Thearts，especiallymusic，shouldbepartofeveryschool'slessonsateverygradelevel．Studentswouldbemuchsmarteriftheyhadsomemusicalexperience．Theycouldimprovetheirclassroomskills，likepayingattentionandfollowingdirect
Thearts，especiallymusic，shouldbepartofeveryschool'slessonsateverygradelevel．Studentswouldbemuchsmarteriftheyhadsomemusicalexperience．Theycouldimprovetheirclassroomskills，likepayingattentionandfollowingdirections．Peopledevelopalltheseskillswhentheylearnmusic．Makingmusicalsoletschildrenusetheirimagination．Itprovidesstudentswithachancetotryouttheirownideas．
Musicnotonlymakeschildrenbetterstudents，butalsogivesthemsomethingpositivetodo．Inamusicprogram，childrencanbepartofabandinsteadofjoiningagang（团伙）．Parentscanenjoylisteningtotheirchildren'smusicinsteadofseeingthemgluedto acomputerorTVscreen．Inaschoolband，studentsgettobepartofateam．Theycangetalongwellwitholdfriendsandmakenewfriendsthroughmusic．
Musicbuildsself-confidence，too．Itgiveschildrenasenseofachievementandsuccess．Makingmusicissomethingforthemtobeproudof，anditletskidspracticeperforminginfrontofanaudience．Musicgiveschildrenanopportunityforself-expression，andthathelpsdeveloptheirself-confidence．
Onceagain，musicisimportantbecauseitcanmakechildrenbetterstudents，givethemsomethingpositivetodo，andbuildtheircharacter．Thatiswhymusicshouldbeofferedineverysinglegradeineveryschool．
21．Accordingtothepassage，musiccouldmakestudentssmarterby___．
A．improvingtheirclassroomskillsandpayingattention
B．improvingtheirclassroomskillsandimagination
C．improvingtheirattention，directionandimagination
D．learningmusic，makingmusicandtryingouttheirownideas
22．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"gluedto"inthesecondparagraphmean？___
A．unwillingtoturnon B．alwayslooking
C．unwillingtoleave D．alwaysplaying
23．What'stheadvantageofbeinginaschoolbandaccordingtothewriter？___
A．Ithelpschildrentobepopular．
B．Ithelpschildrenjoinagang．
C．Itmakestheschoollifeshortandhappy．
D．Itmakestheparentshappy．
24．What'sthebesttitleofthispassage？___
A．Musicisamustasacourseatscho