Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skills American scientists say mu...

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问题 Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skills
American scientists say musical training seems to improve communication skills and language retardation (延迟).They found that developing musical skills involves the____________ (51) process in the brain as learning how to speak. The scientists believe that could___________ (52) children with learning disabilities.
Nina Krauss is a neurobiologist at Northwestern University in Illinois. She says musical training___________ (53) putting together different kinds of information, such as hearing music, looking at musical notes, touching an instrument and watching other musicians. This
____________ (54) is not much different from learning how to speak. Both involve different senses.
She further explains musical training and learning to___________ (55) each make us think about what we are doing. She says speech and music___________ (56) through a structure of the nervous system called the brain stem. The brain stem___________ (57)our ability to hear. Until recently, experts have thought the brain stem could not be developed or changed. ____________ (58) Professor Krauss and her team found that musical training can improve a person’s brain stem activity.
The study involved individuals with different levels of musical___________ (59). They were asked to wear an electrical device that measures___________ (60) activity. The individuals wore the electrode while they watched a video of someone speaking and a person playing a musical instrument — the cello (大提琴).Professor Krauss says cellos have sound qualities similar ___________ (61) some of the sounds that are important with speech. The study found that the more years of training people had, the more___________(62) they were to the sound and rhythm of the music. Those who were involved in musical activities were the same people in whom the___________ (63) of sensory events was the strongest. It shows the importance of musical training to children with learning___________(64). She says using music to improve listening skills could mean they____________ (65)sentences and understand facial expressions better.

选项 A develops
B controls
C assesses
D observes

答案B

解析脑干可以“控制”我们的听觉,故答案为B。其他选项,develops的意思是“培养”,assesses的意思是“评估”,observes的意思是“观察”。
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