player, is a good example.

Enjoying art and music is also a good way to relax ourselves. Middle school students, who typically carry heavy burdens of study, will definitely benefit from it.

To sum up, art and music should absolutely be included in the middle school courses, for they can bring students pleasure , creativity and relaxation. 56. According to the author, people who think art and music are useless for middle school students_____.

A. never benefit from artists and musicians B. don’ t realize the value of art and music C. don’ t know the history of art and music at all D. know little about the trend of future education 57 In paragraph 2, the author tries to argue that______. A. Beethoven is one of the greatest musicians B. art and music help express people’s emotions C. art and music are precious pictures and sounds D. art and music bring people joy and quality life 58. The example of Einstein is used to_______. A. prove that scientists are creative B. show the importance of creativity

C. encourage students to study art and music D. provide students with a new way to see the world

59. Which of the following is an effective way for middle school students to study?

A. Relaxing themselves regularly while studying. B Attending concerts during holidays or after school. C. Avoiding too much homework by studying art and music.

D. Listening to music while studying language, maths or other subjects. 60. Which of the following is used to support the writer’s opinion? A. Art and music help people become scientists.

B. Art and music provide people with more opportunities. C. Art and music are beneficial to students in other subjects. D. Art and music are helpful to make students creative learners. C

Boys at the top of the pecking order ( 长幼次序 ) either by birth or because their older brothers died score higher on IQ tests than their younger brothers.

Norwegian researchers now report that it’s a matter of what they call social rank in the family that gives the first born the highest scores or, if the first born had died young, the next oldest.

Kristensen and Bjerkedal studied the IQ test results of 241,310 Norwegian men drafted （征兵） into the armed forces between 1967 and 1976. All were aged 18 or 19 at the time.

The average IQ of first-born men was 103.2, they found second-born men averaged 101.2, but second –born men whose older brother died young scored 102.9. And for third –borns, the average was 100.0. But if both older brothers died young, the third-born score rose to 102.6.

The findings provide “evidence that the relation between birth order and IQ score is dependent on the social rank in the family and not birth order as such,” they concluded.

It’s an issue that has been hotly discussed since at least 1874, when Sir Francis Galton reported that men in prominent ( 显要的 ) positions tended to be firstborns more often than would have been statistically ( 统计地 ) expected.

Since then, several studies have reported higher intelligence scores for firstborns, while other analyses have questioned those findings and the methods of those reports.

“These two researchers prove that how study participants were raised, not how they were born, is what actually influences their IQs, ” said Sulloway, an American professor, who was not part of the research team.

“The elder child pulls ahead, ” he said, “perhaps as a result of learning gained through the process of tutoring younger brothers and sisters”. The older child benefits by having to organize and express its thoughts to tutor youngsters, he said, while the later born children may have no one t tutor.

61. According to Norwegian researchers’ finding, which of the following is linked to boys’ IQ?

A. Birth order. B. Position in the family. C. Parents’ social rank. D. Education experience.

62. Kristensen and Bjerkedal found ________ scored highest on IQ tests. A. Second-born men B. Third-born men

C. Second-born men whose older brother died young D. Third-born men whose older brothers died young

63. By saying “It’s an issue that been hotly discussed” in paragraph 6, what does the writer mean?

A. Many people take interest in IQ study. B. IQ study has gone further and further . C. Many people do research on boys’ IQ. D. Opinions are divided on the conclusion

64. According to Kristensen and Bjerkedal’s test results, parents can make

youngsters smarter by ________.

A. treating them as oldest child B. teaching them as oldest child

C. talking to them as much as possible D. encouraging them to express thoughts

65. The underlined word “tutor”in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_______”.

A. comfort B. train C. protect D. teach D

A fit and healthy teenage rugby player died 12 hours after taking treatment for acne(粉刺)，an officer, Mary Hassel, said today. She said:” Shaun Jones, 14, died as a result of complication (并发症) of medical treatment”. Shaun, who was described by his mother as “vain” about his appearance, saw Dr. Jones, his family doctor, about spots on his back and shoulders after learning his friends had been given medication to deal with similar problems. The boy, who had previously used Clear-asil to treat the spots, was diagnosed with mild acne and given a prescription. But when he went to his local chemist’s with his mother, he was told the drug was not available. They said they had contacted Dr. Jones (in fact they didn’t ) and Shaun could be given different pills which were the same as the drug originally prescribed. Mrs. Jones noticed there was no safety instructions included in the box, but thought nothing of it at the time.

Shaun took the drug just before going to bed at 10:30 p.m. Little more than an hour later, he complained of shortness of breath and tightness in his chest. Mrs. Jones initially contacted an out-of-hours GP service but was told no doctor was available. When Shaun’s condition became worse, he was rushed to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital by ambulance in the early hours of the next