Question

【題目】 Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes: 【1】Here, we look at two examples

A recent study by researcher Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability.【2】The people in the first group were musicians, while those in the second group had no musical training. The musicians were able to hear the talking person more clearly.

【3】Think about violinists in an orchestra ( 管弦樂團). When the violinists play with the group, they hear their own instrument and many others, too. But the violinists must listen closely to what they are playing, and pay no attention to the other sounds. In this way, musicians are able to focus on certain sounds, even in a room with lots of noise.

Schlaug, a doctor at Harvard Medical School, works with stroke (中風(fēng)) patients. Because of their illness, these people cannot say their names, addresses, or other information normally. However, they can still sing.【4】Why does this work? Schlaug isn't sure. Music seems to make different parts of the brain work, including the damaged (損壞的) parts. This might help patients to use that part of the brain again.

Music improves concentration ( 注意力), memory, listening skills, and our overall language abilities. It can even help sick people get better. Playing an instrument or singing can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp (敏銳的) as we get older. Music is not only enjoyable, it's also good for us in many other ways.

A.Musicians hear better because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds.

B.Music helps people solve some hearing problems.

C.Music improves certain language abilities in the brain.

D.Schlaug was surprised to find that singing words helped his patients to speak.

E.In his study two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，談?wù)摰氖且魳泛驼Z言之間的聯(lián)系。并用兩個例子表明音樂在許多方面對我們是有利的。演奏樂器可以提高一個人的聽力能力，甚至能幫助生病的人變得更好。

【1】

句意：音樂提高大腦特定的語言能力。

根據(jù)開頭“Is there a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes”以及“Here, we look at two examples”可知音樂與語言有聯(lián)系，要講述兩個例子，句子“Music improves certain language abilities in the brain”是對前文的解釋，講述音樂對大腦語言能力的作用。故選C。

【2】

句意：在他的研究里，兩組人在一個嘈雜的房間聽一個人講話。

根據(jù)第二段“A recent study by researcher Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability”可知Kraus研究發(fā)現(xiàn)演奏樂器可以提高一個人的聽力能力，句子“In his study two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room”講述他的研究研究符合句意，故選E。

【3】

句意：音樂家聽力更好是因為他們學(xué)會注意特定的聲音。

根據(jù)“A recent study by researcher Kraus shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability”，可知演奏樂器可以提高人的聽力能力。句子“Musicians hear better because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds”解釋音樂家聽力好的原因，符合句意，故選A。

【4】

句意：Schlaug驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)唱的詞會幫助他們的病人講話。

根據(jù)“The musicians were able to hear the talking person more clearly”可知音樂家們聽到更好的聲音是因為他們學(xué)會了注意某些聲音。句子“Schlaug was surprised to find that singing words helped his patients to speak”唱的詞幫助病人講話符合句意，故選D。