Question

Let’s say you took violin lessons all through elementary school, but you haven’t got the instrument out of its case for years. Were all those lessons a waste of your parents’ money because you didn’t become a violinist?

Even though it has been a long time since you played the violin, a new study shows that as little as one year of music training can have a positive impact (影响) on your brain that will last the rest of your life.

In an experiment, researchers compared children who had taken music lessons to those who hadn’t. Laurel Trainor, who studies music and the mind, discovered that the musically-trained children had better brain responses in certain sound recognition exams. Trainor’s findings show the possibility that musical education can actually improve the brain’s hearing cortex(大脑皮层). “The study’s results show that music training affects attention and memory, and helps children develop learning skills. In this way music training might lead to better learning across a number of fields,” Trainor said in a statement. The effects of music education are even more obvious on children with difficulty in reading and writing and other language-related disabilities.

So, whether you can play a good piece of music or not, it’s likely that your years of music lessons have prepared your brain for all the speeches, emails, and adult conversations that are part of your life today. We should help make sure that children today have the same opportunities for music, and help out by volunteering with or donating instruments to your school’s music education department.

1.Compared with children who haven’t taken music lessons, musically-trained children _______.

A．sing better                            B．do better in exams

C．recognize sounds better                  D．response more quickly

2.According to the study, we know musical education can _____.

A．change the structure of the brain

B．improve children’s learning skills

C．help children focus their attention

D．provide more memorizing methods

3.What can we learn from the text?

A．Adults should also take some music lessons.

B．The author has taken violin lessons when he was young.

C．Even a day’s music training can affect the human brain.

D．Music training can also help children with certain disabilities.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D  

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了音乐教育对孩子的好处，可以提高孩子的学习技能，还可以帮助残疾的孩子。

1.细节题：从第三段的句子：In an experiment, researchers compared children who had taken music lessons to those who hadn’t. Laurel Trainor, who studies music and the mind, discovered that the musically-trained children had better brain responses in certain sound recognition exams.可知接受过音乐训练的孩子比没有接受过音乐训练的孩子对声音识别得更好。选C

2.从第三段的句子：“The study’s results show that music training affects attention and memory, and helps children develop learning skills. 可知音乐教育可以提高孩子的学习技能。选B

3.细节题：从第三段的句子：The effects of music education are even more obvious on children with difficulty in reading and writing and other language-related disabilities.可知音乐教育对有残疾的孩子也有帮助。选D  

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