福建省莆田第二十五中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

2022-2023 学年下学期高一英语期中考试卷 考试时间：120 分钟，试卷满分：150 分 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分 30 分） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分 40 分） 第一节 （共 11 小题；每小题 2.5 分, 满分 27.5 分） 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和 D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Do you ever listen to the songs that your parents like? Chances are that you don’t. You probably think the music that they like is old and boring and that the songs on your playlist are much cooler. But scientists found that people’s music taste changes as time goes by. So it is likely that your own musical preferences will follow a similar path to your parents’, whether you like it or not. We used to think that culture and personality (个性) are the only reasons for different music choices. But researchers at the University of Cambridge noticed that as people enter into different age groups, their social environment changes, and so does their music taste. There are some musical periods that people go through in their life. The first period comes in the teenage years, during which people like strong music such as punk and rock, because teenagers tend to be aggressive or want to be independent. But as people move into early adulthood, their lifestyles change they want to build close relationships with others. As a result, they become fonder of contemporary music, such as pop and R&.B, which is usually uplifting and danceable. When middle age comes, most people have settled down. During this period, people prefer music, such as jazz and classical, as well as music like country, folk and blues. As for old people, they prefer old songs in their childhoods. They generally listen to relaxing music, such as country music and jazz music. But you must be questioning. “Aren’t there old people who are still interested in or even crazy about rock music?” Of course there are. But their reasons for listening to rock music may have changed. At that age people may listen to remind themselves of their youth. 21．What do young people usually think of the songs their parents