New research has revealed that which song drivers listen to can influence how safe they are on the roads.Among the top ten safest songs to drive to are Come Away With Me by Norah Jones，I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith and Tiny Dancer by Elton John.Each of the songs has an optimum tempo(最佳節(jié)奏) for safe driving，imitating the human heartbeat at around 60 to 80 beats per minute.The Scientist by Coldplay and Justin Timberlake's Cry Me a River also appeared in the top 10.
The study，conducted at London Metropolitan University，also revealed the type of songs that cause motorists to drive dangerously.Unsurprisingly，music that is noisy increases a driver's heart rate，which can be deadly.Fast beats cause excitement that can lead people to concentrate more on the music than on the road and to speed up to match the beat of the song.Styles of music were also measured during the experiment and revealed differences between male and female drivers.Hip­hop made a female driver drive far more aggressively，speeding up faster than male driver.The heavy metal music caused the fastest driving among males in the group while the dance music had the same effect among women.The male and female drivers who listened to the classical music drove the most irregularly.
The experiment involved eight people driving 500 miles each using the confused.com MotorMate app，which monitored driving behaviors through GPS technology.
小題1:What's the main idea of the whole passage?
A．Songs that drivers prefer to listen to on their way.
B．A study made by the confused.com MotorMate app.
C．What kind of songs the drivers should choose to listen to during driving.
D．Female drivers and male drives have different responses to the same music.
小題2:The underlined word “monitored” in the last paragraph means________．
A．controlledB．bannedC．modeledD．showed
小題3:．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Tiny Dancer by Elton John appeared in the top 10.
B．Usually human hearts beat at around 60 to 80 beats per minute.
C．The classical music makes most drivers drive comfortably and safely.
D．The passage reveals appropriate music and improper music for drivers.
小題4:If there is another paragraph in the end of the passage，the author may mention________．
A．female and male drivers' popular tastes of music
B．how did the study carry out
C．why fast beat music is harmful to drivers
D．some music with optimum tempo for driver to enjoy

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
一項(xiàng)最新研究顯示，開車時(shí)收聽的歌曲選擇可能會(huì)影響駕駛安全程度。
小題1:C　主旨?xì)w納題。文章第一段的第一句話是文章的中心句�！咀ⅰ恳话愣�，新聞、調(diào)查報(bào)告都是在文章的開頭就交待文章的主題。
小題2:A　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)劃線詞所處的語境可知：該實(shí)驗(yàn)是由8名分別行駛500英里的司機(jī)來實(shí)施的，因?yàn)槭亲鰧?shí)驗(yàn)，所以運(yùn)用GPS技術(shù)是為了掌控司機(jī)的駕駛行為。
小題3:C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句話“The male and female drivers who listened to the classical music drove the most irregularly.”可知：聽古典音樂時(shí)，男女駕駛者的駕車狀態(tài)最不穩(wěn)定。
小題4:D　推理判斷題。文章最后一段涉及到的就是B項(xiàng)；第二段中涉及到了C，因此B、C不會(huì)再次被提及。文章第二段中也談到了男女司機(jī)對不同音樂的反應(yīng)，再次談他們對不同音樂的品味的可能性不大。文章第一段涉及到了10首對司機(jī)來講適宜選擇的部分音樂，因此文章會(huì)在最后一段給出第一段沒列出的10首音樂的剩余部分。
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