12.HAVE you ever gotten a song kept in your head?You sing it all the time-on your way to school,before sleep,even when you're sitting on the toilet.You want to forget it,but the music just keeps sounding in your head.
Some people call these annoying songs"earworms"because they are just like parasites(寄生蟲)-they"live"in your ears and refuse to leave even when you tell them to.
But why do some songs become earworms and not others?According to Ira Hyman,a music psychologist at Western Washington University,people are more likely to remember songs that are simple and repetitive,especially ones with that type of music."Choruses tend to get stuck in your head because they are the bit we know best,"Hyman told The Tele-graph.
If you've got an earworm,you can suffer an attack without even hearing it.Seeing words from the song or hearing someone mention it could both cause the domino effect that starts the song running.
Scientists have been trying to find a solution to deal with earworms.They say the best way is to fill your mind with something else.But here is the tricky part:the task you do should be neither too hard nor too easy.The harder you try not to think about the music,the more you won't be able to help it.On the contrary,a task like jogging which is too easy won't keep your brain busy enough,and that could allow the song to come back.
"The key is to find something that will give the right level of challenge."said Hymen.Reading a difficult book or a good novel could count.
21.What can we 1earn from the passage?A
A.People may sing earworms everywhere.
B.You can suffer an attack of an earworm on hearing it.
C.You can forget the melody by trying hard not to think about it.
D.Hearing someone sing the song can't start the song running in your head.
22.What kinds of songs will probably become earworms?C
A.Classical songs.
B.Songs we 1ike best.
C.Simple and repetitive songs.
D.Songs that are unfinished.
23.According to the article,if you want to get rid of earworms,you shouldC.
A.Listen to a new song
B.Try not to think of the song
C.Read an interesting novel
D.Do some exercise like jogging.
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,主要向讀者介紹了什么樣的歌曲是earworms(在腦海中不斷出現(xiàn)的歌詞片段)以及如何處理earworms這種現(xiàn)象.
解答 21-23 A C C
21.A考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)第一段第二句You sing it all the time-on your way to school,before sleep,even when you're sitting on the toilet.你一直都在唱--在上學(xué)的路上、睡前、甚至是當(dāng)你坐在馬桶上的時候.可知本題答案為A選項(xiàng).
22.C考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)第三段第二句people are more likely to remember songs that are simple and repetitive,especially ones with that type of music.人們更有可能記住那些簡單的、重復(fù)性的歌曲--尤其是帶有那一類的音樂.可知本題答案為C選項(xiàng).
23.C考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)原文最后一句Reading a difficult book or a good novel could count.讀一本難點(diǎn)的書或者是一本小說能有用.可知本題答案為C選項(xiàng).
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案.