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What are the two different things that make human different from other animals? One is language, and the other is music. It is true that some animals can sing. However, the songs of animals are very simple. It is also true that humans, not animals, have developed musical instruments.

Music is clearly different from language. However, people can use music to communicate with others, especially their emotions. When music is combined with speech, it’s a very powerful form of communication.

If music is truly different from speech, then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain. The scientific studies have proved that it is true. For example, Vissarion Shebalin, a Russian composer, had a stroke (中風) in1953. It injured the left side of his brain. He couldn’t speak or understand speech. However, he still could compose music until his death. On the other hand, sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability, but they can still speak and understand speech.

Why does music have a strong effect on us physically and emotionally? That’s a hard question to answer. Geoffrey Miller, a researcher at a university, thinks that music and love have a strong connection. Music requires a special talent, practice and physical ability. For example, playing a musical instrument requires fine, muscular control. You also need good memory to remember the notes. And playing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition. Finally, when a man sings to the woman he loves, it may be a way of showing off.

However, Miller’s theory still doesn’t explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply. For scientists, this is clearly an area that needs further research.

32. We can learn from the first paragraph that______.

A. music is more important than language

 B. human’s music is the same as animals

C. animals are cleverer than humans in music

D. music also makes man different from animals

33. The example of Vissarion Shebalin is used to show that______.

A. he was the luckiest person in the world

B. he was really interested in composing music

C. music and language are the same thing for some people

    D. the brain processes music and language in different parts

34. Playing a musical instrument requires the following things except ______.

 A. good hearing     B. a sensitive nose C. a good memory        D. fine muscular control

35. According to the last paragraph, scientists ______.

 A. are losing their interest in studying music  B. have difficulty in doing research on music

 C. have known everything about music        D. don’t know how music affects our emotions

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