If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely they can turn you into an intelligent person. A team of scientists did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music. 

Facts suggest that exercise improve the learning ability of people with heart disease. And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. The volunteers said that they felt better after working out with the music. Scientists proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress, sadness, and nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts. 

In medical fields, music is used widely for patients who had head hurts before or after operation. “The Four Seasons” was used because of moderate tempo and good results in earlier research. Exercise seems to cause good changes in the nervous system and these changes may have a direct result on learning ability. 

Scientist have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. By 1990, they used Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart’s music can get higher scores in a test.

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1.In the passage, “The Four Seasons” is ___________.

A a name of a movie

B a name of a piece of music

C a name of an operation

D a name of an intelligent person

解析：选B。细节理解题。依据文中的“They found that people who exercised while listening to “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music.”可知The Four Seasons 是一曲音乐的名字，故选B。

2.The underlined word “enhance” means __________ in English.

A improve

B provide

C mend

D prove

解析：选A。词义猜测题。依据第二段的第一句可知“音乐能提高人的学习能力”，推测这里应为A. 提高。

3.From the passage we know that music may be good for health because __________.

A it helps people reduce disease

B it helps people exercise

C it encourages relaxation or sleep

D it helps people reduce thoughts

解析：选C。细节理解题。依据第二段的“Scientists proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress, sadness, and nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep;”可知音乐促进人放松和睡眠，故选C。

4.In the passage, exercise can cause __________.

A good results for patients who had head hurts

B good changes for your body

C good scores for students

D good changes in the nervous system

解析：选D。细节理解题。依据第三段的“Exercise seems to cause good changes in the nervous system.”可知锻炼能引起神经系统好的变化。故选D。

5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A Mozart’s violin pieces can help children with speech disorders.

B Mozart’s music can help students get higher scores.

C Exercise and music can turn you into an intelligent person.

D Scientist have been studying the results of music on understanding since 1990.

解析：选D。综合性判断题。依据最后一段的“they used Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders.”可判断A与原文相符；依据文中的最后一段的最后一句可判断B与原文相符；依据开头第一句可判断C与原文相符；依据最后一段的第一句可判断D与原文不符；故选D。