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Ⅰ.阅读理解导学号02281076选修八Module5-6
(2015·湖北黄冈模拟)
Manypeoplebelievethatteachingchildrenmusicmakesthemsmarter,betterabletolearnnewthings.Buttheorganizersofanewstudysaythere'snoscientificevidencethatearlymusicaltrainingaffectstheintelligenceofyoungpeople.
Anestimated80percentofAmericanadultsthinkmusiclessonsimprovechildren'sabilitytolearnortheirperformanceinschool.They,saythatthesatisfactionforlearningtoplayanewsonghelpsachildexpresscreativity.
ResearchersatHarvardUniversity,however,havefoundthatthere'sonethingmusicaltrainingdoesnotdo.Theysayitdoesnotmakechildrenmoreintelligent.SamuelMehrisagraduatestudentatHarvard'sSchoolofEducation.Hesaiditiswrongtothinkthatlearningtoplayamusicalinstrumentimprovesachild'sintellectualdevelopment.Hesaystheevidencecomesfromstudiesthatmeasuredthementalabilityoftwogroupsof4-year-oldsandtheirparents.Onegroupattendedmusicclass,theotherwenttoaclassthatplacesimportanceonthevisualarts—artsthatcanbeseen.
“Theevidencethereis‘no’.Wefoundnoevidenceforanyadvantageonanyofthesetestsforthekidsparticipatinginthesemusicclasses，”saidMehr.SamuelMehrsaysresearchershavecarriedoutmanystudiesinanefforttolearnwhethermusicaltrainingcanmakechildrensmarter.Hesaystheresultshavebeenmixed.HesaysonlyonestudyseemstoshowasmallpercentageincreaseinIQ,intellectualscoresamongstudentsafteroneyearofmusiclessons.HedoesnotbelievethatIQisagoodmeasureofchild'sintelligence.Hesaysresearchersinhisstudycomparedhowwellchildreninthemusicaltraininggroupdidonmentalprocessingtasksorprojects,thentheresultswerecomparedtothoseofchildrenwhodidnottakelessons.Therewasnoevidencethatthemusicaltraininggroupdidmuchbetteronthementaltasksthantheothergroup.
Theresearchersconfirmedtheresultswithalargergroupofchildrenandtheirparents.Mr.Mehrsaysmusiclessonsmaynotofferchildrenafasteasywaytogainentrytothebestschoolslaterintheirlife.Buthesaysthetrainingisstillimportantforculturalreasons.Inhiswords,“Weteachmusicbecausemusicisimportantforus.”
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。哈佛大学最近的一项研究表明，没有证据证明接受了音乐教育的孩子比没有接受音乐教育的孩子的智商更高。
1.Accordingtothenewstudy,musicaltraining________.
A．makeschildrensmarter
B．helpsachildexpresscreativity
C．doesnotmakechildrenmoreintelligent
D．improvechildren'sabilitytolearninschool
答案：C推理判断题。根据文章第一段第二句“Buttheorganizersofanewstudysaythere's
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