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【題目】Sing the Language You're Learning

How can you remember a song from your childhood to this day? Why do your teachers use songs to teach you English? It seems there is a scientific reason for this.

Researchers are now studying the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They find that remembering words in a song is the best way to remember even the most difficult language.

“Singing could be a new way of learning a foreign language. The brain likes to remember things when they are used in a catchy and meaningful way，” said Dr. Karen Ludke. The findings may help those who have difficulty learning foreign languages. On his blog, Dr. Ludke writes, “A listenandrepeat singing method can support foreign language learning, and open the door for future research in this area.”

Many language teachers know the value of using music and singing. Hua Zhuying, a teacher at a Chinese language school in Washington D. C., depends heavily on songs in teaching Chinese. She says, “I use music all the time to teach children Chinese. For little kids we usually use English songs but teach them the Chinese lyrics. So it's easy for them to start because they know the music. Not only does it work, but it is fun for the kids.”

“Sometimes, I think if I were taught English that way, maybe I would speak much better English than now，” Hua Zhuying adds.

Our brain likes music, especially for remembering. So, if you're still struggling in learning a language, why not try singing it out?

【1】According to the passage, the best way to remember a foreign language is to________.

A. read and write more B. listen to the teacher carefully

C. copy the words many times D. remember words in a song

【2】The underlined word “catchy” probably means “________” in Chinese.

A. 艱澀難懂的 B. 悅耳易記的

C. 枯燥乏味的 D. 震耳欲聾的

【3】Dr. Ludke believes that foreign language learning can be supported by________.

A. using the listenandrepeat singing method

B. listening to all kinds of famous music

C. writing songs with the language

D. reading the lyrics again and again

【4】From the passage, we know that Hua Zhuying ________.

A. is interested in writing English songs

B. teaches children English by using music

C. teaches Chinese in an American school

D. is a researcher in a language school

【5】The passage mainly tells us that________.

A. many researchers realize the importance of language studying

B. your brain remembers a language better if you sing it

C. many language teachers know the value of famous music

D. you will never learn a language well unless you can sing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

短文大意:作者通過(guò)Karen Ludke博士的研究和漢語(yǔ)教師華竹穎的音樂(lè)教學(xué)法，說(shuō)明了唱歌對(duì)于語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)的好處和重要性，建議人們嘗試唱英文歌曲來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容記憶一門外語(yǔ)的最佳方法是什么？A“多讀多寫”；B“認(rèn)真聽講”；C“抄寫單詞好多次”；D“這一首歌曲中記憶單詞”根據(jù)They find that remembering words in a song is the best way to remember even the most difficult language. 可知記憶一首歌曲里的單詞是最佳的語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)方式，故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。句意：劃線部分單詞“catchy”的中文意思大概是什么呢？根據(jù)The brain likes to remember things when they are used in a catchy and meaningful way.可知難懂的、枯燥乏味的、震耳欲聾的內(nèi)容不利于大腦記憶，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：Ludke 博士認(rèn)為，可以通過(guò)什么來(lái)支持外語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)。根據(jù)他的博客“A listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language leaning and open the door for future research in this area”可知選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：從文章中我們了解到華竹穎什么？ A.對(duì)英語(yǔ)歌曲感興趣；B.用音樂(lè)教兒童英；C.在美國(guó)學(xué)校教中文；D.是語(yǔ)言學(xué)校的研究員。根據(jù)Many language teachers know the value of using music and singing. Hua Zhuying, a teacher at a Chinese language school in Washington D. C., depends heavily on songs in teaching Chinese.可知華竹穎是華語(yǔ)學(xué)校的一名漢語(yǔ)教師，故選C。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：這篇文章主要告訴我們什么？A許多研究者意識(shí)到語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)的重要性；B如果你唱的話，你的大腦會(huì)記住一種更好的語(yǔ)言；C許多語(yǔ)言教師都知道著名音樂(lè)的價(jià)值；D你永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)學(xué)好一門語(yǔ)言，除非你唱出來(lái)。根據(jù)Our brain likes music, especially for remembering. So, if you're still struggling in learning a language, why not try singing it out? 可知道唱歌對(duì)語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)的重要性和好處，故選B。