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  3. Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a

Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a

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问题     Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a small study advanced the【C1】______that listening to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major could boost mental functioning. It was not long【C2】______trademarked "Mozart effect" products began to appeal to anxious parents aiming to put little kids【C3】______the fast track to prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgia’s governor even【C4】______giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette.
    The evidence for Mozart therapy【C5】______to be weak, perhaps nonexistent, although the【C6】______study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years,【C7】______, scientists have examined the benefits of a concerted【C8】______to study and practice music, as【C9】______to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based "brain fitness" game【C10】______in a while.
    Advanced monitoring【C11】______have enabled scientists to see what happens【C12】______your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music【C13】______can produce profound and lasting changes that【C14】______the general ability to learn. These results should【C15】______public officials that music classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly【C16】______public schools.
    Studies have shown that【C17】______instrument training from an early age can help the brain to【C18】______sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to mathematics. Those who are good at music are better able to【C19】______a biology lesson despite the noise in the classroom【C20】______, a few years later, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next office starts screaming at a subordinate. They can attend to several things at once in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill in this era of multitasking.
【C8】
选项 A、object
B、attention
C、impulse
D、effort
答案D
解析 上下文语义题。此处是讲科学家检验音乐的好处(the benefits)。空格后的不定式短语to study and practice music“学习和练习音乐”和to playing a Mozart CD or．．．in a while“偶尔播放一张莫扎特CD或……”是两种不同的情形，从study and practice与play、in a while可看出，前者作出的努力要比后者大。根据这一语境，D项effort“努力”填入文中最贴切，表示“一致努力学习和练习音乐的好处”。
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