Music is a powerful thing. When played properly, some music can have positive effects on
learning and attitude. One way that music can make learning easier is by teaching people abstract
reasoning and learning strategies. When learning music, people visualize the task in their head, and
therefore exercise the same abstract skills that engineers, chess players, and high-level
mathematicians use. Moreover, instruction in music skills and appreciation provides a wealth of
learning strategies that help to develop children’s analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating skills.
Another important aspect that music can have on learning for people of all ages is attitude. The
highly repetitive structure of music helps children learn to trust themselves and enhance their
self-confidence and sense of accomplishment. Thus, their attitude toward learning is dramatically
increased. In addition to increasing positive attitude, listening to pleasant music in the background
may ease the strain of an activity. Notice that when people listen to music in the background, it is
very important that they listen to the music they are familiar and comfortable with. So in order for
music to help us think, learn, and work, we need to know what kind of music to listen to.
【題組】41. The passage mainly discusses _______________.
(A) how music helps when people work and learn
(B) the importance of music to children and engineers
(C) the different structures of music
(D) how people learn to listen to music
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