[单项选择]Musicians-from karaoke singers to professional violin players-are better able to hear targeted sounds in a noisy environment, according to new research that adds to evidence that music makes the brain work better.
"In the past ten years there’s been an explosion of research on music and the brain," Aniruddh Patel, the Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, said today at a press briefing.
Most recently brain-imaging studies have shown that music activates many diverse parts of the brain, including an overlap in where the brain processes music and language.
Language is a natural aspect to consider in looking at how music affects the brain. Patel said. Like music, language is "universal, there’s a strong learning component, and it carries complex meanings."
For example, brains of people exposed to even casual musical training have an enhanced ability to generate the brain wave patterns associated with specific sounds, be they music
A. people tend to study the relation between music and the brain
B. musicians try to explain the profound meaning behind the music
C. scientist do experiments on the function of different parts of brain
D. audiences participate in the discussion on the complexity of music

[单项选择]Musicians-from karaoke singers to professional violin players-are better able to hear targeted sounds in a noisy environment, according to new research that adds to evidence that music makes the brain work better.
"In the past ten years there’s been an explosion of research on music and the brain," Aniruddh Patel, the Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, said today at a press briefing.
Most recently brain-imaging studies have shown that music activates many diverse parts of the brain, including an overlap in where the brain processes music and language.
Language is a natural aspect to consider in looking at how music affects the brain. Patel said. Like music, language is "universal, there’s a strong learning component, and it carries complex meanings."
For example, brains of people exposed to even casual musical training have an enhanced ability to generate the brain wave patterns associated with specific sounds, be they music
A. Because they have subconsciously trained their ears to get accustomed to those sound patterns.
B. Because their brains have been trained to recognize specific sound patterns in noisy background.
C. Because they can produce the brain wave patterns the same as those sound patterns.
D. Because their trained ears are sensitive to specific sound patterns no matter where they are.

[单项选择]Musicians— from karaoke singers to professional violin players— are better able to hear targeted sounds in a noisy environment, according to new research that adds to evidence that music makes the brain work better.
"In the past ten years there’s been an explosion of research on music and the brain," Aniruddh Patel, the Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, said today at a press briefing.
Most recently brain-imaging studies have shown that music activates many diverse parts of the brain, including an overlap in where the brain processes music and language.
Language is a natural aspect to consider in looking at how music affects the brain, Patel said. Like music, language is "universal, there’s a strong learning component, and it carries complex meanings."
For example, brains of people exposed to even casual musical training have an enhanced ability to generate the brain wave patterns associated with specific sounds, be they mus
A. People tend to study the relation between music and the brain
B. Musicians try to explain the profound meaning behind the music
C. Scientist do experiments on the functions of different parts of the brain
D. Audiences participate in the discussion on the complexity of music.

[单项选择]Long-term exposure to mass media portrayals of violence might make the audience insensitive or（）to real acts of violence.
A. emotionally neutral
B. neutrally emotional
C. emotionally mutual
D. mutually emotional

[简答题]Elaborate on Grice’s Maxim of Quantity and its violations.

[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT a form of recent violence
A. Murdering.
B. Kidnapping.
C. Arson.
D. Raping.

[填空题]MusicHall 2000 has helped many singers become superstars.

[简答题]Compare two singers you like. Discuss their differences and similarities. Please include specific details in your explanation.

[单项选择]According to the speaker, how many singers are there in the band of the Beatles（　）.
A. Four.
B. Five.
C. Six.
D. Seven.

[单项选择]Some pop singers have much influence （　） the young people.
A. to
B. for
C. onto
D. on

[填空题]While playing back Karaoke, if there is acoustic feedback, we should turn the micro phone volume down and put the microphone farther away from the speaker.

[单项选择]What is the advantage of a Japanese Karaoke box over a Karaoke bar（　）
A. There are no unfamiliar people watching you so you won’t feel nervous.
B. It is more technologically advanced.
C. The employees are friendlier.
D. The food is better.