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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 wrote ,“A listen-and-repeat 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 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 usually we 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】Dr Ludke believes that foreign language learning can be supported by .

A. using the listen-and-repeat singing method

B. listening to all kinds of famous music

C. writing songs with the language

D. reading the lyrics again and again

【2】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

【3】The passage mainly tells us that .

A. many researchers realise 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】A

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

短文大意：作者通過Karen Ludke博士的研究和漢語教師華竹穎的音樂教學法，說明了唱歌對于語言學習的好處和重要性，建議人們嘗試唱英文歌曲來學習英語。

【1】題意：Ludke博士認為，可以通過 來支持外語學習�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解題。根據(jù)他的博客A listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning,and open the door for future research in this area.，可知選A。

【2】題意：從文章中我們了解到華竹穎 。考查細節(jié)理解題。A. is interested in writing English songs對英語歌曲感興趣；B. teaches children English by using music用音樂教兒童英語C. teaches Chinese in an American school在美國學校教中文；D. is a researcher in a language school是語言學校的研究員。根據(jù)Many language teachers know the value of using and singing. Hua Zhuying,a teacher at a Chinese language school in Washington D. C. depends heavily on songs in teaching Chinese.，可知華竹穎是華語學校的一名漢語教師，故選C。

【3】題意：這篇文章主要告訴我們 。考查細節(jié)理解題。A. many researchers realise the importance of language studying許多研究者意識到語言學習的重要性。B. your brain remembers a language better if you sing it如果你唱的話，你的大腦會記住一種更好的語言。C. many language teachers know the value of famous music許多語言教師都知道著名音樂的價值。D. you will never learn a language well unless you can sing除非你能唱歌，否則你永遠學不會一門好的語言。根據(jù)短文中的兩個例子，結(jié)合最后的總結(jié)Our brain likes music, especially for remembering. So, if you’re still struggling in learning a language, why not try singing it out?，可知介紹的是唱歌對于語言學習的好處和重要性，故選B。