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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.
【C13】
选项 A、models
B、lessons
C、causes
D、subjects
答案B
解析 上下文语义题。此处是讲科学家的发现：——可以产生深刻而持续的变化，这会提升基本的学习能力。空格被music修饰。充当宾语从句的主语。根据下一句中的“音乐课并非仅是一种装饰”，推断空格处的名词应与下文的music classes意思相近，故选lessons。A项models“模型”填入文中与下文提及的音乐课(music classes)不符。C项causes“原因”不宜被music修饰。D项subjects“科目”有一定的干扰性，subject侧重指具体的哪门学科或科目，如数学、化学、英语等lesson侧重于指一节一节的课程，上一句提到的“每天下午练习一小时小提琴”体现的是有时间段的练习内容，故用lesson更贴切。
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