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One of the most popular beliefs in parenting is the so﹣called Mozart effect, which says that listeni...
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One of the most popular beliefs in parenting is the so﹣called Mozart effect, which says that listening to music by the Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart can increase a child's intelligence. Some pregnant women have even gone so far as to play Mozart recordings on headphones pressed against their bellies. And it's not hard to see how Mozart's name became associated with accelerated development. He was history's greatest child genius, performing astonishing music for kings and queens at an age when many of us were content with tuneless singing "I'm a Little Teapot".
So, if you have kids or you're expecting to have them, how seriously should you take the Mozart effect? Will the child who doesn't listen to Mozart in the cradle (摇篮) be limited to an ordinary life? Are you a bad parent if your kids don't know about any works of Mozart?
Relax. There is no scientific evidence that listening to Mozart improves children's cognitive abilities. The whole idea comes from a small study done in 1993, which found that college students who listened to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K 448)showed some improvement in a test of spatial (空间的) skills. This finding was later described as something extremely amazing by a musician, Don Campbell, in a book. Campbell's claims about the super powers of Mozart's music were repeated endlessly in the media and fueled a craze for Mozart﹣based enrichment activities. In 1998, for example, the governor of Georgia in the USA requested funds to send classical﹣music CDs to all parents of newborns in the state.
Since then, scientists have examined the claim that Mozart increases intelligence and found no evidence for it. The original experiment with college students was reviewed in 1999, and the increase in the students' spatial skills was found to be negligible. In 2007 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research asked a team of experts to examine the scientific literature regarding Mozart and child development, and they found no reason to believe that it increased intelligence.
1.People relate Mozart to children's intelligence development because he .
A.owned extraordinary music talent.
B.could perform music as a child.
C.offered music to pregnant women.
D.was an royal Austrian composer.
2.What can we know about the small study in 1993?
A.It added to the popularity of Mozart's music.
B.It found no evidence for supporting Mozart effect.
C.It helped college students make academic progress.
D.It urged Georgia's governor to spread classical music.
3.What does the underlined word "negligible" probably mean?
A.Sudden.
B.Insignificant.
C.Average.
D.Steady.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.New Findings: Mozart Effect to Be Proved.
B.Secrets Uncovered: History of Mozart Effect.
C.Does Listening to Mozart Make Kids Smarter?
D.How Does Mozart Improve Kids' Intelligence?
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