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Whether you admit it or not, music improves our daily life and makes us feel easy, especially the music of Beethoven and Mozart. But can you believe that a school in England is using classical music to cut down students’ bad behavior?

The head teacher Brian Walker at the West Park School in Derby asks some students to stay behind after school on Fridays. He forces his students to listen to Mozart and other classical music. He also makes them copy his favorite poems and they have to watch educational videos.

Mr. Walker says his main aim is to stop noisy pupils causing trouble in class for students who want to study. He said the students staying behind were “not the smokers or drinkers, the truants (逃学生) or the people who are late for school…It’s those who have slowed the learning and teaching in class for everyone”. Mr. Walker said this was unacceptable, because it was making the rest of the students fail to focus their attention on their study.

Mr. Walker believes what he does reminds students that education is something to value. “It helps them see they are part of something bigger that will improve their life chances,” he said. The head teacher thinks students in fact learn from being kept behind after school. “Hopefully, I open their ears to an experience they don’t normally have and don’t want to have again, so it’s both educational and acts as a warning.”

Music has had success elsewhere in reducing bad behavior. In 2004, it reduced crime on London’s subway by 25 percent. Researchers from a Belfast university found it helped stop elephants’ bad behavior.

However, one West Park student called Kieran said, “An hour of Mr. Walker’s music is a real killer.”

1.Mr. Walker asks his students to listen to music to _______________.

A. make them rest after a day’s study

B. punish them for their bad behavior

C. get them to love arts gradually

D. reduce their bad behavior

2.A student who _____ may be left behind to listen to Mozart after class.

A. plays truant                    B. smokes in class

C. bothers others in class         D. comes late for class

3.Why does Mr. Walker say some students’ bad behavior is unacceptable?

A. Because the rest of the students hate them.

B. Because they are wasting their life.

C. Because they are disturbing teachers.

D. Because they have a bad influence on the other students.

4.In the eyes of Mr. Walker, _____.

A. some students don’t realize education is valuable

B. all students can learn from music

C. music must be taught after class

D. students ought to love music

5.It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that _____.

A. the action Mr. Walker takes sometimes doesn’t really work as planned

B. Mr. Walker aims to tell students study is important

C. once music helped animals behave well

D. animals also like to listen to music

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇议论文。主要讲的是West Park School的校长Brian Walker通过给行为举止不好的学生放古典音乐以规范他们的行为。一方面，这一新鲜的方法确实对规范和约束行为有一定的好的作用和效果；另一方面，它也不可避免的遭到一些不满和批评。

1.D 细节题。此题答案要到第一段的最后一句去找，“But can you believe that a school in England is using classical music to cut down students’ bad behavior?”但是你会相信英国的一所学校用古典乐去减少学生的坏行为吗？故选D。

2.C 细节题。从文章第三段可知，“He said the students staying behind were ‘not the smokers or drinkers, the truants (逃学生) or the people who are late for school…It’s those who have slowed the learning and teaching in class for everyone.’”他说留下来接受古典乐“治疗”的不是抽烟酗酒的学生，不是逃学生也不是迟到的学生，而是影响他人学习，拖班级后腿的学生，故选C。

3.D 细节题。从文章第三段最后一句话可知，“Mr. Walker said this was unacceptable, because it was making the rest of the students fail to focus their attention on their study.”Mr. Walker说道不被接受的原因是他们严重影响了其他学生的正常的，专心的学习，故选D。

4.A 推断题。 从文章第四段第一句话可知，“Mr. Walker believes what he does reminds students that education is something to value.” Mr. Walker相信他的这一举动提醒了学生要关注教育的价值，故选A。

5.A 推断题。“Music has had success elsewhere in reducing bad behavior.”和 “An hour of Mr. Walker’s music is a real killer.”最后二段分别从一正一反表达了对古典乐治疗法的优劣批判，故选A。