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Young adults have strong positive memories of the music their parents loved when they were the same age，a study finds．
Participants in a study on musical memory said they remembered and loved the music that was popular in the early 1980s，when their parents were young．They also relished the music of the 1960s，which their grandparents may have been playing while changing their mom's diapers （尿布）．"They would hear this music and say，'Oh yeah，that's my parents'music，'with obvious fondness，"says Carol Lynne Krumhans1，the psychology professor at Cornell University who led the study．
The scientists had been testing musical memory in an earlier study，and were surprised to find that collegeage participants could recognize older pop and rock songs just as quickly as the new stuff．Even more surprisingly，they liked the older stuff more．Therefore，the researchers decided to find out what was happening，using clips from hits on Billboard lists between 1955 and 2009．More than 60 student volunteers （average age 20）listened to short clips of the top two pop and rock songs of each year．The researchers quizzed them about which songs they recognized，how much they liked them and their emotional responses．They were also asked if they had memories associated with the songs and whether those memories were from listening with parents，alone，or with others．
"We didn't have any idea"that young adults had the strongest personal memories of the music of the early 1980s，Krumhansl said．She and her colleague，Justin Adam Zupnick of the University of California，were even more surprised to see the second"reminiscence bump （回憶高峰）"in emotion and memory for top hits was from 1965 to 1969．
The connection to parents'music isn't entirely surprising．Music plays a central role in bringing up a child．Songs are taught at home and school and heard more informally as part of the home environment．The songs parents choose to listen to reflect their taste，their values，and their era．Besides，music is a powerful cue （提示） for retrieving strong personal memories-when you made a new friend at the summer camp or the blue dress you wore to a party．And the human brain remembers music in great detail，unlike spoken words，in which people remember just the general meaning．
The 1960s music may evoke strong memories in people in their twenties because of the quality，Krumhansl guesses．She thinks the students might have memories of the 1960s music because it lives on as classics．Technology may also be a factor．The introduction of cassette tapes in the 1960s made music more ubiquitous （普遍存在的），and the same tapes were played long after that decade ended．
Next，Krumhansl wants to find out if other generations have the same experiences with music，and try to trace influences back through multiple generations．

（1）The underlined word"relished"in Paragraph 2 probably means
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D
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A．played
B．heard
C．understood
D．enjoyed
（2）We can learn from the study that young adults
C
C
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A．can only recognize the top two pop and rock songs on Billborad lists
B．showed no emotional response to music of the 1950s
C．had the second strongest memories of the music of the late 1960s
D．like listening to the old songs with their parents
（3）The last but one paragraph serves to
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D
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A．draw a conclusion
B．make a comparison
C．give an example
D．provide an explanation
（4）What's the main idea of the passage？
A
A

A．Music of parents'era still appeals to young adults of today．
B．Music can narrow the generation gap between parents and kids．
C．Music matters a lot in the growth of young people．
D．Music of quality can have a lasting influence．

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【答案】D；C；D；A

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