Whether it’s a carol（圣誕頌歌）service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits---it’s good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs（肺）with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster can all help our physical health.
For the past few years Heart Research UK has been Funding a Christmas campaign aimed at getting people singing, simply for the benefit it can bring. The organizer of the campaign says singing is a safe, simple and social activity that everyone can enjoy. “Singing is linked to long life, stress reduction, and general health protection. It also brings a great amount of happiness. It is impossible to sing well with a long face because it affects your pitch（音高）.”
Professor Graham Welch, who leads the International Music Education Research Centre at the University of London, has spent more than 30 years studying the effects of singing. He says that singing is a form of exercise. It means we’re also having a strong aerobic activity（有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)）when we’re singing, which results in increasing the feeling of pleasure while decreasing that of stress.
“And communal（共同的）singing—like in a singing group, a church service or even a singsong in the pub—helps improve our sense of self-respect. It increases our sense of satisfaction with ourselves, a greater sense of feeling included. ”
Helen Astrid, a singing teacher, also sees the great effects that singing brings. “It lifts us up on a spiritual level, it helps our self-respect, and it’s great for all ages from small kids to grannies—you can have a good sing and let your hair down.”
But she warns people not to have too many beers or glasses of wine, though a glass may help them gather courage before taking to the stage during the holidays.
小題1:Heart Research UK holds a campaign to __________.
A．encourage people to sing for God at Christmas
B．study the effects of singing on people
C．get people to sing and improve their health
D．bring happiness to people during holidays
小題2: What are the benefits of singing according to Graham Welch?
a. Singers’ living longer.
b. Singers’ general health protection.
c. Singers’ feeling happier.
d. Singers’ stress reduced.
e. Singer’s self-respect improved.
A．a(chǎn), b, cB．b, c, dC．c, d, eD．a(chǎn), b, e
小題3: The underlined part “l(fā)et your hair down” probably means __________.
A．feel at easeB．protect yourself
C．dress casuallyD．cover your nervousness
小題4: What can we infer from the passage?
A．Singing at Christmas is good for health.
B．In a low mood one is not able to sing well.
C．Experts have disagreement on singing.
D．Singing is the same as other aerobic activities.
小題5:Which is the best title of the passage?
A．Karaoke—Best Place for Singing!
B．Christmas—Best Time for Singing!
C．Singing—Healthy but Difficult
D．For Health—Let’s Sing!

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Try and see inside your mind a wide open blue sky and a wide green sea far away. Breathe in as you circle your hands high above your head, then bend back a little. Breathe out as you circle your arms back down to your sides..."
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B．He was elected as CEO of the company named "Vision".
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his father grduated from the university
his mother did not thinks it a great university
his parents needed him to help support the family
his parents did not have enough money for him
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C．his relativesD．his college friends
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A．To help with her husband’s businessB．To raise money for her son
C．To meet her long-forgotten friendsD．To better manage her life
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To improve relations with his mother
To go to his dream university
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