2019高考英语阅读理解(四选一)专题分类特训---阅读3(一)

1、 Do you listen to the songs that your parents like? Chance are that you don’t. You probably think the music that they like is old and dull and that the Songs on your playlist are much cooler.

But here is what scientists found recently: people’s mu sic tastes change as they age, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. So it’s likely that your own musical preference will follow a similar path to your parents’ whether you like it or not.

We used to think that culture and personality are the only factors that affect one’s music choice. But researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, gathered data from more than 250,000 people over the past 10 years. They noticed that as people age, their social circumstances change, and so does their music taste. There are three musical periods that people pass through as they

“mature-intense”,“contemporary” and “sophisticated”. The first period comes in the teenagers years, during which people like intense music such as punk rock because teenagers tend to be aggressive and want to establish their identity as independent individuals. But as people move into early adulthood, their lifestyle changes—they socialize more and want to build close relationships with others. As a result, they become more fond of contemporary music, such as pop and R&B, which is usually uplifting and danceable and played at parties.

When middle age comes, things have settled down for most people. This period will be dominated by more “sophisticated” music, such as jazz and classical music, as well as more catchy music like country, folk, and blues. “For many, this life stage is frequently exhausted by work and family, and there is a requirement for relaxing, emotive music,” Jason Rentfrow, a r esearcher, told The telegraph.

But you must be thinking: “Aren’t there old people who are still into rock music?” Of course there are. But Rentfrow explained that their reasons for listening to rock music may have changed. “We use music for different reasons,” he said, "and thus at that age people may listen to remind themselves of their youths."

1.What can influence peopled musical tastes in the past according to the passage?

A.Social circumstances.

B.Culture and personality.

C.Age.

D.All of the above.

2.Why do the teenagers like intense music?

A.Because they lead a stressful life.

B.Because they want to build up their identity.

C.Because they have an aggressive goal.

D.Because they want to be understood by others.

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Old people don't like rock music.

B.Music can serve as a reminder.

C.Rock music makes old people younger.

D.Listening to rock music needs reasons.

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A.Why do people like music?

B.How can you improve your musical talent?

C.Why do different people like different music?

D.What influences peopled musical tastes?

2、Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.

Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has