問題詳情
第 49 至 52 題為題組 Music has a tendency to get stuck in our heads. Sometimes a tune intrudes on our thoughts and thenplays, and replays, in a never-ending loop. This interesting phenomenon becomes a subject explored bymany scientists. They use a range of terms to describe it—stuck-song syndrome, sticky music, cognitiveitch, or most commonly “earworm.” Earworms can run around our heads for several minutes to numeroushours. As the melody repeats, it becomes embedded into our mind. Even though our ears do not hear thetune, our brain continues to play it. Earworms often take the form of song fragments rather than entire songs, and the song is usually afamiliar one. Researchers are not sure why some songs are more likely to get stuck in our heads than others,but everyone has their own tunes. Often those songs have a simple, upbeat melody and catchy, repetitivelyrics, such as popular commercial jingles and slightly annoying radio hits. Recent or repeated exposure toa song or even a small part of a song can also trigger earworms, as can word associations, such as a phrasesimilar to the lyrics of a song. While earworms might be annoying, most people who experience them nevertheless report that theyare pleasant or at least neutral. Only a third of people are disturbed by the song in their heads. How peoplecope with their earworms seems to depend on how they feel about them. Those who have positive feelingsabout their stuck songs prefer to just “let them be,” while those with negative feelings turn to morebehavioral responses, which include coping strategies such as singing, talking, or even praying.
【題組】49. According to the passage, which of the following is true about an earworm?
(A) It is a creature living inside our ears.
(B) It is a tune memorized in a personal way.
(C) It is a melody repeating in our heads.
(D) It is a commercial recalled through lyrics.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(1),C(0),D(0),E(0)