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“If music is the medicine of the soul, let it play on，” said a famous person. I think he said so probably because he had got some help from music. Music has some strange functions. Medical scientists have found that a person who feels stressed can actually listen to a certain kind of music and become relaxed.
Researchers said that since stress comes as a result of some events in life such as starting a new family, starting a new business and starting a new job, one can actually listen to good music and feel good because good music touches humans in a positive way. Music helps you forget these events that make you worried and remember the important events that once happened in your life.
Depression (抑郁症) is a disease caused by stress, smoking, social problems, etc. Depression is also caused by difficulties such as failure in business. Depression may bring us weakness, headaches and loss of concentration. Good music makes one remember happy moments or days. If you play music about love, it makes you feel like falling in love again though you may have had several upset experiences. And such good feelings make you healthy.
Anxiety is another health problem that can be controlled by music. Anxiety is side effects of some major health problems such as liver cancer and breast cancer. Good music makes you feel relaxed and relieves the pain caused by these diseases and you will feel better. Good music also makes you sleep better, and you need to know that sleep puts your body in a healthy condition. Good sleep takes away the effects of stress, depression and anxiety from a person.
语篇解读：在本文中作者指出了音乐在缓解抑郁、焦虑和压力等方面的积极作用。
1．According to the famous person in Paragraph 1, music can ________.
A．treat many kinds of diseases
B．help you keep mentally healthy
C．take the place of medicine in treating illness
D．make you remember things that happened in the past
解析：选B 推理判断题。第一段中提到一位名人说音乐是治疗人的心灵的良药。由此可知，音乐有利于人的心理健康。故选B。
2．Good music helps people remove stress mainly by ________.
A．letting people have a good sleep
B．making people think positively
C．showing something new to people
D．making people focus only on important things
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“because good music touches humans in a positive way”可知，好的音乐通过使人们积极正面地思考来消除压力。故选B。
3．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．The benefits of listening to music to health.
B．Stress can bring us many kinds of diseases.
C．Some diseases have something to do with music.
D．Tips for us to live a healthy and comfortable life.
解析：选A 标题归纳题。本文主要讲了听音乐对健康的好处。故A项最适合当标题。
