II. CLOZE
Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 15 points in all)
Babies love a beat, according to a new study that found dancing comes naturally to infants. The research showed babies respond to the rhythm of 16 , and find it more interesting than speech. The findings, based 17 a study of 120 infants between five months and two years old, suggest that humans may be born with a 18 to move rhythmically in response to music. Researchers find that it is the beat 19 other features of the music, such as the melody, 20 produces the response in infants. They 21 found that the better the children’s movements were able to coincide with the music, the more they smiled.
To test babies’ reaction to music, the researchers 22 recordings of classical music, rhythmic beats and speech to infants, and videotaped the 23 In addition, they recruited professional ballet dancers to analyze how well the babies 24 their movements to the music. During the experiments, each baby was sitting on a parent’s lap. The adults had 25 on to make sure they couldn’t hear the music, and they were 26 not to move. The researchers found the babies moved their arms, hands, legs, feet and heads in response to the music, 27 than to speech.
It 28 to be understood why humans have developed this 29 reaction. One possibility is that it was a target of natural selection for music or that it has evolved for 30 function that just happens to be relevant to music processing. Though the ability appears to be innate in humans, the researchers aren’t sure why it evolved.
16. A. voice B. movement C. music D. dance
17. A. in B. on C. at D. to
18. A. custom B. character C. tendency D. behaviour
19. A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than
20. A. what B. which C. it D. that
21. A. still B. also C. just D. only
22. A. composed B. performed C. played D. set
23. A. consequences B. results C. information D. data
24. A. suited B. directed C. balanced D. matched
25. A. headphones B. masks C. microphones D. glasses
26. A. controlled B. instructed C. limited D. confined
27. A. much more B. much fewer C. no more D. no less
28. A. keeps B. leaves C. stays D. remains
29. A. certain B. particular C. unusual D. characteristic
30. A. some other B. the other C. one another D. each other
