10.For some people,music is no fun at all.About 4% of the population is what scientists call"amusic".People who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes.Amusic people often cannot tell the differences between two songs.
As a result,songs sound like noise to an amusic.Many amuics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other.Life can be hard for amusics.In fact,most people cannot understand what it feel like being amusic.Just going to a restaurant or a shopping center can be uncomfortable or even painful.That is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music.However,this can result in social loneliness."I used to hate parties,"says Margaret,a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic.By studying people like Margaret,scientists are finally learning how to identify(辨別) this unusual condition.
Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different for those of people who can enjoy music.The difference is complex(復(fù)雜的),and it is not connected with poor hearing.Amusics can understand other non-musical sounds well.They also have no problems understanding common speech.Scientists compare amusics to people who just can't see certain colors.
Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed(診斷).For years,Margaret felt embarrassed about her music problem.Now she knows that she is not alone.That makes it easier for her to explain."When people invite me to a concert,I just say"No,thanks.I'm amusic.'"says Margret."I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy."
32.Amusics are the people whoB.
A.like music
B.a(chǎn)re born unable to enjoy music
C.don't like music
D.have poor listening
33.Life is hard for amusics mainly becauseD.
A.music seems noise for them.
B.a(chǎn)musics hate parties,restaurants or shopping center.
C.a(chǎn)musics try to stay at places full of music
D.people don't understand amusics
34.In the last paragraph,Margaret expressed her wish thatA.
A.her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier
B.she were seventeen years old rather than seventy
C.her problem could be easily explained
D.she were able to meet other amusics
35.What is the main idea of the passage?A
A.Some people's inability to enjoy music.
B.Musical ability.
C.Amusics'strange behaviors.
D.Identification and treatment of amusic.
分析 文章講述的是世界上有一群天生不喜歡聽音樂的人,被稱之為amusic,這些人聽力上沒有任何問題,只是不喜歡聽音樂,也無法欣賞音樂.很多人在之前都因此而苦惱,現(xiàn)在有了科學(xué)的解釋,他們可以擺脫那種尷尬、不自在的處境了.
解答 32.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段中People who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes.可知amusic指的是那些生來就沒有享受音符的能力的人.所以該選B.
33.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段中Life can be hard for amusics.In fact,most people cannot understand what it feel like be amusic.可知amusics生活可能很難.因為大多數(shù)人不明白它的感覺是什么.所以該選D.
34.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.從最后一段我們知道,their condition is finally diagnosed (診斷)他們的這種狀況終于最后確診了,他們都屬于amusic,但是這來的太遲了,對于Margaret來說,因為之前她總是Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem感到很尷尬,因此她希望她年輕的時候,就可以有現(xiàn)在這樣的診斷;故選A.
35.A.推理判斷題.全文主要講述的是不喜愛聽音樂的一類人,被稱之為amusic,他們之前都沒有得到統(tǒng)一的診斷或者認(rèn)識,直到現(xiàn)在.因此選擇A項,Some people's inability to enjoy music意為,一些人無法欣賞音樂;故選A.
點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.