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1、阅读理解专练(四)(限时30分钟)AFrom the cold Arctic to the African plains, every society seems to have some form of music as part of their culture. Music is so common and widespread that most people dont even question it anymore. But until recently, there were researchers who doubted it: How could we know that m
2、usic was really a part of all known societies? Now, Harvard researchers, Samuer Mehr and Manvir Singh, have found further evidence to support the argument. They gathered music from different countries, media and time periods, and collected descriptions of many different pieces of music. Rather than
3、focusing on music first and then looking at where it could be found, they started by studying a record of detailed descriptions of more than three hundred known global societies, and found that all of them have music as part of their culture. To see if people could recognize the functions of songs f
4、rom around the world, the researchers also created a listening experiment in which people tried to guess the behavioral context of a song. This went surprisingly well. Particularly music that was intended for dancing or to calm a baby was easy to recognize as either dance music or lullabies. Love so
5、ngs were a bit more difficult to qualify, because they tend to be very diverse even within cultures. This systematic study of connections sounds like the way that researchers in other fields would study biological patterns. “Theres a field known as cultural phylogenetics, ” says Singh. Whereas biolo
6、gical characteristics are only received from parent to child, cultural characteristics (like music) are also shared between people of the same generation. That makes it much more difficult to figure out where the characteristic has come from. “Finally, ” Singh says, “We still dont know why music dev
7、eloped gradually. Our study shows that humans everywhere share cognitive mechanisms (认知机制) that make certain sounds seem appropriate in particular contexts. ”【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文, 介绍世界各地的音乐拥有的共同特点, 同时成为各种文化不可或缺的组成部分。1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. The fact that music is p
8、art of every culture. B. The question whether music is widely spread. C. The doubt whether further research has been done. D. The idea that Africa and the Arctic have cool music. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据第一段第一句“From the cold Arctic to the African plains, every society seems to have some form of music as part
9、of their culture. ”可知, 每个社会群体似乎都把某种音乐形式当作他们自己文化的一个部分, 由此推断代词it指代音乐是每种文化的一部分这一事实。2. What did Mehr and Singh do first? A. They found out further evidence. B. They studied various societies. C. They sought the origins of music. D. They focused mainly on music. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“Rather than focusing
10、 on music first and then looking at where it could be found, they started by studying a record of detailed descriptions of more than three hundred known global societies”可知, Mehr和Singh首先做的事情是研究全球三百多个已知社会群体的详细描述的记录。3. Whats the purpose of the listening experiment? A. To comfort a baby. B. To pick out
11、 love songs. C. To create a context. D. To tell functions of songs. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段“To see if people could recognize the functions of songs from around the world, the researchers also created a listening experiment in which. . . ”可知, 听乐辨析实验的目的是看人们能否对世界各地的音乐功能加以辨别。BEvery year, thousands of new hig
12、h school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers accepting loans, the money borrowed from a bank or lenders etc. , which they might not be able to pay back. Without proper education on personal finance, especially as it relates to paying for college, young adults are guided in
13、to improper loan plans that result in years of debt after graduation. In order to set students up to succeed financially, it is important to educate students and parents on their financial options before school in the fall. The best way to support families heading for college is to require that ever
14、y high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. This will help smooth the transition into adulthood. The average student takes out at least one loan to cover the costs of their education each year. In 2014 the average student graduating from college carried a negative balance
15、of about $20, 000 in debt, which often spread over multiple lenders. Upon graduation, students rarely know exactly how much money they owe, and even though they are in the state of being unable to pay their debts, they cannot wipe out student loans. These students spend much of their adult lives pay
16、ing off the gradual increasing debts. A personal finance course would teach students how to manage their income and expenses, while helping to significantly reduce the amount of debt students carry into adulthood. By teaching students how to save money and live within their means, this course will provide the next generation with a foundation to progress financially. Students choosing to get a job straight out of high school wo
