American scientists say musical training seems to improve communication skills and Language retardation（延遲)。They found that developing musical skill involves the___51___process in the brain as learning how to speak .The scientists believe that could ___52___children with learning disabilities .
Nina Krauss is a neurobiologist at Northwestern University in lllinois .She says Musical training___53___putting together different kinds of information,such as hearing music,looking at musical notes,touching an instrument and watching other musicians. The ___54___ is not much different from learning how to speak .Both involve different senses .
She further explains musical training and learning to___55___each make us think about what we are doing .She say speech and music___56___ through a structure of the nervous system called he brain stem .The brain stem ___57___ our ability to hear .Until recently,experts have though the brain stem could not be developed or changed. ___58___ Professor Krauss and her team found that musical training can improve a person's brain stem activity.
The study involved individuals with different levels of musical___59___.They were asked to wear an electrical device that measures ___60___ activity. The individuals wore the electrode while they watched a video of someone speaking and a person playing a musical instrument——the cello（大提琴)。Professor Krause says cello have sound qualities similar ___61___some of the sounds that are important with speech .The study found that the more years of training people had,the more___62___ they were to the sound and rhythm of the music. Those who were Involved in musical activities were the same people in whom the ___63___ of sensory events was the strongest. It shows the importance of musical training to children with learning ___64___.She says using music to improve listening skills could mean they ___65___ sentences and understand facial expressions better .
51. A. unique B. different C. same D. strange
52. A. help B. tell C. remind D .entertain
53. A. shapes B. involves C .relates D. enhances
54. A. form B. step C. point D. process
55. A. play B. sing C. speak D. think
56. A. pass B. use C. look D. put
57. A. develops B. controls C. assesses D. observes
58. A. So B. Moreover C. As D. But
59. A. instruments B. ability C. types D. contact
60. A. physical B. musical C. speech D. brain
61. A. as B. of C. to D. at
62. A. familiar B. inactive C. critical D. sensitive
63. A. reduction B. improvement C. interference D. implication
64. A. styles B. disabilities C. interests D. approaches
65. A. read B. write C. hear D. change
參考答案：
51. C. same 52. A. help 53. B. involves
54. D. process 55. C. speak 56. A. pass
57. B. controls 58. D. But 59. B. ability
60. D. brain 61. C. to 62. D. sensitive
63. B. improvement 64. B. disabilities 65. C. hear
