2019-2020学年北京市怀柔区九年级上期末考试英语试卷有答案

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Songshelpmemories

Thepowerofmusic

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Mostpeoplecanrememberimportantnewsstoriesclearly, whetheritwasthe murder of President Kennedy in the US or 9/11.But now psychologists Martin Conway andCatriona

Morrison,fromthe

University

ofLeedsintheUK,are

investigatinghowmusiccancreate“autobiographicalmemories”ofthemainevents inourlives.Thestudyisonline.PeoplehavetochooseasongbytheBeatlesand describethememoriesthattheyhavewhen theylistentoit.

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Reminiscencebump

Morrisonexplainedthattheylookedatdifferentagegroupsandtheirmemories. oftenremembermorefromwhenweareteenagersandthisiscalled“the reminiscencebump”.Thisisthetimeinyourlifewhenyouformyourideaofwho youare.ForolderpeoplewhohavememoriesrelatedtotheBeatles’music,mostof

thosememoriesarefromwhentheywereteenagers.Butyoungerpeoplealsohad clearpersonal memoriesfrom theirpast. Shelovesyou

Thisstudywasdifferentfromothermemory

studies,becausepeopleremembered

“Itwaslikepeople ofthingsthathad

remember

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eventsfromtheirpastwithlotsmoredetails.Morrisonexplained: hadtravelledbacktothepast,andtheyhadveryclearmemories

happened.WhentheyheardasonglikeSheLovesYoubytheBeatles,theycould

onenightinautumn1963.Theyrememberedwhattheywerewearing,what the weather was like and what their friend said to them. You get a lot more informationthanifyoujust say,‘tellme aboutanightyouremember’.”

Thestudyhasfoundthatmusiccouldbeusedwithpeoplewhohaveproblems thepast.“Youcouldusemusictohelpimprovepeople’sabilityto

remember,”saidMorrison.“Inthefuture,wewouldliketodomoreexperimentsto seehowusefulmusicisinhelpingpeopletorememberthepast,andcompareitto otherthingsthatmightalsohelp.”

27. Professor Conway andDr.Morrison’s researchaimsto how musiccan helppeoplerememberthepast

B. studyoldsongs’influenceon people’sbehavior C.findout what influencespeople’smemoriesofthepast D. findwaystohelp peoplewithmemorydifficulties 28.TheexampleofShe LovesYouisusedtoshow that lovesongscan helppeopletohave clearermemories

B. songs tellstoriesthat are similartoour experiences

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remembering

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C.musiccan takepeopleback totheirteenageyears D. people canremembermoredetailswiththehelpofmusic 29. Morrison’steam’sfutureresearchisprobably on . A. why

somepeoplehave memoryproblems

B. whatmethodscanbesthelppeoplebringbackmemories C.how musiccan helppeopleintheirstudiesorwork

D. how tohelpolder peopleremembermoredetailsaboutthepast

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