【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It's the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search exposes plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age, there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart's music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked(激發(fā)) real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we'll become more intelligent.
The_idea_took_off,_with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart's music on purpose. Even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them produce better milk.
I'll leave the debate on the effect on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are shortlived and it doesn't make us more intelligent.
（1）What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A.Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
B.Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
C.There are few products on the Internet about Mozart's music.

D.There is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect.
（2）The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggests that ________.
A.people were strongly against the idea
B.the idea was accepted by many people
C.Mozart played an important part in people's life

D.the US government helped promote the idea
（3）What is the author's attitude towards the Mozart effect?
A.Favourable.
B.Objective.
C.Doubtful.
D.Positive.
（4）What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Listening to Mozart, necessary?
B.What music is beneficial?
C.What is the Mozart effect?
D.To be or not to be?

【答案】
（1）D
（2）B
（3）C
（4）A
【解析】1細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“…but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.”可知，沒有什么科學(xué)證據(jù)來支持莫扎特效應(yīng)，故選D。 2推理判斷題。由第三段中“The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children…”可知，很多父母給孩子聽莫扎特的音樂，由此判斷這種想法被很多人接受而迅速流行。故選B。
3推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段中“More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are shortlived and it doesn't make us more intelligent.”可知，作者對(duì)莫扎特效應(yīng)是持懷疑態(tài)度的，故選C。
4主旨大意題。文章主要介紹了莫扎特效應(yīng)的真實(shí)性，盡管很多人都相信聽莫扎特的音樂會(huì)讓人更聰明，但是研究表明這種影響只是短暫性的，并不能真正讓人們更加聰明，所以“Listening to Mozart, necessary？”是貼切的標(biāo)題。故選A。

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