广东茂名市2015高考英语语法填空和阅读系列练习（五）.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE - 6 - 广东茂名市2015高考英语语法填空和阅读系列练习（5） 语法填空。 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。 “If you’re talking to me in a noisy restaurant and my nervous system is good at locking onto the sound of your voice, I can understand 16 you say better.” The research at Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument is good 17 your brain. And the brain remembers how to “lock onto” the important sounds, 18 our ears may not work as well as we age, and that helps us to hear better. A scientist, living in France twenty years ago, 19 (write) about what he called the “Mozart Effect”. He said that it could be helpful to the brain when 20 (listen) to the classical music of Mozart. Some researchers said that Mozart’s music would make you much 21 (smart), or even help your brain cure some health 22 (order). Others said that there was nothing special about Mozart’s music. Any kind of high energy music would work. So if the cost of a musical instrument or music lessons is too costly, can we get 23 same brain experience just by listening? Usually people have teachers, or they can teach 24 music. But the point is that they’re actively playing a musical instrument and engaging 25 making music instead of listening to music passively. 【参考答案】语法填空 16. what 17. for 18. although / though 19. wrote 20.listening 21. smarter 22.disorders 23. the 24. themselves 25. in 【山东省2014模拟】A 完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11—20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Many of the worlds pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities．Supply for the needs of the people leads to further 11 by industry．If the rapid increase of world population continues at the present rate, there may be much greater 12 to human beings． Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as population pollution． About 2,000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million．It