IX. Read the text carefully then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

Many students listen to music while they are studying, and say that it helps them learn. Many parents and teachers say that music is just distracting, and that students are better studying in silence. Who is right? In a study, some scientists asked three groups of students to listen to a piece of music by Mozart or a relaxation tape for ten minutes, or just sit in silence for ten minutes. The students then did a ‘spatial reasoning’ test (a test about remembering shapes and imagining looking at objects from different directions), and the ones who had listened to the Mozart did better in the test. Taking part in musical activities and learning to play an instrument can improve verbal memory (the ability to remember words). The longer the training lasts, the better the improvement in the memory. So, there’s no excuse to give up the piano lessons! 

53. Many students think it’s helpful to listen to music when studying. 

54. Teachers say music helps students to better concentrate. 

55. The students who had listened to Mozart did better in the spatial reasoning test. 

56. Music training helps to improve memory

I. Read the passage below and write T (for TRUE) and F (for FALSE)

     It‟s six o‟clock in the evening. Many people are at home. They are having dinner. They are watching TV. They are listening to music. But Mrs. Bich is going to work. She‟s a doctor and she works at night in the hospital. Today she‟s late. The hospital is not in her neighborhood so she usually goes by car. Mrs. Bich is in her car now. She‟s driving fast. She should slow down but she must be at work by six thirty. A policeman stops her. “You are driving too fast!” he says. You are going to have an accident. It‟s six thirty. Mrs. Bich is not at the hospital. She‟s at the police station. Her car must stay there for fourteen days.

.................1. Many people are not working.

.................2. Mrs. Bich comes home every evening at six.

.................3. Mrs. Bich is a night doctor.

.................4. The hospital is near her house.

.................5. She goes to work by motorbike.

.................6. She is late for work.

.................7. She is a dangerous driver.

.................8. A policeman doesn‟t keep her car.

.................9. She arrives at the hospital at 6.30.

.................10. She isn‟t going to drive her car for two weeks.