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Part 2: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.
MUSIC - A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (1) ______ as a development of mating calls. In fact, there is one theory that the (2) ______ languages were chanted or sung, rather than spoken. Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (3) ______ history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (4) ______ on stories of the land and spirits to the next generation.
New evidence suggests that music does not just (5) ______ the feel - good factor but it is also good for the brain. A study of intellectually (6) ______ children showed that they could recall more information after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as a story.
Researchers also report that people (7) ______ better on a standard intelligence test after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (8) ______ by findings that rats brought up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, (9) ______ as a maze. Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental (10) ______ benefit from listening to music.
1. A. was B. swelled C. arose D. reacted
2. A. earliest B. newest C. easiest D. simplest
3. A. enjoying B. making C. recording D. stating
4. A. move B. pass C. hand D. happen
5. A. convince B. satisfy C. please D. prefer
6. A. disabled B. inactive C. incapable D. disordered
7. A. examine B. prepare C. achieve D. score
8. A. supported B. given C. marked D. remembered
9. A. called B. heard C. regarded D. known
10. A. badness B. hurt C. illness D. pain
MUSIC - A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (1) ______ as a development of mating calls. In fact, there is one theory that the (2) ______ languages were chanted or sung, rather than spoken. Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (3) ______ history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (4) ______ on stories of the land and spirits to the next generation.
New evidence suggests that music does not just (5) ______ the feel - good factor but it is also good for the brain. A study of intellectually (6) ______ children showed that they could recall more information after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as a story.
Researchers also report that people (7) ______ better on a standard intelligence test after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (8) ______ by findings that rats brought up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, (9) ______ as a maze. Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental (10) ______ benefit from listening to music.
1. A. was B. swelled C. arose D. reacted
2. A. earliest B. newest C. easiest D. simplest
3. A. enjoying B. making C. recording D. stating
4. A. move B. pass C. hand D. happen
5. A. convince B. satisfy C. please D. prefer
6. A. disabled B. inactive C. incapable D. disordered
7. A. examine B. prepare C. achieve D. score
8. A. supported B. given C. marked D. remembered
9. A. called B. heard C. regarded D. known
10. A. badness B. hurt C. illness D. pain