2012年6月英语六级真题完型填空和答案解析

2012年6月英语六级真题完型填空和答案解析

Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a small study advanced the 62 that listening to Mozarts Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major could boost mental functioning. It was not long 63 trademarked Mozart effect products began to appeal to anxious parents aiming to put toddlers (刚学步的孩子) 64 the fast track to prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgias governor even 65 giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette.

The 66 for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhaps nonexistent, although the 67 study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years, 68 , scientists have examined the benefits of a concerted 69 to study and practice music, as 70 to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-basedbrain fitness game 71 in a while.

Advanced monitoring 72 have enabled scientists to see what happens 73 your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music 74 can produce profound and lasting changes that 75 the

general ability to learn. These results should 76 public officials that music classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly 77 public schools.

Studies have shown that 78 instrument training from an early age can help the brain to 79 sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to mathematics. The musically adept (擅长的)are better able to 80 on a biology lesson despite the noise in the classroom 81 , a few years later, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next office starts screaming a subordinate. They can attend to several things at once in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill in this era of multitasking.

62.A)notice B)note C)notion D)notification

63.A)that B)until C)since D)Before

64.A)up B)by C)on D)at

65.A)propelled B) proposed C) submitted D)subjected

66.A)witness B) evidence C) symptom D)context

67.A)subtle B) elementary C) sensitive D)original

68.A)however B)moreover C) then D)therefore

69.A)effort B)impulse C) object D)attention

70.A)opposed B)accustomed C) related D)devoted

71.A)quite B)once C) often D)much

72.A)organisms B)techniques C) mechanisms D)mechanics

73.A)upon B)amid C) among D)inside

74.A)subjects B)models C) causes D)lessons

75.A)enhance B)introduce C) accelerate D)elaborate

76.A)contend B) convey C) conceive D)convince

77.A)trouble B)transform C) distract D)disclose

78.A)urgent B)casual C) diligent D)solemn

79.A)proceed B)process C) prefer D)predict

80.A)count B)concentrate C) insist D)depend

81.A)but B)or C) for D)so

答案： 62. B)notion 63. C)before 64. B)on 65. A)proposed 66. D)evidence 67. B)original 68. A)however 69. C)effort 70. C)opposed 71. D)once 72. D)techniques 73. C)inside 74. C)lessons 75. D)enhance 76. A)convince 77. A)trouble 78. C)diligent 79. C)process 80. B)concentrate 81. D)or

解析

本文出自2010年11月Scientific American Magazine. 文章主要阐述倾听音乐对于大脑有好处，可以提高人的学习能力。因而作者呼吁，学校不应取消音乐课。

虽然文章为科技文，且开头出现了许多专业术语，但内容并不生僻。所以，同学们千万不要被开头一长串的专业术语吓倒，保持良好心态，不要放弃。完形填空考查重点还在于对上下文的理解;动词与介词的搭配;形似词、同义词词义、用法的辨析，如62题中考查note, notice, notion, notification 之间的差异，词形相似，但意思截然不同。同学在平时背诵单词时，一定要多加总结归纳