高考英语专题检测卷(二十四)阅读理解

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1、专题检测卷（二十四）阅读理解（建议用时：25分钟）A（2013•南宁模拟）体裁说明文题材科普知识词数253Americanscientistssaymusicaltrainingseemstoimprovecommunicationskills.Theyfoundthatdevelopingmusicalskillsinvolvesthesameprocessinthebrainaslearninghowtospeak.Thescientistssaythatcouldhelpchildrenwithlea

2、rningdisabilities.NinaKraussisaneurobiologistatNorthwesternUniversityinIllinois.Shesaysmusicaltraininginvolvesputtingtogetherdifferentkindsofinformation.Shesaystheprocessinvolveshearingmusic,lookingatmusicalnotes,touchinganinstrumentandwatchingothermusicia

3、ns.Shesaystheprocessisnotmuchdifferentfromlearninghowtospeak.Bothinvolvedifferentsenses.ProfessorKrausssaysmusicaltrainingandlearningtospeakmakeusthinkaboutwhatwearedoing.Shesaysspeechandmusicpassthroughastructureofthenervoussystemcalledthebrainstem（月音干）.T

4、hebrainstemcontrolsourabilitytohear.Untilrecently,expertshavethoughtthebrainstemcouldnotbedevelopedorchanged・ButProfessorKraussandherteamfindthatmusicaltrainingcanimproveaperson'sbrainstemactivity.Thestudyinvolvedpeoplewithdifferentlevelsofmusicalability.T

5、heywereaskedtowearanelectricaldevicethatmeasuresbrainactivity.Thepeopleworethedevicewhiletheywatchedavideoofsomeonespeakingandapersonplayingamusicalinstrument.Thestudyfoundthatthemoreyearsoftrainingpeoplehad,themoresensitivetheyweretothesoundandbeatofthemu

6、sic・ProfessorKrausssaysthestudyshowstheimportaneeofmusicaltrainingtochildrenwithlearningdisabilities.1.ThemainideaofthepassageisA.learninghowtospeakB.thatthebrainstemisimportantforspeechC.thatmusicaltrainingisimportantforcommunicationskillsD.thatpeoplewhoh

7、avereceivedmusicaltrainingaremoresensitive1.Whycanmusicaltrainingimprovecommunicationskills?BecauseA.itgivespeoplemoreknowledgeB.itcanimproveaperson'sbrcalivnilsyternaC.ithasakindofmagicD.itcanmakepeoplespeak2.WhichsentenceisTRUEaccordingtothetext?A.Thebra

8、instemcontrolsourabilitytospeak.B.Themusicaltrainingprocessinvolvesonlyhearingmusic.C.Expertsthinkthebrainstemcan'tbedeveloped・D.Thebrainstemhassomethingtodowithourabilitytohear.3.Theunderlinedword“devicem^an