9．You have probably heard of the Mozart effect．It's the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart，they will become more intelligent．A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task．Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart's music，but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever，the picture is more mixed．
The phrase"the Mozart effect"was made up in 1991，but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked（激發(fā)）real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain．Ii is one of those ideas that sound reasonable．Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself； his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it，we'll become more intelligent．
The idea took off，with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children，and in 1998 Zell Miller，the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US，even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music．It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart's music on purpose，even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk．
I'll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers，but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent？More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally，but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn't make us more intelligent．
46．What can we learn from Paragraph 1？B
A．Mozart composed many musical pieces for children．
B．There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect．
C．There are few products on the Internet about Mozart's music．
D．Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent．
47．Why did many people believe in the idea of Mozart Effect？B
A．Because a study described it in the journal Nature．
B．Because Mozart himself was a genius．
C．Because Mozart's music is enjoyable．
D．Because Mozart's music makes people relaxed．
48．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggests thatD．
A．people were strongly against the idea
B．the US government helped promote the idea
C．Mozart played an important part in people's life
D．the idea was accepted by many people
49．What is the author's attitude towards the Mozart effect？A
A．Doubtful．B．Supportive．C．Favorable．D．Positive．
50．What would be the best title for the passage？C
A．What is the Mozart effect？
B．What music is beneficial？
C．Listening to Mozart，necessary？
D．To be or not to be？
分析 文章介紹很多人相信聽莫扎特的音樂會讓人更聰明，但是研究表明這種影響這是短暫的，并不能讓人們更加聰明．
解答 46．B，細節(jié)理解題：從第一段的句子：but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever，the picture is more mixed．可知沒有什么科學證據(jù)來支持莫扎特的影響，選B．
47．B，細節(jié)理解題：從文章第二段的句子：Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself； his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it，we'll become more intelligent．可知很多人相信莫扎特效應，因為莫扎特自己就是個天才，選B．
48．D，句意理解題：從第三段的句子：The idea took off，with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children，很多父母給孩子聽莫扎特的音樂，可知這句話表明這種想法被大部分人接受，選D．
49．A，推理判斷題：從文章第三段的句子：More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally，but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn't make us more intelligent．可知作者對莫扎特效應的態(tài)度是懷疑的，故選A．
50．C，標題歸納題，文章介紹很多人相信聽莫扎特的音樂會讓人更聰明，但是研究表明這種影響這是短暫的，并不能讓人們更加聰明，所以Listening to Mozart，necessary？是貼切的標題．選C．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
