Question

用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文通順、正確、連貫 (每個(gè)單詞限用一次)。

then;   do;  ;   right;   show;   different;   who;   late;   easy;  memory

Did your parents make you take music lessons? Recent research has   小題1:  that people who studied music as a child are able to remember words much better than people   小題2:  musical training. One experiment was  小題3: with sixty female American college students. A similar study was carried out with ninety boys in Hongkong of China. In both cases, students had to  小題4:words and pictures.  小題5:  they were asked how many they remembered. Scientists found that students   小題6: studied music were better at remembering words, but both groups remembered the pictures equally well. Perhaps it is   小題7:to use your imagination to associate(聯(lián)想) pictures with things in your life. Also, you can make up stories for pictures.
Scientists explain the   小題8:  by saying that both musical memory and verbal (written or spoken words) memory are located in the left side of the brain. Visual memory, the kind needed for pictures, is located in   小題9:  half of the brain. Since verbal memory is very important for success at school, researchers now think that taking music lessons can give you a real academic advantage. In fact, when the students were tested a year   小題10: , the students who had stopped taking lessons still did well on verbal memory. Maybe it’s time to give music lessons a try.

Answer 1

小題1:showed
小題2:without
小題3:done
小題4:memorize
小題5:Then
小題6:who
小題7:easier
小題8:differences
小題9:right
小題10:later

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了學(xué)習(xí)音樂的學(xué)生記憶單詞的效果要好，因?yàn)橐魳返膶W(xué)習(xí)和記憶單詞和圖片都是開發(fā)左半腦。
小題1:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：最近的調(diào)查已經(jīng)表明那些學(xué)習(xí)音樂的孩子比那些沒有學(xué)的記憶單詞要好得多。結(jié)合語境及詞匯可知用完成時(shí)，填動(dòng)詞的過去分詞showed。
小題2:考查介詞。句意：最近的調(diào)查已經(jīng)表明那些學(xué)習(xí)音樂的孩子比那些沒有學(xué)的記憶單詞要好得多without介詞，沒有后加名詞。故填without.
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：六十個(gè)美國女性大學(xué)生被做了這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)。Be done表示被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故填done過去分詞。
小題4:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：在兩種情況下，學(xué)生不得不記住單詞和圖片。Have to do 表示不得不做某事，結(jié)合語境故填memorize記住。
小題5:考查連詞。句意：然后他們被問記住了多少單詞。結(jié)合語境及所給詞匯可知和前文構(gòu)成連接作用，故填Then然后，連詞。
小題6:考查連詞。句意：科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)那些學(xué)習(xí)音樂的學(xué)生記的單詞要好。 Who在這里是引導(dǎo)定語從句，先行詞是指人故用Who引導(dǎo)，結(jié)合語境及所給詞匯填who。
小題7:考查形容詞。句意;也許用你的想象力去聯(lián)想生活中的東西是容易的。It’s +形容詞比較級(jí)to do 做某事更怎么樣。結(jié)合句意故填easier比較級(jí)更容易。
小題8:考查名詞。句意：科學(xué)家解釋不同說音樂的記憶和讀寫的記憶都是以左半腦為基礎(chǔ)的。結(jié)合語境可知填名詞的復(fù)數(shù)不同，故填differences。
小題9:考查頻率副詞。句意：視覺記憶，所需要的那種照片位于大腦的右半面。結(jié)合語境及所給詞匯，故填right
小題10:考查連詞。句意：事實(shí)上，當(dāng)學(xué)生們被測試一年之后。一段時(shí)間+later表示在……之后，結(jié)合語境故填later