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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音樂的人，被稱之為amusic，這些人聽力上沒有任何問題，只是不喜歡聽音樂，也無法欣賞音樂。很多人在之前都因此而苦惱，現在有了科學的解釋，他們可以擺脫那種尷尬、不自在的處境了。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段中“People who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes.”可知amusic指的是那些生來就沒有享受音符的能力的人。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段中“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。因為大多數人不明白它的感覺是什么。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據“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候就學會了這樣說（指的是No thanks, I’m amusic這句，意為，謝謝你，我是一個不喜歡聽音樂的人），而不是到了七十歲才學會。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，但是這來的太遲了，對于Margaret來說，因為之前她總是Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem感到很尷尬，因此她希望她年輕的時候，就可以有現在這樣的診斷。故選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。Musical ability音樂天賦，明顯與文章大意不符，B項錯誤；strange behaviors，文章只是說他們不喜歡有音樂的地方，并沒有講到他們其他的一些奇怪的舉動，C項錯誤；treatment意為治療，文章并沒有講到如何幫助這些人治療他們的問題，D項錯；全文主要講述的是不喜愛聽音樂的一類人，被稱之為amusic，他們之前都沒有得到統一的診斷或者認識，直到現在。因此選擇A項，“Some people’s inability to enjoy music”一些人無法欣賞音樂。故選A。