2020年12月英语六级听力真题-第1套-录音3

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试题选项、原文、答案如下：
一、试题选项：

22. A) Older people’s aversion to new music.

B) Older people’s changing musical tastes.

C) Insights into the features of good music.

D) Deterioration in the quality of new music.

23. A) They seldom listen to songs released in their teens.

B) They can make subtle distinctions about music.

 C) They find all music sounds the same.

D) They no longer listen to new music.

24. A) The more you experience something, the better you’ll appreciate it.

B) The more you experience something, the longer you’ll remember it.

 C) The more you are exposed to something, the deeper you’ll understand it.

D) The more you are exposed to something, the more familiar it’ll be to you.

25. A) Teenagers are much more sensitive.

B) Teenagers are much more sentimental.  

C) Teenagers’ memories are more lasting.

D) Teenagers’ emotions are more intense.

二、听力原文

Recording Three

(22) Why do old people dislike new music? As I’ve grown older, I often hear people my age say things like, “They just don’t make good music like they used to.” (22) Why does this happen? Luckily, psychology can give us some insights into this puzzle. Musical taste begins crystallized as early as age 13 or 14. By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly.

(23) In fact, studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music. Meanwhile, popular songs released when you in the early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life. There could be a biological explanation for this. As there’s evidence that the brain’s ability to make subtle distinctions between different chords, rhythms, and melodies deteriorate rates with age, so to older people, newer, less familiar songs might all sound the same.

But there may be some simpler reasons for older people’s aversion to new music. (24) One of the most researched laws of social psychology is something called the “mere exposure effect”, which, in essence, means that the more we’re exposed to something, the more we tend to like it. This happens with people we know, the advertisements we see, and the songs we listen to.

When you’re in your early teens, you probably spend a fair amount of time listening to music or watching music videos. Your favorite songs and artists become familiar, comforting parts of your routine. For many people over 30, job and family obligations increase. So there’s less time to spend discovering new music. Instead, many will simply listen to old familiar favorites from that period of their lives when they had more free time.

Of course, those teen years weren’t necessarily carefree. They’re famously confusing, which is why so many TV shows and movies revolve around high school turmoil. Psychology research has shown that (25)the emotions that we experience as teens seem more intense than those that come later. And we also know that intense emotions are associated with stronger memories and preferences. Both of these might explain why the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved. So there’s nothing wrong with your parents because they don’t like your music. Rather, it’s all part of the natural order of things.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

Question 22. What does the speaker mainly discuss in this talk?

Question 23. What have studies found about most people by the time they turn 33?

Question 24. What do we learn from one of the most researched laws of social psychology?

Question 25. What might explain the fact that songs people listen to in their teen years are memorable and beloved?

参考答案：（忽略ABCD序号-因为四六级选项打乱的，看答案内容）

　22.A) Older people's aversion to new music. 【难，根据上下文新的音乐对于老年人来说，好像都是大同小异推断】

　　22. What does the speaker mainly discuss in this talk? c

　　原文：So to older people, newer, less familiar songs might all sound the same》

　　23.D) They no longer listen to new music. 【难。根据上下文工作忙，没时间听音乐推断出答案】

　　23. What have studies found about most people by the time they turned 33

　　原文：For many people over 30, job and family obligations increase, so there’s less time to send discovering new music. Instead, many will simply listen to old, familiar favorites from that period of their lives when they had more free time.

　　24. A) The more you experience something, the better you'll appreciate it. 【此题难度大，根据上下文推断得出】

　　24. What do we learn from one of the most researched laws of social psychology?

　　原文Both of these might explain why. the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved.

　　25 D)【解析】细节辨认题。讲座最后提到，心理学研究强圳，青少年时期的’情感更加强烈，这种强烈的情事与更强的记忆力和偏好有关．这就解释了为什么我们在这一 时期所听的歌曲变得如此难忘和受人喜爱．