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　　Some music has always been about the performance. Watching a rock band live, for example, is not just a matter of appreciating the quality of the sound. What the musicians get up to on stage is almost as important. But you might think that classical music would be immune from such distractions—doubly so when a performance is being judged as part of a competition.

　　However, a study by Chia-Jung Tsay, a concert pianist who is also a researcher at University College,London, suggests that even judges awarding prizes can be swayed by what they see as well as what they hear.Dr Tsay’s study, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(NAS), employed over 1,000 volunteers (half novices and halfexperts) to evaluate the performances of candidates in ten prestigious music competitions, to see if they agreed with the judges’ decisions. Each volunteer assessed 30 performances—the top three from each competition. The catch was that only a third of volunteers were shown the performances accompanied by the sound track. The other two-thirds t either to see each performance or to hear it, but not both.

　　1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

　　[A] The soundtrack of music competition can be assessed by NAS.

　　[B] Volunteers without any experience are competing with expertise ones.

　　[C] The performance of the music exerts certain influence on judges.

　　[D] The top three of 30 performances are evaluated by volunteers.

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