11.阅读理解(2015•山东日照)
SingtheLanguageYou’reLearningHowcanyourememberasongfromyourchildhoodtothisday?Whydoyourteachersusesongstoteachyou English?Itseemsthereisascientificreasonforthis.
Researchersarenowstudyingtherelationshipbetweenmusicandrememberingaforeignlanguage. Theyfindthatrememberingwordsinasongisthebestwaytoremembereventhemostdifficultlanguage.
“Singingcouldbeanewwayoflearningaforeignlanguage.Thebrainlikestorememberthingswhentheyareusedinacatchy andmeaningfulway”’saidDr KarenLudke.Thefindingsmayhelpthosewhohavedifficultylearningforeignlanguages.OnhisblogDrLudkewrote“Alisten-and-repeatsingingmethodcansupportforeignlanguagelearningandopenthedoorforfutureresearchinthisarea.”
Manylanguageteachersknowthevalueofusingandsinging.HuaZhuyingateacherataChineselanguageschoolinWashington D.C.dependsheavilyonsongsinteachingChinese.Shesays“I usemusicallthetimetoteachchildrenChinese.ForlittlekidsusuallyweuseEnglishsongsbutteachthemthe Chineselyrics.Soit'seasyforthemtostartbecausetheyknowthemusic.Notonlydoesitworkbutitisfunforthekids.”
“SometimesI thinkif I weretaughtEnglishthatwaymaybe I wouldspeakmuchbetterEnglishthannow”’HuaZhuyingadds.
Ourbrainlikesmusicespeciallyforremembering.Soifyou’restillstrugglinginlearningalanguagewhynottrysingingitout?
1.Accordingtothepassagethebestwaytorememberaforeignlanguageisto.
A.readandwritemore
B.listentotheteachercarefully
C.copythewordsmanytimes
D.rememberwordsinasong
2.Theunderlinedword“catchy”probablymeans“”.
A.晦涩难懂的 B.悦耳易记的
C.枯燥乏味的 D.震耳欲聋的
3.DrLudkebelievesthatforeignlanguagelearningcanbesupportedby. A.usingthelisten-and-repeatsingingmethod
B.listeningtoallkindsoffamousmusic
C.writingsongswiththelanguage
D.readingthelyricsagainandagain
4.FromthepassageweknowthatHuaZhuying.
A.isinterestedinwritingEnglishsongs
B.te