Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

People have all turned to sad music to make themselves feel better at some point in their lives, 【1】why does the music with double or even triple sadness help drag people out of low spirits?

A new study throws light on what's going on inside people’s brains when they match their music to their feelings, and it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than 【2】(simple) depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in people’s life , thus【3】(lift)their mood.

Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there 【4】(existence) two groups of possible explanations for why people enjoy listening to sad music like this---one from social psychology, and the other from cognitive neuroscience(神经学).

【5】terms of social psychology, one idea about this is that people will feel 【6】(good) about themselves if they focus on someone who's doing even worse. Everything's going to be okay, because this person is having 【7】even worse day than they are.

Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music 【8】shows their present life circumstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they are understood. With their emotions【9】(share), they definitely get a certain amount of comfort.

So, the 【10】(conclude) again—sad music does cheer people up, and it works far better than happy music, in most cases.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 but

【2】 simply

【3】 lifting

【4】 exist

【5】 In

【6】 better

【7】 a

【8】 that

【9】 shared

【10】 conclusion

【解析】

【1】考查并列连词。句意：为了让自己在人生的某个阶段感觉更好人们都转向悲伤的音乐，但为什么有两倍甚至三倍悲伤的音乐能帮助人们摆脱低情绪呢？前后表示一种转折关系，故答案为but。

【2】考查副词。句意：看起来悲伤的音乐可以是令人愉快的，而不是简单地压抑。此处是副词修饰动词，故答案为simply。

【3】考查现在分词。句意：这种音乐可以唤起人们生活中的积极记忆，从而提升他们的情绪。此处是现在分词做自然的结果状语。故答案为lifting。

【4】考查动词。句意：有两组可能的解释为什么人们喜欢听这样的悲伤音乐。此处相当于there be 句型，two groups of possible explanations是句子主语，句子缺少谓语动词，故答案为exist。

【5】考查固定词组。句意：就社会心理学而言，---。in terms of就---而言，故答案为In。

【6】考查比较级。句意：就社会心理学而言，一个想法是，如果人们把注意力集中在一个更糟糕的人身上，他们会自我感觉更好。根据even worse可知句子用比较级，故答案为better。

【7】考查冠词。句意：一切都会好起来的，因为这个人有一个比他们还要糟糕的日子。结合句意可知答案为a。

【8】考查定语从句。句意：社会心理学的另一个观点是，人们喜欢听那些显示他们现在生活环境的音乐，因为这种音乐让他们觉得自己被理解了。此处music是先行词，后面的定语从句缺少主语和引导词，且先行词由the very修饰，故答案为that。

【9】考查过去分词。句意：随着他们的情绪的分享，他们肯定会得到一定程度的安慰。此处是with的独立主格结构，with +宾语+过去分词，emotions和share之间是被动关系，故答案为shared。

【10】考查名词。句意：所以，结论是，悲伤的音乐确实能让人振奋，而且它比快乐的音乐更有效，在大多数情况下。冠词用在名词前面，故答案为conclusion。