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Exercising to Music Pumps up Brain Power If music makes you smarter, and exer

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问题 Exercising to Music Pumps up Brain Power
   If music makes you smarter, and exercise helps brain function, can exercising to music really boost brainpower? Some researchers said it can.
   Volunteers who listened to Vivaldi’s "Four Seasons" while working out on a treadmill did much better on a test of【C1】______ ability than when they exercised without music, a team at Ohio State【C2】______ found.
   " Evidence suggests that exercise improves the【C3】______ performance of people with coronary artery disease ," said 【C4】______ Charles Emery, who led the study. "And listening to music is thought to【C5】______ brainpower. We wanted to put the two results【C6】______," Emery added in a statement.
   Writing in the latest issue of the journal Heart & Lung, Emery and【C7】______ said they studied 33 men and women taking【C8】______ in a cardiac rehabilitation program after having【C9】______ surgery, angioplasty or other procedures to treat clogged arteries. The【C10】______ said they felt better emotionally and mentally after【C11】______ with or without the music. But their improvement on the verbal 【C12】______ test doubled after listening to music on the treadmills. "Exercise seems to【C13】______ positive changes in the nervous system, and these changes may have a direct 【C14】______ on cognitive ability," Emery said.
   " Listening to music may influence cognitive【C15】______ through different pathways in the brain. The combination of music and exercise may【C16】______ and increase cognitive arousal while helping to【C17】______ cognitive output. " Emery said he now wanted to test people【C18】______ music of their own choice. "We used the ’ Four Seasons’ because of its【C19】______ tempo and positive effects on medical patients in previous【C20】______ ," Emery said. "But given the range of music preferences among patients, it’s especially important to evaluate the influence of other types of music on cognitive outcomes. " [br] 【C18】
选项 A、listening to
B、creating
C、tailoring
D、using
答案 D
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