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1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练:阅读理解(10)阅读下列材料,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AAnyforeignerwhohastriedtolearnChinesecantellhowharditistomasterthetonesrequiredtospeakandunderstand.Andanyonewhohastriedtolearntoplaytheviolinorotherinstrumentscanreportsimilarchallenges.Nowresearche
2、rshavefoundthatpeoplewithmusicaltraininghaveaneasiertimelearningChinese.WritingintheonlineeditionofNatureNeuroscience,researchersfromNorthwesternUniversitysaythatbothskillsdrawonthesamepartsofthebrainthathelppeoplediscoverchangesinpitch(音调).Oneofthestudy’sauthors,NinaKra
3、us,saidthefindingssuggestedthatstudyingmusic“actuallytunesoursensorysystem”.Thismeansthatschoolsthatwantchildrentodowellinlanguagesshouldhesitatebeforecuttingmusicprograms,Dr.Kraussaid.Shesaidmusictrainingmightalsohelpchildrenwithlanguageproblems.Mandarin(普通话)speakershav
4、ebeenshowntohaveamorecomplexencoding(编码)ofpitchpatternsintheirbrainsthanEnglishspeakersdo.ThisisbecauseinMandarinandotherAsianlanguages,pitchplaysacentralrole.Asinglesyllablewordcanhaveseveralmeaningsdependingonhowitisintoned.Forthisstudy,theresearcherslookedat20nonChine
5、sespeakingvolunteers,halfwithnomusicalbackgroundandhalfwhohavestudiedaninstrumentforatleastsixyears.Astheywereshownamovie,thevolunteersalsoheardanaudiotapeoftheMandarinword“mi”inthreeofitsmeanings:squint,bewilderandrice.Theresearchersrecordedactivitiesintheirbrainstemsto
6、seehowwelltheywereprocessingthesounds.ThosewithamusicbackgroundshowedmuchmorebrainactivitiesinresponsetotheChinesesounds.Theleadauthorofthestudy,PatrickC.M.Wong,saiditmightworkbothways.Itappearsthatnativespeakersoftonallanguagesmaydobetteratlearninginstruments.1.Whenlear
7、ningChinese,aforeignerwillfind________.A.hehasadifficulttimelearningmusicatthesametimeB.hehasaneasiertimelearningmusicatthesametimeC.itishardtomasterthetonesrequiredtospeakandunderstandD.itiseasytousethebraintohelphimdiscoverchangesinpitch2.WhydoesChineselearninghavesome
8、thingtodowithmusictraining?A.BecausethereisthesamedifficultyinlearningChineseandmusic.B.Becauseskillsto
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