《2026年高中必刷题高中英语必修第三册外研版》

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语篇类型:说明文 主题:音乐可缓解疼痛 词数:330 难度:中 建议用时:7分钟
[安徽宿州十三校联考 2025 高一月考]Listening to music after surgery seems to ease a patient's pain and anxiety, which could be a cheap and easy way to reduce painkiller (止痛药) use.
“Many people, when they are awakening from anaesthesia (麻醉), are lost,” says Eldo Frezza at California Northstate University College of Medicine. “They have anxiety or maybe they feel pain of the surgery.” Research has repeatedly shown that music can make people calm down, which encouraged Frezza and his colleagues to investigate if it may help after an operation.
The team analysed the results of 35 studies that explored how listening to music immediately after surgery affected people's pain, anxiety, heart rate and painkiller use.
Each study involved about 100 people, half of whom were asked to listen to music of different genres, after abdominal (腹部的) or bone-related surgery. The studies varied in how long the participants did this, ranging from half an hour to until the time when they were discharged. The other participants who were matched to the former group in terms of age, sex and surgery types didn't listen to music after their procedures.
After comparison, Frezza's team found that music seemed to reduce pain levels by about 20 percent on average. Those who listened to music also required fewer than half as many painkillers while in hospital as those who did not.
The team also found that listening to music seemed to reduce anxiety. It lowered people's heart rate by around 4.5 beats per minute on average, and reduced self-reported anxiety levels by about 2.5 points.
“A 2.5-point reduction is pretty small, but it's moving in our expected direction,” says Annie Heiderscheit at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, the UK. “Music alleviates pain by boosting levels of a signalling molecule called serotonin (血清素) that passes between brain cells and makes us feel good,” she adds.
“Future research should include large studies. This would give a more reliable result than combining the results of previous small studies,” Eldo Frezza says.
1. What inspired Frezza and his team to study the effect of music after surgery?
A. The high cost of painkillers.
B. The patients' strong requests.
C. The lack of effective post-operative treatments.
D. The previous research on music's effect on calming people.
2. How did Frezza's team find that music seemed to reduce pain and anxiety?
A. By listing data.
B. By giving examples.
C. By making comparisons.
D. By doing surveys.
3. What does the underlined word “alleviates” mean?
A. Attracts.
B. Increases.
C. Promotes.
D. Relieves.
4. What does Frezza suggest about future research?
A. Stopping doing research.
B. Carrying out large-scale studies.
C. Interviewing the study participants.
D. Focusing on different types of music.
词 加 汇 油 站
核心词汇
1. investigate vt. 研究;调查
2. involve vt. (使)参加;涉及;牵涉
3. reliable adj. 可靠的;可信赖的
进阶词汇
discharge vt. 准许(某人)离开;释放

答案： 1.D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Research has repeatedly shown that music can make people calm down, which encouraged Frezza and his colleagues to investigate if it may help after an operation.”可知,弗雷扎和他的团队受先前关于音乐能使人平静的研究的启发,进而探索音乐对术后恢复的作用。
2.C 推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知,每项研究参与者有100人左右,其中一半的人被要求在手术过后听不同类型的音乐,而剩下的参与者则在手术过后不听音乐;再结合第五段的“After comparison, Frezza’s team found that...”可知,弗雷扎的研究团队应是通过对比听音乐和不听音乐组的研究结果得出结论的。故选C项。
3.D 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的by boosting levels of a signalling molecule called serotonin that passes between brain cells and makes us feel good可知,音乐能够提高血清素水平,通过and或but这样的连词，可以判断相应句子的褒贬走向，有助于高效、准确地解题。而血清素是一种会使人们感觉良好的信号分子,由此可推知,音乐是通过提高血清素水平来缓解疼痛的。画线词意为“减轻;缓解”,与D项意思相近。故选D项。
4.B 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Future research should include large studies.”可知,弗雷扎建议未来应进行大规模研究,以提高结果的可靠性。故选B项。