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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练3AAnyforeignerwhohastriedtolearnChinesecantellhowharditistomasterthetonesrequiredtospeakandunderstand.Andanyonewhohastriedtolearntoplaytheviolinorotherinstrumentscanreportsimilarchallenges.NowresearchershavefoundthatpeoplewithmusicaltraininghaveaneasiertimelearningChinese.W

2、ritingintheonlineeditionofNatureNeuroscience，researchersfromNorthwesternUniversitysaythatbothskillsdrawonthesamepartsofthebrainthathelppeoplediscoverchangesinpitch(音调)．Oneofthestudy’sauthors，NinaKraus，saidthefindingssuggestedthatstudyingmusic“actuallytunesoursensorysystem”．Thismeansthatschool

3、sthatwantchildrentodowellinlanguagesshouldhesitatebeforecuttingmusicprograms，Dr.Kraussaid.Shesaidmusictrainingmightalsohelpchildrenwithlanguageproblems.Mandarin(普通话)speakershavebeenshowntohaveamorecomplexencoding(编码)ofpitchpatternsintheirbrainsthanEnglishspeakersdo.ThisisbecauseinMandarinando

4、therAsianlanguages，pitchplaysacentralrole.Asinglesyllablewordcanhaveseveralmeaningsdependingonhowitisintoned.Forthisstudy，theresearcherslookedat20nonChinesespeakingvolunteers，halfwithnomusicalbackgroundandhalfwhohavestudiedaninstrumentforatleastsixyears.Astheywereshownamovie，thevolunteersalso

5、heardanaudiotapeoftheMandarinword“mi”inthreeofitsmeanings：squint，bewilderandrice.Theresearchersrecordedactivitiesintheirbrainstemstoseehowwelltheywereprocessingthesounds.ThosewithamusicbackgroundshowedmuchmorebrainactivitiesinresponsetotheChinesesounds.Theleadauthorofthestudy，PatrickC．M.Wong，

6、saiditmightworkbothways.Itappearsthatnativespeakersoftonallanguagesmaydobetteratlearninginstruments.441.WhenlearningChinese，aforeignerwillfind________.A．hehasadifficulttimelearningmusicatthesametimeB．hehasaneasiertimelearningmusicatthesametimeC．itishardtomasterthetonesrequiredtospeakandunders

7、tandD．itiseasytousethebraintohelphimdiscoverchangesinpitch42.WhydoesChineselearninghavesomethingtodowithmusictraining?A．BecausethereisthesamedifficultyinlearningChineseandmusic.B．Becauseskillstolearnthetwomakeuseofthesamepartsofthebrain.C．Bec