（期末考点培优）专题12 阅读理解-2024-2025学年八年级英语下册期末复习考点培优专项人教新目标（Go for it）版（含答案解析）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 2024-2025学年八年级英语下册期末复习专项人教新目标 （Go for it）版（期末考点培优）专题12 阅读理解 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ When I was a teenager, my parents were never interested in the music I liked. They always said to me, “David, the music you listen to is noisy. Why do you like listening to it so much ” At the same time, they described the music that they liked as “beautiful”. In fact, they are not the only ones who have this opinion. As I’ve grown older, I’ve often heard my friends say, “Today’s music is terrible.” Many older people just don’t like new music. But why is that The exposure effect (曝光效应) may explain this. It means the more familiar (熟悉的) we are with something, the more probably we will like it. When we are in our early teens, we usually spend a lot of time listening to popular music and discussing it with our friends. We come to understand the new songs and artists during this time really well. After we become 30 years old, we are busy working and raising our families. We don’t have much time to look for new music. Instead, we like to listen to our old favorite songs that bring us back to our happy and simple days. According to studies, when we are 33 years old, most of us will completely stop exploring new music. But I think there is another reason why older people dislike new music. Most popular music, after all, is not written for them. It is made for young people. Some kinds of music began by young people as ways to fight against out-of-date things. These kinds include punk, rap, hip-hop, heavy metal and more. Younger people love them naturally. Do your parents hate the music you like, too Now, after reading this article, you know there is nothing wrong with that. 1．According to the passage, many older people dislike new music because _____. A．it makes them upset and they don’t want to waste their time B．it sounds terrible and the songs bring them back to sad days C．they don’t understand the difficult words and hate the artists D．they don’t know it well and it’s mostly written for the young 2．The underlined word “exploring” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____”. A．looking for B．trying out C．giving up D．setting up 3．What can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph A．New music will become more popular with older people. B．Older people will try to listen to different kinds of new music. C．People will know it’s normal that older people dislike new music. D．More beautiful and simple songs will be written for older people. 4．This passage mainly talks about _____. A．different kinds of music in the world B．people’s different opinions on new music C．the great importance of the exposure effect D．the reasons why older people dislike new music Early in May, a man took me to a new home at Birtwick Park. The owner called me “Black Beauty”. Here I met my friend, another horse, Ginger. One day, my owner decided to v ... ...