2021高考英语一轮统考复习Book7Module4MusicBorninAmerica课时作业含解析外研版

Module 4 Music Born in AmericaⅠ.阅读理解AListening to Mozart does not actually make you cleverer, contra

Module4MusicBorninAmerica Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A ListeningtoMozartdoesnotactuallymakeyoucleverer,contradicting(反驳) apopular1993studythatfirstcoinedtheMozarteffect,Austrianresearchers say. AteamatViennaUniversity'sFacultyofPsychologycollectedstudiesthat havesoughttoreproducetheMozarteffectandfoundnoproofofthe phenomenon'sexistence. Theoriginalstudyshowedthatteenagersperformedbetterinreasoningtests SonataforTwoPianosinDmajor havinglistenedtoMozart's1781thanthosewho listenedtosomethingelseorthosewhohadbeeninasilentroom. Butafteranalyzingabout3,000individualcasescompiledfrom40studies conductedaroundtheworld,theUniversityofViennateamfoundnoproofthat theMozarteffectactuallyexists. “Thosewholistenedtomusic—Mozartorsomethingelse,Bach,PearlJam—had betterresultsthanthesilentgroup.Butwealreadyknewpeopleperformbetter iftheyhaveastimulus(刺激物)，”headresearcherJakobPietschnigsaid. MrPietschnigsaysthe1993studyattheUniversityofCaliforniaonly involved36students. Healsosaystheoriginalstudywasatypicalcaseof“publicationbias(发 表性偏倚)”wherebyscientificjournalspreferpositiveresultstonegativeor inconclusiveresults. Nature Whentheresearchwasfirstpublishedinithadaconsiderableeffect onpublicopinion,leadingchildcarecentersintheUnitedStatestoplay classicalmusicandthesouthernUSstateofGeorgiatogivenewbornsafree classicalmusicCD. MrPietschnigsaystheoriginalstudywascarriedoutonadultsinorderto studytheirreasoningratherthanintelligence.