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  3. The idea that music makes you smarter has received considerable attention from scholars and the media. Current interest in【C1】__

The idea that music makes you smarter has received considerable attention from scholars and the media. Current interest in【C1】__

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问题    The idea that music makes you smarter has received considerable attention from scholars and the media. Current interest in【C1】______between music and intelligence stems from two independent areas of research. One focuses on short-term effects of【C2】______listening to music. The other is on a separate【C3】______of research, which examines whether music lessons have【C4】______benefits that extend to non-musical areas of cognition. Such【C5】______could be unique to children who take music lessons for long periods of time【C6】______their experiences differ substantially from those of other children. Music lessons【C7】_______long periods of focused attention, memorization of【C8】______musical passages, learning about a variety of musical structures, and【C9】______mastery of technical skills and the conventions【C10】______the expression of emotions in performance. This【C11】______of experiences could have a positive impact on cognition, particularly during the childhood years, when brain development is highly【C12】______and sensitive to environmental influence.
   Previous findings are【C13】______with the hypothesis that music lessons promote intellectual development. For example, natural musical gifts is associated with literacy.【C14】______correlational and experimental studies【C15】______that music lessons have positive relations with verbal memory, reading ability, selective attention, and mathematics achievement.【C16】______, the simplest explanation of these【C17】______relations is that they come from a common component, such as general intelligence. Put simply, children【C18】______high IQs are more likely than other children to take music lessons. To conclude that music lessons have a causal relation with IQ that is【C19】______to music, one must rule【C20】______potentially confusing factors such as socioeconomic status, and education, and demonstrate that non-musical, extracurricular activities do not have comparable effects on IQ.
【C2】
选项 A、plain
B、general
C、complete
D、simple
答案D
解析 本题考查上下文语义。根据文章可知，本句和下一句分别介绍了两类研究：一类研究侧重于______听音乐产生的短期效果；另一类侧重于音乐课程对人们在非音乐领域的认知的影响。因此我们可以推知，空格所在句子指的是“听音乐”这种行为本身带来的影响。simple“纯粹的”用在名词前表示强调，在文中表示“纯粹听音乐带来的短期作用”，符合上下文语义，所以D项正确。A项plain意为“极普通的，平庸的，平凡的”；B项general意为“普遍的；一般的；笼统的；大致的”；C项complete意为“完全的，彻底的”。
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