* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.
“They told me I could never walk again. But when I listened to music, I forgot all about the pain. I found the strength I didn’t know I had.”Ninety-two-year-old Tina Goodman, who regained her ability to walk, thanks to music.
This is just one of the many stories in Fettaro’s book “The Healing Power of Music” . Fettaro tries to show just how important music is in our lives and how it can help us to be healthy and happy.
According to Fettaro, music can make sick people again. In fact, his book comes with a CD of recordings, each one specially designed to help with a number of health problems.
Fettaro, e well-known music therapist, promises that by reading his book, you will be able to develop the healing power of music in your life. He says this will help you fight headaches and back pain, as well as reduce stress, high blood pressure, and many other common illnesses.
Certainly, I accept that listening to certain types of music can help with particular problems, such as stress. I am also comfortable with Fettaro’s claim that by reading his book, you’ll be able to create a peaceful enviroment to help you relax in your home. I found the relaxation and breathing techniques very useful. Similarly his claim that music help you sleep better seems reasonable. Yet when he goes on to promise his music therapies will help cure depression and even cancer, he begins to sound a little bit unbelievable.
Nevertheless, for those of you who are interested in the power of music to heal, this is a great book to buy. It’s a thorough introduction to the history and practice of music therapy. Fettaro writes in a simple, easy to understand way and shows clearly how music can affect us positively. His basic message-that music can improve our lives-is well-presented and clear. It may even be true that certain techniques covered here can help some people recover from unpleasant health problems. However, his promises of “amazing results” seem impossible to justify.
What is the writer’s opinion of the book?
A. He likes the book a lot and recommends it to everyone
B. He likes the book but is not so happy about some of the promises it makes
C. He doesn’t like the book because few of the claim can be proved
D. He finds all claims impossible to be proved
ĐÁP ÁN B
Câu đề bài: Ý tưởng của người viết qua cuốn sách là gì?
Đáp án B: Anh thích cuốn sách nhưng không thích một số lời hứa của nó.
Các đáp án còn lại:
A. Anh ấy thích cuốn sách rất nhiều và giới thiệu nó cho tất cả mọi người.
C. Anh ấy không thích cuốn sách bởi vì ít tuyên bố có thể được chứng minh.
D. Anh ấy thấy mọi tuyên bố không thể được chứng minh.
Thông tin trong bài:
Similarly his claim that music help you sleep better seems reasonable. Yet when he goes on to promise his music therapies will help cure depression and even cancer, he begins to sound a little bit unbelievable.
Tương tự như tuyên bố của tác giả rằng âm nhạc giúp bạn ngủ tốt hơn là có lí. Thế nhưng khi ông ta tiếp tục và hứa hẹn rằng các phương pháp trị liệu bằng âm nhạc của ông sẽ giúp chữa bệnh trầm cảm và ngay cả ung thư, ta bắt đầu thấy có hơi chút khó tin.