Question

 "If you're talking to me in a noisy restaurant and my nervous system is good at locking onto the sound of your voice,I can understand 1.______ you say better. ”

  The research at Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument is good 2______. your brain. And the brain remembers how to lock onto the important sounds,3.______ our ears may not work as well as we age,and that helps us to hear better.

  A scientist,living inFrancetwenty years ago,4.______ (write) about what he called the "Mozart Effect". He said that it could be helpful to the brain when 5.______ (listen) to the classical music of Mozart. Some researchers said that Mozart's music would make you much 6.______ (smart) ， or even help your brain cure some health 7. ______( order) . Others said that there was nothing special about Mozart's music. Any kind of high energy music would work. So if the cost of a musical instrument or music lessons is too costly,can we get 8______. same brain experience just by listening?

  Usually people have teachers,or they can teach 9.______ music. But the point is that they're actively playing a musical instrument and engaging 10.______ making music instead of listening to music passively.

Answer 1

1. what 2. for 3. although/though 4. wrote 5. listening 

6. smarter 7. disorders 8. the 9. themselves 10. in