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2024 重庆
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(2023·重庆八中强化训练)Do you think there is a connection between music and language? According to recent studies, the answer is yes: Music helps develop certain language abilities in the brain.
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A study from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument can 1 a person's hearing ability. As a part of the study, two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy room. The people in the first group were musicians, while those in 2 group had no musical training. The musicians were found to be able to hear the talking person more 3 .
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“Musicians hear better,” says the leader of the study Nina, 4 they learn to pay attention to certain sounds. For example, when the violinists play in an orchestra(管弦乐队), they must listen closely to 5 they are playing and ignore(忽视) the other sounds. In this way, musicians can hear certain sounds better, even in a room 6 lots of noise.
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Gottfried Schlaug, a doctor at Harvard Medical School, works with stroke(中风) patients. Because of 7 illness, these people cannot say names, addresses, or other information normally. However, they can still sing. Dr. Schlaug was 8 to find singing words helped his patients finally speak. Why does this work? Schlaug isn't sure. Music seems to be able to make different parts of the brain active, including the bad parts. 9 , those parts of the brain might be used again thanks to the influence of music.
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So music is not only 10 , but also good for us in many other ways. Playing an instrument or singing, says Nina, can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp as we get older.
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1.A.increase B.improve C.create D.own
2.A.another B.other C.the other D.the others
3.A.nervously B.happily C.differently D.clearly
4.A.because B.although C.but D.before
5.A.why B.when C.how D.what
6.A.to B.with C.without D.for
7.A.our B.her C.his D.their
8.A.surprised B.disappoin