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     Music lessons may improve memory and learning ability in your children by promoting different
patterns of brain development, a study shows.
     After a year of musical training, children aged between 4 and 6 performed better at a standard
memory test than did children who were not taught music. The findings suggest that music could be
useful for building the learning capacity of your minds.
     Earlier studies have shown that older children given music lessons become better at IQ tests than
those who are musically untrained, but this is the first to show such a benefit in children so young.
     Professor Laurek Trainor, of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, also found clear differences
in the ways in which children's brains responded to sound after a year of musical training.' This is the
first study to show that brain responses in young, musically trained and untrained children change
differently over the course of a year," she said. "These changes are likely to be related to the cognitive
( 認(rèn)知的 )benefit that is seen with musical training."
     Professor Trainer's team looked at 12 children, 6 of whom had just started extra-curricular (課程
外) music lessons and 6 of whom were not being taught any music except that included as a standard
part of their school curriculum (課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) .
     During the year all 12 children had their brains examined four times using magneto-encephalography
(MEG), and each child was played two types of sound -white noise and a violin tone. The MEG
measurements showed that all children responded more to violin sounds than to white noise, reflecting
a preferable for meaningful tones, and their response times fell over the course of the year as their brains
matured.
1. This passage is mainly about ____. 
A. why music lessons are good for the memory
B. the benefit from extra-curricular training for younger children
C. a study on twelve young children's brains
D. new technology to examine children's brains
2. It can be concluded from the text that ____.  
A. the study is the first one on the effect of musical training on children's brains
B. scientists got no valuable results from the earlier studies on the topic
C. children musically trained remember things better than those untrained
D. older children get more benefit from musical training than younger ones
3. What do we know about the twelve children tested in the study?    
A. None of them had been musically trained before.
B. Only 6 of them had a knowledge of music before.
C. Not all of them had been taught some music in school.
D. All of them were required to learn some music in school.
4. We know from the MEG measurements that ____.   
A. the older a child is, the more quickly he/she responds to sounds
B. human brains prefer musical sounds to white noise
C. children of different ages respond to sounds at the same speed
D. all the twelve children like to learn to play the violin very much
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　　Motorola set out a special training program for children last week with the aim of developing children’s business skills and preparing them for a future as entrepreneurs．

　　Eighty-seven children aged between 12 and 16 from Beijing and Tianjin attended the oneweek training program called “Youth Discovery” directed by Motorola University’s(MU)instructors and marketing specialists．The children learned about dealing with a practical problem－marketing and worked out a marketing plan by themselves．Last week 26 children of Motorola employees in Tianjin completed their training in the MU－Tianjin Learning Center．

　　Through the training program, children learnt how to get information through different kinds of sources(源), determine end－user needs, make up messages of value to customers, and communicate using various means and equipment．

　　Educators acted only as team “directors”, directing children to discover their own answers．The children gave their solutions(解決辦法)to Motorola’s management and their parents on the last day of the program．

　　The children, most of whom were primary and middle school students, presented themselves freely．

　　The students said that they preferred the open and practical way of learning．

　　“Youth Discovery”, started by Motorola’s former president Robert Galvin, designed and carried out by Motorola University, aimed to bring the talents(才能)of young people into full play and encouraged them to discover how their skills can contribute to a team to help it reach an aim．

(1)

The underlined word “entrepreneurs” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

[　　]

A．

schoolmates

B．

actors

C．

managers

D．

scientists

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What role do the educators play in the program?

[　　]

A．

Presidents．

B．

Director．

C．

Businessmen．

D．

Employees．

(3)

“Youth Discovery” is a great success because ________．

[　　]

A．

its way agrees with children’s characters of interest

B．

it’s designed by Motorola University

C．

the children’s parents take part in it

D．

the children come from very big cities

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       Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems （M/NEMS）. Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.

       “People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems.”

       His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor（半導(dǎo)體）. Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.

“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶體結(jié)構(gòu)）of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”

       Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.

1．Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?

       A．He teaches chemistry at MU.

       B．He developed a chemical battery.

       C．He is working on a nuclear energy source.

       D．He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.

2．Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________.

       A．to show chemical batteries are widely applied.

       B．to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.

       C．to describe a nuclear-powered system.

       D．to introduce various energy sources.

3．Liquid semiconductor is used to _________.

       A．get rid of the radioactive waste  

       B．test the power of nuclear batteries.

       C．decrease the size of nuclear batteries

       D．reduce the damage to lattice structure.

4．According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _______.

       A．uses a solid semiconductor.

       B．will soon replace the present ones.

       C．could be extremely thin.

       D．has passed the final test.

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(放射性同位素)battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries.”
     Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery，presently the
size and thickness of a penny，intended to power various micro/nanoelectromechanical
systems(M/NEMS) .Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns，Kwon said they are safe.
    “People hear the word‘nuclear'and think of something very dangerous.”he said.“However, nuclear
power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pacemakers，space
satellites and underwater systems.”
     His new idea is not only in the battery's size, but also in its semiconductor(半導(dǎo)體) .Kwon's battery
uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.
    “The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation
energy can damage the lattice structure(晶體結(jié)構(gòu))of the solid semiconductor.”Kwon said.“By using a
liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”
     Together with J .David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research
Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery.In the future, they hope to increase the battery's
power，shrink its size and try with various other materials.Kwon said that the battery could be thinner
than the thickness of human hair.

1 .Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?________
    A. He teaches chemistry at MU.
    B .He developed a chemical battery.
    C .He is working on a nuclear energy source.
    D .He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.

2 .Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4________.
    A .to show chemical batteries are widely applied
    B .to indicate nuclear batteries can be safely used
    C .to describe a nuclearpowered system
    D .to introduce various energy sources

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    A .get rid of the radioactive waste
    B .test the power of nuclear batteries
    C .decrease the size of nuclear batteries
    D .reduce the damage to lattice structure

4 .According to Jae Kwon，his nuclear battery________.
    A .uses a solid semiconductor
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     The earliest known examples of Chinese written characters in their developed form are carved into
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A. extremely difficult to learn  
B. as difficult as you may have imagined
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make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and
heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri(MU) researchers are developing a nuclear energy
source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
     "To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density (密度)", said Jae Kwon,
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     "People hear the word 'nuclear' and think of something very dangerous," he said, "However, nuclear power
sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and
underwater systems."
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     "The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy
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[     ]
A. He teaches chemistry at MU.
B. He developed a chemical battery.
C. He is working on a nuclear energy source.
D. He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.
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[     ]
A. to show chemical batteries are widely applied.
B. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.
C. to describe a nuclear-powered system.
D. to introduce various energy sources.
3. Liquid semiconductor is used to _____.
[     ]
A. get rid of the radioactive waste
B. test the power of nuclear batteries
C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries
D. reduce the damage to lattice structure
4. Liquid semiconductor is used to _____.
[     ]
A. get rid of the radioactive waste
B. test the power of nuclear batteries
C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries
D. reduce the damage to lattice structure
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