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f people with heart disease.” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study.“ And listening to music is thought to enhance just wanted to put the two results together.” he added. The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after exercising with or without music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during have proved that music can be good for health and helps reduce stress and sadness, encourage relaxation or sleep, wake up the body and improve memory and thoughts. Scientists have been studying the results of exercise to music on learning and understanding since the early 1950s. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart’s violin pieces and exercised went on to get higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music or play perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them. ( ) can make you an intelligent person? A. music B. exercise. C. experiments D. music to exercise ( ) does the underlined word “enhance” mean? A. Produce. B. Provide. C. Improve. D. Impress. ( ) can be learned from the last paragraph that ________. A. you are supposed to follow your parents’ words B. you have some good reasons to join in an intelligence test C. good marks depend on listening to music and exercising D. exercise to music might help you get higher grades in tests ( ) of the following statements is TRUE? A. Music helps volunteers get better from heart disease. B. Exercise is used for people with head hurts. C. Exercise causes no changes in health without music. D. Music can help you relax and feel energetic. ( ) might be the best title of the passage? A. Exercise to Music B. Music and Study C. Importance of Music D. Studies on Exercise B Man’s best friend could be one of the environment’s worst enemies, according to a new study that says that your pet dog’s carbon pawprint(碳足跡 ) is more than double that of a sports car. Yet this point of view, made by New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale, has angered pet owners who feel they are being picked out as troublemakers. The Vales, researchers in sustainable(可持續(xù)的 ) living, looked at popular brands of pet food and calculated that a medi