五、核心素养 学习能力 阅读理解。
主题群:生活与学习
子主题:学习方法
语篇类型:说明文
难度:★★
How can you remember a song for a long time? Why does your teacher use songs to teach you English? There is a scientific(科学的) reason for this.
Scientists are studying the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They find that remembering words in a song is the best way to remember even the most difficult language.
"Singing could be a new way of learning a foreign language. The brain likes to remember things in a catchy and relaxing way. For example, children can remember difficult words quickly when they are in a song," said Dr Lude. Dr Lude wrote, "A listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning, and open the door for future research in this area."
Many language teachers know the importance of music and they often use it in teaching and learning. Hua Zhuying, a teacher at a Chinese language school in America, likes using songs in teaching. She said, "We usually use English songs but teach kids the Chinese lyrics(歌词). So it's easy to start because they know the music. Not only does it work, but it is fun for them."
"Sometimes I think that if I had learned English that way when I was young, maybe I could have spoken English much better than I do now," she added.
Our brain likes music in learning languages, especially(尤其) for remembering. If you are still having some problems in learning a language, why not try singing it out?
1. (创新考法·行文方式)How does the writer start the passage?
A. By asking questions.
B. By telling a story.
C. By showing numbers.
D. By giving examples.
2. What does the underlined word "catchy" in the passage probably mean?
A. Easy to remember.
B. Hard to understand.
C. Easy to forget.
D. Hard to reach.
3. Why can singing help people learn foreign languages?
A. Because people like English lyrics best.
B. Because it's easier for the brain to remember things in this way.
C. Because singing songs is very popular all around the world.
D. Because there are more English words in the songs.
4. What is the best title for this passage?
A. The importance of learning
B. A great foreign language teacher
C. Learning foreign languages by singing
D. The easiest way to sing songs
答案：[语篇解读] 本文主要讲述了我们的大脑在学习语言时喜欢音乐，所以通过音乐来学习语言对掌握这门语言来说有很大帮助。
1. A
2. A 词义猜测题。根据"Singing could be a new way of learning a foreign language. The brain likes to remember things in a catchy and relaxing way."可知，作者倡导以歌唱的方式学语言，这样大脑能够以一种悦耳易记且放松的方式记住东西，故catchy 意为"容易记住的"。
3. B 细节理解题。根据"Our brain likes music in learning languages, especially for remembering."可知，对大脑来说，用唱歌的方式更容易记忆。
4. C 标题概括题。本文主要讲述了我们的大脑在学习语言时喜欢音乐，所以通过音乐来学习语言对掌握一门语言来说有很大的帮助，故C选项为最佳标题。
解析：
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文内容分析各题目。第1题需判断作者的开篇方式，直接看文章开头的表述；第2题是词义猜测题，要结合上下文语境推断划线词含义；第3题找唱歌帮助学外语的原因，需定位原文相关语句；第4题选最佳标题，需概括全文核心内容。
【解析】
1. 文章开头以两个问句“How can you remember a song for a long time? Why does your teacher use songs to teach you English?”开篇，因此作者通过提问的方式开始文章，对应选项A。
2. 划线词所在句提到“The brain likes to remember things in a catchy and relaxing way”，“and”连接并列修饰词，结合“remember things”的语境，catchy应与记忆相关，意为“容易记住的”，对应选项A。
3. 原文明确指出“Our brain likes music in learning languages, especially for remembering”，说明用唱歌的方式，大脑更容易记忆，对应选项B。
4. 全文围绕“通过唱歌学习外语”展开，核心是唱歌对学习外语的帮助，因此最佳标题为“Learning foreign languages by singing”，对应选项C。
【答案】
1.A 2.A 3.B 4.C
【知识点】
阅读理解（词义猜测、细节理解、标题概括）
【点评】
本文是关于音乐辅助语言学习的说明文，题目考查了行文方式、词义猜测、细节理解和主旨概括，需学生结合原文细节分析，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6
