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八年级上册
第9课时
Unit 3
一、阅读理解
)3.In which season do people most probably
Do you know what music people like listening to?
like dance-able music?
If you ask them,you may likely get many different
answers.Why do different people have different
musical preferences(偏好)?What do these differences
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say about us?
Researchers from Cambridge University set out to
answer these questions.They asked 350,000 people
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D.
from 50 different countries.Then,they discovered
)4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Language and culture act as bridges.
musical preferences have some relation with
B.People can be grouped by their musical
personalities.Outgoing people,for example,prefer
tastes】
dance-able music with strong beats such as rap.
C.Different people have different musie
Country music fans are shown to be more serious in
preferences.
their jobs.One of the findings is quite interesting.The
D.Music helps people all over the world
researchers thought that people with much stress should
communicate.
like either sad music or rhythmic(有节奏的)music.
)5.Why is this text written?
A.To give advice.
But it turned out that these people like neither.
B.To make plans.
Instead,they prefer loud music.Perhaps they
C.To offer information.
like to listen to this kind of music to lower their stress.
D.To express feelings.
The researchers also found that climates(气侯)
二、完形填空
may influence people's musical preferences and
In a small Chinese town lived a poor young man
personalities.People in hot weather prefer dance-able
named Liang.He loved 6.One night,an old man
7 Liang in a dream.He gave Liang a paintbrush
music.They are more outgoing.This may be a result
(画笔).
of longer daylight hours.They encourage people to go
“Use this magic paintbrush to8_the poor,”
outdoors to dance.
he said."but don't use it to help people who are rich
Of course,nothing is clear-cut.We may not
and greedy(贪婪的),or the skill will9your
group people simply by their musical tastes.The
fingers and you will never paint again.
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