1、1第七节 阅读理解Sing the Language Youre LearningHow can you remember a song from your childhood to this day？Why do your teachers use songs to teach you English？It seems there is a scienti fic reason for this.Researchers are now studying the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language.They
2、 find that remembering words in a song is the best way to remember even the most difficult language.“Singing could be a new way of learning a foreign language.The brain likes to remember things when they are used in a catchy and meaningful way，” said Dr.Karen Ludke.The findings may help those who ha
3、ve difficulty learning foreign languages.On his blog，Dr.Ludke writes，“A listenandrepeat singing method can support foreign language learning，and open the door for future research in this area.”Many language teachers know the value of using music and singing.Hua Zhuying，a teacher at a Chinese languag
4、e school in Washington DC.de pends heavily on songs in teaching Chinese.She says，“I use music all the time to teach children Chinese.For little kids usually we use English songs but teach them the Chinese lyrics.So its easy for them to start because they know the music.Not only does it work，but it i
5、s fun for the kids.” “Sometimes，I think if I were taught English in that way，maybe I would speak English much better than now.” Hua Zhuying adds.Our brain likes music，especially for remembering.So，if youre still struggling in learning a language，why not try singing it out?1According to the passage，t
6、he best way to rem ember a foreign language is to_.Aread and write more Blisten to the teacher carefullyCcopy the words many times Dremember words in a song2The underlined word “catchy” probably means “_”A晦涩难懂的 B悦耳易记的C枯燥乏味的 D震耳欲聋的3Dr.Ludke believes that foreign language learning ca n be supported by
7、_.Ausing the listenandrepeat singing methodBlistening to all kinds of famous musicCwriting songs with the languageDreading the lyrics again and again4From the passage ，we know that Hua Zhuying_.Ais interested in writing English songsBteaches children English by using musicCteaches Chinese in an Amer
8、ican schoolDis a researcher in a language school5The passage mainly tells us that_.Amany researchers realize the importance of language studyingByour brain remembers a language better if you sing itCmany language teachers know the value of famous musicDyou will never learn a language well unless you
9、 can sing2参考答案1D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段末尾句“They find that remembering words in a song is the best way to remember even the most difficult language.”可知，记住最难的语言的最好办法，就是通过记歌词。故选 D。2B 解析：词义猜测题。题干意为：画线单词 catchy的意思很可能是_。根据文中与之并列的meaningful“易于理解的”，可知 B符合题意。3A 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段结尾句中的“A listenandrepeat singing method can support foreign language learning，.”可知选项 A符合题意。4C 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的第二句“Hua Zhuying，a teacher at a Chinese language school in Washington DC.depends heavily on songs in teaching Chinese.”可知是在华盛顿特区的汉语学校教汉语，选项 C符合题意，故选 C。5B 解析：主旨大意题。全文介绍了：如果你通过唱来学一门语言，你的大脑会更好地记住这门语言，所以，最能全面体现主旨大意的就是 B。
