Question 25 is based on the recording you have just heard.

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    (22) [Why do old people dislike new music?] As I’ve grown older, I often hear people my age say things like, “They just don’t make good music like they used to.” Why does this happen? Luckily, psychology can give us some insights into this puzzle. Musical tastes begin to crystallize as early as age 13 or 14. By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly.

    (23) [In fact, studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music.] Meanwhile, popular songs released when you’re in your early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life. There could be a biological explanation for this. As there’s evidence that the brain’s ability to make subtle distinctions between different chords, rhythms, and melodies deteriorates with age, so to older people, newer, less familiar songs might all sound the same.

    (22) [But there’re maybe some simpler reasons for older people’s aversion to new music.] (24) [One of the most researched laws of social psychology is something called the “mere exposure effect”, which in essence means that the more we’re exposed to something, the more we tend to like it.] This happens with people we know, the advertisements we see, and the songs we listen to. When you’re in your early teens, you probably spend a fair amount of time listening to music or watching music videos. Your favorite songs and artists become familiar, comforting parts of your routine. For many people over 30, job and family obligations increase. So there’s less time to spend discovering new music. Instead, many will simply listen to old familiar favorites from that period of their lives when they had more free time.

    Of course, those teen years weren’t necessarily carefree. They’re famously confusing, which is why so many TV shows and movies revolve around high school turmoil. Psychology research has shown that (25) [the emotions that we experience as teens seem more intense than those that come later. And we also know that intense emotions are associated with stronger memories and preferences. Both of these might explain why the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved.] So there’s nothing wrong with your parents because they don’t like your music. Rather, it’s all part of the natural order of things.

25. What might explain the fact that songs people listen to in their teen years are memorable and beloved?（下列哪项可以解释，为什么人们对自己在青少年时期听的歌曲难以忘怀、深爱不移？）

解析：D。录音结尾处提到，我们在青少年时期所经历的情感似乎比后来经历的更强烈，而强烈的情感与更加深刻的记忆和偏好之间存在着联系。这两点可以解释，为什么我们在这个阶段听的歌曲会如此地令人难以忘怀、深爱不移。由此可知这种现象的原因在于青少年时期的情感更加强烈，D项与此内容相符，其中emotions和more intense为原词复现，故正确答案为D。

错项排除：录音中提到的more intense指的是情感更加强烈，并不代表更敏感（more sensitive）或更多愁善感（more sentimental），做题时需要注意区分词义，故排除A、B两项。C项利用录音中出现的stronger memories设置干扰，但这里说的是强烈的情感与更加深刻的记忆之间存在着联系，换句话说，是青少年时期的强烈情感使得人们对这个时期听的歌曲印象更加深刻，而不是因为青少年的记性好，而且记性好也不能解释为什么会“深爱不移”，故可排除C项。