The idea that music makes you smarter has received considerable attention from scholars and the media. Current interest in【B1】__

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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【B1】______between music and intelligence stems from two independent areas of research. One focuses on short-term effects of【B2】______listening to music. The other is on a seperate【B3】______of research, which examines whether music lessons have【B4】______benefits that extend to non-musical areas of cognition. Such 【B5】______ could be unique to children who take music lessons for long periods of time 【B6】______ their experiences differ substantially from those of other children. Music lessons【B7】______long periods of focused attention, memorization of【B8】______musical passages, learning about a variety of musical structures, and【B9】______mastery of technical skills and the conventions【B10】______the expression of emotions in performance. This【B11】______of experiences could have a positive impact on cognition, particularly during the childhood years, when brain devolopment is highly【B12】______and sensitive to environmental influence.
    Previous findings are【B13】______with the hypothesis that music lessons promote intellectual development. For example, natural musical gifts is associated with literacy.【B14】______, correlational and experimental studies【B15】______that music lessons have positive relations with verbal memory, reading ability, selective attention, and mathematics achievement.【B16】______, the simplest explanation of these【B17】______relations is that they come from a common component,such as general intelligence. Put simply, children【B18】______high IQs are more likely than other children to take music lessons. To conclude that music lessons have a casual relation with IQ that is【B19】______to music,one must rule【B20】______potentially confusing factors such as socioeconomic status, and education, and demonstrate that non-musical, extracurricular activities do not have comparable effects on IQ.
【B2】

选项 A、plain
B、general
C、complete
D、simple

答案D

解析 考查上下文语义。空格处所在句子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认知的影响。由此推知,空格处强调的是“听音乐”本身带来的影响。D.simple“纯粹的,完全的”,代入文中,表示“纯粹听音乐带来的短期作用”,符合语境,为最佳答案。plain“平凡的,平庸的”;general“普遍的,一般的”;complete“完全的,彻底的”,均不符合题意。
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