If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music.
“Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.
The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after working out with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress, sadness and nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
In medical fields, music is used widely for patients who have had head hurts before and after operation. “The Four Seasons” was used because of its moderate tempo（舒緩的節(jié)拍）and positive results in earlier research. “Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system(神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)) and these changes may have a direct result on learning ability,” Emery said.
Scientists have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. By 2000, psychologists were using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders. Mozart was chosen because his music is not overexciting and has clear structures. A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
小題1:The underlined word enhance can be replaced by ______.
A．impressB．improveC．provideD．produce
小題2:The text mainly tells us that _____.
A．music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleep
B．33 volunteers work on music in medical fields
C．exercising to music makes people healthy and bright
D．scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise to
小題3:It can be learned from the last paragraph that ______.
A．you are supposed to follow your parents’ words
B．students should not listen to music before exams
C．you have some good reasons to exercise to music
D．music might help you to get higher grades in tests
小題4:Which of the following statements is true?
A．Exercise seems to cause negative changes without music.
B．Exercise reminds people with head hurts of what they’ve learned.
C．Scientists often use Mozart’s music, for it is not too exciting.
D．“The Four Seasons” is used to help children with speech disorders.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：本文主要介紹了多聽(tīng)音樂(lè)可以提高我們的學(xué)習(xí)能力，可以讓我們更健康，有聰明，說(shuō)明了音樂(lè)的重要作用。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)本段第一句“Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease,”說(shuō)明音樂(lè)可以提高那些患病的人的學(xué)習(xí)能力，說(shuō)明And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding.中的enhance是指提高，增強(qiáng)的意思。故B正確。
小題2:C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)本文的主題段第一段If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.說(shuō)明多聽(tīng)音樂(lè)會(huì)讓我們更聰明更有能力。故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4行A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test.說(shuō)明多聽(tīng)音樂(lè)可能讓人在智力測(cè)試中得到高分，說(shuō)明D項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段3,4行Mozart was chosen because his music is not overexciting and has clear structures.說(shuō)明他的音樂(lè)不是很過(guò)度興奮而且節(jié)奏感很強(qiáng)，故C正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述的是音樂(lè)的重要作用，需要考生在閱讀的時(shí)候有足夠的耐心。要養(yǎng)成在上下文串聯(lián)中猜測(cè)詞義的能力，根據(jù)上下文中出現(xiàn)的同義詞，近義詞，反義詞，以及詞義的解釋來(lái)理解生詞。同時(shí)要抓住文章的中心，不要受其他信息的影響。要根據(jù)題目及選項(xiàng)以及文章的上下文串聯(lián)合理的判斷推理。
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