If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music.
“Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.
The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after working out with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress, sadness and nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
In medical fields, music is used widely for patients who have had head hurts before and after operation. “The Four Seasons” was used because of its moderate tempo(舒緩的節(jié)拍)and positive results in earlier research. “Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system(神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)) and these changes may have a direct result on learning ability,” Emery said.
Scientists have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. By 2000, psychologists were using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders. Mozart was chosen because his music is not overexciting and has clear structures. A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
1.
The underlined word enhance can be replaced by ______.
A.impress B.improve C.provide D.produce
2.
The text mainly tells us that _____.
A.music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleep
B.33 volunteers work on music in medical fields
C.exercising to music makes people healthy and bright
D.scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise to
3.
It can be learned from the last paragraph that ______.
A.you are supposed to follow your parents’ words
B.students should not listen to music before exams
C.you have some good reasons to exercise to music
D.music might help you to get higher grades in tests
4.
Which of the following statements is true?
A.Exercise seems to cause negative changes without music.
B.Exercise reminds people with head hurts of what they’ve learned.
C.Scientists often use Mozart’s music, for it is not too exciting.
D.“The Four Seasons” is used to help children with speech disorders.
1.B
2.C
3.D
4.C
【解析】
試題分析:本文主要介紹了多聽音樂可以提高我們的學習能力,可以讓我們更健康,有聰明,說明了音樂的重要作用。
1.B 推理題。根據(jù)本段第一句“Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease,”說明音樂可以提高那些患病的人的學習能力,說明And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding.中的enhance是指提高,增強的意思。故B正確。
2.C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)本文的主題段第一段If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.說明多聽音樂會讓我們更聰明更有能力。故C項正確。
3.D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4行A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test.說明多聽音樂可能讓人在智力測試中得到高分,說明D項正確。
4.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段3,4行Mozart was chosen because his music is not overexciting and has clear structures.說明他的音樂不是很過度興奮而且節(jié)奏感很強,故C正確。
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