Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skills American scientists say musical training seems to improve communication sk

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问题               Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skills
    American scientists say musical training seems to improve communication skills and language retardation (延迟). They found that developing musical skill involves the【C1】______process in the brain as learning how to speak. The scientists believe that could【C2】______children with learning disabilities.
    Nina Krauss is a neurobiologist at Northwestern University in Illinois. She says musical training 【C3】______putting together different kinds of information, such as hearing music, looking at musical notes, touching an instrument and watching other musicians. This【C4】______is not much different from learning how to speak. Both involve different senses.
    She further explains musical training and learning to【C5】______each make us think about what we are doing. She says speech and music【C6】______through a structure of the nervous system called the brain stem. The brain stem【C7】______our ability to hear. Until recently, experts have thought the brain stem could not be developed or changed.【C8】______Professor Krauss and her team found that musical training can improve a person’ s brain stem activity.
    The study involved individuals with different levels of musical【C9】______. They were asked to wear an electrical device that measures【C10】______activity. The individuals wore the electrode while they watched a video of someone speaking and a person playing a musical instrument—the cello(大提琴). Professor Krauss says cellos have sound qualities similar【C11】______some of the sounds that are important with speech. The study found that the more years of training people had, the more【C12】______they were to the sound and rhythm of the music. Those who were involved in musical activities were the same people in whom the【C13】______of sensory events was the strongest. It shows the importance of musical training to children with learning【C14】______. She says using music to improve listening skills could mean they【C15】______sentences and understand facial expressions better.
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选项 A、reduction
B、improvement
C、interference
D、implication

答案B

解析 这个句子的意思是:那些接受过音乐训练的人在感官测试中取得的进步也最大。reduction减少;improvement改善,提升;interference干扰;implication蕴含。
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