【正文】 s. Music education has received a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve math, science, and language skills. One study in Canada tracked （追蹤） children’s IQ scores for nine months, discovering that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes uses several areas of the brain, helping develop our ability to learn school subjects. Music is also used for medical purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which affect memory. Scientists explain that one area near the forehead connects music with memories. That’s why an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from certain diseases, listening to music can help unlock memories by building up musical pathways to memories. Studies of the musicbrain connection often concentrate on classical music, since it activates both the left and right sides of brains. One study found the brain activity was the highest during the short breaks between the movements of a piece of music. During each break, the person’s brain predicted what would e next, while anizing what he had just heard. This process is similar to the way our brain anizes information. It may explain why classical music can help improve memory. Some people take the music brain connection to another level by listening to personalized “brain music.” which can help a person concentrate and prepare for a difficult task. It’s amazing how attuned our brains are to music. Some scientists even think we’re born with the ability to learn music, just as we all have the skills to learn language. After all, children without any training often make up songs while playing. With the evidence of music’s benefits pouring in, it’s no wonder some countries make music study a part of their education systems. People are realizing that music is more than just a form of entertainment. 56. In the study in Canada, who had the biggest IQ score increase? A. The children who did well in science. B. The children who had good memories. C. The children who had fun learning languages. D. The children who studied music for some time. 57. The writer probably agrees that . A. we get a lot from teaching children to make up songs. B. it takes steps to make full use of musicbrain connection. C. memory can be improved by training to anize information D. music treatment helps build up unlocked pathways to memories 58. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. It’s great that our brains go well with music. B. It’s wonderful for us to listen to brain music. C. It’s surprising that music makes our brains active. D. It’s fantastic to know how brains work with music. 59. What may be the best title for the passage? A. Music and Memory B. Music and the Mind C. The Biology of Music D. The Benefits of Music 七、閱讀短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的五個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。 My favorite class at school was dance class. It was a new experience for me. At first, I didn’t think I’d like it, but I decided to give it a chance. To begin with, it was 35 to have to hold with a boy and dance. The steps were okay, and the music was okay, but boys were not really okay. The teacher was nice and funny, and she got us used to working together as a 36 . Then it wasn’t so strange working with a partner any more. As the lessons 37 and I learned new dances like waltz(華爾茲 ), I really began to enjoy myself. Even being with partners wasn’t bad. In fact, I started enjoying dancing with partners who tried hard and know our steps. Some of the boys thought it was a 38 . And they didn’t take it seriously. I hated dancing with them, but I politely took my turn with them anyway. To be a proper lady was another thing I learned while I was dancing. I never thought much about it before, but the teacher expected me to 39 like a lady, which meant I had to accept dance partners politely 40 I didn’t like them. Just like life, you sometimes have to do things you don’t want to, the teacher 41 . Yet, that didn’t mean I didn’t enjoy dancing with a boy who had the proper height and good steps to be a great partner. As the classes neared their end, I was happy to hear I’d been 42 as a finalist. That meant I and my partner, Todd, would be representing my school and going dancing at a petition. The petition was like 43 out of a storybook. Everyone was smiling, wearing great clothes, and hair was done nicely. It was hard not to be 44 , but it was hard not to feel special, too. Todd and I, along with my teammates, 45 our way through the petition. It was hard, and all the other dancers were so good! It was sad not to win the petition, but a third place finish was 46 . Maybe next year our dancers would e in first place. I was proud I learned a lot. I just know I loved to dance, especially the waltz. 35. A. different B. difficult C. mon D. strange 36. A. class B. club C. team D. task 37. A. went on B. went by C. came over D. came back 38. A. joke