PARAGRAPH 0: ________________________
Lots of studies have been done about the benefits music can bring to our lives. For instance, it’s good for
insomnia. A study showed students who listened to classical music for 45 minutes before turning in rested
better than students who listened to an audiobook or did nothing different from their normal routine. A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
PARAGRAPH 1: _______________
When you listen to music you like, your brain releases dopamine, a “feel-good” neurotransmitter. So, the
next time you need an emotional boost, listen to your favourite tunes for 15 minutes. That’s all it takes to
get a natural high!
A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
PARAGRAPH 2: _______________
Listening to music you enjoy decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol in your body, which neutralize the effects of chronic stress. Also, by playing various percussion instruments and singing, our immune
system is boosted. A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
PARAGRAPH 3: _______________
Music can benefit patients with depressive symptoms, but depending on the type of music; meditative
sounds and classical music lift people up, but techno and heavy metal bring people down even more. The
next time you feel low, put on some classical or meditative music to lift your spirits.
A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
PARAGRAPH 4: _______________
Music can help you learn and recall information better, but it depends on how much you like the music and
whether or not you’re a musician. Subjects memorized Japanese characters while listening to music that
either seemed positive or neutral to them. The results showed that participants who were musicians
learned better with neutral music but tested better when pleasurable music was playing. A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
PARAGRAPH 5: _______________
Listening to relaxing music prior to surgery decreases anxiety. In fact, it’s even more effective than being
orally administered Midazolam, a medication often used to help pre-op patients feel. Other studies
showed that listening to soothing music while resting in bed after open heart surgery increases relaxation. A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
PARAGRAPH 6: _______________
A study with healthy older adults found that those with ten or more years of musical experience scored
higher on cognitive tests than musicians with one to nine years of musical study. The non-musicians
scored the lowest.
A. Music helps you sleep better. B. Music calms us down before an operation. C. Music improves recovery in stroke patients D. Some types of music increase verbal intelligence. E. Music keeps the elderly’s brain in shape. F. Music lowers anxiety and improves health. G. Music lifts your spirits. H. Some types of music reduce mental disorders. I. Music strengthens learning and retention.
Many Victorians thought that women and men had very ________________ and skills, meaning they were
suited to different types of work. They assumed that men had strong muscles and could think more rationally than women.
Why were there separate jobs for men and women in Victorian times?
Many Victorians thought that women and men had very ___0___ and skills, meaning they were
suited to different types of work. They assumed that men had strong muscles and could think
more rationally than women. So, they thought that men were ___1___ to hard physical labour
(such as coal mining) or to do professional work needing lots of learning (being a doctor, for
example).
They also thought that women were ___2___, with less brain-power, but that they were good at
emotional things such as showing sympathy and kindness. This meant that women were mostly
given simpler jobs (such as being an assistant to a man), or ones that ___3___ (like nursing).
Women were also expected to do a lot of work around the house –but they didn’t get any money
for this.
Now we understand that both men and women can be ___4___ or weak, clever or not so clever,
kind or cruel. But for most of the Victorian era, people thought it was normal for men and women
to be treated dissimilarly, and judged by ___5___.
This made life difficult for both men and women. Men were expected to be the “breadwinner”.
This could be stressful, if their jobs did not pay very well. ___6___ working as farm labourers, for
example, might have been paid less than one pound per week. Women were expected to be
mothers and housekeepers –to cook meals, keep the house clean and tidy and look after
everyone.
Throughout the Victorian period, there were women who –___7___ things that needed strength
or intelligence –showed that they could be just as clever, strong or rational as men. For example,
Ada Lovelace was a mathematician –a pioneer who helped to make some of the ___8___ and
programmes for computers. But she did this work for fun, rather than as a job, and was never
given ___9___ for it during her lifetime. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
HIGH SCHOOL LIFE EXPERIENCE
My high school had a strict administration. Typical for a college prep Catholic school, I guess. Everyone
wore a uniform. Students could get detention for forgetting their nametag (yes, students had to wear
nametags.) School followed me home. I sank hours into schoolwork. I was hyper-focused on academics.
Sometimes it stressed me out, but it also prepared me for university and taught me some pretty cool stuff.
My teachers ran from excellent to terrible, but most of them were good. My classmates were decent,
generally speaking. Academic tracking may have helped with that. My tendency to live in a personal
bubble may have also made me oblivious to drama. I didn’t pay attention to my classmates’ lives outside
of school. I’d show up to study and then go home. I… might have been a bit of a cryptic? I did make a few
friends, though, and I considered many of the people at my school friendly acquaintances.
I also had a group of online friends and participated in an online game community, which was interesting.
(It was a virtual pet thing.) I don’t participate in that community any more, and the friends I keep in touch
with these days are all people I’ve met face to face.
For extracurriculars, I took voice and horseback riding lessons, and I volunteered at a hippotherapy
program for kids. I also tried fencing for a year! All of those were good. But I didn’t choose all of those for
myself.
I’ve since dropped all the above-listed childhood hobbies, and now everything I do is something I thought
of myself. I prefer it this way. I’m also better equipped to pick my past-times because I’ve had time to
figure out what I like and dislike.
Of course, I also enjoyed books, cartoons, and video games back in high school, and I still do now.
Likewise for writing fiction.
I went on bike rides with family, ate Hot Pockets, learned to drive…
It wasn’t half bad and wasn’t the best time of my life. Better than middle school, worse than adulthood. 0. Sarah went to a religious school. 1. At school students were punished if they didn’t wear their identification label. 2. Strictness at school helped her do better at college 3. She liked most of her teachers. 4. She met her schoolmates outside of school. 5. The friends she met online are acquaintances nowadays 6. Sarah had music lessons out of school. 7. Sara didn’t choose her after school activities herself. 8. At present she still enjoys the after school activities she used to do. 9. Sarah learnt to drive with her family.
HIGH SCHOOL LIFE EXPERIENCE
My high school had a strict administration. Typical for a college prep Catholic school, I guess. Everyone
wore a uniform. Students could get detention for forgetting their nametag (yes, students had to wear
nametags.) School followed me home. I sank hours into schoolwork. I was hyper-focused on academics.
Sometimes it stressed me out, but it also prepared me for university and taught me some pretty cool stuff.
My teachers ran from excellent to terrible, but most of them were good. My classmates were decent,
generally speaking. Academic tracking may have helped with that. My tendency to live in a personal
bubble may have also made me oblivious to drama. I didn’t pay attention to my classmates’ lives outside
of school. I’d show up to study and then go home. I… might have been a bit of a cryptic? I did make a few
friends, though, and I considered many of the people at my school friendly acquaintances.
I also had a group of online friends and participated in an online game community, which was interesting.
(It was a virtual pet thing.) I don’t participate in that community any more, and the friends I keep in touch
with these days are all people I’ve met face to face.
For extracurriculars, I took voice and horseback riding lessons, and I volunteered at a hippotherapy
program for kids. I also tried fencing for a year! All of those were good. But I didn’t choose all of those for
myself.
I’ve since dropped all the above-listed childhood hobbies, and now everything I do is something I thought
of myself. I prefer it this way. I’m also better equipped to pick my past-times because I’ve had time to
figure out what I like and dislike.
Of course, I also enjoyed books, cartoons, and video games back in high school, and I still do now.
Likewise for writing fiction.
I went on bike rides with family, ate Hot Pockets, learned to drive…
It wasn’t half bad and wasn’t the best time of my life. Better than middle school, worse than adulthood. 10. Sarah’s more satisfied with her life as an adult than with her life as a student.
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