Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Taking piano lessons and solving math puzzles on a computer significantly improve specific math skills of elementary schoolchildren, according to a new study. The results, (36)______ were published in the journal Neurological Research, are the latest in a series that links musical training to the development of higher brain functions.
Researchers worked with 135 second-grade students at a school in Los Angeles after (37)______ a pilot study with 102 students. Children that were given four months (38)______ piano training as well as time playing with newly designed computer software scored 27 percent higher on math and fraction tests than other children.
Piano instruction is thought to enhance the brain's "hard wiring" for spatial-temporal reasoning, or the ability to visualise and (39)______ objects in space and time, says Professor Gordon Shaw, who led the study. At the same time, the computer game allows children to solve geometric and math puzzles that boost their ability to manipulate shapes in their mind.
The findings are significant (40)______ a grasp of proportional math and fractions is a prerequisite to math at higher levels, and children who do not master these areas of math cannot understand more advanced math that is critical to high-tech fields.
(Adapted from "Eye on Editing 2" by Joyce S. Cain)
A. who
Giải bởi Vietjack
Kiến thức: Đại từ quan hệ
Giải thích:
- who: thay cho danh từ chỉ người; đóng vai trò chủ ngữ/ tân ngữ
- which: thay cho danh từ chỉ vật; đóng vai trò chủ ngữ/ tân ngữ
- whose + N: thay cho tính từ sở hữu
- that: thay cho “who/ whom/ that” trong mệnh đề quan hệ xác định.
the results (n): kết quả => danh từ chỉ vật => dùng “which”
The results, (36) which were published in the journal Neurological Research, are the latest in a series that links musical training to the development of higher brain functions.
Tạm dịch: Các kết quả, được công bố trên tạp chí Neurological Research, là phần mới nhất trong loạt bài liên kết đào tạo âm nhạc với sự phát triển của các chức năng não cao hơn.
Chọn đáp án là B
His dream of becoming _______ doctor became true after seven years of learning hard.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and _______ when being asked about their future.
He had been expected to cope well with examinations and _______ good results.
A university is an -institution of higher education and research, which grants _______ degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Laura is telling Bob about her exam results.
Laura: "__________" - Bob: "That's great. Congratulations!"
With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.
The school drama club is ______ a play for the school's anniversary, which is due to take place next month.
By 2015, it will be widely accepted that schools and pre-schools have _______ extremely important role to play in _______future of our world.
Jane would never forget ______ first prize in such a prestigious competition.
Paul noticed a job advertisement while he ______ along the street.
