiàn)是激發(fā)熒光。魚(yú)用這個(gè)熒光來(lái)識(shí)別種群、標(biāo)識(shí)位置、嚇退敵人、掩蓋自己和捕捉獵物。

　　參考閱讀：

　　Fish Communication

　　Can fish "talk?" And if they do, can other fish hear what they are saying?

　　The answer to both questions is yes, but fish "talk" and "hear" somewhat differently than humans. Although not extremely common, there are several species of fish that are able to produce sound to communicate with members of their own and other species. Most of the fish that produce sound do it at such low frequencies that divers cannot hear the noises. But several species do produce sound in the range that humans can hear. For example, grunts are able to produce sound by grinding their flat teeth together (hence the name grant!) The large Jewfish, Nassau and Black groupers are known to make very loud "booms" when startled or cornered. Jewfish have also been observed to make these loud sounds during courtship.