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1、Unit 16 Stories Section Communication Workshop.单句语法填空1The smaller the house is，the less(little) will it cost us to heat.2Instantly(instant) he saw me, he held out his hands.3We reminded them that the meeting had been postponed.4The more exciting it is, the happier(happy) they are.5They wanted to eas
2、e the tension(tense) in the Middle East.单句改错1Immediate Ive done it, I feel completely disgusted with myself._2The much English you practise, the better your English is._3The whole society must help the young men who go wrongly._4Winter weather can leave you feeling tiring._5This hotel reminds me the
3、 one we stayed in last year._【答案】1.Immediate改为Immediately2.much改为more3.wrongly改为wrong4.tiring改为tired5.me后面加of.完成句子1看到钟表使我想起我迟到了。The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.2离地面越高，空气就越稀薄。The higher the ground is，the thinner air becomes.3运动会刚开始，天就下起了大雨。No sooner had the game started than it beg
4、an to rain heavily.4买房子会是件很麻烦的事。 【导学号：96750038】Buying a house can be a very tiresome business5这个可怜的老人在六十岁时眼睛瞎了。The poor man went blind at the age of sixty.阅读理解AMany people believe that teaching children music makes them smarter，better able to learn new things.But the organizers of a new study say th
5、eres no scientific evidence that early musical training affects the intelligence of young people.An estimated 80 percent of American adults think music lessons improve childrens ability to learn or their performance in school.They say that the satisfaction for learning to play a new song helps a chi
6、ld express creativity.Researchers at Harvard University，however, have found that theres one thing musical training does not do.They say it does not make children more intelligent.Samuel Mehr is a graduate student at Harvards School of Education.He said it is wrong to think that learning to play a mu
7、sical instrument improves a childs intellectual development.He says the evidence comes from studies that measured the mental ability of two groups of 4yearolds and their parents.One group attended music class, the other went to a class that places importance on the visual artsarts that can be seen.“
8、The evidence there is noWe found no evidence for any advantage on any of these tests for the kids participating in these music classes，”said Mehr.Samuel Mehr says researchers have carried out many studies in an effort to learn whether musical training can make children smarter.He says the results ha
9、ve been mixed.He says only one study seems to show a small percentage increase in IQ, intellectual scores among students after one year of music lessons.He does not believe that IQ is a good measure of childs intelligence.He says researchers in his study compared how well children in the musical tra
10、ining group did on mental processing tasks or projects, then the results were compared to those of children who did not take lessons.There was no evidence that the musical training group did much better on the mental tasks than the other group.The researchers confirmed the results with a larger grou
11、p of children and their parents.Mr.Mehr says music lessons may not offer children a fast easy way to gain entry to the best schools later of their life.But he says the training is still important for cultural reasons.In his words, “We teach music because music is important for us.”【语篇解读】人们认为孩子小的时候接受
12、音乐教育可以更聪明。但事实是这样吗？哈佛大学最近的一项研究表示，儿童早期接受音乐的熏陶并不能提高其智商，不会使他们变得更聪明，不过音乐教育不可废，因为音乐对我们来说很重要。1According to the new study, musical training _Amakes children smarterBdoes not make children more intelligentChelps a child express creativityDimprove childrens ability to learn in school【解析】主旨大意题。文章讲了哈佛大学做的一项研究，推
13、翻了人们认为的孩子小时候学习音乐会更聪明的结论，由第一段中的“no scientific evidence that early musical training affects the intelligence of young people”可知选B。【答案】B2Samuel Mehr may agree that_Awe neednt to teach children musicBIQ is a good measure of a childs intelligenceCmusic training is still important for cultural reasonsDthe
14、 children who attended music class are smarter than those who attended arts class【解析】细节理解题。第三段中Samuel Mehr说学乐器并不能提高儿童的智力发育，但最后一段他又说“the training is still important for cultural reasons.”“We teach music because music is important for us.”可知他认为音乐对于文化方面的原因还是很重要的。故选C。【答案】C3In order to confirm his view, Samuel Mehr _Ainterviewed many American adultsBconducted more than one researchCtaught two groups of 4yearolds music and artsDoffered children a fast way to be admitted to the best schools【解析】细节理解题。由第五段中“Samuel Mehr says researc
