Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois find that music training can help students become smarter. They also find that one year of music training doesn’t make a difference. Two years does.

     They did a two-year study by providing free music lessons for some students from poor families at a high school. Let's take a look at the result. Overall (总的说来) ,more than 50% of the students did not graduate in the school. However,about 90% of the 44 students who took the free music lessons graduated and went to university.

   Adelina Flores’ daughter is one of those 44 students. She said she wasn’t surprised by the result. Her daughter had already tofd her she was getting better at maths after receiving the music training and that her reading skills had improved a lot. Adelina Flores added, ” She's grown to be more confident. "

   It's amazing,isn’t it? However,there is one problem. Children have to actually play an instrument to get smarter. They can't just listen to music. One of the researchers compared it to building up one's body through exercise. She said, " YouVe not going to become healthier just by watching sports. "

71. How did the researchers do the two-year study?

They did the study by for some

students from poor families at a high school.

72. How many students who took the music training didn't

graduate? 

About students didn't graduate,

73. How did Adelina Flores 9 daughter change after receiving the music training?

Her maths and reading skills improved a lot and

74. If children want to be smarter through music training,what do they have to do?

They have to to get smarter.

75. Whafs the main idea of this passage?

The main idea is.


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   One Christmas a pastor (牧师) received a telephone call from the school principal. The principal's voice was filled with emotion as he asked his pastor for assistance. On the last day before the holidays,a six-year-old boy came into his classroom with a note on his poor coat. It was from his father. The note read,M Please help my son if you can. His mother recently ran off and left us,and last week I lost my job. I have never had to ask for help before,but could you make it possible for him to have a gift for Christmas?"

   As the pastor heard that story he felt sad. He agreed to help and decided to get his own children joined in sharing the gift of giving. That afternoon they bought some food. Next,each child bought a present for the boy. Later they drove to the small wooden house in need of painting and repairing and knocked on the door. When the man opened the door and saw the pastor and his children showing groceries,food and gifts,his eyes were full of tears.

   The little boy,whose eyes were as big as cups when he saw the gifts,did not first reach out to accept them but rather reached out to the pastor and gave him a big bear hug. He looked up at his face and said, " Thank you,mister. My teacher said you would come. He said that you would come."

   The little boy was just so on target. His attention wasn’t on the gifts but on the giver.

41. The pastor received a telephone call from the boy's father.

42. The boy with a note on his coat wanted to ask for help.

43 . The boy's father wanted to get a Christmas gift for himself.

44. The pastor got his children bought some food and presents for the boy.

45. At last,the boy didn't accept the gifts.


   

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