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Imagine going to your doctor with a complaint of frequent headaches.Your doctor takes a prescription andwrites a word on it. The word isn ’t “ aspirin ”, it ’s “ Mozart ”.

The idea is not so far-fetched. In China, instead of pills, doctors often recommend musical albums with names like insomnia or Heart, Liver and Lungs, and Chinese people “ take ” these musical piecesas prescriptions. In fact, in China music is prescribed as often asherbal medicine to help people with common, everyday problems or to strengthen organslike the liver or the kidneys. Other countries use music for healing as well. In Japan, Mendelssohn ’s “ SpringSong ”is often usedto treat headaches.And hospitals in India usedifferent kinds of music to treat mental illness.
Using music astherapy is not new. It datesback to the beginning of civilization, when people got together to play music ob primitive drums and rattles. Music plays a part in every ritual and important life event, from weddings and funerals to crop planting and harvesting to marching people into battle. There is even evidence that music was our first language. Scientists found that 2/3 0f the tiny hairs insides human ears respond only to the higher frequency of music, which shows that people probably sang before that talked.
Many kinds of music can stir the imagination and produce strong feeling. For some people, romantic composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky enhance feelings of love and compassion. Religious and spiritual music can help some people feel peace or lessen their pain. But one musician seemsto have a unique ability to heal the human body — Mozart.Scientists have found Mozart ’s music to be remarkable in its ability to calm its listeners. It can also increase their perception, andhelp them expressthemselves more clearly.
In China, doctors often give patients music and____________________________ to help people deal with their problems.
What is probable profession of Mendelssohn, Chopin and Tchaikovsky?____________________________
Many kinds of music can produce____________________________ .
Why is Mozart ’s music especially effective to heal the human body?____________________________
The main idea of this passageis to discuss____________________________ .
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Fifteen years ago, Ientered the Boston Globe, which was...


单项选择题Fifteen years ago, Ientered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.

Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there—moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior. I would have a life time of security if I stuck to it.Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s office. Would he rage?I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I began awkwardly.“I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’m forty. There’s a lot I want to doinlife. I’m resigning.” “To another paper?” he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything.It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change.“I’m glad for you,”he said, quite out of my expectation.“I just came from aboard of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’t,” he went on.“I wish you all the luck in the world,”he concluded.“And if it doesn’t work out, remember, your star is always high here."
Then I went out of his office, walking through the news room for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody--even though I’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.
Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into abillion-dollar property. “I’m resigning, Bill,” I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said,“Golly, I wish I were in your shoes.”
From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous 。
A.newspaper
B.magazine
C.temple
D.church
If the writer stayed with the Globe 。
A.he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.
B.he would let his long favourite dreams fade away
C.he would never have to worry about his future life
D.he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions
The writer wanted to resign because .
A.he had serous trouble with his boss.
B.he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.
C.he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.
D.he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.
When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with .
A.a trouble with its staff members
B.a shortage of qualified reporters
C.an unfavorable business situation
D.a promising business situation
By saying“I wish I were in your shoes”(in the last paragraph) Bill Taylor meant that .
A.The writer was to fail.
B.The writer was stupid
C.He would reject the writer’s request
D.He would do the same if possibl