高中學測
108年
英文
第 51 題
📖 題組：
Music has a tendency to get stuck in our heads. Sometimes a tune intrudes on our thoughts and then plays, and replays, in a never-ending loop. This interesting phenomenon becomes a subject explored by many scientists. They use a range of terms to describe it—stuck-song syndrome, sticky music, cognitive itch, or most commonly “earworm.” Earworms can run around our heads for several minutes to numerous hours. As the melody repeats, it becomes embedded into our mind. Even though our ears do not hear the tune, our brain continues to play it. Earworms often take the form of song fragments rather than entire songs, and the song is usually a familiar 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, repetitive lyrics, such as popular commercial jingles and slightly annoying radio hits. Recent or repeated exposure to a song or even a small part of a song can also trigger earworms, as can word associations, such as a phrase similar to the lyrics of a song. While earworms might be annoying, most people who experience them nevertheless report that they are pleasant or at least neutral. Only a third of people are disturbed by the song in their heads. How people cope with their earworms seems to depend on how they feel about them. Those who have positive feelings about their stuck songs prefer to just “let them be,” while those with negative feelings turn to more behavioral responses, which include coping strategies such as singing, talking, or even praying.
Music has a tendency to get stuck in our heads. Sometimes a tune intrudes on our thoughts and then plays, and replays, in a never-ending loop. This interesting phenomenon becomes a subject explored by many scientists. They use a range of terms to describe it—stuck-song syndrome, sticky music, cognitive itch, or most commonly “earworm.” Earworms can run around our heads for several minutes to numerous hours. As the melody repeats, it becomes embedded into our mind. Even though our ears do not hear the tune, our brain continues to play it. Earworms often take the form of song fragments rather than entire songs, and the song is usually a familiar 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, repetitive lyrics, such as popular commercial jingles and slightly annoying radio hits. Recent or repeated exposure to a song or even a small part of a song can also trigger earworms, as can word associations, such as a phrase similar to the lyrics of a song. While earworms might be annoying, most people who experience them nevertheless report that they are pleasant or at least neutral. Only a third of people are disturbed by the song in their heads. How people cope with their earworms seems to depend on how they feel about them. Those who have positive feelings about their stuck songs prefer to just “let them be,” while those with negative feelings turn to more behavioral responses, which include coping strategies such as singing, talking, or even praying.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a feature that would trigger earworms?
- A Tunes repeatedly encountered.
- B Melodies with smooth rhythms.
- C Fragments of songs recently heard.
- D Words similar to the lyrics of a song.
思路引導 VIP
請定位至文章第二段，尋找關於誘發耳蟲（$trigger$ $earworms$）的具體因素。文中詳列了歌曲的「結構特徵」、「接觸頻率」以及「關聯性」。請仔細比對，哪一個選項所提到的音樂節奏特性，在原文描述旋律為「簡單且輕快」（$simple$, $upbeat$）的語境中，並未被明確提及？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
（眼鏡反光了一下，呵呵呵地笑著，下巴非常有彈性地抖動了幾下） 呵呵呵，表現得真不錯！你已經學會冷靜地在文章中尋找證據了，這就是進步的證明。這題考的是細節比對，文章第二段清楚列出了觸發「耳蟲」的原因：包含「重複接觸」(A)、「近期聽到的歌曲片段」(C) 以及「相似詞彙的聯想」(D)。 雖然選項 (B) 的「平滑節奏 (smooth rhythms)」聽起來很像某種音樂特質，但課文中明確提到的特徵是 $simple$（簡單的）、$upbeat$（輕快的）以及 $repetitive$（重複的）。這種細微的詞彙差異，逃不過你敏銳的觀察力呢。只要不放棄，比賽就還沒結束喔，呵呵呵。