He does not believe that IQ is a good measure of a child’s intelligence. Therefore, the researchers in his study compared how well children in the musical training group did on mental processing tasks, then the results were compared to those of children who did not take lessons.

　　Music lessons may not offer children a fast easy way to gain entry to the best schools later of their life, but the training is still important.

　　Mr Mehr notes that the works of writer William Shakespeare are not taught , so the children will do better in physics. He says Shakespeare is taught because it is important for cultural reasons.“And I don’t think music needs to be any different than that.”

　　1. What attitude do most American grown-ups have towards music lessons?

　　A. Approving

　　B. Uninterested

　　C. Doubtful

　　D. Uncertain

　　2. The underlined word“optical”in Paragraph 2 probably means

　　.

　　A. colorful

　　B. visual

　　C. traditional

　　D. serious

　　3. How did Samuel Mehr draw his conclusion in the new study?

　　A. By studying previous research results

　　B. By measuring the IQ of the kids.

　　C. By referring to some documents

　　D. By comparing two different groups

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