2021菏泽二模考试 2021.4 第一部分阅读（共两节,满分50分） 第一节（共15小题;每小题2. 5分,满分37. 5分） 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Education Outside the Classroom The Lawrenceville School provides students with experientially based programmes that educate them in responsible leadership, community engagement, and character development that enhance both academic and non-academic skills. Community Service The School's Community Service Programme encourages all Lawrentians to connect with the greater community, giving them the opportunity to engage with a variety of people outside the students' immediate world. Model UN Students will learn the inner-working of the United Nations by participating in this programme. During the first semester, students meet and discuss important world events. During the second semester, students prepare to participate in the Model UN Conferences. Investment Programme The programme gives students hands-on experience in the financial world. Students learn the basics of investing, watch trends in the market, and research stocks. Due to a generous donation, the group has $ 5,000 of real money to invest. Gams will be invested back into the programme. Fine Arts & Literature Members meet weekly to enjoy a community of individuals who appreciate the fine arts and literature. In the spring, the programme publishes a collection of artwork—photography, drawings, paintings, essays, short stories and poetry. Additionally, the programme hosts book discussions and film screenings throughout the year. 1. What's the shared goal of all the programmes? A. To improve academic skills. B. To experience community life. C. To develop overall competence. D. To encourage social involvement. 2. Which programme should you choose to develop global leadership? A. Model UN. B. Community Service. C. Fine Arts Literature. D. Investment Programme. 3. What can be expected of the Investment programme? A. It makes a profit for those participants. B. It offers advanced marketing knowledge. C. It lays a foundation for financial management. D. It gives access to successful businessmen. B Sam Mehr, a psychologist at Harvard started working on the project after he kept reading an overfamiliar line at the top of research papers that said, “music is universal.” But every time he came across the statement, there wasn't a citation to back it up. To see if there was any proof to this claim, he and his fellow researchers created two databases： one with descriptions from the researchers of what happened when music from the 1960s was playing, and another of 118 audio recordings from 86 different societies. He found that there were three characteristics of behavior that consistently characterized music: formality, arousal (or how calming or exciting a song was), and religiosity—religious respect. People did a decent job guessing the themes, especially for dance songs and nursery rhymes, says Manvir Singh, a Harvard Ph. D. student in t ... ...
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