限时规范练34(选修6 Module 4)
核心素养关键词:培养学生人与自我、积极人生的素养能力意识
一、阅读理解
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A baby may fall back asleep at 2 am to a gentle song,but new music designed to help adults relax sounds rather different from Rock-a-bye Baby.
Boston-based start-up Sync Project uses biometrics (生物统计学) to play music that fits your mood.Its Unwind app measures your heart beat via your smartphone and uses these readings to play different songs by UK band Marconi Union.After listening,you take a brief survey on how relaxed you feel.
“Music can be used for everyday wellness as well as for clinical applications,” says Sync Project co-founder Ketki Karanam.The state of sleep and relaxation was an obvious place to start.“We decided to start by focusing on relaxation as we felt that was one area where people were using music to calm themselves down or relax,” she says.
As well as the Unwind app,the company plans to collect biometric data from attendees at an overnight performance of composer Max Richter’s 8-hour album Sleep,designed to help people nod off,in London next month.Concertgoers will be invited to wear activity-tracking OURA rings,which also measure heart rate and body temperature.In addition,the volunteers will wear the rings while going to sleep at home,with and without the help of Richter’s music.
By analyzing these readings,the Sync Project team finally aims to develop its own artificial intelligence-based tools that will use music to improve general well-being and even treat clinical conditions.
“Music has certain obvious ways it can excite or relax us,but there are limits and it certainly can’t replace real treatments,” says David Eagleman at Stanford University in California,who was an adviser to Richter on the Sleep album.
Music can help with insomnia (失眠症) or pain relief,says Kevin Morgan,director of the Clinical Sleep Research Unit at Loughborough University,UK.“That said,if the presenting insomnia is so ‘mild’ it can be effectively managed with Spotify (which gives you access to millions of songs),it’s unlikely to have been a major clinical problem in the first place,” he says. 1.What can users benefit from the Unwind app? A.Have a health check. B.Prevent heart attack. C.Fall asleep quickly. D.Become calm.
2.What does the Sync Project team want to find by analyzing the biometric data? A.How babies fall back to sleep quickly. B.How music might affect sleep and relaxation.
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C.How body temperature changes during the night. D.How music tools help people appreciate music.
3.What’s David Eagleman’s attitude towards music treating clinical conditions? A.Curious. C.Favorable.
B.Doubtful. D.Disappointed.
4.Which of the following does Kevin Morgan probably agree with? A.Music only works on mild insomnia. B.Insomnia isn’t a clinical condition at all. C.Music can’t be used for clinical applications.
D.Mild insomnia cured by music doesn’t require medical help.
B
Scott and Daniel Harry are enjoying everyday tasks like shopping and washing for the first time following their move to an accommodation support house in Kurwongbah,north of Brisbane last year.
Disability Services Queensland’s Strengthening Non-Government Organisations project provided an accommodation support model that would enable residents like Daniel and Scott to live more independently.
The house is just one of many accommodation support services funded through the project.The five-bedroom house provides 24-hour care for up to four individuals with complex needs,including medical support.Care and staffing levels are varied and flexible,depending on each resident’s requirements.
Scott and Daniel,who have a severe form of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,require 24-hour support in all activities of daily living.Before they moved to the house,they lived with their family.Scott says living at home was difficult as it placed a physical and emotional strain (负担) on their parents who had to wake them several times each night to reposition them or place them on breathing machines.
“We were heavy-hearted,” says Scott,who is planning to write a book about his life experiences.“But our parents now have a lot more time for themselves.We now manage ourselves on a day-to-day basis.”
Daniel is an enthusiastic gardener,taking care of his own vegetable garden.The men share the house with one other young man,and they go to rugby league games,meeting up with friends.
Leeding Care Australia provides the care service at Kurwongbah.Manager Lee Garniss says setting up the facilities has not been without its challenges.
“It is an unconventional model of care,” Lee says.“The home is Scott and Daniel’s home,however,it is also a workplace for their support staff.Balancing these two requirements has been a challenge for all.”
“We have experienced a bit of a learning phase over the last twelve months.However,by working as a team we try our best to meet the needs of both residents and staff and I think we have achieved the right balance.”
5.What do we know about the house Scott and Daniel live in now? A.It was built by their parents. B.It can accommodate four residents.
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C.It belongs to a governmental project. D.It’s located in the center of Brisbane.
6.Why did Scott and Daniel’s parents wake up frequently at night? A.To help them do exercise. B.They were making a lot of noise. C.To check on their breathing. D.They were under emotional pressure.
7.How did Scott feel while living with his parents? A.A bit guilty. C.Very proud. A.Lack of fund. B.No workplace.
C.Inexperienced staff members.
D.Satisfying both staff and residents’ needs.
B.Quite happy. D.Slightly angry.
8.What was a challenge while setting up the facilities?
二、完形填空
My Mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never 1 .When she had me and my three siblings,she treated us with the same 2 hand.
It was not that she was a slave driver (苛责的上司) or anything,but she never 3 showed love.Instead,she 4 in more practical ways.
My parents couldn’t have been more different 5 .My dad is a really openhearted person who 6 shows us with hugs and kisses no matter what the occasion is.After much persuasion from him,my mother did try to 7 ,but it was clear that she never felt quite right 8 her emotions.Eventually,she returned to her 9 self.
Last year,I was called for an entrance interview at a private medical university in Kuala Lumpur.I desperately wanted to get 10 .Since we lived in Penang,two states away,I 11 to go there by bus.My mum said it was not safe for me to take the five-hour bus trip alone and insisted on 12 along.
As soon as we 13 the bus,I took a window seat and turned my back to my 14 .As the bus pulled into the highway,drowsiness (睡意) began to take over and I was 15 in no time.
Not long afterwards,I was 16 by rain on the window.Just as I was about to open my eyes,I felt her hand on my cheek and I heard her say 17 ,“I love you.”
Never in all my life did I expect such a gesture from my “ 18 than stone” mom.It made me realize that she did 19 me,even though she never made a big 20 of it. 1.A.recorded 2.A.right 3.A.openly 4.A.worked
B.formed B.hard B.quickly B.cared
C.described C.green C.repeatedly C.taught
D.encouraged D.clean D.quietly D.drove
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2020高考外研版英语-限时规范练34(选修6 Module 4)
