Question

Have you ever thought about why malls, restaurants, and even theaters have music? Well, to understand this, you simply just look back at how you felt when you heard music in these places. Music is known to improve the mood of people. Often music helps us pay attention to what we are doing. Music helps patients feel good and helps them recover faster and better.

Depression（沮喪) is a state of mind that most of us experience at some point of time. There are some periods in our life when everything seems difficult. It seems that everything is getting worse and we have no control over our life. Studies have shown that music can be an important mood lifter in such situations. Music also plays a great role in making us feel less nervous or worried. Anxiety(焦慮) can often cause loss of sleep and other illnesses.

Music is often known as an international language. We may not know the language another person is speaking, but most of us respond to music in the same way. Music can often be the best way to connect with someone.

Music is one of the best ways to improve your moods, but this can depend largely on the kind of music you listen to. While happy music can certainly make you feel better, sad music can further lower your spirits. Listening to classical music can often make you feel a lot more powerful, while soft music can be the perfect way to relax at the end of a long way. If you want to use music to change the way how you are feeling, you need to understand the role of it, learn to recognize the kind of music that lifts your mood and helps you feel better. Once you realize the kind of music you can use, you can use it to change the way you feel. The right kind of music can be the perfect way to help us feel happier.

1.The passage is mainly about __________.

A. what meanings music has

B. how we control our moods

C. how music affects our moods

D. what kind of music we listen to

2.According to the passage, playing music in restaurants is to __________.

A. welcome the customers

B. make customers feel good

C. make customers dance

D. make customers feel powerful

3.From the passage, we can know that __________.

A. most of us suffer depression all the time

B. most of us respond to music in different ways

C. music can be a good way to connect with others

D. any kind of music will help us improve our moods

4.According to the passage, which kind of music can relax ourselves from a long day’s work?

A. Soft music. B. Classical music.

C. Sad music. D. Rock music.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇說明文閱讀。主要寫的是聽音樂帶給人的好處和音樂對人情緒的不同影響。作者借此告訴讀者要學(xué)會聽音樂，要聽懂音樂，讓音樂使自己變得更好，活的更開心。

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2. helps patients feel good”可知，音樂可以使患者感覺舒服。所以在餐廳放音樂是為了使顧客感到舒服。故選B。

3. is a state of mind that most of us experience at some point of time.”可知，沮喪是一種我們大多數(shù)人都在某些時間點經(jīng)歷過的情緒，而并非是“all the time”所有的時間。故選項A排除。由第三段第二句“but most of us respond to music in the same way.”可知，我們大多數(shù)人對音樂的反應(yīng)是一樣的。故選項B排除。由最后一段第一句“Music is one of the best ways to improve your moods, but this can depend largely on the kind of music you listen to.”可知，音樂是使我們情緒變好的最好方法之一，但是這大多數(shù)取決于你所聽得音樂類型，而不是所有的音樂都能使人情緒變好。故選項D排除。由第三段最后一句“Music can often be the best way to connect with someone. “可知，音樂經(jīng)常是連接人與人的最好方法。故選C。

4. music can be the perfect way to relax at the end of a long way.“可知，輕柔的音樂是在很長的活動結(jié)束后用來放松的最好選擇。故選A。

考點：考查說明文閱讀。