5．Which of the following best describe Gershwin?

　　A．Talented and productive.

　　B．Serious and boring.

　　C．Popular and unhappy.

　　D．Friendly and honest.

　　答案：A　推理判断题。从第一段可知格什温十八岁创作了第一首歌，二十年时间创作了五百多首歌，由此可以看出他是一个有天赋且高产的作曲家。A项“有天赋并且多产的”，符合文章的内容；B项中的boring和C项中的unhappy均含贬义，不符合文章中主人公的高大形象，故排除；D中的两个特点并未在文中体现出来。

　　B

　　(2017·河南适应性测试)

　　In all the world's cultures, people sing, play instruments,

　　and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in our

　　lives that all fields focus on its study, including one looking at

　　the biology of music. Experts find that because of the way our

　　brains process music, learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can have a wide range of benefits.

　　Music education has received a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve math, science, and language skills. One study in Canada tracked children's IQ scores for nine months, discovering that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes use several areas of the brain，increasing our ability to learn school subjects. For example, reading notes improves spatial (空间的) reasoning skills, which are helpful in solving math problems like fractions (分数)．

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