单选题In this section, you will hear a monologue. The monologue will be read
twice. At the end of the monologue, there will be a one-minute pause. During the
pause, read the questions and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide
which is the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet
with a single line through the center.
单选题
What is rhythm in literature according to the passage?
A. A special use of words.
B. The arrangement of ideas.
C. The regular occurrence of certain elements of writing.
D. The arrangement of pauses.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain elements of writing a word, a phrase, an idea, a pause, a sound, or a grammatical construction. We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternate heavy and light beats in music. Our love for rhythm seems to be innate; witness the response of a small child to lively music. Children love to beat on toy drums or empty boxes. They stamp their feet and chant nursery rhythms or nonsense syllables, not like primitive dancers. As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm, but our love of rhythm remains. We live in rhythms; in fact we are governed by rhythms.
Physiologically, we are rhythmical. We must eat, sleep, breathe, and play regularly to maintain good health. Emotionally we are rhythmical, too, for psychologists say that all of us feel alternate periods of being in high spirits of concentration. It naturally follows that rhythm, a fundamental aspect of our lives, must be a part of any good literary works, whether poetry or prose.
根据文章首句“Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain elements of writing...construction.”可知C项正确。
单选题
What is not the response of the children to rhythm?
A. Children love to beat on toy drums or empty boxes.
B. They stamp their feet and chant nursery rhythms
C. They chant nonsense syllables, just like primitive dancers.
D. They chant nonsense syllables, not like primitive dancers.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】从not like primitive dancers. 可知C项说法不符合文意，所以选择C项。
单选题
Compared with a child's response, an adult's response to rhythm in
music would be ______.
A. less natural
B. more active
C. more restrained
D. less restrained
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】文中先指出节奏是天生就有的，接着描写了小孩在节奏上的表现，但是随着孩子渐渐长大，they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm，由此可以看出成年人比孩子more restrained，故C项正确。
单选题
Which of the following statements is NOT made in the passage?
A. Human beings are rhythmical physiologically and emotionally.
B. Rhythm is what differentiates humans from other animals.
C. Human beings seem to be born with a love for rhythm.
D. When children grow up, they will restrain their responses to
rhythm.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据Physiologically, We are rhythmical...Emotionally We are rhythmical, too, for...排除A项；根据Our love for rhythm seems to be innate排除C项；B项内容文中没有提及，故B项正确。
单选题
What is the passage mainly about?
A. Rhythmic patterns in literature.
B. Rhythm in writing.
C. The place of rhythm in the lives of human beings.