19.Music is magic!Music speaks louder than words and it is a"language"that the whole world can understand.A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind.Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal,music has a spiritual effect on a person.Different kinds of music influence people in different ways.
I have listened to music an my life.when I was twelve years old,the Beatles came to America and my whole world opened up.Maybe young people today cannot understand the influence of the Beatles when they exploded across America.Their influence changed the way we dressed,looked,acted and spoke…even our culture.The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just three months after the assassination(暗殺)of President John Kennedy,which had put America into a great depression.And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself.
Music links the heart of the hearer with that of the composer.This means that it mixes the spirit of the composer with your spirit when you listen to it.And the music can take your spirit out of your body and transport you into another world.Music has a great way of touching people.Music can make you laugh,cry or shout.It's also a great source of inspiration.
Try this one day and notice what happens:make yourself a cup of tea,sit on your sofa and play one of your favorite songs.Close your eyes,and soon you'll find yourself creating vivid mental images-matching the music that you are listening to.
24.Music has magical power because itD.
A.is a kind of language
B.can be played much louder than words
C.receives a personal radio signal
D.can influence a person's spirit
25.What can we learn about the Beatles from the passage?A
A.They appeared at a special time in American politics.
B.They are not accepted by modem American people.
C.They were the biggest band in American history.
D.They represented the roots of American culture.
26.Music influences people in the following ways exceptB.
A.touching and inspiring people
B.transporting people from one place to another
C.a(chǎn)llowing people to express their emotions
D.connecting the listener and the composer mentally.
27.What does the writer suggest people do in the last paragraph?C
A.Create vivid pictures.
B.Enjoy drinking in spare time.
C.Relax and listen to their favorite music.
D.Notice everything happening around.
分析 本文講述的是音樂的魔力,比語言更有力,會以不同的方式影響著人們.
解答 24-27DABC
24.D 考查細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段提到A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind.Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal,music has a spiritual effect on a person.Different kinds of music influence people in different ways音樂會對人的身心產(chǎn)生影響,不同的音樂用不同的方式來影響人們,所以說音樂是有魔力的,故選D項.
25.A 考查細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段提到And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself.正是披頭士的這種活力的精神是重振這個國家所需要的,故選A項.
26.B 考查細節(jié)理解題.第二段提到可知音樂可以振奮人心,第三段提到音樂可以激勵人心和感知情緒的變化,故選B項沒有提到.
27.C 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)最后一段的介紹可知,make yourself a cup of tea,sit on your sofa and play one of your favorite songs建議我們在放松休閑時聽音樂,故選C.
點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點.