Music is universal _ it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (56) ______ as a development of making calls. In fact, there is (57) ______ theory that the earliest languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken. Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (58) ______ history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (59) ______ on histories of the land and spirits to the next generation.

            New evidence suggested that music does not just satisfy the feel-good factor but it is also good for the brain. A study of intellectually (60) ______ children showed that they could recall more (61) ______ after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as story.

            Researchers also report that people score better on a standard intelligence (62) ______ after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (63) ______ by findings that rats (64) _______ up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, known as a maze. Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental (65) ______ benefit from listening to music.

1. A. was          B. swelled                     C. reacted                       D. arose
2. A. one         B. every                        C. such                            D. that
3. A. enjoying         B. making                     C. recording                   D. stating
4. A. move         B. pass                          C. hand                           D. happen
5. A. disabled        B. inactive                    C. incapable                   D. disordered
6. A. facts         B. knowledge               C. memory                     D. information
7. A. form            B. scheme                    C. examination              D. test
8. A. supported B. given                        C. marked                      D. remembered
9. A. held          B. brought                    C. stood                          D. set
10. A. badness B. hurt                          C. illness                         D. pain