Question

【題目】

In all the world’s cultures, people sing, play instruments, and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in our lives that people devote much time to its study. Experts (專家) are finding that because of the _______our brains deal with music, learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can have a large number of benefits (益處).

Music education has _______a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve Maths, science, and language _______. One study in Canada followed children’s IQ scores for nine months, _______that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes (音符) uses several parts of the _______, raising our ability to learn school subjects.

Music is also used for _______purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which influence memory. The secret lies in the way the brain deals with music. That’s _______an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s, listening to music can help wake up hidden memories by building up musical pathways to memories.

Studies of the music and brain connection often centre on classical music, _______it activates (激活) both the left and right sides of our brains. One study observed (觀察) people’s brain activity as they listened to music by _______William Boyce. It found that the brain activity was highest　during the short breaks (中斷) between the movements of a piece. During each break, the person’s　brain expected what would come next, while organizing what he or she had just ________. This process (進程) is similar to the way our brain organizes information. It may explain why classical music can help improve memory.

【1】A.wayB.resultC.styleD.step

【2】A.keptB.givenC.receivedD.collected

【3】A.marksB.skillsC.pointsD.talents

【4】A.believingB.consideringC.explainingD.discovering

【5】A.bodyB.brainC.headD.heart

【6】A.medicalB.musicalC.personalD.practical

【7】A.howB.whenC.whyD.what

【8】A.ifB.sinceC.thoughD.unless

【9】A.writerB.doctorC.teacherD.composer

【10】A.heardB.sungC.saidD.done

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

短文大意：文章介紹了音樂和大腦的關(guān)系。音樂在我們的生活中起著重要的作用，研究表明學(xué)習(xí)一段時間音樂的孩子智商更高，音樂可以用于治療一些疾病等等，文章還分析了導(dǎo)致這些現(xiàn)象的原因。

【1】句意：專家們發(fā)現(xiàn)，由于我們的大腦處理音樂的方式，學(xué)習(xí)演奏樂器或只是聽音樂可以有很多好處。

考查名詞辨析。A. 方式；B. 結(jié)果；C. 風(fēng)格；D. 步驟。根據(jù)下文our brains deal with music可知“處理方式”切合句意，故選A。

【2】句意：音樂教育受到了廣泛的關(guān)注。

考查動詞辨析。A. 保留；B. 給；C. 收到；D. 收集。根據(jù)下文學(xué)習(xí)音樂的好處Learning to play an instrument can help children improve Maths, science, and language skills.可知receive a lot of attention（備受關(guān)注）符合句意，故選C。

【3】句意：學(xué)習(xí)演奏樂器可以幫助孩子們提高數(shù)學(xué)、科學(xué)和語言技能。

考查名詞辨析。A. 分?jǐn)?shù)；B. 技能；C. 要點；D. 人才。improve提高，根據(jù)help children improve Maths, science,可知還能提高語言技能，故選B。

【4】句意：加拿大的一項研究對兒童的智商分?jǐn)?shù)進行了9個月的跟蹤調(diào)查，發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)習(xí)音樂的兒童在測試中得分提高幅度最大。

考查動詞辨析。A. 相信；B. 考慮；C. 解釋；D. 發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)上文One study in Canada followed children’s IQ scores for nine months可知是調(diào)查后發(fā)現(xiàn)，符合句意，故選D。

【5】句意：秘訣可能在于，閱讀音樂和演奏音符會用到大腦的幾個部分，從而提高我們學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)校課程的能力。

考查名詞辨析。A. 身體；B. 大腦；C. 頭部；D. 心臟。use使用，根據(jù)uses several parts of可知用的是大腦，故選B。

【6】句意：音樂也用于醫(yī)療目的，如治療影響記憶的疾病。

考查形容詞辨析。A. 醫(yī)學(xué)的；B. 音樂的；C. 個人的；D. 實踐的。根據(jù)舉例such as the treatment of diseases which influence memory可知for medical purposes符合句意，故選A。

【7】句意：這就是為什么一首老歌能讓你想起幾年前發(fā)生的事情的原因。

考查疑問詞辨析。A. 如何，表方式；B. 何時，表時間；C. 為什么，表原因；D. 什么，表事情。根據(jù)下文For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s, listening to music can help wake up hidden memories by building up musical pathways to memories.可知本句解釋原因，ABD三項不合句意，故選C。

【8】句意：對音樂和大腦聯(lián)系的研究通常集中在古典音樂上，因為它同時激活我們大腦的左右兩邊。

考查連詞辨析。if如果，表條件；since由于，表原因；though盡管，表讓步；unless除非，相當(dāng)于if not，表條件。本句前果后因，是原因狀語從句，根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和語境，可知選B。

【9】句意：一項研究觀察了人們聽作曲家威廉·博伊斯的音樂時的大腦活動。

考查名詞辨析。A. 作家；B. 醫(yī)生；C. 教師；D. 作曲家。根據(jù)上文listened to music可知William Boyce是作曲家，故選D。

【10】句意：在每一次休息期間，這個人的大腦在整理他或她剛剛聽到的內(nèi)容的同時，期待接下來會發(fā)生什么。

考查動詞辨析。A. 聽；B. 唱； C.說；D. 做。根據(jù)上文One study observed people’s brain activity as they listened to music可知是剛剛聽到的內(nèi)容，故選A。

完形填空。主要題型有（1）考查詞義辨析：名詞辨析，形容詞副詞辨析，冠詞辨析，介詞連詞辨析等；（2）考查句子時態(tài)，語態(tài)，要根據(jù)語境，選擇正確的時態(tài)和語態(tài)的選項；（3）考查從句（賓語從句，定語從句，主語從句等）；（4）根據(jù)固定句型或短語結(jié)合語境選擇正確的選項。本題主要考查單詞或短語辨析，做此類型題時，要知道每一個詞的意義，然后結(jié)合上下文背景語境，選擇適合語境的選項。例如小題9，四個選項都是名詞： A. 作家；B. 醫(yī)生；C. 教師；D. 作曲家；考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上文listened to music可知William Boyce是作曲家，故選D。