2016届高三英语二轮复习高考作业卷 作业二十 含解析.doc

2016衡水万卷作业二十 姓名：__________班级：__________考号：__________ 、完形填空 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 Music?is?the?art?of?thinking?with?sounds.?Jules?Combarieu? Music produces significant and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a small study advanced the __1__ that listening to Mozart’s Sonata（奏鸣曲could boost mental functioning. It was not long __2__ trademarked “Mozart effect” products began to __3_ anxious parents aiming to put toddlers（刚学步的孩子on the fast track to top-ranking universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgia’s governor even __4__ giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette. The __5__ for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhaps nonexistent, although the __6__ study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years, __7__, scientists have examined the benefits of a continuous __8__ to study and practice music, in contrast to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based “brain fitness” game __9__. Advanced monitoring __10__ have/has enabled scientists to see what happens inside your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music __11__ can produce significant and lasting changes that __12__ the general ability to learn. These results should __13__ public officials that music classes are not a mere decoration, ready for being given up in the budget crises that constantly __14__ public schools. Studies have shown that __15__ instrument training from an early age can help the brain to __16__ sounds better, making it __17__ to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to mathematics. The musically experienced are better able to __18__ a biology lesson despite the noise in the classroom __19__, a few years later, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next office starts screaming a subordinate（下属. They can be engaged in several thin