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【題目】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.”

【1】Amusics are the people who _________.

A. like music B. are born unable to enjoy music

C. don’t like music D. have poor listening

【2】Life is hard for amusics mainly because _________.

A. music seems noise for them.

B. amusics hate parties, restaurants or shopping center.

C. amusics try to stay at places full of music

D. people don’t understand amusics

【3】In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that ________.

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

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Some people’s inability to enjoy music.

B. Musical ability.

C. Amusics’ strange behaviors.

D. Identification and treatment of amusic.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】文章講述的是世界上有一群天生不喜歡聽(tīng)音樂(lè)的人，被稱(chēng)之為amusic，這些人聽(tīng)力上沒(méi)有任何問(wèn)題，只是不喜歡聽(tīng)音樂(lè)，也無(wú)法欣賞音樂(lè)。很多人在之前都因此而苦惱，現(xiàn)在有了科學(xué)的解釋?zhuān)�他們可以擺脫那種尷尬、不自在的處境了。

【1】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(lái)就沒(méi)有享受音符的能力的人。故選B。

【2】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?yàn)榇蠖鄶?shù)人不明白它的感覺(jué)是什么。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”我希望我在十七歲的時(shí)候就學(xué)會(huì)了這樣說(shuō)（指的是No thanks, I’m amusic這句，意為，謝謝你，我是一個(gè)不喜歡聽(tīng)音樂(lè)的人），而不是到了七十歲才學(xué)會(huì)。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(lái)的太遲了，對(duì)于Margaret來(lái)說(shuō)，因?yàn)橹�前她總�?/span>Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem感到很尷尬，因此她希望她年輕的時(shí)候，就可以有現(xiàn)在這樣的診斷。故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Musical ability音樂(lè)天賦，明顯與文章大意不符，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；strange behaviors，文章只是說(shuō)他們不喜歡有音樂(lè)的地方，并沒(méi)有講到他們其他的一些奇怪的舉動(dòng)，C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；treatment意為治療，文章并沒(méi)有講到如何幫助這些人治療他們的問(wèn)題，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)；全文主要講述的是不喜愛(ài)聽(tīng)音樂(lè)的一類(lèi)人，被稱(chēng)之為amusic，他們之前都沒(méi)有得到統(tǒng)一的診斷或者認(rèn)識(shí)，直到現(xiàn)在。因此選擇A項(xiàng)，“Some people’s inability to enjoy music”一些人無(wú)法欣賞音樂(lè)。故選A。