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Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add

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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 toddlers (刚学步的孩子) 【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【C5】______for Mozart therapy turned out 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. The musically adept (擅长的) are better able to【C19】______on 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. [br] 【C17】
选项 A、urgent
B、casual
C、solemn
D、diligent
答案 D
解析 语义衔接题。四个选项中能修饰instrument training(乐器训练)的是diligent“勤奋的”，且“勤奋的乐器训练对大脑有帮助”也与上文已经提到过的科学家的观点“持续认真地(concerted)学习和练习音乐有好处”相一致，故答案为[D]diligent“勤奋的”。diligent与concerted近义。[B]casual“随意的”与此处语义相反。[A]urgent意为“紧急的”。[C]solemn“严肃的”指的是人的面部表情严肃。
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