Do you have the experience of taking music lessons against your wishes？Perhaps you have complained about it because you thought it took you much playtime. But now you'd better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training. A recent study suggests that music lessons can make children have better memories than their peers(同龄人).
The Canadian study showed that after one year of musical training，children did better on a memory test than those who didn't take music lessons.
The researchers made the children aged between 4 and 6 into two groups—one group of children took music lessons outside school，and the other didn't take any musical training. In one year，they took four tests in different times. The results showed brain development changes at least every four months.
The children taking music lessons not only did better in musical listening but also made faster progress in other ways，such as reading，writing，math and IQ.
People say music is the good medicine for a broken heart. Now it seems music can also help us to improve our memories. We are sure to find more and more in the wonderful world of music.
1.You'd better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training because ______.
A.you get well after you take music lessons
B.you will make faster progress in study
C.music can help you to improve your memories
D.music can make you stronger than others
2.The researchers made one group of the children aged between 4 and 6 take music lessons for ______.
A.six months B.a year
C.two years D.three years
3.The Canadian study showed that brain development changes ______.
A.at least every four months
B.twice half a year
C.once a month
D.four times a year
4.According to the last paragraph，most people think music can make us ______.
A.happy B.worried C.confident D.sad
5.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A.How to become cleverer.
B.How to sing a song well.
C.What to find in the wonderful world of music.
D.Music does us much good.
Music is something that everybody likes. Everybody can________sounds in a way by singing or playing a musical instrument. Many kinds of music ________ developed as people have found out how to sing in different ways. There are ________ many kinds of music to hear that you are sure to find some music that will greatly ________ you. Music has meaning for everyone. It is ________ by the old and the young，men and women. It can make people happy ________ sad. In our modern ________，radios and televisions provide us with lots of music，giving us enjoyment.________ in a music lesson or at concert music means different ________ to different people. Music________ to the whole world.
1.
A.make B.do
C.hear D.speak
2.
A.is B.had
C.have D.has
3.
A.such B.a lot
C.so D.a lot of
4.
A.interest B.prefer
C.invent D.please
5.
A.kept B.enjoyed
C.disliked D.enjoys
6.
A.and B.but
C.or D.if
7.
A.world B.moon
C.star D.earth
8.
A.Both B.Neither
C.Every D.Either
9.
A.something B.things
C.anything D.nothing
10.
A.takes B.wants
C.plans D.belongs
按要求完成句子
1.The girl is my sister. She is wearing a new sweater.（改为含有定语从句的句子）
The girl _______ _______ wearing a new sweater is my sister.
2.Miss Green has something for everyone.（改为否定句）
Miss Green ______ _______ _______ for anyone.
3.Mr. Lin likes the blue bicycle. He likes the black bicycle better.（合并为一句）
Mr. Lin ______ the black bicycle _______ the blue one.
4.My son likes clothes. The clothes are unusual.（改为含有定语从句的句子）
My son likes clothes ________ ________ ________.
5.The question is so difficult that I can't answer.（改为同义句）
The question is ________ difficult for me _______ answer.
Many children are left alone in the countryside.
Let’s try our best _________ them.
A.help B.helping
C.to help D.helps
Tony is one of the young men __________ from Italy.
A.who are B.who is
C.that comes D.that is
—What kind of music does your sister like?
—She likes the music _____ she can dance to.
A.because B.when
C.who D.that
