DoYouWantToBeAMusician?Doyouwa-优题课

The same life day by day is like eating white rice every day for your brain(大脑). Playing games with your mind(头脑) keeps your brains quick, and make your memory and powers of reasoning much better. Try the following fun and free activities to stimulate your brain.
Use the opposite hand: If you are right-handed, become a lefty. Changing the hand you usually use can get your brain thinking in a different way.
Talk to yourself: Pick one hour a day to discuss something with yourself. Describe what you see, what you are doing, or what you are going to do. Talking while thinking is a great brain booster(助推器).
Write down your dream: You can write out your wishes and goals(目标) and they can call your attention. Keep a pen and paper next to your bed. You can record your sleeping dreams with them. It is a fun way to get your brain thinking. Along with increasing memory, trying to unlock the secret behind your sleeping brain is one way to get to know yourself better.
Walk on: Just like the body, your brain needs exercise, too. Walking can increase blood circulation(血液循环), which encourages blood vessels(血管) in your brain grow, raise energy production and throw away the waste. So walk anywhere at anywhere at anytime if possible.
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The same life day by day is like eating white _______ every day for your brain.
A. rice B. breadC. dumplings
the underlined word “stimulate” means “______”.
A. make…clear
B. make…active
C. make…wide
Talking while _____ is a great brain booster.
A. sleepingB. thinkingC. laughing
Keep a pen and paper next to your bed, and you can record your sleeping _____.
A. timesB. placesC. dreams
The passage is mainly talking about ______.
A. how to use your brain
B. how to improve your brain
C. how to manage your brain.

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Li Ming lost a blue _______.
A. coat B. hat C. scarf
Wei Fang found a black schoolbag ______.
A. in the dinning hall
B. in the classroom
C. on the playground
Wei Fang is probably a student in ______.
A. Class 5, Grade 9
B. Class 1, Grade 8
C. Class 5, Grade 7
The meeting will start at _______.
A. 3 pm B. 2:40 pm C. 2:20 pm
The students in Grade 9 need to take pens and paper because _______.
A. the meeting is very important
B. they have to make notes during the meeting
C. they want to play with them in the meeting

Tina was not like many of her friends. She didn’t listen to pop music, but her friends liked rock and pop music. When Tina asked her friends to try classical music, they all looked at her strangely. “Classical music is for old people,” they said. Tina was worried if something was wrong with her.
Tina decided to talk to her father. In the study(书房), asked her father, “Dad, am I strange?” “Of course not,” he answered. “Why do you ask that?” “Because I don’t like the same things as my friends do. They want to listen to Mariah Carey’s music. I like Yo Yo ma’s.” “ I can understand. Tina, it’s all right to be your own person. You don’t have to copy(模仿) what other people do. Everybody has different tastes.” After talking with her father, Tina felt better. She realized that doing different made her special. It was an important lesson for her to learn.
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Tina didn’t listen to ______.
A. pop music
B. classical music
C. Yo Yo Ma’s Music
When Tina asked her friends to try classical music, they all looked at her _____.
A. angrily B. sadly C. strangely
Tina talked to her father about her worry in the ______.
A. bedroom B. kitchen C. study
Everybody has different ______.
A. tastes B. hobbies C. feelings
What can we know from this passage?
A. After knowing her interest, Tina’s father gave her a lesson on it.
B. After hearing her words, Tina’s father encouraged her to do what she liked.
C. After hearing her friends’ opinions about music, Tina wanted to give up her interest.

John was born in a rich family. When John finished school, he was already 18 years old. His father said to him, “Get a job in the town. If you stay at home, you will get nothing from me.” A few weeks later, John went to an office and asked for a job there. A man took him into a small room and gave him some questions on a piece of paper. John answered the questions quickly, then he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the paper for a few minutes and asked, “You were born on September 23. But which year you were born in?” John answered, “Oh, every year.”
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的选择A，错误的选择B。
John was born in a rich family.
When John finished school, he was 17 years old.
A man took John into a small room.
John answered the questions quickly.
John was born on July 23.

One thing that British and Chinese cultures share is a love for fine tea. Today, when we think of western tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china cups.
Afternoon tea
People believe that an English lady, Anna, first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18^th and 19^th centuries, the English are only two main meals each day ----breakfast and a heavy dinner that would last several hours in the evening. As a result, people often got very hungry during the long wait between these two meals. To solve this problem, Anna came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her for an afternoon meal between four and five o`clock. This meal included cakes and sandwiches, and tea was served to wash down the food. In order to make this afternoon meal important, fine china cups and plates, and silver teapots, forks and spoons were used. Soon, afternoon tea parties became popular social occasions. Today, afternoon tea parties continue to play an important part in the social life in the modern Britain.
Will you come for coffee?
Coffee also has an important role in British culture. People often use the words “Will you come for coffee?” to mean “Would you like to come to my home for a chat?”Normally, several different drinks such as tea, hot chocolate or a soft drink like orange juice will be served as well as coffee, and you will be asked what you would like. However, you will not normally be offered wine at a “coffee” party.
Coffeehouses and the London Stock Exchange(股票交易所)
In the 17^th century London, coffeehouses were busy and noisy places. Businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses to do their business, as well as to drink coffee. In fact, the London Stock Exchange is believed to have started from these coffeehouses.
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Anna introduced the idea of drinking afternoon tea because she _________.

A．enjoyed chatting with her friends at home.

B．loved fine tea and beautiful china tea cups

C．wanted to share nice food with her friends

D．found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals.

If someone says to you “Will you come for coffee?”, you _______.

A．will be offered coffee only

B．are asked what you would like to drink

C．will be asked to have a chat with him or her

D．are invited to take part in an afternoon tea party

From the last paragraph we can see ____________.

A．a new business was started in coffeehouses

B．coffeehouses are still used by businessmen and bankers

C．businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses just for coffee

D．most people wouldn`t like to go to coffeehouses because of the noise

Which is the best title of the article?

A．British and Chinese Cultures

B．English Tea and Coffee Culture

C．Coffeehouses and Business

D．Chinese Tea and Coffee