【題目】 Tons of people enjoy listening to different types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Many believe that music helps get the creative juices flowing, but an international new study is challenging that view by putting volunteers through a series of tests.

The study was performed as a joint partnership between psychologists at three universities in Europe. The results suggest that any task that relies on verbal(與文字有關(guān)的) creativity was impaired(削弱) when listening to any type of music.

Subjects(受試者) in the project all spoke English as their first language, and had no problem in their sight or hearing.

The tasks were simple word games. For example, subjects were given three words, such as dress, shine, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word which could be connected with all three to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be “sun” (sundress, sunflower, etc).

Subjects completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while they were played background music with foreign lyrics(歌詞), English lyrics, and instrumental music with no lyrics at all.

The research team also tested the library background noises, but found that such noises had no great difference in subjects’ creativity. The study’s authors believe that was the case because library noise is a “steady state” environment which is not as disruptive(擾亂的). Music with or without lyrics is characterized by changes in pitch or tone.

It’s worth mentioning that even familiar music with well known lyrics impaired subjects’ creativity, even when subjects declared that they worked or studied with music on regularly and the music improved their overall mood.

So next time you sit down for a study session with those lo-fi beats, you may be giving your brain something else to focus on rather than your work.

【1】What does “that view” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A.Listening to music while working is so common.

B.People enjoy listening to different types of music.

C.Listening to music impairs creativity.

D.Music helps improve our creativity.

【2】According to the word game in Paragraph 4, if volunteers are given three words “foot, base, basket”, what is the single word?

A.Case.B.Line.C.Print.D.Ball.

【3】Which of the following had no great difference in performance of the verbal tasks?

A.Familiar music with well known lyrics.

B.The quiet and library noise conditions.

C.Background music with foreign lyrics.

D.Instrumental music with no lyrics.

【4】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Music cannot disrupt the verbal working memory of the disabled.

B.Different kinds of music impair different parts of our brains.

C.You may do your best work without listening to music.

D.Library noises are characterized by changes in pitch or tone.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

人們在繪畫，寫作或繪畫時喜歡聽不同類型的音樂。許多人認(rèn)為音樂有助于創(chuàng)造，然而國際新研究通過對志愿者進行一系列測試，結(jié)果顯示恰恰相反。

【1】

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段Tons of people enjoy listening to different types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Many believe that music helps get the creative juices flowing, but an international new study is challenging that view by putting volunteers through a series of tests.意為“人們在繪畫，寫作或繪畫時喜歡聽不同類型的音樂。許多人認(rèn)為音樂有助于創(chuàng)造力的源頭，但一項國際新研究通過對志愿者進行一系列測試來挑戰(zhàn)這一觀點。”由此可知，這一觀點指的是前面提到的音樂有助于創(chuàng)造。故選D。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段The tasks were simple word games. For example, subjects were given three words, such as dress, shine, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word which could be connected with all three to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be “sun” (sundress, sunflower, etc).意為“任務(wù)是簡單的文字游戲。例如，給受試者三個單詞，例如著裝，光澤和花朵。然后，他們被要求找到一個可以與這三個詞聯(lián)系在一起的詞，以形成一個共同的短語或詞。在這種情況下，單個單詞將是“太陽”（夏裝，向日葵等）�！彼o詞語為foot, base, basket，他們與ball組成football, baseball, basketball，都是球類運動。故選D。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段The research team also tested the library background noises, but found that such noises had no great difference in subjects’ creativity.可知研究小組還測試了圖書館的背景噪音，但發(fā)現(xiàn)這種噪音對受試者的創(chuàng)造力沒有太大的影響。故選B。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段The results suggest that any task that relies on verbal(與文字有關(guān)的) creativity was impaired(削弱) when listening to any type of music.意為“研究結(jié)果揭示到，聽音樂的時候任何與文字相關(guān)的創(chuàng)造性都會被削弱”由此可知，您會在不聽音樂的情況下工作效果最好。故選C。

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