From Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint,
英语试题 02-01
From Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write or draw. Many people believe that music helps creativity (创造力), but an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that opinion.
Psychologists from Lancaster University, The University of Gavle, and The University of Central Lancashire say that their findings indicate music harms creativity.
To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants (参与者) complete verbal insight problems used to encourage creativity while sitting in a quiet room, and then again while music was played in the background. They found that background music greatly harmed the participants’ ability to complete tasks related to verbal creativity.
The research team also tested background noises such as those commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no effect on participants’ creativity.
The tasks were simple word games. For example, participants were given three words, such as dress, dial and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word related to all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be ”sun” (sundress, sunflower, etc).
Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while listening to three different types of music: unfamiliar music with unfamiliar lyrics(歌词), instrumental music, or music with familiar lyrics.
“We found strong evidence of worse performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions,” says co-author Dr. Neil McLatchie of Lancaster University.
Dr. McLatchie and his colleagues found that music disturbs the verbal working memory processes of the brain, harming creativity. Also, as to the library background noises having seemingly no effect, they believe it was because library noises create a “steady state” environment that doesn’t affect concentration. Even familiar music with well-known lyrics harmed participants’ creativity, even although it may cause a positive reaction.
“To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music helps creativity, and instead prove that music affects creative performance in insight problem solving whether it contains lyrics, familiar lyrics or unfamiliar lyrics.”
29.It can be learned from the research that ______________.
30.How is the research done?
A. By giving examples B. By making comparisons
C. By explaining reasons D. By listing numbers
31. Which of the following is the best title?
A. Music and creativity B. Turn down music
C. What music to choose D. Work with music
答案ABB
Psychologists from Lancaster University, The University of Gavle, and The University of Central Lancashire say that their findings indicate music harms creativity.
To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants (参与者) complete verbal insight problems used to encourage creativity while sitting in a quiet room, and then again while music was played in the background. They found that background music greatly harmed the participants’ ability to complete tasks related to verbal creativity.
The research team also tested background noises such as those commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no effect on participants’ creativity.
The tasks were simple word games. For example, participants were given three words, such as dress, dial and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word related to all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be ”sun” (sundress, sunflower, etc).
Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while listening to three different types of music: unfamiliar music with unfamiliar lyrics(歌词), instrumental music, or music with familiar lyrics.
“We found strong evidence of worse performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions,” says co-author Dr. Neil McLatchie of Lancaster University.
Dr. McLatchie and his colleagues found that music disturbs the verbal working memory processes of the brain, harming creativity. Also, as to the library background noises having seemingly no effect, they believe it was because library noises create a “steady state” environment that doesn’t affect concentration. Even familiar music with well-known lyrics harmed participants’ creativity, even although it may cause a positive reaction.
“To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music helps creativity, and instead prove that music affects creative performance in insight problem solving whether it contains lyrics, familiar lyrics or unfamiliar lyrics.”
29.It can be learned from the research that ______________.
- a quiet environment is good for creativity
- library background music has no effect on creativity
- listening to music can encourage creativity
- familiar music helps people concentrate on work
30.How is the research done?
A. By giving examples B. By making comparisons
C. By explaining reasons D. By listing numbers
31. Which of the following is the best title?
A. Music and creativity B. Turn down music
C. What music to choose D. Work with music
答案ABB
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