上海师范大学附属外国语中学2024-2025学年高二12月月考英语试题.docx

2024学年第一学期高二英语12月份学习诊断试卷

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA(15’)

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

Valuingthesoundtrackofourlives

Aswegrowolder,wemayforgetwhatweonceknew.However,accordingtoanewstudy,themusic____21____havelistenedtomaystaywithusforever.

ThestudywasledbySarahSauve,amusicscientistattheUniversityofLincolnintheUK.Sherecruitedaround120healthyadultsagedfrom18to86andaskedthemtolistentothreemelodicphrasestakenfrommusicalpiecestobeperformedataconcert.Theythenattendedtheconcertandmadenoteswhenevertheyheardthephrasesplaying.

Theresultsshowedthattheparticipantsrecognizedthephrasesequallywell,____22____agedifferences.Researchersbelievethatthisis___23___musicactivatestheamygdala(杏仁体).

“Weknowfromgeneralmemoryresearchthat,effectively,theamygdala—oremotionalprocessing-operatesalittlebitlikeanimportancestamp,”SteffenHerff,ascientistattheUniversityofSydneyinAustralia,toldNature.Inotherwords,thebrainidentifiesthemusic_____24_____somethingsoimportantthatitmustbestoredsafelyforalongtime.

Musicalmemories_____25_____(make)exceptionallyresistanttotimebyotherpartsofthebrainaswell.Forexample,thecortex(大脑皮层)responsibleformotionrespondstoasong’srhythm,____26____theauditory(听觉的)cortexanalyzesthepitch(音调).Inotherwords,musichasthepower“_____27_____(light)up”thewholebrain,saidScienceDaily.

Therefore,musiccanbeusedto“unlockmemories”inpatients_____28_____(suffer)fromneuraldisorders(神经系统疾病),saidAssalHabibi,aresearcherattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniaintheUS,inaninterviewwiththeuniversi