5．Have you ever found yourself in this situation：You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child-a bit of nostalgia（懷舊） or"blast from the past，"as we say．But it is not a distant childhood memory．The words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those years ago．
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language．They found that remembering words in a song was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languages．
Here is what they did．Researchers took 60adults and randomly divided them into three groups of 20．Then they gave the groups three different types of"listen-and-repeat"learning conditions．Researchers had one group simply speak the words．They had the second group speak the words to a rhythm，or beat．And they asked the third group to sing the words．
All three groups studied words from the Hungarian language for 15minutes．Then they took part in a series of language tests to see what they remembered．
Why Hungarian，you ask？Researchers said they chose Hungarian because not many people know the language．It does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages，such as Italian or Spanish．After the tests were over，the singers came out on top．The people who learned these new Hungarian words by singing them showed a higher overall performance．They did the best in four out of five of the tests．They also performed two times better than those who simply learned the words by speaking them．
Dr．Katie Overy says singing could lead to new ways to learn a foreign language．The brain likes to remember things when they are contained in a catchy 3，or memorable 4，tune 5．
Dr．Ludke said the findings could help those who struggle to learn foreign languages．On the University of Edinburgh's website Dr．Ludke writes，"This study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning，and opens the door for future research in this area．"
28．The"song"mentioned in the first paragraph is intended toC．
A．recall the past
B．a(chǎn)ttract the readers
C．introduce the topic
D．compare the childhood with the present
29．According to the passage which language doesn't share the same root with Germanic or Romance languages？A
A．Hungarian
B．Spanish
C．Italian
D．English
30．Based on the last two paragraphs，we can conclude thatB
A．singing is the best way to learn a language．
B．the brain probably works best when the foreign language learners sing the words．
C．a(chǎn) listen-repeat method is very effective for any language learner．
D．Dr．Katie Overy and Dr．Ludke disagree with each other．
31．In which situation can the finding of the research be applied？D
A．A mother is going to teach her baby how to speak．
B．A child is going to have his first music lesson．
C．A student is going to learn a new English song．
D．An American is going to learn some Chinese．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了一項(xiàng)關(guān)于音樂和外語習(xí)得之間關(guān)系的研究．
解答 28．C 考察寫作手法．本文開頭通過舉例導(dǎo)入話題，人們都清楚地記得兒時(shí)唱歌的歌詞是因?yàn)橐魳酚兄谟洃洠蔬xC．
29．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第五段"It does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages，such as Italian or Spanish．"可知匈牙利語言與日耳曼語或羅曼語沒有相同的詞根；故選A．
30．B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題．根據(jù) The brain likes to remember things when they are contained in a catchy 3，or memorable 4，tune 5．可知外語學(xué)習(xí)者用唱的方式學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)，大腦更容易記住，故選B．
31．D 推斷題．從最后一段This study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning，and opens the door for future research in this area可知，此項(xiàng)研究對(duì)于外語學(xué)習(xí)者非常有用；故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
