共享题干题【2015年真题】                      （一） Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skill
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        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.