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【題目】You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.

The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked(激發(fā)) real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.

The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.

I’ll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.

【1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A. Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.

B. Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.

C. There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.

D. There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.

【2】The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggests that ________.

A. people were strongly against the idea

B. the idea was accepted by many people

C. Mozart played an important part in people’s life

D. the US government helped promote the idea

【3】What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?

A. Favorable. B. Objective. C. Doubtful. D. Positive.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】這是一篇介紹說明類文章。很多人都相信莫扎特效應(yīng)，認(rèn)為聽莫扎特的音樂可以使人更聰明，但是，研究表明，這沒有什么科學(xué)依據(jù)。聽音樂的確可以暫時提高大腦處理形狀的能力，但是這些益處是短暫的，它并不能使我們更加聰明。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的“but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed”可知，當(dāng)涉及到莫扎特效應(yīng)的科學(xué)證據(jù)時，情況會更加復(fù)雜。即：沒有什么科學(xué)證據(jù)來支持莫扎特效應(yīng)。故D選項正確。

【2】句意理解題。由第三段中的“The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children”可知，很多父母給孩子聽莫扎特的音樂，由此可知，這種想法被大部分人接受。故B選項正確。

【3】觀點態(tài)度題。由第三段中的“… that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent”可知，聽音樂的確可以暫時提高大腦處理形狀的能力，但是這些益處是短暫的，它并不能使我們更加聰明。故可推知，作者對莫扎特效應(yīng)持懷疑態(tài)度。故選C。