六、完形填空
In all the world's cultures, people sing, play instruments, and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in our lives that people devote much time to its study. Experts (专家) are finding that because of the ______ our brains deal with music, learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can have a large number of benefits (益处).
Music education has ______ a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve Maths, science, and language ______. One study in Canada followed children's IQ scores for nine months, ______ that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes (音符) uses several parts of the ______, raising our ability to learn school subjects.
Music is also used for ______ purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which influence memory. The secret lies in the way the brain deals with music. That's ______ an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer's, listening to music can help wake up hidden memories by building up musical pathways to memories.
Studies of the music and brain connection often centre on classical music, ______ it activates (激活) both the left and right sides of our brains. One study observed (观察) people's brain activity as they listened to music by ______ William Boyce. It found that the brain activity was highest during the short breaks (中断) between the movements of a piece. During each break, the person's brain expected what would come next, while organizing what he or she had just ______. This process is similar to the way our brain organizes information. It may explain why classical music can help improve memory.
() 1. A. way
B. result
C. style
D. step
() 2. A. kept
B. given
C. received
D. collected
() 3. A. marks
B. skills
C. points
D. talents
() 4. A. believing
B. considering
C. explaining
D. discovering
() 5. A. body
B. brain
C. head
D. heart
() 6. A. medical
B. musical
C. personal
D. practical
() 7. A. how
B. when
C. why
D. what
() 8. A. if
B. since
C. though
D. unless
() 9. A. writer
B. doctor
C. teacher
D. composer
() 10. A. heard
B. sung
C. said
D. done

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. A

1. 根据上下文，这里讨论的是大脑处理音乐的方式，因此选择A. way（方式）。
2. 句子表达的是音乐教育受到了很多关注，所以选择C. received（收到）。
3. 文中提到学习音乐能提高孩子的数学、科学和语言能力，这些通常用“skills”（技能）来描述，所以选B. skills。
4. 研究发现学习音乐的孩子在测试中分数提高最大，这是研究的结果，所以选择D. discovering（发现）。
5. 阅读乐谱和弹奏音符涉及大脑的多个部分，所以选择B. brain（大脑）。
6. 下文提到音乐用于治疗影响记忆的疾病，这是医疗目的，所以选择A. medical（医疗的）。
7. 这里解释了为什么一首老歌能让你想起几年前发生的事情，所以选择C. why（为什么）。
8. 古典音乐能激活大脑的左右两侧，这是研究音乐和大脑连接的中心，因此选择B. since（因为）。
9. William Boyce是一位作曲家，所以选择D. composer（作曲家）。
10. 在每个间断期间，人的大脑在组织刚刚听到的内容时，会预期接下来会发生什么，所以选择A. heard（听到）。