6.Certain aspects of music have the same effect on people even when they live in very different societies,a new study reveals.
Researchers asked 40 Mbenzele Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest to listen to short clips of music.They were asked to listen to their own music and to unfamiliar Western music.
The same 19selections of music were also played to 40 amateur or professional musicians in Montreal.Musicians were included in the Montreal group because Mbenzele Pygmies could be considered musicians as they all sing regularly for ceremonial purposes,the study authors explained.
Both groups were asked to rate how the music made them feel using emoticons,such as happy,sad or excited faces.
There were significant differences between the two groups as to whether a specific piece of music made them feel good or bad.However,both groups had similar responses to how exciting or calming they found the different types of music.
"Our major discovery is that listeners from very different groups both responded to how exciting or calming they felt the music to be in similar ways,"Hauke Egermann,of the Technical University of Berlin,said in a news release from McGill University in Montreal.Egermann conducted part of the study as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill.
The Montreal participants felt a wider range of emotions as they listened to the Western music than the Pygmies expressed when listening to either their own or Western music.This may be due to the different roles music plays in the two cultures.
"Negative emotions are felt to disturb the harmony of the forest in Pygmy culture and are therefore dangerous,"Nathalie Fernando,of the University of Montreal's faculty of music,said in the news release."If a baby is crying,the Mbenzele will sing a happy song.If the men are scared of going hunting,they will sing a happy song-in general,music is used in this culture to evacuate all negative emotions,so it is not really surprising that the Mbenzele feel that all the music they hear makes them feel good,"she explained.
32.Why could Mbenzele Pygmies be regarded as musicians?D
A.They are crazy about music.
B.They major in music at school.
C.They can play musical instruments well.
D.They often sing songs on ceremony.
33.The study mainly finds thatA.
A.music is universal across cultures
B.music varies among different countries
C.western music results in negative emotions
D.music makes people happy
34.The underlined word"evacuate"probably meansC.
A.set off B.benefit from C.get rid of D.account for
35.The examples mentioned in the last paragraph are to show thatA.
A.music plays different roles in the two cultures
B.music plays the same role in the two cultures
C.negative music disturbs the harmony of the forest
D.happy music is welcomed everywhere.
分析 本文通过一系列做过的实验证明音乐的某些方面对人们的影响是相同的,即使人们生活在不同的环境当中.
解答 32.D;细节理解题;由文中第二段Musicians were included in the Montreal group because Mbenzele Pygmies could be considered musicians as they all sing regularly for ceremonial purposes可知音乐家被列入蒙特利尔集团因为可以考虑音乐家都唱定期为仪式的目的,故选D.
33.A;细节理解题;由文中最后一段music is used in this culture to evacuate all negative emotions,so it is not really surprising that the Mbenzele feel that all the music they hear makes them feel good可知在任何一种文化中音乐都是相通的,故选A.
34.C;细节理解题;由句意理解可知evacuate意为疏散,撤退.A.set off 出发; B.benefit from 从…中获利;C.get rid of 除去,摆脱; D.account for 对…负有责任;故选C.
35.A;细节理解题;由最后一段so it is not really surprising that the Mbenzele feel that all the music they hear makes them feel good可知音乐在不同的文化中扮演着不同的角色,故选A.
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