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“If music is the medicine of the soul(灵魂)，let it play on，” said a famous person.I think he said so because probably he got some help from music.Music has some strange abilities.Medical scientists have found that a person that feels stressed can actually listen to some kind of music and become well.
The researchers said that since stress comes as a result of life events 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 the human mind in a positive way.Music helps you to forget the life events that make you worried and remember the important events that once happened in your life.
Depression(抑郁) is a disease caused by stress，smoking，social problems and so on.Depression is also caused by problems such as failure in business.Depression may bring us weakness, headache，and loss of concentration.Good music makes one remember happy moments or good 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 a good feeling make you healthy.
Anxiety(焦虑) is another health problem that can be controlled by music.Anxiety is a side effect of some major health problems such as cancer of the liver and cancer of the breast.Good music makes you feel relaxed and removes the pains from these diseases and you feel all right.
Good music can send you to sleep.And you need to know that sleep puts your body in a healthy condition.Sleep takes away the effects of stress，depression and anxiety from a person.
本文列举了音乐在几个方面的具体作用，讲述的是听音乐对我们身体的好处。
21．According to the famous person in Paragraph 1，music can ________.
A．treat many kinds of diseases
B．help you keep healthy in your mind
C．take the place of medicine in treating illness
D．make you remember things happened in the past
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一句可知，如果音乐是灵魂的良药，那么就让音乐一直播放下去，即在第一段里提到的是音乐对精神的作用，故选B项。
22．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
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句可知，好的音乐可以去除人们的压抑情绪，因为好的音乐可以让人们用积极的思维方式来思考，故选B项。
23．According to the passage，one who has cancer will most probably experience ________.
A．stress B．depression
C．anxiety D．upset
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据文章第四段一、二句可知，患癌症的人很可能会感到焦虑，故选C项。
