5．Music is magic!Music speaks louder than words and it is a"language"that the whole world can understand．A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind．Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal，music has a spiritual effect on a person．Different kinds of music influence people in different ways．
I have listened to music all my life．When I was twelve years old，the Beatles came to America and my whole world opened up．Maybe young people today cannot understand the influence of the Beatles when they exploded across America．Their influence changed the way we dressed，looked，acted and spoke…even our culture．The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just under three months after the assassination（暗殺） of President John Kennedy，which had put America into a great depression．And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself．
Music links the heart of the hearer with that of the composer．This means that it mixes the spirit of the composer with your spirit when you listen to it．And the music can take your spirit out of your body and transport you into another world．Music has a great way of touching people．Music can make you laugh，cry or shout．It's also a great source of inspiration．
Try this one day and notice what happens：make yourself a cup of tea，sit on your sofa and play one of your favorite songs．Close your eyes，and soon you'll find yourself creating vivid mental images-matching the music that you are listening to．
28．Music has magical power because itD．
A．is a kind of language
B．can be played much louder than words
C．receives a personal radio signal
D．can influence a person's spirit
29．One can learn from the second paragraph that the BeatlesC．
A．were the biggest band in American history
B．a(chǎn)re not accepted by modern American people
C．a(chǎn)ppeared at a special time in American politics
D．represented the roots of American culture
30．One will do all of the following while listening to music EXCEPTC．
A．feeling very refreshed
B．having emotional changes
C．painting some vivid pictures
D．feeling inspired by the composer
31．It can be inferred from the passage that the authorA．
A．has been influenced by the Beatles
B．enjoys drinking tea in his spare time
C．a(chǎn)dmires President John Kennedy very much
D．likes to match his own feeling with that of the composer．
分析 本文講述的是音樂的魔力，比語言更有力，會以不同的方式影響著人們．
解答 28．D，細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段提到A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind．Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal，music has a spiritual effect on a person．Different kinds of music influence people in different ways音樂會對人的身心產(chǎn)生影響，不同的音樂用不同的方式來影響人們，所以說音樂是有魔力的，故選D項(xiàng)．
29．C，細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段提到And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself．正是披頭士的這種活力的精神是重振這個國家所需要的，故選C項(xiàng)．
30．C，細(xì)節(jié)理解題．第二段提到可知音樂可以振奮人心，第三段提到音樂可以激勵人心和感知情緒的變化，故選C項(xiàng)沒有提到．
31．A，推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段提到I have listened to music all my life．When I was twelve years old，the Beatles came to America and my whole world opened up．我一直在聽音樂，當(dāng)我十二歲的時候，披頭士來到美國，我的世界也打開了，受到了影響，故選A項(xiàng)．
點(diǎn)評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因?yàn)殚喿x理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強(qiáng)的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．
