Have you ever thought about why malls, restaurants, and even theaters have music? Well, to understand this, you simply just look back at how you felt when you heard music in these places. Music is known to improve the mood of people. Often music helps us pay attention to what we are doing. Music helps patients feel good and helps them recover faster and better.
Depression（沮丧) is a state of mind that most of us experience at some point of time. There are some periods in our life when everything seems difficult. It seems that everything is getting worse and we have no control over our life. Studies have shown that music can be an important mood lifter in such situations. Music also plays a great role in making us feel less nervous or worried. Anxiety(焦虑) can often cause loss of sleep and other illnesses.
Music is often known as an international language. We may not know the language another person is speaking, but most of us respond to music in the same way. Music can often be the best way to connect with someone.
Music is one of the best ways to improve your moods, but this can depend largely on the kind of music you listen to. While happy music can certainly make you feel better, sad music can further lower your spirits. Listening to classical music can often make you feel a lot more powerful, while soft music can be the perfect way to relax at the end of a long way. If you want to use music to change the way how you are feeling, you need to understand the role of it, learn to recognize the kind of music that lifts your mood and helps you feel better. Once you realize the kind of music you can use, you can use it to change the way you feel. The right kind of music can be the perfect way to help us feel happier.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about __________.

A．what meanings music has

B．how we control our moods

C．how music affects our moods

D．what kind of music we listen to

【小题2】According to the passage, playing music in restaurants is to __________.

A．welcome the customers

B．make customers feel good

C．make customers dance

D．make customers feel powerful

【小题3】From the passage, we can know that __________.

A．most of us suffer depression all the time

B．most of us respond to music in different ways

C．music can be a good way to connect with others

D．any kind of music will help us improve our moods

【小题4】According to the passage, which kind of music can relax ourselves from a long day’s work?

A．Soft music.	B．Classical music.
C．Sad music.	D．Rock music.

   At the moment, when looking round the world, we can find all kinds of dance performances are being offered. There are many competitions, and the dancers might be quite confused (困惑的) Which is of high standard and good quality, and which is not worth going to? First of all it has clearly got to be distinguished (区分) between the different styles of dance and the purposes of such competitions. When a person wants to learn classical ballet, he or she would never dream of going to a ballroom teacher. Such a teacher might even have been a world champion in his ballroom dancing, but he would definitely not be experienced in teaching proper classical ballet.

People in Britain and the USA are taking more interest in modern dance. Dance classes of all kinds are popular; a large number of audiences go to watch modern dance companies. And perhaps the most popular modern dance company in Britain is the Ballet Rambert.

The Ballet Rambert is Britain’s oldest dance company which began in 1926. In the 1960s the company lacked the money to go on staging big productions. The directors wanted to encourage new talent and to keep up their high standards. A change of direction was necessary. They decided to give the ballet a “new look” in 1966. The purpose was to provide a chance for new talent and to show dance as a contemporary art form. And although some of the company’s previous fans disliked the change, new audiences came to see the productions.

The modern dance pieces and modern music found unexpected popularity. In the 21st century the Ballet Rambert was a great success in London’s West End. The company became a focus for new, progressive talent in the art.

The Ballet Rambert has managed to make modern dance popular while creating original productions. It can claim to be the oldest dance company in Britain and at the same time one of the most modern!

【小题1】If a person wants to learn classical ballet, he or she will probably go to ________.

A．the Ballet Rambert	B．a ballroom teacher
C．a world champion	D．a qualified school

【小题2】The underlined phrase “new talent” in Para. 3 probably means ________.

A．new productions	B．new audiences
C．talented directors	D．gifted young dancers

【小题3】From the passage we know that the Ballet Rambert ________.

A．has succeeded in making modern dance popular

B．wanted to become the oldest dance company

C．was once a popular dance company

D．changed old dances into new ones

【小题4】This passage is mainly about ________.

A．the popularity of modern dance

B．the introduction to new modern dancers

C．the development of the Ballet Rambert

D．the high standards of dance performances

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The song Lili Marleen was originally a poem written by a young soldier during World War I，【小题1】 missed his sweetheart，Lili. Later，a German musician set the poem to music and a popular German singer made a recording of it. But the recording wasn't popular. Then in 1941 when Germany invaded（侵略）Yugoslavia and took over Radio Belgrade，the German officer in charge there found that most of the station's 【小题2】（record）had been destroyed in the battle. However，in a dusty box，he found a record named Lili Marleen and began to play 【小题3】.In a very short time，it became 【小题4】（huge）popular with German soldiers.

Lili Marleen was asked 【小题5】（play）again by Radio Belgrade. As a result，it was broadcast every night at 9：57. Then something amazing happened. Although the song 【小题6】（sing）in German and played on a radio station by their enemy，it 【小题7】（become）popular with the local people and afterwards with American soldiers，too. Lili Marleen was at the top of the US music charts in 1944 and 1968，and later，the German and Japanese charts in 【小题8】 1980s. So what was the secret of its fame？Some say it was because of its theme of everlasting love，【小题9】（pain）separation and danger in times of war. But the most poetic comment about its 【小题10】（popular）came from Lale Andersen，"Can the wind explain why it became a storm？"

   Here we will explore American folk music, the music of the people.

Good Night, Irene is an example of a traditional folk song. That means the song is so old that no one really knows who wrote it. Huddie Ledbetter, the singer and guitarist known as Lead Belly, first recorded Good Night, Irene in 1933. Since then more than a hundred other versions (版本) have been recorded. Good Night, Irene was a huge success for The Weavers in 1950.

Folk songs sometimes tell stories about real events. An example is the story of a young man whose last name was spelled D-U-L-A but pronounced “Dooley”. The story was retold in poems and songs — including the popular song, Tom Dooley, recorded in 1958 by the Kingston Trio.

Folk singer and songwriter Amy Speace says the history of American folk music can be imagined as a tree with many branches. At the center, she says, is Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie wrote almost 3,000 songs. But he only recorded about 300 of them. His granddaughter Anna Canoni says that was partly because he did not have enough money to record more. He made only one record with a major record company.

Yet for all his influence, millions of Americans today remember him for just one song, which children learned in school. The song, This Land Is Your Land, seems like the perfect expression of pride in country. What many people do not know is that it was meant sarcastically (讽刺地), as just the opposite. This meaning is made clear later in the song, and since then most children have never learned it in school.

Some people probably think a folk singer out of date from the 1960s. But these days, with music production software, digital video, and social networks all easily available, folk artists really can bring the world together.

【小题1】Who wrote Good Night, Irene?

A．Dooley.	B．Amy Speace.
C．Huddie Ledbetter.	D．Someone unknown.

【小题2】What can we learn about Woody Guthrie from Paragraph 4?

A．He earned a lot by writing folk music.

B．He played an important role in folk music.

C．He recorded as many as 3,000 songs in his life.

D．He recorded his songs with several companies.

【小题3】Why is This Land Is Your Land not learned in school now?

A．It shows the perfect expression of pride in country.

B．Its real meaning has been known by people.

C．It’s unhealthy and isn’t fit for children.

D．The government stops it from being learned.

【小题4】What is the author’s attitude towards folk artists?

A．He supports them.	B．He doubts them.
C．He argues against them.	D．He doesn’t care about them.