文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了对36000多名音乐爱好者进行的广泛心理调查的结果证实了我们的音乐品味确实会影响我们的性格。该研究要求世界各地的人们描述自己的性格,然后列出他们最喜欢的音乐风格。文章介绍了一些研究发现。
3 . People who listen to indie bands are miserable shaggy-haired layabouts (懒惰的人) while fans of rap music are brave and full of self-confidence.
______ mere narrow-minded opinions, these are the results of an extensive psychological survey of more than 36,000 music lovers, which confirms, once and for all, that our musical tastes really do affect our personality. But the study’s most remarkable discovery is that lovers of classical music ______ a high number of personality traits with those who prefer rocking out to a heavy metal.
The research asked people worldwide to describe their personality and then to list their favourite styles of music. The results show a ______ relationship between people’s personality traits and the style of music they enjoy.
Fans of indie music, for instance, were found to have low self-esteem and little ______ but described themselves as creative. Rap enthusiasts, ______, tend to feel good about themselves and are extremely outgoing. Those who love dance music are ______ outgoing but are more likely to be unfriendly and slightly self-centred.
Professor Adrian North, who led the study, suggested that the results explain why so many people bond over music and also why some of us are very ______ about the music we listen to, since it is likely to be closely linked to the person we are.
According to Professor North, both heavy metal and classical fans are ______ by a shared ‘love of the grandiose’, which means that a Metallica fan is far more likely to listen to Mahler than an indie kid is to give reggae a try.
‘Aside from their age difference, they’re ______ the same kind of person,’ he said. ‘Lots of heavy metal fans will tell you that they also ______ Wagner, because it’s big and loud. There’s also a sense of theatre in both heavy rock and classical music, and I ______ that this is what they’re really looking to experience when they listen.’
John Gregson, 23, a classically-trained musician with a passion for heavy metal, ______. ‘As an instrumentalist out of all of the main styles of music, heavy metal and classical are the ones which require the most ______ to play — they’re technically very difficult and involve playing at inhumanly fast speeds.’ he said. ‘You feel like you’re in on a secret — you ______ it personally. It also feels like you know something that other people don’t because you ______ a style of music which is often underestimated.’
1. A.Regardless of | B.Rather than | C.As for | D.Apart from |
2. A.illustrate | B.acquire | C.share | D.sustain |
3. A.distinct | B.subtle | C.vague | D.varied |
4. A.misery | B.prejudice | C.motivation | D.tendency |
5. A.out of proportion | B.in addition | C.on the other hand | D.in principle |
6. A.equally | B.individually | C.scarcely | D.occasionally |
7. A.curious | B.concerned | C.protective | D.cross |
8. A.annoyed | B.blinded | C.united | D.overtaken |
9. A.questionably | B.basically | C.respectively | D.originally |
10. A.go at | B.go into | C.go in for | D.go about |
11. A.remember | B.predict | C.forget | D.suspect |
12. A.agrees | B.doubts | C.persists | D.regrets |
13. A.creativity | B.sympathy | C.discipline | D.assistance |
14. A.identify with | B.compare with | C.coordinate with | D.comply with |
15. A.create | B.appreciate | C.detect | D.collect |