一、完形填空
Bruce loves music because it makes him relaxed. He is shy, and making friends has been 1 for him. That's why his mother asked him to take the 2 this year. "You'd better not sit there with your earphones on," she told him.
Bruce nodded. But the moment he sat on the bus, he 3 his earphones and closed his eyes. He was soon lost in a song of his favourite band, the Blue Bob. 4, he sensed someone around him. He opened his eyes and saw a boy from his 5.
"Hey, Bruce? I'm Mike," the boy said. "I think we both take the music class. Did I hear 6 singing a song by the Blue Bob just now?"
"Uh, no," Bruce's face turned red. "That wasn't me." Mike looked a little 7. Without saying anything, he went away.
For the next few days, Bruce kept asking himself 8 he had lied to Mike. "Maybe he also loves the Blue Bob. Maybe he was just being 9," he thought. So when they saw each other on the bus the next day, Bruce managed to 10 a smile on his face.
"Hi, Bruce," Mike said. "I can hear your 11 every day, and you have such a good taste."
Bruce's eyes lit up. "Don't you think the songs are too 12?" he asked. "Not at all," Mike answered. "I love songs of the past, too. My grandpa is really into music, and he has 13 me to sing many of them."
Bruce listened as Mike talked about his favourite songs. And they shared the earphones, singing softly along with the music 14 Bruce got off at his stop.
"See you tomorrow!" Mike said.
Bruce waved goodbye. "I must tell Mum how I 15 Mike and we had the best time ... with earphones on," he smiled to himself.
()1. A. funny B. hard
C. boring D. relaxing
()2. A. car B. taxi
C. bus D. train
()3. A. put on B. took away
C. paid for D. gave up
()4. A. Actually B. Luckily
C. Naturally D. Suddenly
()5. A. story B. grade
C. lab D. dream
()6. A. him B. her
C. you D. them
()7. A. worried B. excited
C. tired D. surprised
()8. A. why B. how
C. when D. whether
()9. A. patient B. honest
C. proud D. friendly
()10. A. wear B. hide
C. win D. find
()11. A. news B. music
C. name D. ideas
()12. A. sad B. old
C. slow D. serious
()13. A. chosen B. allowed
C. taught D. ordered
()14. A. if B. after
C. until D. although
()15. A. met B. invited
C. caught D. followed

1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.D 10.A 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.A

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（害羞的Bruce因音乐结识同好Mike，克服交友难题），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系逐一分析选项，验证答案是否符合语篇逻辑。
【解析】
1. 由前文“shy（害羞的）”可知，交朋友对Bruce来说是困难的，故选B（hard）。
2. 后文提到“he sat on the bus”，可知他乘坐的是公交车，故选C（bus）。
3. 坐公交时戴上耳机，put on（戴上）符合语境，故选A。
4. 他沉浸在歌曲中，突然感觉到身边有人，Suddenly（突然）符合逻辑，故选D。
5. 男孩是来自同年级的，grade（年级）符合语境，故选B。
6. Mike问是不是听到“你”唱歌，you指代Bruce，故选C。
7. Bruce撒谎后，Mike看起来有点惊讶，surprised（惊讶的）符合，故选D。
8. Bruce问自己“为什么”对Mike撒谎，why引导宾语从句，故选A。
9. Bruce觉得Mike是友好的，friendly（友好的）符合语境，故选D。
10. “脸上露出微笑”用wear a smile，固定搭配，故选A。
11. Mike说每天听到Bruce的音乐，music符合语境，故选B。
12. Bruce问是不是歌曲太老了，old符合后文Mike说“love songs of the past”，故选B。
13. 爷爷教他唱很多老歌，taught（教）符合，故选C。
14. 他们一起唱歌直到Bruce下车，until（直到）符合逻辑，故选C。
15. Bruce告诉妈妈他遇到了Mike，met（遇见）符合，故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.D 10.A 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词义辨析、语篇理解
【点评】
本文围绕青少年交友与音乐爱好展开，贴近学生生活，侧重考查上下文语境的把握和基础词汇的运用，逻辑清晰，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、阅读理解
One day several years ago, Valorie Salimpoor took a drive that changed her life. Salimpoor, a neuroscience（神经科学）graduate, was trying to decide on her future
job. She felt that a drive might help clear her head. When she turned on the car radio, a piece of violin music came on: Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No.5." "Something just happened," she recalls. "I just felt this feeling ... It was so strong." She stopped the car so she could focus on the music. She wondered why it had such a powerful influence on her.
Salimpoor found a job working as a neuroscientist. Her research included scanning（扫描）people's brain activity as they listened to music. She discovered that when people listen to the music they like, their brains are filled with dopamine（多巴胺）—a chemical connected with pleasure and encouragement. In one experiment, people listened to the first 30 seconds of unfamiliar songs. The listeners were then given the choices of buying the full songs, using their own money. By studying dopamine-related areas of the people's brains, Salimpoor was able to successfully predict which songs the people would choose to buy.
But why might one person like a song while another person doesn't? Salimpoor says it all depends on past musical experiences. "Eastern, Western, jazz, heavy metal, pop—all of these have different rules they follow," she says. These rules are recorded as patterns, or templates（模板）, in the brain. If the new music has a familiar template, your brain lets out dopamine and brings a feeling of pleasure. This might explain why most people have a preference for a certain type of music.
There are questions Salimpoor is still trying to answer: How do our brains make musical templates? Why do people with similar backgrounds have different preferences? Her research, though, has given her a new way to think about her experience years ago. "That
day," she says, "it all seemed like such a big mystery." Now when she hears a piece of music she likes, she has a better understanding of what's happening inside her brain.
()1. Why did Salimpoor stop her car?
A. To clear her head completely.
B. To listen to the music carefully.
C. To turn on the radio immediately.
D. To do some research successfully.
()2. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?
A. Salimpoor is good at creating music.
B. Salimpoor becomes very rich by helping people choose music.
C. Dopamine will appear when people listen to their favourite music.
D. If a person listens to a 30-second unfamiliar song, he will easily choose to buy it.
()3. What does the underlined word "This" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Different kinds of music have different templates.
B. Familiar templates bring dopamine and pleasure.
C. Most people have a preference for a certain kind of music.
D. People with similar backgrounds have different preferences.
()4. Which two questions does the passage answer?
①What is the happiest music to listen to? ② Why does music influence our feelings? ③How do our brains make musical templates? ④ Why do different people like different kinds of music?
A. ①② B. ②③
C. ③④ D. ②④

How do our brains make musical templates? Why do people with similar backgrounds have different preferences? Her research, though, has given her a new way to think about her experience years ago. "That
day," she says, "it all seemed like such a big mystery." Now when she hears a piece of music she likes, she has a better understanding of what's happening inside her brain.
()1. Why did Salimpoor stop her car?
A. To clear her head completely.
B. To listen to the music carefully.
C. To turn on the radio immediately.
D. To do some research successfully.
()2. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?
A. Salimpoor is good at creating music.
B. Salimpoor becomes very rich by helping people choose music.
C. Dopamine will appear when people listen to their favourite music.
D. If a person listens to a 30-second unfamiliar song, he will easily choose to buy it.
()3. What does the underlined word "This" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Different kinds of music have different templates.
B. Familiar templates bring dopamine and pleasure.
C. Most people have a preference for a certain kind of music.
D. People with similar backgrounds have different preferences.
()4. Which two questions does the passage answer?
①What is the happiest music to listen to? ② Why does music influence our feelings? ③How do our brains make musical templates? ④ Why do different people like different kinds of music?
A. ①② B. ②③
C. ③④ D. ②④
answer:1.B 2.C 3.B 4.D

【分析】
做此类英语阅读理解题，需根据题型采用对应方法：细节题定位原文语句匹配选项，词义猜测题结合上下文判断指代内容，主旨题梳理文章核心。针对本题各小题：第1题定位停车原因的原文；第2题核对第二段细节；第3题分析this的前文指代；第4题梳理文章解答的问题，逐一排除错误选项即可。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据第一段关键句“She stopped the car so she could focus on the music.”可知，Valorie Salimpoor停车是为了专注听音乐，对应选项B。A是她开车前想理清思路，非停车原因；C是她上车后开收音机，不是停车目的；D她后续才做相关研究，当时未开展，排除A、C、D，选B。
2. 细节理解题：根据第二段关键句“when people listen to the music they like, their brains are filled with dopamine”可知，听喜欢的音乐时大脑会产生多巴胺，对应选项C。A未提及她擅长创作音乐；B未提她因选音乐变富有；D是实验可预测购买，并非听30秒就易买，排除A、B、D，选C。
3. 词义猜测题：第三段this指代前文内容，前文关键句为“If the new music has a familiar template, your brain lets out dopamine and brings a feeling of pleasure.”，即熟悉的音乐模板带来多巴胺和愉悦感，对应选项B。A是音乐特点，非this指代；C是现象结果；D是未解答的问题，排除A、C、D，选B。
4. 细节理解题：文章解释音乐影响感觉的原因（对应②）、说明不同人喜欢不同音乐的缘由（对应④）；①未提“最幸福的音乐”，③是仍在研究的问题，未被解答，排除①、③，选D。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.B 4.D
【知识点】
细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】
本文是科普类英语阅读理解，围绕音乐与大脑神经反应展开，考查学生定位原文信息、理解词义指代的能力，需学生仔细阅读原文，精准匹配细节。
【难度系数】
0.6