Music produces profound and lasting changes in th

Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music

classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a small study advanced the 62 that listening to

Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major could boost mental functioning. It was not long

63 trademarked “Mozart effect” products began to appeal to anxious parents aiming to put

toddlers (刚学步的孩子) 64 the fast track to prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale.

Georgia’s governor even 65 giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette.

The 66 for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhaps nonexistent, although the

67 study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years,

68 , scientists have examined the benefits of a concerted 69 to study and practice music,

as 70 to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based“brain fitness” game 71 in a while.

Advanced monitoring 72 have enabled scientists to see what happens 73 your head

when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon.

And they have found that music 74 can produce profound and lasting changes that 75 the

general ability to learn. These results should 76 public officials that music classes are not

a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly 77 public

schools.

Studies have shown that 78 instrument training from an early age can help the brain

to 79 sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from

literature to mathematics. The musically adept (擅长的)are better able to 80 on a biology

lesson despite the noise in the classroom 81 , a few years later, to finish a call with a client

when a colleague in the next office starts screaming a subordinate. They can attend to

several things at once in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill

in this era of multitasking.

62.A)notice B)note C)notion D)notification

63.A)that B)until C)since D)Before

64.A)up B)by C)on D)at

65.A)propelled B) proposed C) submitted D)subjected

66.A)witness B) evidence C) symptom D)context

67.A)subtle B) elementary C) sensitive D)original

68.A)however B)moreover C) then D)therefore

69.A)effort B)impulse C) object D)attention

70.A)opposed B)accustomed C) related D)devoted

71.A)quite B)once C) often D)much

72.A)organisms B)techniques C) mechanisms D)mechanics

73.A)upon B)amid C) among D)inside

74.A)subjects B)models C) causes D)lessons

75.A)enhance B)introduce C) accelerate D)elaborate

76.A)contend B) convey C) conceive D)convince

77.A)trouble B)transform C) distract D)disclose

78.A)urgent B)casual C) diligent D)solemn

79.A)proceed B)process C) prefer D)predict

80.A)count B)concentrate C) insist D)depend

81.A)but B)or C) for D)so