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Is there a connection between music and language？According to recent studies，the answer is yes：Music helps develop certain language abilities in the brain．

    A study from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument can improve 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 the second group had no musical training．The musicians were found to be able to hear the talking person more clearly．

    Musicians hear better， says study leader Nina Kraus， because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds． For example， when the violinists play in an orchestra （管絃樂隊），they must listen closely to what they are playing and ignore （忽視） the other sounds． In this way， musicians can hear certain sounds better， even in a room with lots of noise．

     Gottfried Schlaug，a doctor at Harvard Medical School，works with stroke （中風） patients．Because of their illness， these people cannot say their names，addresses， or other information normally．However， they can still sing． Dr． Schlaug was surprised 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． In some way， this helps patients use those parts of the brain again．

    So music is not only enjoyable， but also good for us in many other ways． Playing an instrument or singing， says Nina Kraus， can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp as we get older．

（1）What were the people in tbe first group asked to do in the study of Nothwestern University？　　

A．Listen to different kinds of music．

B． Make some noise in an empty room．

C． Give the second group musical training．

D． Find out what the talking person was saying．

（2）The writer uses the example of violinists in Paragraph 3 to explain　　．

A． how musicians play in an orchestra

B． how musicians ignore certain sounds

C． why musicians have better hearing ability

D． why musicians are not afraid of loud noise

（3）Gottfried Schlaug helps his stroke patients speak by　　．

A． playing music for them

B．getting them to sing words

C． teaching them to play instruments

D． joining the bad parts of their brain

（4）What is the main purpose of the passage？　　

A． To introduce different ways of playing music．

B． To give some advice about making our brain active．

C． To show the relationship between music and language abilities．

D． To sbare the results of recent studies on treating stroke patients．

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【分析】這篇文章的主要展示了音樂與語言能力的關係．

（1）D．細節理解題．根據第二段中 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 the second group had no musical training．The musicians were found to be able to hear the talking person more clearly．可知作為研究的一部分，兩組人在嘈雜的房間裡聽一個人說話．第一組的人是音樂家，而第二組的人沒有受過音樂訓練．因此可知在西北大學的研究中，第一組的人被要求找出談話的人在說什麼．故選D．

（2）C．細節理解題．根據第三段中 Musicians hear better， says study leader Nina Kraus， because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds． For example， when the violinists play in an orchestra （管絃樂隊），they must listen closely to what they are playing and ignore （忽視） the other sounds．可知研究負責人尼娜•克勞斯說，音樂家的聽力更好，因為他們學會了注意某些聲音．例如，當小提琴手在管絃樂隊中演奏時，他們必須仔細傾聽他們正在演奏的音樂，而忽略其他聲音．因此可知作者用第三段中小提琴手的例子來解釋為什麼音樂家有更好的聽力．故選C．

（3）B．細節理解題．根據第四段中 Dr． Schlaug was surprised to find singing words helped his patients finally speak．可知Gottfried Schlaug讓他們唱歌幫助他的中風患者說話．故選B．

（4）C．主旨大意題．通讀全文，尤其是根據第一段中Is there a connection between music and language？According to recent studies，the answer is yes：Music helps develop certain language abilities in the brain．可知音樂和語言之間有聯絡嗎？根據最近的研究，*是肯定的：音樂有助於培養大腦的某些語言能力．因此可知這篇文章的主要展示了音樂與語言能力的關係．故選C．

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