Question

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯 (每个单词限用一次)。

then;   do;  ;   right;   show;   different;   who;   late;   easy;  memory

Did your parents make you take music lessons? Recent research has   1.  that people who studied music as a child are able to remember words much better than people   2.  musical training. One experiment was 3. with sixty female American college students. A similar study was carried out with ninety boys in Hongkong of China. In both cases, students had to 4. words and pictures. 5.  they were asked how many they remembered. Scientists found that students   6. studied music were better at remembering words, but both groups remembered the pictures equally well. Perhaps it is   7.to use your imagination to associate(联想) pictures with things in your life. Also, you can make up stories for pictures.

Scientists explain the   8.  by saying that both musical memory and verbal (written or spoken words) memory are located in the left side of the brain. Visual memory, the kind needed for pictures, is located in   9.  half of the brain. Since verbal memory is very important for success at school, researchers now think that taking music lessons can give you a real academic advantage. In fact, when the students were tested a year   10.  , the students who had stopped taking lessons still did well on verbal memory. Maybe it’s time to give music lessons a try.

Answer

1.showed

2.without

3.done

4.memorize

5.Then

6.who

7.easier

8.differences

9.right

10.later

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了学习音乐的学生记忆单词的效果要好，因为音乐的学习和记忆单词和图片都是开发左半脑。

1.最近的调查已经表明那些学习音乐的孩子比那些没有学的记忆单词要好得多。结合语境及词汇可知用完成时，填动词的过去分词showed。

2.介词。句意：最近的调查已经表明那些学习音乐的孩子比那些没有学的记忆单词要好得多without介词，没有后加名词。故填without.

3.动词。句意：六十个美国女性大学生被做了这个实验。Be done表示被动语态，故填done过去分词。

4.动词。句意：在两种情况下，学生不得不记住单词和图片。Have to do 表示不得不做某事，结合语境故填memorize记住。

5.连词。句意：然后他们被问记住了多少单词。结合语境及所给词汇可知和前文构成连接作用，故填Then然后，连词。

6.连词。句意：科学家们发现那些学习音乐的学生记的单词要好。 Who在这里是引导定语从句，先行词是指人故用Who引导，结合语境及所给词汇填who。

7.形容词。句意;也许用你的想象力去联想生活中的东西是容易的。It’s +形容词比较级to do 做某事更怎么样。结合句意故填easier比较级更容易。

8.科学家解释不同说音乐的记忆和读写的记忆都是以左半脑为基础的。结合语境可知填名词的复数不同，故填differences。

9.视觉记忆，所需要的那种照片位于大脑的右半面。结合语境及所给词汇，故填right

10.连词。句意：事实上，当学生们被测试一年之后。一段时间+later表示在……之后，结合语境故填later

考点：选词填空。