2020年下半年英语六级听力真题原文及答案：报道/讲座（三）

全国大学英语六级听力理解部分由长对话、听力篇章和讲话/报道/讲座构成。试题采用选择题（单选题）题型。听力理解部分的分值比例为35% ，其中长对话占8%，听力篇章占7%，讲话/报道/讲座占20%。考试时间约30分钟。以下是希赛网英语四六级频道为大家搜集整理2020年12月英语六级真题听力及参考答案（讲话/报道/讲座）。

Section C

Recording Three

(22) Why do old people dislike new music? As I've grown older, I often hear people my age say things like, "They just don't make good music like they used to." (22) Why docs this happcn? Luckily. psychology can give us some insights into this puzzlc.Musical taste begins crystallized as carly as age 13 or 14. By the time we're in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly.

(23) In fact, studics havc found that by the time we tum 33. most of us have stoppcd listening to new music. Mcanwhile,

popular songs released when you in the early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life.There could be a biological explanation for this. As there's evidence that the brain's ability to make subtle distinctions between different chords, rhythms, and melodies deteriorate rates with age, so to older people, newer, less familiar songs might all sound the same.

But there may be some simpler reasons for older people's aversion to new music.(24) One of the most rescarched laws of social psychology is something called the "“mere exposure effect",which, in essence. means that the more we're exposed to something. the more we tend to like it. This happens with people we know, the advertisements we see,and the songs we listen to.

When you're in your early teens, you probably spend a fair amount of time listening to music or watching music videos.Your favoritc songs and artists become familiar, comforting parts of your routine.For many pcoplc over 30, job and family obligations increase. So there's less time to spend discovering new music. Instead, many will simply listen to old familiar favorites from that period of their lives when they had more free time.

Of course, those teen years weren't necessarily carefree.They're famously confusing, which is why so many TV shows and movies revolve around high school turmoil. Psychology rescarch has shown that (25) the emotions that we experience as teens scem more intense than those that come later. And we also know that intensc cmotions are associated with stronger memorics and preferences. Both of these might explain wby the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved. So. there's nothing wrong with your parents because they don't like your music. Rather, it's all part of the natural order of things.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

Question 22. What does the speaker mainly discuss in this tlk?

Question 23. What have studies found about most people by the time they turn 33?

Question 24. What do we learm from one of the most researched laws of social psychology?

Question 25. What might explain the fact that songs people listen to in their teen years are memorable and beloved?