单选题
Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as
thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one's muscles also
participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the
same way that we listen to music with our bodies. You surely
are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your
ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or
less familiar without moving their body or, more specifically, some part of
their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is
tempted to direct the orchestra even though he knows there is a competent
conductor on the job. Strange as this behavior may be, there is
a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music
unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. Tile listener "feels"
himself into the music with more or less pronounced motions of his
body. The muscles of the body actually participate in the
mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less
obvious because it is less pronounced.
单选题
Some psychologists maintain that thinking is ______.
A. not a mental process
B. more of a physical process than a mental action
C. a process that involves your entire body
D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】文章第1段提到一些心理学家认为思考的过程“are not performed in the brain alone, one's muscles also participate”(不仅仅是大脑的活动，人的肌肉也会参与)，故D项正确。
单选题
Few people are able to listen to familiar music without ______.
A. moving some part of their body
B. stopping what they are doing to listen
C. directing the orchestra playing it
D. wishing that they could conduct music properly
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】由第2段中的Few people can listen to music without moving their body or some part of their body，可得出选项A正确。
单选题
Body movements are necessary in order for the listener to ______.
A. hear the music
B. appreciate the music
C. enjoy the music fully
D. completely understand the music
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】根据文中第3段，听音乐的人只有参与其表演(participate in its performance)才能derive all possible enjoyment from music(充分享受音乐)，故选项C正确。
单选题
According to the selection, muscle participation in the process of
thinking is ______.
A. deliberate
B. obvious
C. not readily apparent
D. very pronounced
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】最后一段提到this participation is less obvious(肌肉的参与过程不那么明显)，故选项C“不那么清楚易见”正确。
单选题
The best title for this selection is ______.
A. An Ear for Music
B. Music Appreciation
C. How Muscles Participate in Mental Acts
D. A Psychological Definition of the Thinking Process