浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(10)

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1、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’s

3、authors，NinaKraus，saidthefindingssuggestedthatstudyingmusic“actuallytunesoursensorysystem”．Thismeansthatschoolsthatwantchildrentodowellinlanguagesshouldhesitatebeforecuttingmusicprograms，Dr.Kraussaid.Shesaidmusictrainingmightalsohelpchildrenwithlanguagepro

4、blems.Mandarin(普通话)speakershavebeenshowntohaveamorecomplexencoding(编码)ofpitchpatternsintheirbrainsthanEnglishspeakersdo.ThisisbecauseinMandarinandotherAsianlanguages，pitchplaysacentralrole.Asinglesyllablewordcanhaveseveralmeaningsdependingonhowitisintoned.

5、Forthisstudy，theresearcherslookedat20nonChinesespeakingvolunteers，halfwithnomusicalbackgroundandhalfwhohavestudiedaninstrumentforatleastsixyears.Astheywereshownamovie，thevolunteersalsoheardanaudiotapeoftheMandarinword“mi”inthreeofitsmeanings：squint，bewilde

6、randrice.Theresearchersrecordedactivitiesintheirbrainstemstoseehowwelltheywereprocessingthesounds.ThosewithamusicbackgroundshowedmuchmorebrainactivitiesinresponsetotheChinesesounds.Theleadauthorofthestudy，PatrickC．M.Wong，saiditmightworkbothways.Itappearsth

7、atnativespeakersoftonallanguagesmaydobetteratlearninginstruments.1.WhenlearningChinese，aforeignerwillfind________.A．hehasadifficulttimelearningmusicatthesametimeB．hehasaneasiertimelearningmusicatthesametimeC．itishardtomasterthetonesrequiredtospeakandunders

8、tandD．itiseasytousethebraintohelphimdiscoverchangesinpitch2.WhydoesChineselearninghavesomethingtodowithmusictraining?A．BecausethereisthesamedifficultyinlearningChineseandmusic.B．Becauseskillstolearnthetwomake