陕西省宝鸡市金台区2022-2023学年高一下学期期中质量检测英语试卷（含答案）.pdfVIP

陕西省宝鸡市金台区2022-2023学年高一下学期期中质量检测英语试卷

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一、阅读理解（共11小题，每小题2.5分，满分27.5分）

阅读理解

Whataretwothingsthatmakehumansdifferentfromanimals?Oneislanguageandtheotherismusic.Itstrue

thatsomeanimalscansing.However,thesongsofanimalslikebirdsareverylimited.Itsalsotruethathumans,not

animals,havedevelopedmusicalinstruments.

Musicisastrangething.Itsclearlydistinctfromlanguage.However,peoplecanusemusictocommunicatethings

-especiallytheiremotions.Whenmusiciscombined(组合)withspeechinasong,itsaverypowerfulformof

communication.

Ifmusicistrulydifferentfromspeech,thenweshouldprocessmusicandlanguageindifferentpartsofthebrain.

Thescientificevidencesuggeststhatthisistrue.Forexample,VissarionShebalin,aRussiancomposer,hadastroke(中

风)in1953.Itinjuredtheleftsideofhisbrain.Hecouldnolongerspeakorunderstandspeech.Hecould,however,

stillcomposemusicuntilhisdeathtenyearslater.Ontheotherhand,sometimesstrokescausepeopletolosetheir

musicalability,buttheycanstillspeakandunderstandspeech.

Bystudyingthephysicaleffectsofmusiconthebody,scientistshavealsolearnedalotabouthowmusic

influencestheemotions.

1．Whatcanwelearnfromthefirstparagraph?

A．Musicisacommonlanguage.

B．Musiciscloselyrelatedtohumans.

C．Humansareadvancedanimals.

D．Animalscanusemusictocommunicate

2．Whatdoestheunderlinedworddistinctmeaninparagraph2?

A．Separate.B．Free.C．Different.D．Far.

3．WhatdoestheauthorintendtoshowwiththeexampleofVissarion?

A．Thebrainprocessesmusicandlanguageseparately.

B．Giftedpeoplehavetheopportunitytosucceed.

C．Thereisalwaysadoorthatwillopenforyou.

D．Musiccaninspirepeoplescreativity.

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