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 with-out 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. The liste-ner "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 The process of thinking is different from that of listening in that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题问人类思维过程与听音乐的过程不同的根源是什么。文章第二段指出,人们对听音乐不仅只用耳朵还用整个身体不感到奇怪,因为人们在听音乐时总要移动身体的某个部位。而文章最后一段指出,身体的肌肉群实际上也在以同样的方式参与大脑的思维过程,只不过这种参与不太明显。因此,本题的正确答案应是B“在思维过程中肌肉参与的方式不如在听音乐时参与的方式明显”。
单选题 Some psychologists believe that thinking is ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题问有些心理学家认为思考这样的大脑活动是怎样的。根据文章第一句话的内容:有些心理学家认为类似思考这样的大脑活动并不是在大脑中孤立进行的,人体的肌肉也在参与。因此,本题的正确答案应选A“有些心理学家认为思维活动是一个既包括肌肉活动又包括大脑活动的过程”。
单选题 The "pronounced motions" of the body is a music listener"s way of ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题是一道具体细节题。问听音乐的人的一些明显的身体运动是他们做什么的一种方式。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章的第三段中找到与正确答案相关的信息。这一段指出,虽然听音乐时人们的身体也会随着音乐的节奏移动,这样的举止未免有些奇怪,但却有其相当充分的理由。可以这么说,除非参与到音乐的演奏中,否则人们就不可能从音乐中得到全部享受。听音乐的人通过或多或少的明显的身体动作来“体验”音乐。因此,本题的正确答案应是C“听音乐的人的明显的身体动作是他欣赏和参与音乐的一种方式”。
单选题 People enjoy the music fully with ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题问人们是怎样充分享受音乐的。根据文章第三段的内容我们可以得出结论:人们通过身体的运动来达到充分享受音乐的境地。因此,本题的正确答案应是B。
单选题 The best possible title of the passage could be ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题问本文的最佳标题是什么。利用浏览式阅读和跳跃式阅读法通读全文,我们可以推断出本题的正确答案应是A“肌肉是如何参与人类大脑的思维活动的”。