Part Three Cloze Directions:
There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They found that remembering words in a [31] was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languages. Here is [32] they did.
Researchers took 60 adults and [33] them into three groups of 20. Then they gave the groups three different types of “listen-and-repeat” learning conditions. Researchers had one group simply [34] the words. They had the second group speak the words 35 a rhythm, or beat. And they asked the third group to sing the words. All three groups studied words taken from the [36] language for 15 minutes. Then they took part in a series of language tests to see what they remembered.
Why Hungarian, you ask? Researchers said they chose the Hungarian language because not many people know the language. It does not [37] any roots with German or Roman languages, such as Italian or Spanish. After the tests were over, the singers came out [38].
The people who learned these new Hungarian words by singing them showed a higher overall [39] They did the best in four out of five of the tests. They also performed two times better than [40] who simply learned the words by speaking them.
31. A. paper B. song C. book D. story
32. A. what B. how C. where D. why
33. A. brought B. split C. formed D. combined
34. A. spell B. write C. speak D. sing
35. A. as B. in C. for D. to
36. A. Hungarian B. German C. Spanish D. Italian
37. A. show B. share C. take D. make
38. A. on average B. in between C. on top D. at the bottom
39. A. contribution B. progress C. function D. performance
40. A. those B. them C. these D. others
