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(2020·长春市高三质量监测一)Many people find that music lifts their spirits. Now a new study shows that music therapy can be a useful treatment for depression.
The finding that music therapy offers a real medical benefit to depression sufferers comes from a review by Cochrane，a nonprofit group that reviews health care issues.Some studies looked at the effects of providing music therapy to patients who were receiving drug treatment for depression.Others compared music therapy to traditional talk therapy.In four out of five of the trials，music therapy worked better at easing depression symptoms than therapies that did not employ music，the researchers found.
“ While the evidence came from a few small studies，it suggests that this is an area that is well worth further investigation，” said lead author Anna Maratos. Ms.Maratos notes that music therapy might be particularly useful for adolescents who may reject a traditional form of counseling.Some older patients also may not be comfortable talking about their feelings but do tend to express themselves through songs.
There are two main types of music therapy.Sometimes，a therapist will listen to music with a patient and talk about the feelings or memories that it arouses.In another form，the therapist is a skilled musician and will improvise (即兴创作) music with the patient.If the patient doesn't play an instrument，he or she might be given a simple percussion instrument (打击乐器) and the therapist will play along.
Other studies have shown a benefit from music therapy in the treatment for dementia，learning disabilities，strokes and pain management during labor (分娩)．The problem is that there isn't very much highquality research.“It doesn't easily attract serious research funding.It's difficult to do highquality，largescale trials，” said Ms.Maratos.
【语篇解读】 一项新的研究表明，音乐有助于治疗抑郁症。它比药物治疗和谈心疗法在减轻抑郁症症状上更有效果，对痴呆、学习障碍、中风等治疗也有益处。但由于缺乏大量研究资金支持，研究人员在音乐疗法的疗效方面无法进行高质量、大规模的研究。
1．Which of the following treatments is NOT mentioned in the research?
A．Drug treatment. B．Talk therapy.
C．Music therapy. D．Play therapy.
D [细节理解题。根据第二段中的“who were receiving drug treatment for depression...traditional talk therapy” 和“music therapy worked better”可知，研究中未提到游戏疗法，故选D。]
2．What's the attitude of Anna Maratos to music therapy?
A．Positive. B．Negative.
C．Indifferent. D．Neutral.
A [观点态度题。根据第三段的内容可知，Anna Maratos认为音乐疗法值得深入研究，它对于青少年和一些年龄较大的病人来说可能更有用。故选A项。]
3．According to the passage，music therapy might not be beneficial to a patient of ________.
A．depression B．learning disabilities
C．heart attacks D．strokes
C [细节理解题。根据尾段第一句可知，其他研究表明，音乐疗法在治疗痴呆症、学习障碍、中风和分娩期间的疼痛管理方面也有益处，并结合上文提到的用音乐疗法治疗抑郁症可知，选项A、B、D与文意相符。文章没有提到其对治疗心脏病的益处，故选C项。]
4．We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．a middleaged patient won't benefit from music therapy
B．patients using music therapy must be able to play an instrument
C．only patients suffering from depression benefit from music therapy
D．highquality research on the effects of music therapy is limited by funding
D [推理判断题。根据尾段中的“It doesn't easily attract serious research funding. It's difficult to do highquality，largescale trials”可知，这项研究不易吸引大量的研究资金，因此进行高质量、大规模的试验是困难的，即高质量的对音乐疗法疗效的研究受资金限制，故选D项。]
【干扰项分析】 此题易误选C项。部分考生受文章第一段中的“music therapy can be a useful treatment for depression”的影响，误以为只有抑郁症患者能从音乐疗法中受益。尾段第一句表明，音乐疗法对多种疾病都起作用，并不仅仅是抑郁症，故排除C项。
