职称英语考试

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Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skills

American scientists say musical training seemsto improve communication skills and language retardation. They found thatdeveloping musical skills involves the same process in the brain as learninghow to speak. The scientists believe that could help children with learningdisabilities.

____1___. She says musical training involvesputting together different kinds of information, such as hearing music, lookingat musical notes, touching an instrument and watching other musician. Thisprocess is not much different from learning how to speak._____2___.

She further explains musical training andlearning to speak each make us think about what we are doing. She says speechand music pass through a structure of the nervous system called the brain stem._____3___ .Until recently, experts have thought the brain stem could not bedeveloped or changed. But Professor Krauss and her team found that musicaltraining can improve a person’s brain stem activity.

The study involved individuals with differentlevels of musical ability. They were asked to wear an electrical device thatmeasures brain activity. The individuals wore the electrode while they watcheda video of someone speaking and a person playing a musical instrument- thecello.

___4___. The study found that the more years oftraining people had, the more sensitive they were to the sound and rhythm ofthe music. Those who were involved in musical activities were the same peoplein whom the improvement of sensory events was the strongest.____5__ . She saysusing music to improve listening skills could mean they hear sentences andunderstand facial expressions better.

练习：

A Both involve different senses.

B Nina Kraus is a neurobiologist(神经生物学家) at Northwestern University in Illinois.

C Some disabled children attended the musicaltraining class.

D It shows the importance of musical trainingto children with learning disabilities.

E Professor Krauss says cellos have soundqualities similar to some of the sounds that are important with speech.

F The brain stem controls our ability to hear.

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