C Read the magazine article and choose the best answer for each question.
The sound hunter
A young man walked through a forest. He stopped and listened quietly. On a leaf, he saw a small insect. He silently waited. Soon, the insect started singing. He took out a microphone and moved it towards the insect. After a few minutes, the insect jumped away. The young man moved the microphone to catch the sound of the leaves waving in the wind. Satisfied, he put his microphone away and continued walking.
Meet Nate Nickleson. This 23-year-old musician is a sound hunter. He travels the world collecting sounds from nature for his next record. “I used to think music could only be made with musical instruments,” he explained. “But then I realized that nature makes its own music, and I decided to use that music on my records.”
As a sound hunter, Nate collects sounds we may not be able to hear in the future. For example, pollution and climate change are putting many frogs in danger, so he records frog sounds. “Every night, I hear frogs croaking outside my window,” he said. “In 20 years’ time, sounds like this may no longer exist.”
Though his job may sound peaceful, it can sometimes be exciting. Nate was once in Alaska recording some bird sounds when he felt “someone” next to him. That “someone” was a huge bear eating berries. “I just backed away,” Nate said. “It didn’t attack me at all—it was just interested in the berries.”
Nate also has a message for his listeners: I hope through listening to nature’s music, people will learn to value nature more.
1 Why does Nate record sounds from nature?
a To use them on his records.
b To teach people about animals.
c To study climate change.
2 What does he mean by saying “nature makes its own music”?
a People play musical instruments in nature.
b The sounds from nature are like music to him.
c Many animals make music by singing.
3 What happened when Nate met a bear in Alaska?
a He shouted to scare the bear away.
b He was eating berries.
c He backed away.
4 What is Nate’s message?
a We should understand that nature is worth a lot of money.
b We should see the natural world around us as a treasure.
c We should listen to the sounds from nature.
答案：1. a
2. b
3. c
4. b
解析：
1. 定位文章第二段内容，文中明确说明Nate环游世界收集自然声音，是为了将这些声音用到自己的唱片中，因此a选项表述符合原文。
2. 结合上下文，Nate原本以为音乐只能依靠乐器创作，后来他发现自然里的各类声响对他而言就如同音乐，因此“nature makes its own music”的含义是自然的声音对他来说就像音乐，b选项正确。
3. 定位文章第四段遇到熊的相关描述，Nate提到自己当时只是后退离开，没有大喊吓熊，吃浆果的是熊并非他本人，因此c选项符合原文内容。
4. 文章最后一段说明Nate的核心诉求是希望人们通过聆听自然的音乐，学会更加珍视自然，也就是把身边的自然世界当作珍宝；a选项“自然价值很多钱”不符合原文表意，c选项“我们应该聆听自然的声音”只是表层行为，并非他传递的核心信息，因此b选项正确。
