2014浙江省金丽衢十二校第二次联考英语试题答案(3)

glancing at our text instead of staring at it. This will also free up our hands and arms to convey
some extra messages through gesture．
    As you see, the technique really works, but like many things,- it takes practice to perfect it.
Therefore，we'd better find ways to use the language outside of the classroom，as regularly and
frequently as possible. One fundamental rule of language learning is, "Use it, or lose it·”
    Seize the' forty-minute learning window and we'll bring in a rich harvest of language learning.
41 ．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1？
　　　A. Dr. Smith is born with the great ability to memorize things．
    B ．It is surprising that English is as difficult to master as Chinese.
    C ．The author's high school Latin and Greek teacher has a positive influence on him.
    D ．The author made a few suggestions on learning English based on his teacher's experience.
42．The author's teacher recommended the 40-minute“super memory”period partly because
    A ．it is less noisy in the forty minutes than in the daytime
    B ．we are always more peaceful when we awake in the morning
    C ．our brain is more active in the forty minutes than the other time
    D ．the last information obtained before bed is more likely to remain
43 ．We can learn from the passage that the 40-minute technique＿．
    A. guarantees that we understand the difficult language
    B ．aids a speaker in reading his speech from a prepared text
  C ．helps the author pass those daily quizzes in his university days
    D ．makes a speaker memorize the presentation content completely
44 ．What's the author's attitude towards the 40-minute technique?
    A. Approving B. Objective C. Doubtful D. Cautious
45 ．Which of the following is the best title for this passage？
  A. The Best Way to Learn English B．The Importance of Memory Skills
　　C ．The“Magic，，40-Minute Technique D．My Advice on Learning English

46．Which two movies are concerned with "dignity"？
    A. Movie 3 and Movie 5  B. Movie l and Movie 4
    C. Movie l and Movie 3  D. Movie 2 and Movie 4
47 ．We can learn from Saving Mr. Banks that＿．
  A. Walt Disney's daughters liked the movie Mary Poppins very much
  B. the writer of Mary Poppins didn't want to, get her book filmed at first
  C. Walt Disney knew clearly that his promise would take 20 years to keep
  D. Walt Disney and Mary Poppins met ghosts when they were young
48 ．The main character of The Book Thief is a girl who＿．
　　A. survives by hiding under the stairs in World War II
    B ．is encouraged by the power of words and imagination
    C ．escapes from Germany with the help of fine new family
    D ．is expected to fight against the annoying events around her
49.a Which of the following is TRUE?
    A. The five movies all belong to the type“Drama"．
    B．Two of the movies are produced by the same studio.
    C ．Of the five movies Blue Jasmine is the first to come out.
    D ．It will take the longest time to watch The Hunt．
                                                    C
    Think of the last time a song really moved you, or meant something to you．Listening to and
playing music affects marry different sections of the brain, affecting us physically as well.．Why are we as humans so connected to music?
    Making music is something that we are born with. There's a reason we refer to music as the
“universal language”；there has been no known human culture without music,．Dancingand
music came before agriculture, and possibly even before language．The fact that whale music and
human music have so much in common suggests that music may exist before humans and that we
may be latecomers to the musical scene rather than being the inventors of music．
    We begin life being affected by music; babies first begin to respond to music even before
their birth，Whether or not it's true, everyone has heard that playing classical music; for your baby
supposedly helps him or her become smarter. A study done in the United Kingdom concluded that
children were able to .recognize and even preferred music that they had heard lip to three months
before birth. Although it made no difference whether it was rock music or country music, the
babies who were exposed to faster songs showed a stronger preference for that song than those
who had heard something slower. Researchers have also found that the playing of soft background
music or a mother's soft singing actually helps premature (早产的）babies. Those who were.
subjected to the music tended to gain weight faster and were able to leave hospitals earlier than
those who weren't. However, the study in the UK uncovers no links between babies listening to
music and increased intelligence or brain development.
    Another experiment at the University of California at Irvine compared the puzzle-solving
abilities of 3-year-olds who were given piano lessons with those of others who sang, used