课时作业(十三)必修Unit1Gettingalongwithothers.阅读理解A2021昆明市高考模拟考试MaitreyiRamakrishnan, 17, remembersthequestionthattookherfromthelifeofaregularhighschoolstudenttothecenterofHollywood.“Whynotme？”sheaskedherselfwhenshesawanopencastingcallforMindyKalingscomingofagecomedyseriesNeverHaveIEver.Itwasagoodquestion, andcoincidentally, alsothenameofKalings2015biography.Despitehavingnoprofessionalactingexperience, Ramakrishnangotthejob.TheyoungactressplaysacharacternamedDeviwhoselifestoryisinspiredbyKalingsown.Ramakrishnancreditsherbestfriendforhelpingherstayconfidentthroughouttheaudition (试演) process.Shefilmedanauditionvideoandsubmittedit.Aboutonemonthlater, shegotaphonecallfromKalingandscreenwriterLangFisher.“TheytoldmethatIgottherole，”Ramakrishnansaid.“Iwasincompleteshock.Ijustkeptsaying, Mylifeiscompletelygoingtochange.”AsawomanofcolorstarringinaNetflixseries, RamakrishnanwashonoredasaGroundbreakerforInternationalDayoftheGirlin2019.Herpersonalrolemodels, includingherhighschooldramateacheraswellasvariouswomeninHollywood, haveplayedabigroleincreatingherworldview.“Myhighschooldramateacherisalwayspushingmetotrynewthings，”theteensaid.“Sheencouragedmetotryoutforplaysandtakerisks, whichnowImknownfor.”Thesurrealexperiencetaughtheralifelessonthatshethinksappliestoanyone.Whenaskedhowshehopesherrolewillinfluenceothers, shereplied, “Ihopeitpassesthisonthewhynotme？WhycantIjustgooutanddowhatmakesmehappy? Dowhatmakesmefeelgreatandconfident？”Clearly, itsworking.1WhatmadeRamakrishnansuccessfullygetthejob?AHeractingexperience.BInfluenceofherfriend.CHerlastingconfidence.DInspirationfromKaling.2HowdoesRamakrishnansoundtowardsherdramateacher?AFaithful.BGrateful.CAnnoyed.DConcerned.3Whatdoestheunderlinedword“surreal”inParagraph4mean?AOrdinary.BFantastic.CDisturbing.DEntertaining.4Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?AAcomedynamedNeverHaveEver.BAgirlstarringinanewNetflixshow.CAphonecallthatmakesasuperstar.DAquestionthatchangesagirlslife.B2021浙江三市联考Wespendagreatamountoftimelisteningtomusic.Mostcollegestudentslistentomusicatleastthreeorfourtimesaweek, andmorethan50percentofthemgotoatleastoneconcertperyear.Accordingtonewresearch, wemaybebornlikingmusic, becausehumanbeingsareborntofindcertain_combinations_of_soundsattractive.Forexample, youngchildrencanrecognizeafamiliarsongevenwhenitskeyischanged.Similarly, theyrespondwithmoreemotionstotheirmotherssingingthantotheirmothersspeech.Carefulanalysisofmotherschilddirectedsongsindicatesthateachmotherssongsremainstablefromone“performance”tothenext, andthismayencouragechildrensengagementwiththesongs.Researchwithadultssuggeststhatmusiccatchesourattentionbyactivating (激活) brainpathwaysthataremostsuitedtoprocessingmusicthantoprocessingotherkindsofsound.Specifically, musicappreciationreliesontheauditorycortex (听觉皮层) ontherightsideofthebrain, whichisspecializedtoprocesssoundthatcharacterizesmusicincontrasttotheleftauditorycortex, whichprocessesthestopandstartburstsofsoundthatcharacterizespeech.Althoughsomepsychologistsremainskepticalaboutwhethermusicmayhavepowerfuleffectsonourthinking, anumberofstudieshaveshownthatlisteningtomusiccanincreasepeoplesspatialreasoningabilities.Furthermore, itisclearthatmusiccangreatlyinfluenceouremotions.Personallysignificantmusicactivatesareasofthebrainassociatedwithpleasureandreward, thesameareasthatareactivatedbysexandgoodfood.Researchersdonotagreeabouthowhumansabilitiestoprocessandenjoymusichavecomeintobeing.Anyway, thenexttimeyouenjoylisteningtoapieceofmusic, rememberthatthemostcomplexpiecesofaudioequipmentaretheonesbetweenyourheadphones.5Whichofthefollowingmightbelongtothe“certaincombinationsofsounds”inParagraph2?AAsong.BAdebate.CAquarrel.DAdialogue.6ItcanbelearnedfromParagraph4that_.AnodoubtmusiccanincreasepeoplesthinkingabilityBmusicsimplygivespeoplepositiveemotionsConlymusiccangivepeoplepurepleasureandrewardDmusichasagreatinfluenceonhumanbeings7Accordingtothepassage, themostcomplexpiecesofaudioequipmentlie_.AatacollegeBinaconcertCinthebrainDintheheadphone.完形填空2021湖南省高三六校联考DanaGendreau, 46, anOhiomom, readinthenewspaperabouthighschoolfootballplayerswhocontinuedtotakethe_1_despitenothavingfoodtoeatathomeorevenaplacetocallhome.Immediately, shegotintouchwiththeheadfootballcoachatHughesHighSchool, ChrisMobley.Becauseher10yearoldsonalsoplayedfootball, sheknewhow_2_propernutritionisforathletessoshedecidedtostartbuyingfruitandhighproteinsnacksfortheplayersatHughesHighSchool.Shealso_3_otherparentsonhersonsyouthfootballteamtoseeiftheywouldwantto_4_.Theresponsewas_5_.SinceSeptember, Gendreauandtheotherparentshavebeenabletoprovidenearly$500ofgrocerieseachweekfortheHughesfootballteam.SoonafterGendreaubeganorganizingthe_6_，thehighschoolteambeganwinninggamessomethingMobley_7_toGendreausgenerosity.“Practicesnowhavebeenfullof_8_，”Mobleysaid.“IthinkthatisadirectreflectionofGendreau.”But