中考英语阅读七选五

XX英语七选五试题

说明文（宁夏09）

Gett ing your childre n to study can be a little like gett ing them to eat their vegetables.

71 Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to lear n to schedule their day and will give them a sense of con trol over how they spe nd their time.

Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five- minute break in the middle. 72 Ideal （理想的）study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.

Never allow your childre n to study in front of the televisi on, as that will en courage passive activity. 73

You' ll also n eed to help your kids find the right place to study. After you up a good study time for little lear ners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flow ing.

75 This in cludes help ing them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the an swers to any questi ons. The in put you give your childre n duri ng study periods will help form a bond and help make study ing enjoyable.

A. Pick a place where your childre n can study properly.

B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.

C. Fin ally, spe nd time with your kids whe n they ' re study ing.

D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of en courageme nt, too.

F. Try to stop this bad habit by offeri ng some sort of reward.

G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to desig n a schedule that they keep to.

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Muza

The n ext time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and liste n. What do you hear? 1 It's similar to the music you liste n to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was especially desig ned to relax you, or to give you extra en ergy. Sometimes you don't eve n realize the music is play ing, but you react to the music any way.

Quiet backgro und music used to be called "elevator 电梯）music" because we ofte n heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new n ame "Muzak". About on e-third of the people in liste n to "Muzak" everyday. The music plays for 15 mi nutes at a time, with short pauses in betwee n. It is always more lively betwee n ten and eleve n in the morning, and betwee n three and four in the after noon, whe n people are more tired. 2

If you liste n to Muzak carefully, you will probably recog nize the n ames of many of the son gs. Some musicia ns or son gwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy whe n their songs are chose n. Why? 3

Music is ofte n played in public places because it is desig ned to make people feel less Ion ely whe n they are in an airport or a hotel. It has bee n prove n that Muzak doeswhat it is desig ned to do. Tired office workers sudde nly have more en ergy whe n they hear the pleasa nt sound of Muzak in the backgro und. 4 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 perce nt more groceries.

5 . They say it's bori ng to hear the same songs all the time. But other people

enjoy heari ng Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or ano ther, Muzak affects every one. Some farmers eve n say their cows give more milk whe n they hear Muzak!

A. Some people don't like Muzak.

B. The music gives them extra en ergy.

C. Music is play ing in the backgr ound.

D. Factory workers produce 13 perce nt more.

E. Muzak tends to help people un dersta nd music better.

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