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1、课时跟踪练(一) Introduction & Reading Pre reading.阅读理解 AA couple of years ago, music psychologist Elizabeth Margulis decided to make some changes to the music of Luciano Berio. Berio was one of the most famous classical composers of the 20th century. After loading his most famous piece into a computer edi
2、ting program, she just randomly started cutting.The idea behind this act was simple: Margulis wanted to see if she could make people like Berios music more by making it more repetitive.Margulis knew that 90 percent of the music we listen to is music weve heard before. We return again and again to ou
3、r favorite songs, listening over and over to the same musical riffs (重复乐段), which themselves repeat over and over inside the music, and shed become obsessed with understanding why repetition is so compelling (引人入胜的). This is why she was razoring (剃) the music of Berio because his music isnt at all r
4、epetitive.We are drawn to repetition. It surrounds us, not just in modern American pop music, Margulis says, but everywhere. “Musical repetitiveness isnt really an individual feature of music thats arisen over the past few hundred years in the West，” she says. “It seems to be a cultural universal. N
5、ot only does every known human culture make music, but also, every known human culture makes music in which repetition is a defining (典型的) element.”Why? One part of the answer is whats known as the mere exposure effect.Psychologists have found that people tend to start off wary (谨慎的) of or even unfr
6、iendly to new things, which makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. But then the act of mere exposure changes our feelings. We typically feel more warmly toward things we encounter again and again.So mere exposure is one of the reasons we respond so well to repetition both of music and in musi
7、c but Margulis clearly doesnt think its the whole story. She says repetition also allows us to shift (转移) our attention around, from the surface aspects of the music to other aspects. So basically, part of what the repetition in music allows us to do is leave ourselves. In some small way, it allows
8、us to shift and adjust our reality. And reality can often use some adjusting.语篇解读：本文是说明文。主要介绍了为什么我们在听音乐的时候，会发现音乐总是重复及重复的作用等。1Why did Margulis change Berios music?ATo find the role of repetition.BTo show her talent in music.CTo make his music more famous.DTo test a computer editing program.解析：选A细节理解题
9、。根据第二段的“if she could make people like Berios music more by making it more repetitive”和第三段的“shed become obsessed with understanding why repetition is so compelling”可知，她这样做的原因就是想了解音乐重复的作用。2If we hear new music again and again, we _.Acant deal with its sound betterBtend to be cautious of it very muchCm
10、ay expect something from it consciouslyDwont know when we have heard it解析：选C推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的“But then the .again and again.”可知，如果我们反复听新的音乐，我们或许会有意识地从中期望一些东西。3From the last paragraph, we can infer the repetition makes us _.Aexperience the content of the songsBrespond to the whole music betterCremember
11、the words of songs clearlyDshift our experience of reality around us解析：选D细节理解题。结合最后一段的“She says repetition .adjust our reality.”可知，音乐中的重复会使我们从事情的表面看到其他的方面，以及暂时的逃离现实等。4What might be the most suitable title for the passage?ATo play music again and againBTo be exposed to music fullyCTo enjoy the beauty
12、 of musicDTo find the secret to musical effects解析：选A标题归纳题。本文主要解释了为什么音乐中会有不断地重复，以及这种音乐的重复起着什么作用等情况，因此A项符合主题。BMarc Yu, a nineyearold boy from California, has achieved more than most musicians do in their whole life. He has learned two musical instruments, played the piano at the most famous US concert
13、s and won a couple of musical scholarship.Marc was an unusual child even as a baby. At just six months of age, he would sit through a twohour classical music concert. By the time he was two, he started to read and sing Beethoven symphonies (交响曲). While his mother thought this was unusual, she did no
14、t realize his musical gifts until he was at a friends party and started to play a nursery rhyme on the piano.With lessons from his mom and then a professional teacher, Marcs skills improved a lot. By the time he was five, he had learned another musical instrument the cello(大提琴). When he was just six
15、 and a half, he picked up a famous prize the Davidson Fellowship in Music, which is usually given to musicians 18 or older.After making his orchestra debut (初次演出) at the age of six, there has been no looking back for this musical genius. He is always traveling, either to perform at concerts or for p
16、iano lessons. On August 31st, Marc will perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, one of the worlds most famous concert halls. He will be playing the piano alongside Lang Lang, a classical pianist, who has performed at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Games.While Marc, who is homeschooled, likes his music very muc
